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L .: :'" l'" : ' ' rr - -.Vv : ; - - -- ' I - - - -: ' i-- . r H : - ' WILLIAM H. BBB5ABD, jl Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, 1 - - K - March 10, 1892. J3f In writing to change yonr addrea alvattyt srive fyrmer direction as well a nil particular! as where yoo wish yonr pper to be sent hereafter. Unless yon do both changes can not be made. EbT" Notices of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re spect, Resolutions of Thanks, &c, are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance, i At this rate GO cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. tW Remittances most be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. rw- Only such remittances will be at the risk of the" ' publisher, i - ' 3f Specimen copies forwarded when desired. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S INATJ- ; GTJRAL. j ' .i . There are few if any public men of the j present j day who have the ! happy and comprehensive expression which j characterizes the writings and utterances 'of President's Cleve land. The phraseology is his, and that peculiar faculty of incorporating " into nearly every public document he writes ! one or ; more phrases which become apothegms, is also his. There is above all, a tone of candor and ' earnestness pervading his public ut terances which commands the re spectful attention of readers or list eners owever much they may differ from him, for they feel that the sen timents expressed are those of a can did man who has convictions, the courage to declare them, and the honesty to carry them out. It is this which' has given him the strong hold he has upon the American people, and brought him back into the Pre sidential chair after having, been twice elected and once defeated. There is much resemblance in the ' address delivered last Saturday and the one delivered eight years ago on a similar occasion, the same solici tude for the welfare or the Republic, for the prosperity of the people, for a just and equitable administration that Jwisely distributes the burdens as well as the benefits, for honesty in discharging the public trust, and for the preservation of the manly in dependence of -the people which too much looking to governmental fos tering has sadly impaired. The con victions expressed eight years ago have been strengthened by observa tion since and are now reiterated with even more solicitude and more emphasis. ' ' The four leading points touched upon in this address are those in which the American people as a ' whole are interested, and have been issues upon which, the people have been more or less divided for years, although but one of them has beenj made a leading party issue. The difference between the Democratic party which Mr. Cleveland repre sents, and the. Republican ,party which Mr. Harrison did . represent is radical upon the tariff question. On the other three, the money question, the civil service and pensions it Is not so well defined. The civil ser vice has been so much abused under successive Republican administra tions, that the majority of Demo crats have very little respect for it. When Mr. Cleveland took the exec utive chair eight years ago he was pledged to carry out the civil ser vice law and he, did. The language of his address last. Saturday plainly ' says that he will do so again, and he doubtless will, which will be more than any of his Republican, predeces sors did. I From the fact that he gives the financial question precedence it is fair to presume that he sees in that the vexed question .that may give trouble, and from the : plea in ad vance for mutual forbearance he evi dently anticipates action, that may forbode a weakening of the lines whefe thereUffould be no break. He does not re :er to the silver question in so many words, but that's what he means, when he discourses upon the finances, for that is the kernel of the -finahejal question, as it.lsagi- tated now. His views were well known upon this question and his last utterance was. simply a reitera tion of what he had so candidly said before even when his nomination and election wpre imperilled by it. The Democratic party cannot af ford jto quarrel over that question, for it has work to do of even more importance than that which, if left undone, all the silver coinage pos sible woud profit the American peo ple but Tittle, and we cannot bring ourselves to the conclusion that leading Democrats who may differ upon this question will not see the necessity of reconciling- their differ ences in ome way, of having that mutual tolerance which Mr Cleve land commends, and of finding some half way ground upon which they can meet, agree, settle that question and then unitedly devote themselves to the greater questions, in the adjust ment of which this country is more vitally interested. When Mr. Cleveland spoke of the imperative necessity of tariff and pension reform he not -only uttered his own, - but the sentiments or every Democrat be- tween the two oceans, for these are the two gigantic monstrosities which have been crushlnz the American people tor years, and both growing larger year after year. These are the questions in which this country is the most interested to-day, compared with which the coinage question is really as nothing. Together they rob the people of more money in one year than free and unlimited coinage would give tnem in ten years.