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-rUWJSHKD AT WILMINGTON, N. C, AT j $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 8888888888888888 88888si88is888888 88888888888888888 88888888888888888 : 82888888282888888 888888S8828S88888 '. 82888882888888888 88888888888888888 . I--: '.j- .. .? ' I ! ' - o . 3-555.552 S 3 1 S (.Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, as Second Class Matter.l SUBSCRJIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the "Weekly Star is as follows: Single Copy 1 year, postage paid...............$l 00 a f 6 months 0 " " S months " ' SO TEA CULTURE. : It is the farmer who raises some thing for which there is a demand, something which every farmer does not raise who stands the best chance of making money, provided he un derstands his business and markets his produce judiciously. j V A few years ago the cultivators of strawberries made a good deal of money out of them,; but their suc cess stimulated others, the. business became overdone in some sections and it was only the grower Who was fortunate enough to get his berries to market early, before the rustr came, that realized much profit out of them. I j" .So with truck. The men who went into that business first' got fine prices and made money fast, but the acreage has been so increased - that It is only the early shipments which pay handsomely, late shipments pay ing very little and some of them" nothing. J So with melon raising, and peach raising in Georgia, both of. which paid very handsomely a few years ago, but the acreage has been so much increased, and the fruity ripens so near the same time, that few real ize large profits compared with what they reaped in the first few years. It is much the same with the grow ing of table grapes in North Caro lina. VThe first" shipments give big returns, but the rush soon brings nrira rlnon tnn nxn tn tfn enthii- siasm up.. ' i . , t ' j . But yet - the probabilities are that all engaged in the industries referred to,' who get into market with their products within reasonable time,, are pretty well paid for their labor, al though they- may be more or less disappointed in their expectations. There is one branch of agriculture which has attracted little attention in this country, which promises much, while there is not much danger of its being overdone for some years to come, at least, if at all, and one tor the product of. which there is now a good market, which will continue to grow as the population increases. Another advantage it presents is that there is no particular reason for the marketing ot the product, tor it is constantly in demand, and keeps throughout the vear or longer. We . refer to the culture of tea, which has never been grown in this country as a commercial article. It is said that it may. be grown anywhere in this country south of the lakes, while it has been demonstrated by successful trialvthat it will grow luxuriantly in '1 the South. J '-;''-!. , rnnrv snm a nmp arm T hp I riarra- i nooga Tradesman offered prizes for the best articles on j "What Industry ! Will Pay the Best in the South." the ! condition being that only industries that might be capable of universal ex tpneinn and rrpnpral hpnefit should - e - be considered. Among the articles sent in which struck the Tradesman most favorably was one on tea cul ture by a farmer in Mississippi who .proved .that he knew whereof he was writing by accompanying his paper with a package of teas grown and cured on bis tarm and Dy ms own pare with ,the . best articles on the market- in this country ' and were vastly superior to the stocks ordi - narily kept f or.sale, while they were absolutely free from any of the poi sonous compounds used by the Chi nese to cover much of the vile stuff they ship to the. American market, which, by the way, sees very little tea which is fit for use. Much of what is sent to us is the refuse after the best has been selected for the use of the. rich tea-drinking Chinese who can afford to pay ten - or twelve dollars a pound for it, and much more, nearly all thecheap teas, is stuff the Chinese have extracted . the first juices from, and then dumped into a pile to be baked over, curled up, colored with poisonous decoctions, packed into boxes, covered all over with mysterious Chinese characters and sent over here to help kill the! people who are ua fortunate enough to drink it. This Mississippi farmer writes tlat the plant will mature In four months, and that the curing does not require 'near the care that tobacco does, (