- The statesmanship and patriotism that can handle these, should not stand appalled at the question of how many silver dollars should be coined. I I. . i ... . . ...... I ii I - . I . , i 8.8 ' MAKE HASTE SLOWLY. As far as we have seen, the, inau gural address of President Cleve land meets with the hearty commen dation of the Democratic press of the country, while even leading Re publican papers agree in pronounc ing .it- an exceedingly thoughtful,, conservative and patriotic produc tion. There are a few of the more radical tariff reformers who do not think he went as far on the line of jtariff reform as he might have gone, and not as far as the Chicago plat form goes, when he counselled that we proceed cautiously in our work of tariff reform with a due regard for the interests of all, and. without manifesting a spirit of vindictiveness tcfwards any. In other words, while we were endeavoring to build up our country's prosperity we should not recklessly pull down any of the agencies contributing to that pros perity.;.; ! . .' ' The American people as a peo"ple believe in home industries, always have believed in them, and were always willing to give them protec tion enough to enable the "infants" to stand alone, .but they never, did believe In increasing the protection as the infants grew up, and in giving the full grown industry five times as much as' was given to the "infant." Until Hon. Wm. McKmiey and the statesmen of hfs school proclaimed that the policy of this Government should be protection for protection's sake, protection was always consid ered an incidental and not a prime factor in our tariff legislation. When they did that they plainly announced the fact that they had entirely aban doned the people and become the servitors of the interests that dic tated their tariff schemes. They proclaimed for a tariff for protection only, while the Democratic party repudiating this doctrine as dis tinctly pronounced in favor' of tariff for revenue only, that is that in levy ing duties the first consideration should be to get the largest amount of revenue, With the least possible imposition upon the people, that whatever of protection may be given must be an incidental of the duty imposed for revenue. That has been, in the main, the American' idea on this subject ever since the founda tion of the Government, and was generally accepted until the Repub lican party took the new departure. There was a difference of opinion as to the rate of duties that was necessary to bring in the largest amount of revenue and at the same time give a reasonable amount of protection, but all agreed that reve nue was the first consideration and that duties should not be levied "with an especial view to protection. The Walker tariff of 1846 cut so close that it was characterized as a free trade tariff and yet the average rate duties was nineteen per cent., which gave nearly ten per cent, more of protection than the first tariff bills that were passed. The Republicans abolished , that tariff after it had been in operation about fifteen years, and with one swoop replaced it with a twenty-nine perxent. tariff which increased until in the revision of 1883 they got it up to forty-five per cent. When Mr. Mills introduced his tariff bill in ' response to Mr. Cleve land's celebrated tariff messatre o ' he made an average reduc tion of only four and a half per cent., although tfie reduction was much greater on the necessaries of life and articles which come into every day use. Mr. Mills was an ad vocate of tariff for revenue bnlv. the Democratic party .endorsed that bill and made the campaign of 1888 on It was a tariff for revenue onlv. because it cut as low as it could con sistent with a due regard for revenue.' The Republicans called it a free trade tariff, but it gave American manu facturers about forty per cent, -protection, to which the Republicans subsequently, under the McKinley law, added about twenty, per cent. This Government now needs $500,- X)00,000 a year to meet its obligations and current expenses. About $350, 000,000 of this must come from im port duties. No duty can be levied which will yield the amount of re venue necessary which will not give all the protection that any reasona- manufacturer ought to ask. With free raw materials they should re quire very little, if any, certainly not more than enough to cover the dif ference between the cost of labor in Europe and in this country, which would be a trifle, so small that no American consumer would cavil at it. The people ot this country have no desire to see American industries crippled, nor be placed in a posi tion of unequal contest with Euro pean competitors who have the ad vantage of free raw materials and somewhat cheaper labor, but they have protested and do protest against being plundered in the name of pro tection, the protection that pro tects without oppressing the people is one thing; extortion and robbery are something else. - This is the view that will be taken of it, and the spirit that will actuate when the new tariff bill is proposed at the meeting of Congress, when the endeavor will be to bring the greatest good to the greatest num ber without destroying any Ameri can industry that is worth preserv ing. This is what President Cleve- 1..J . a ina means when he says there snould be no reckless or vindictive spirit shown in the treatment of this important question, in the rational adjustment of which the prosperity oi tnis country is involved. MINOS MENTION. The dispatch from Washington speaking of the caucus held by the Democratic Senators thinks it signifi cant that the Populist Senators were not invited to participate in the cau cus proceedings, but . it would have been much more-remarkable if they had been.' They certainly did- riot expect to be, and if they had been they wouldn't have shown a keen sense of the proprieties if . they had accepted. When a Senator or any other party man goes into a caucus he is expected to abide in good iaith by the action of the majority of that caucus, and unless he is prepared to do that he has no business to be there. Of course the Populist Senators could not do that without being guilty of a breach of trust to the people who elected them. There! is really no significance in the action1 of the Democratic Senators at all, for it is just what might have been ex pected, and was doubtless just w lat the Populist Senators, including Sen ator Allen, who though a Democrat was elected by Populist votes, sex- pected. We consume in 'this country an- nually about 700,000,000 pounds? of tin. The tariff tax on this is $16,- 000,000. This is what the American people are compelled to pay to courage the tin-plate industry. en We consume quarterlyl75,000,000 pounds of tin and there were made, accord ing to the official reports, the past quarter 19,756,491 pounds ofj all sorts, a little over one tenth, and of this, only 9,245,500 pounds Were made of American iron or steel plate, a little over one-tenth of the ' w lole. The balance was made of imported plates, dipped in into imported tin, and called American tin, and much of this was done by imported vyork meiv. The people paid $4,000,000 in tariff tax to encourage manufact arers to produce a little over 2,000,000 pounds of genuine American tin. The fax on the whole output of the American manufactories was at the rate of about 20 cents a pound or about $2 a pound on the genuine American tin produced. Tin 'plate can be made in this country, but wnue the so-called manufacturers have a $16,000,000 bounty for making about one-tenth of what we use out of imported plates and im ported tin, it never will be. For the first time in a generation the Government of this country! is in' Democratic hand's, the heads of the respective departments now being in charge and both Houses of Congress being for the first time Democratic. The Republican papers console them selves, on the going out of their party, or try to do so, with the reffection that the Democratic party, being in full control of the Government, is now wholly responsible to the peo ple. The Democratic party is fully aware of that fact and willing y ac cepts the responsibility, although it assumes a weighty charge in under taking to rectify the wrongs of tiiirty two years of reckless misrule. low ever good the intentions may be, or however determined the purpose to rectify the wrong, it cannot be done in a day nor even in four years, for what is done must be well done, and to be well done must be done thought fully and deliberately. -The Demo cratic party knows what it his un dertaken and so do the people, who while they expect diligent and) hon est effort do not expect impossibili ties. ' i "Gresham," remarks a Republican contemporary, "is the j oaly man in the Cabinet with a war reconL but it is a good one." This is not quite accurate. . Secretary Herbert has a war reeord, and it is j a good one. run- But this administration is not ing on war records, in front, not behind. jit is looking A story comes from Mississippi about a tornado carrying a poy a hundred yards and lodging hjm in the branches of a tree. If it was the apple season and the tree was an ap ple tree, we would be more disposed to believe this story, for that is where a boy, under . such circumstances, would be most apt to light. A 8outhweat Storm. The southwest storm signal was dis played here yesterday afternoon I at 2 o'clock, on orders from the chief of the Weather Bureau at Washington. ID. C. Signals were also ordered up at coast Buttons as far north as Baltimore. A storm was central in Iowa, movinc northwest. Southwest gales were ex pected on the middle Atlantic coast last night, i ! At 8:39 p. m.. advices were received that southwest storm signals were also ordered at Mobile, Pensacola. Cedar Keys, Jacksonville, Savannah land Charleston. The storm was then central in Illinois. Moving east would cause high southwest winds on the east Golf and South Atlantic coast. Export Foreign. The Norwegian barque Arpo cleared yesterday for Bristol, England, with ,500 casks spirits, 4.777 barrels rosin, valued at $15,206,83, shipped by Messrs, Pat terson, Downing & Co. j The schooner Nettie Sh&man cleared for Jeremie, Hayti, with 181,525 feet lumber, 80,000 shingles, 20 barrels pitch, 15 barrels tar, 8 casks spirits and 88,000 bricks, valued at $2,555.08, shipped by Messrs. Jas. H. Cbadboarn & Co, Killed by a B-allins; Tree. ' A correspondent of the Star, writing from Waynesville. Ga., reports the death near that place last week of Mr. M. D. Smith, formerly of Bladen county, N. C. He was killed by a tree tailing upon him. His remain were taken to his old home in isiaaen county for interment. OF INTEREST TO TRUCKERS. Maoh Damage to Fruit tnd Duly Vege table in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. ' I s. . Advices from the truck farms of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida are of a gloomy character,, though the gloom may not be so thick that you can cut it with a knife among the truckers, in this section when they read the news. A dispatch from Gainesville, Fla., March 5, says: Cold facts are the order. The freeze last night was to truck farmers some thing terrible. The mercury went down to 27". Ice formed one-quarter ot an inch thick in the city. The earth froze half an inch deep. The appearance of the fields at noon to-day is frightful. Lettuce was cut by the wholesale, some fields 25 per cent, and some 50 per cent. Some fields of cabbages look as if 80 per cent, are ruined. Tomato plants and cucumbers were killed undercover. Beans, cucumbers, squash, cantaleups and tomatoes not under cover are killed. Small cabbage' suffered most. There will be no more shipments of lettuce for several weeks. STRAWBERRIES OUT ONLY 10 PER CENT. The strawberry crop escaped with a loss of perhaps 10 per cent, of the bloom, J. C. Crawford had 100 acres planted in beans, squash, cucumbers and melons just well up. The tomatoes, which had been transplanted, are now lost. It had rained almost without intermission for the past week, and cabbage were flat on the ground in many places and the ber ries were rotting from an excess of mois ture and inability of the farmers to get dry weather long enough to look after them. , The damage has only been ex ceeded in 1886. All the orange blooms which were out have been killed and grave fears are en tertained, that the large fruit crop of all sorts is gone by the board. To-night may wind up the remainder of the crops. At Lake, Fla., the freeze was disas trous to fruits and vegetables. The early pea crop was destroyed and beans were killed to the ground. Similar-reports, though not quite so unfavorable except as to fruit, come from Georgia. The following from the Charleston News and Courier gives the situation in South Carolina : j "Inquiry among representative truck farmers from Mount Pleasant, Charles ton Neck and other trucking sections yesterday elicited ample proof of the statement published in the News and Courier yesterday morning to the effect that the recent cold snap had done great damage to the early fruit and vegetable crops. The extent of the injury sus tained by the farmers cannot, of course, be accurately estimated at this time, but it is probably fully as great as Was at first feared. "The strawberry crop being the most advanced is most disastrously affected. The berries were just beginning to turn, and the vines, promised an unusually abundant yield. The first crop will be virtually ruined, aud the full crop will be so materially retarded that farmers will probably miss the cream of the early market. Blossoming peas were nipped in a manner which will give them a severe set-back." THE NEW COURT HOUSE One of the Moat Handsome Buildings in the City. The new county court house is Hear ing completion, and it is probable that the next terra of the Superior Court, to be convened here on the 17th of April next, will be held within its walls in the spacious court room which for some time has been completed but could not be used until other parts of the building were finished. The court room occu pies the entire front of the upper floor, and is complete in all its arrangements; well lighted and ventilated. The re mainder of this floor is divided into rooms. On the north side are the judge's private office, the solicitor's office, and a room for lady witnessed; all to be com fortably furnished and carpeted. On the south side are two jury rooms and the office of the clerk of the Criminal Court. On the first floor, north side, is the office, with vault of the register of deeds, the sheriff's offices (two rooms), and the office of the superintendent of public instruction. On the south side is the office and vaulted room of the clerk of the Superior Court, the County Com missioners' room and the grand jury room. The basement contains the furnace used for heating the building, and sundry rooms for storage purposes. , The building is fitted up for lighting with gas and by electricity and is sup plied with water, and every modern con venience. THE SAVINGS AND TRUST CO. Stockholders Annual Meeting Election of Officers. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Wilmington Savings and Trust Co. was held yesterday in thei banking rooms. The meeting was called to order by Mr. E. S. Latimer as chairman, with Mr. W. L. Smith as secretary. There were .273 shares of stock represented in person and by proxy. The annual state- ment was read, showing a large increase in business. The old board of directors was re-elected, as follows: Col. John Wilder Atkinson and Messrs. H. War ters. Geo. R. French, F. Rheinstein, B. F. Hall, G. W. Williams and Maj. D. O'Connor. After the meeting of the stockholders the new elected board met and the fol lowing officers were chosen: President John W. Atkinson. Vice President H. Walters. Cashier W. P. Toomer. Investment Committees John W. Atkinson, Geo. R. French and B. F. Hall. Attorney Eugene S. Martin. ! RIVER AND MARINE. . A quantity of "wreckage, consisting of cables, anchors, water tanks, etc., was brought up yesterday , from the wreck of the j Swedish barque Alfhild, which went; to pieces a few days ago near Bald Head. Capt. Wright, of the schooner .Kate E. Gifford, at this port, reports having spoken on the 2nd inst., 80 miles S. S. W. of Cape Lookout, schooner .Harold B. Cousins, from Pensacola, for Philadel phia. Also, on March 6th, S. S. E. 15 miles off Frying Pan Lightship, the Gifford; passed a quantity of resawed lumber, large sizes, 12x12 and upwards, apparently but a short time in the water. - - . "None better." Mr. Thomas Buck ley writing from the Iron Works. Elm St., Tioy. N. Y., says: "Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup Is one of the finest cough syrups for colds. None better. I always use it." t COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Monthlr Meeting Beporta xno ew Court ouse Jurors for the Superior Court. I ; j The Board of County Commissioners met yesterday in monthly session. Chair man H. A, Bagg presiding. Treasurer Jas. A. -Montgomery sub mitted his report for the month of February, showing balance on hand $29,227.83. j . . - ' I Register of Deeds Jno. Haar, JrM re ported fees for marriage licenses received during the month amounting to $29.45. Application of J. B. Stpkely for transf fer of liquor license to corner of Eighth and Wooster streets, was granted on ap plication and endorsement of residents in the neighborhood. j - j A communication from S. Bebrends regarding the specification, for furniture for the new court house, asking, for further time for making bids, was read. Oa motion, the Board proceeded to act uppn proposals for furnishing the new court house. j ' j The contract was awarded to Mr. Thos. C. Craft, at his bid of $765.06, for supplying furniture to be placed in the different offices of the building on or before the 1st ot April, 1893. Mr. Junius Davis, attorney for the Im perial Pine Product Co., presented a plan lor the proposed railroad track from the works of the company to the W. & W. railroad track, as per privilege granted to said company by the Board, and also submitted a deed for right of way. - -:: A resolution approving the same was, on motion, adopted. j Mr. Thos. Lamb was granted license to retail liquors on North Water street. ' Mr. W. E. Cowan was granted license to sell malt liquors on Seventh street, near Market. j On motion, the salary ot the janitor for the new court house was fixed at $15 per month. Mr. J. D. Orrell was elected janitor. j L. D. Cherry was appointed proces sioner to establish or survey lines of real estate for A. M. WaddelU Esq., attorney at lawr A ine louowing were arawn as jurors tor the April term of the Superior Court, viz: i I "'First week C. S. Andrews. C. C. Parker, J. H. Holton. J. H. Craig, J. D. Southerland. Jas. W. Hawkins, B. F Hawkins, Jas. F. Jarratt,'D. H. Llppitt. C. Bonev, A. P. Merritt, G. C. Jackson. E. Everett, Wm. Patten, G. W. Fred erick, W. A. Cornish, T.jS. Tolar, H. W. Mallorv. ! Second week Jno. A. Nixon, J. S. Williams. C H. Cooper. J. W. Plummer, J. H. Teitgen, Owen Hansley, Geo. O. Gaylor, S. D. Hankins. 'J. F. Jones, J. H. Ottaway. W. L. Lucas, Eh Ellwell, A. Lockamav. I. M . Charlvirlr. Inn A Lockfaw. J. W. Hughes, De W. C. Love, u. m. Beara siey. I Bitten by a Battleenake. Mr. W. S. Milliken, of Excelsior. Brunswick county, writes the Star. giving an account of Mr. L. E. Forney duvals encounter with j a rattlesnake last Tuesday morning. Mr. Forney du- val had started to his work. It had rained the previous night, and finding some straw and litter heaped against logs obstructing the passage of the water, he stooped and was removing the obstruction when he was bitten on the hand by the snake, which was con cealed in the trash. He -killed the snake and walked home, where whiskey was used freely, and although fears were at first entertained about his re covery. I understand that he is now past danger. v 1 The Frees a and Truck. j It is feared, says the Charleston News ana Courier, that Saturday night s freeze ma great damage on the truck farms, Strawberries and early vegetables must have suffered severely. The berries were well advanced, and the crop promised to be the finest made in years. Exactly what will prove to be the extent of the damage done cannot now be estimated. but unquestionably the early crops will be much retarded and severe loss to the farmers will naturally follow. It is hoped that the high' wind which accompanied the fall in temperature may have saved many of the berries from freezing out right. The tender shoots of peas and other early crops are probably damaged to a greater or less extent. COLUMBUS COUNTY. Petty Thieving Potatoes Specimens of Timber for the World's Fair, j Wooten, Columbus Co., March 7. Editor 5ar.--Considerable stealing has been going on in the lower part of this county. j j Mr. Bill Soles, one of our most enter prising farmers and business men, had his potato bank robbed some days ago. The day before, Mr. Soles took his pota toes down and assorted them, putting the rotten ones on one side ot the bank and the sound ones on the other side. The rogues came and broke in and took a lew bushels of the rotten potatoes and did not trouble the good ones, and next morning Mr. S. went to examine them and found a new umbrella standing out side of the fence and pari of his rotten potatoes gone and the sound ones there. He has failed to find an owner for the umbrella. 1 Mr. Noah Burnett, of King's, came up to Whiteville last week with a load of chickens and thirty dozen of eggs, and on arriving in the night he drove his cart under a shelter in , the town, and while taking out his horse some one came up behind the cart and took all of his eggs. I I Farmers are again preparing to plant their crops, and they seem to be looking out for the hog and hominy. The mer chants are not anxious to advance only to those who own real estate Or have first class credit. j Your correspondent saw! some; parties some days ago in the Western Prong Swamp gathering specimes of timber for the World's Fair. They spoke very highly of our timbered lands and say we have as good as there is in this! section of North Carolina. We certainly have any amount of asb, hickory, beech and several kinds of oak and pine.i poplar, and millions of gum, and what we need is men of capital to use this timber, and if the White Marsh and Western' Prong Swamp was put in cultivation, j Colum bus county would come up to any in the State in producing corn, and as for our cotton lands, they are good enough a bale per acre is no strange' thing and is an average. E. C W. nlsB ss Bl -i I Cure for rheumatism or neuralgfa. Buy a 25 cent bottle .of Salvation. Oil and use it according to direction, It will cure the worst case. j f Bneklen Arnica ;suve The best halve in the world lor Cuts Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever, Sores, Tetters, Chapped) Hands Chilblain. Corns, and all Skin VmtSm and positively cures Piles nr nni natr t t - W; YJ required. It is guaranteed to give perfect ui wuuey tuunaecu race 25 cents per box. For sale by j Robert R. Bellamy. Wholesale anrl Retail rw.s - j . THE NEW SENATE. The President's Cabinet All Confirmed lattle Other Business Adjourned Till Thursday. . i . Washington, March 6. At ten minutes to twelve, Major Pruden, .the President's executive clerk, appeared upon the floor of the Senate bearing the nominations of the officers of President Cleveland's Cabinet, as follows : Walter Q. Gresham. of Illinois, to be Secretary of. State; John G. Carlisle, Kentucky, to be Secretary of- the Treasury; Daniel S. Lamont, New York, to' be Secretary of War; Richard Olney, Massachusetts, to be Attorney General! Wilson S. Bissell, New York, to be Postmaster General; Hilliary A. Herbert. Alabama, to be Secretary of the Navy; Hoke Smith. Georgia, to be Secretary of the Interior; Julius Sterling Morton. Nebraska, to be Secretary of Agriculture, i After the journal of Saturday's session was read, Mr. Pruden presented his message, and on motion of Senator Harris the Senate went into Executive session. i y In Executive session the Senate con firmed all the Cabinet nominations. The Senate then adjourned until Thursday noon. Before adjournment of the Senate, Mr. Gall introduced his resolution in re lation to public lands in Florida, and to the interference of railroad companies in that State with the election of Sena tors, but on objectio'n by Mr. Wolcott it went over without action, i Mr. Sherman introduced a joint reso lution to extend the terms of office of President and Vice-President until noon of the 30th of April, 1897, and substitut ing 30th of April for 4th of March as the commencement and termination of the official terms of the President and Vice-President, Senators and Repre sentatives. At the suggestion of Mr. Harris, it was laid on the table. , A CAUCUS. Democratic Senators Sleet to Consider the Beorganization of the Senate. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, March 7. The Demo cratic caucus which met in the Senate chamber at ten o'clock this morning was well attended. Just what course the Democrats intended to pursue towards the Populists has been a matter ot in teresting conjecture, since it was known that the Democrats had a clear majority of their own. The action to-day indicates that these Pop ulist Senators are to be ignored. Sena tors Kyle, of North Dakota, and Peffer, of Kansas, the old Populists, and Mr. Allen, the new Populist, elected by Ne braska, were not invited to attend the caucus, and to this extent at least, it would seem that they bad been pur posely neglected. Mr. Martin's case was however, different. Mr. Martin, ot Kan sas, although elected by fusion votes, is considered a Democrat, and as such was invited by Mr. Gorman to attend the caucus and he was present and parti cipated in the proceedings. Mr. Alien, it is understood, will vote with the Dem ocrats when it comes to "the organiza tion. I ; The caucus organized by re-e'lecting Gorman chairman and Faulkner secre tary. The session lasted four hours, the only actual business transasted being to authorize the chairman to appoint a committee to devise a plan for reorgani zation and report to the caucus, upon call of the chairman. Much of the time was consumed in diseussion bearing upon the standing of the Senators who have been appointed by Governors cases in point being Senator Beckwith, appointed by j the Governor of Wyoming, and Senator Mantle, appointed by the Governor of Montana. Speeches were - made by Senators VoorheeS, Vilas, Daniel and others. A spirit of opposition against seating these men was manifested and in support of this view a number of old decisions in the Senate contested elec tions were quoted. The claim : was made that inasmuch as the Legisla tures of these States had not exer cised the prerogative belonging to them, the Governors had no au thority to fill the places, and the States should remain unrepresented. A precedent for such action was cited from an early California case. It was finally decided, however, that these mat ters, together with the case of Martin, should be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. . i I It is understood that there was' quite a contest for the leading chairmanship and a disposition to set aside the tradi tions which gives the ranking members of the minority these places when they come into the majority. It is unlikely, though, that the usual custom will be departed from. Heretofore the party coming into power has not recognized the elective officers at the extra session called for the purpose of confirming Presidential appointments, although the Republicans once attempted it, and whether this rule should be departed from was the question that came up for discussion. A number of conservative Senators favored postponing action in the matter until December, but there was not lacking such an expression of sentiment as indicated a purpose to make a complete change as speedily as pos sible. This was also left to the com mittee appointed by Mr. Gorman. After the close of the caucus, the Democratic "Steering Committee," con sisting of Gorman, Brice, Cockrell, Ran som and Harris, remained in conference for more than three hours in Ransom's committee, room. At the conclusion of the conference at 5.50, Mr. Gorman an- nonnced the following reorganization committee: Messrs. Blackburn, Ransom, Cockrell, Harris. Brice, White, of Lou isiana, and Gorman. This committee will probably begin its work to-morrow morning. DISASTROUS FIRE At Marion, Virginia Loss $12,000 Richmond, March 8. A Dispatch special from Bristol says: "At three o'clock yesterday morning a most dis astrous fire occurred at Marion, Smith county. The fire broke out in Mac Wolfe's store and the fire company being aroused late was unable to control it. Rhe Central hotel, Mac Wolfe's store, Lewis' law office and Sprunkler's drug store were consumed. The upper story of the Southwest Virginia News office was destroyed. A keg of powder was exploded in MacWolfe's store which blew the sash out of the court house windows. The loss is about $12,000; insurance $6,000. Ir is the most disas trous fire Marion has had for a number of years." i EARTHQUAKE I On Long Island The People Alarmed and Bnn to the Streets, By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Long Island City, March i 8. All Long Islanders seem to have felt what is now supposed to have been an earth quake, at 12.80 o'clock this morning, j At Long Island City the shock was especially severe, in many instances shaking pic tures from the walls and creating havoc among chinaware and bric-a-brac i At many points people fled in terror from their houses to the street in their night robes, supposing the houses settling or falling. Most of these persons say a dull boom and a strongly-marked simultane ous trembling of the earth were percep tible. The seismic disturbances lasted several seconds, and then passed away in a southerly direction.- - I FIRE IN CHARLOTTE. A Wholesale Dry Goods Store Burned $100,- Out The1 Xioaa Approximates F 0-' A !: ! " : The Charlotte Observer gives an ac- count' of the destruction o S. Witt kowsky's wholesale dry goods store last Sunday morningi about 12.25 o'clock. The fire department was promptly on hand. I One line of hose was immediately carried to the rear of the third story of the burning store the shoe depart ment where the fire is believed to have originated, probably from the chimney in that quarter where there had been a fire all dayj The stove, however, was ice cold when the firemen reached the scene.! . . j . --: , The fire was about to be conquered in that part of the building when it broke out through the six third-story windows in front. The firemen worked was some delay at first streams of water. I hard but there in getting good The flames burst through the roof at 1.22 o'clock! and went roaring skyward. It chilled the hearts of the fcrowd that was momentarily ; increasing, too, be cause it was feared that the whole corner would go. . I ! 'j j The fire was under control by 2 o'clock. The fire department was unfortunate in being practically without a leader, Chief Griffith being sick in bed. It was abused some by the bystanders last night, but the fact that the fire was confined to the building in which it originated is com mentary enough. J Mr. Wittkowsky had a $100,000 stock and was fully insured. These companies being all represented by every Charlotte insurance agent. Mrs. Osborne was also safely insured, i I . j THE CHARLOTTE jrlRE. K Full Statement of the Losses and In I - , j auranoe. The Charlotte AWj give i further par ticulars ofj the fire! in that :ity last Sun day morning in jthe large dry goods house of Mr. S. Wittkowsky : Two entire floors of jjgoods were burned, and the goods on ithe first floor and in the basement were ruined by water. Mr. Wittkowsky's poss is $123. 000, upon; which he carries insurance to the amount of $75,000. Out of his great stock of goods, all that was saved unin jured is valued at less thad $2,000. H. Baruch & Brother were damaged by water. Theirj basement, which was stocked with carpets, wash goods and domestics, was filled two feet deep with water. Mr. Baruch estimates that his damage will come inside of $2,500, fully insured, j The basement of Mr. E. M. Andrews, stored (with furniture, is also underwater. Mr. Andrews cannot yet make an estimate ot his damage. The burned building is jjbwned by Mrs. M. A. Osborne. ! Her loss' is covered by an insurance policy of $10,000. The tire is a disastrous one for Mr. Wittkowsky, as it cme fit a time when his lull spring stocic was on hand and the work of shipping orders had just be gun. His great stock was bought last year at trom 30 to 40 percent, less than the prices now ruling and it is out of the question to duplicate it. j Mr. Wittkow. sky loses practically aU his spring bus in ess. !'!.! I 3 Ps, as Mr. Wittkowsky is generally known, lived up well to his name during ana since the ordeal. He was conspicu ous tor pusn, piucK and perseverance Before the fire had ceased smouldering, he had leased the two large store rooms, 39 and 41 College street, but to do so he had the additional labor of finding other quarters lor the then occupants. Mr, Wittkowsky s insurance is dis tributed as follows : In R, E. Cochrane's agency : Underwriters $2,500; Delaware $2,500; North British $4,500; Aetna $5,- 000; fhoemx $800; Northern $5,000. In j! Capt. Fred Nash's agency: Nor wich $4,000; Merchants f& Traders $2 500; Guardian $4,000; London and Liver pool $5,000. ! I in yr. Jb. wye Hutchinson s agency: ueorgia Home 50.UUU; Virginia rire and Marine. $3,000; Ureenwich $1,000. In Capt. Thos. H. Haughton's agency North Carolina Home $2,500; German- American $5,000; Merchants $2,500; Lancashire $4,500; Lion $2,000; St, Paul In C. N. G. Butt & fCo's., agency Fire Association $2,500; Queen $3,500; Springfield $1,500; London Assurance $2,500: Pennsylvania $2,500; Hambnrg Bremen $2,500; Sun $2,50,0; Connecticut, $2,500. Crrand-total $75,000. CAUCUS COMMITTEE The Democrats Moet and Besolve Upon a Line of Action in Beearo to Committees. j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .i i Washington, March a.-The Demo cratic: Caucus Committee on Commit tees met promptly at half-past ten this morning in Senator Ransom's committee roomi There were present Messrs. Gor man, j Blackburn. Ransom, Cockrell, Harris. Brice and White, of Louisiana. The committee entered at once upon the immediate worn on nanfl, which is the assignment of the majority places upon the Senate committees. In view of the magnitude of the task and the many delicate points to be settled in connec tion with the conflicting claims of vet eran Democratic Senators to desirable chairmanships, it would hot be surprising if several days were consumed in this work. The committee, jbowever, is en deavoring to conclude the matter at the earliest possible moment. It is expected that a number of Presi dential nominations will be transmitted to the Senate when it j reassembles to morrow, or very soon afterwards. These nominations will be referred to the va rious committees for (examination and report, and the Democrats feel that it is essential that thev shalll be passed upon by friendly committees! instead of being treated by the committees as at present constituted with Republican majorities. For this reason, if for no other, the Cau cus Committee feels bound to hasten the progress of its work, for even when the list of the majority of them is com pleted, it must be submitted to a Repub lican Caucus Committee in order that the remaining places may be filled. SOUTHERN GOVERNORS To Meet in Richmond!! on April12 As sured of a Hearty Welcome. By Telegraph to thj Morning Star. Richmond. Va.. March 8. Gov. McKinley has referred all correspond ence j in reference tcf the meeting of Southern Governors here on the 12th of April to Mayor Ellyson, jof 'the Chamber of Commerce, and CoX. A. S. Buford, President of the Virginia World's Fair Commission.! These representatives of the city and State's! interests will see that the visitors are properly cared for, and that they will bef given ample op portunity to learn of its trade, resources, and other prospects. . Mayor Ellyson to-day addressed a let ter toj Gov. Fishbackot Arkansas, the leading spirit in the movement, assuring him and his colleagues of a hearty wel come to this city, and tendering them such pourtesy in a general and . social way as their stay may, permit of. 1 . Good Looks. Good looks are more than skin deep, depending upon a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the Liver be in active, you have a Bilious Look, if your stomach be disordered you have a Dys peptic Look, and if your Kidneys be af fected you have a j Pinched Look. Se cure good health and you will have good looks, Electric Bitters is the great al terative and Tonic, acts directly on these vital Organs. Cures Pimples, Blotches, Boils and gives a cood comrjlexion. Sold at R. R. BELLAMY'S;! Drug Store, 50c per bottle, i l SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Chatfatte News : Mr. Steven G. Murr, who had resided in Concord for nearly 60fears past, died at his home there yestf J-day. - ewpern journal'. Mr. Karl v Willis, ofj Beaufort, was drowned in Neuse river at Hickery Island, 15 miles ' from this City: Saturday. He and a com panion. Ms. Arthur Newkirk, had just fished their nets, and were returning to the shorej when a squall struck the boat, capsized ftj and turned it over and over several times with the young men. The body of Mr. Willis has not been found. He was about 21 years of age. Aslieville Citizen : Deputy Sher iff T- H. Everett of Bryson City, was in AshevilleH last night, on his way home from thel Indian Territory, where he had gone to lake the Indian, Johu Muskrat, who bad) been implicated in two . mur ders, harf escaped two years ago, and had takfcn retuge with the Indians of this Static Mr. Everett went to Tahle quah, the capital of the Cberokees, de livered his prisoner to Chief C. H. Har ris and deceived the reward, $500. Hndersonville Times: On Mon day night of last week the little one year old child. of r. Levi Huggins. who resides at Bowman's Bluff, being in thearm of its mother, knocked a bottle of turpentine from the mantle board. It fell in the. fire, the turpentine ignited and sent up a great blaze, and so sud penly and. unexpectedly that it set the child's Clothing m a flame before Mrs.1 Huggins could get out of the way. Death ' ensued After ten hours nf intenu tnffor.' ing. . ' Raleigh News and Observer: Jake Sheed, living on Mine Creek, in Barton Creek township, lost a valuable stances. A mad dog about the 'first of January bit several hogs and the horse. The hogs ran mod and were killed. - The horse followed on Friday last, develop ing a horrible case of hydrophobia. In his convulsions he would tear out grea pieces of, flesh from his sides and legs. Before being killed he bit his owner's father. Mr. Ransom Sneed,.tearing out a f UMM . . V ... U.d. , .... Carthage Blade r Yesterday morning as the convict brigade were go ing from their camp, about six. miles from here, one of the prisoners, John Young, colored, made a break for lib erty. One of the guard promptly fired -at him, and in following him on the run, fell over a log. At that point Mr. Allen Bradshaw, assistant superintendent,' grabbed up the guard's gun and fired two shots at the fleeing convict, both ol which took effect with fatal effect. None of the other prisoners attempted to escape. 1 Raleigh Chronicle : The follow ing military commissions were - issued yesterday: W. R Kenan, of Wilming ton. Assistant Adjutant General; Charles A. Cook, of Warrenton, Assistant In spector General of small arms practice; N1 Anderson, J. D. Grower and R. L. Gibbon, Surgeons Second Regiment; J. R. Beamon. Captain, and Lewis H. Moore and J. B. Pigford, Lieutenants Company A, Second Regiment; Roger Smith, Assistant Surgeon Second Regi ment; M. L. Dickson, Lieutenant Com pany K, Fourth Regiment. Newton Enterprise: Irish pota toes are so scarce and high this year, that we lear some difficulty will be ex perienced in getting seed potatoes. Ths Northern potatoes are so high that cone of our merchants are dealing in them. Last Saturday, two men by the name of Overcash were arrested over in Caldwell county, charged with breaking a safe down in South Carolina.- They had been in Caldwell working for a week or so at a saw mill. Whether they were the right parties or not we are not able to say, but one of them had a con siderable sum of money on him when arrested. Thev were taken to Hirkorv ' and locked up in the calaboose. Mon day night they made their escape; and the supposition is that they received assistance from the outside. Newbern Journal: Dr. G. K. Bagby received a letter from his Wash ington attorney yesterday, notifying him that the patent on his dental articulation cup bad been allowed. The dental cup is -something new in dentistry, and of practical value. The cup is not for pa tients, but for the operator's use. It. saves the patient one visit to the office, and the dentist from one to four hours' work on each set ol teeth made. It moreover makes it certain that the up per and lower teeth will exactly lit each other as the natural teeth should. Other dentists who have examined the cup and used it are highly pleased with it and pronounce it a success and something long needed. Eveiy set of teeth made with them has been absolutely perfect, and Dr. Bagby considers the cup one of the greatest inventions ever made in his profession. Charlotte News: In the equip ment of the steam laundry is a machine called the maneel. It is a lonp iron rv. tinder, which is kept at a high degree of heat by steam and set around it are other cylinders covered with packing. The machine is used for ironine table cloths. Early this morning Hanna 'McBride. a colored woman employed at the laun dry was standing idly by the machine, running her right hand carlesslv ud and down on one of the feeding rollers. All at once her hand Was carried into the machine. It was drawn in up to the wrist, and was held aeamst the hot cy linder until the machinery' could be stop ped" and the mangel taken apart. The hand was imprisoned for full .'five minutes, and when it wS5 finally released it was in a shocking condition. The flesh had been burned from palm and back to the bone. Her hand will have to be am putated at the wrist. , Wilkesboro Chronicle: . Llovd Allen, a somewhat noted character, who lived near Goshen, this county, died suddenly of heart disease last Monday morning. He was about 45 years old. Along back in the 70's he carried the mail between Wilkesboro and Lenoir. and made the entire line on foot. It is said that one time became from Goshen to Wilkesboro and back to Goshen, on bet. with a-load of mail, in just two hours and fifteen minutes a dis tance altogether of over sixteen miles. - On Monday night, February 20th. in Antioch township, a mob of men at tacked the house occupied by Gus Mar- ti and his two sisters, Martha and Louisa, and after driving the inmates out they set fire to the house an dco tri plet ely destroyed it, together with all the household goods and clothing of the Martins. It is reported that this outrage was perpetrated because Gus Martin bad v been suspicioned nf informing revenue officers, upon certain persons in that vicinity. . Henderson Herdld: -Mrs. Toe Smolansky, nee Miss Meisenheimer (!) the noted, the unhappy, the unfaithful spouse, attempted her Uife Monday night by drinking laudanum. She was und in her room in the brick building hi vuufcr s warcuuuse, in an un conscious condition. A physician was speedily summoned, and after consider able time had elapsed she responded to the treatment and was pronounced out of danger. We understand that she has declared her intention to take another dose, when she hopes to be more success ful; in accomplishing her end. Mr. Hal Macon, of Warrenton,. brought in John Lyon, one of the prisoners who escaped from the iail here two weeks ago Friday night. Since getting out he has been to Nash county, stole a horse, IUUI. UIUI UflWlW . IU UULCIUII3C, twelve miles north ot here, and sold him for $30 two dollars cash and the ballance on time. Tohn said that Tim Green, the negro boy employed by the jailer, Buck licwis, ten iac )au uuors open ior ineir escape in consideration of 83 paid him by 'Joe Satterwhite, another of the colored prisoners. . - is 1
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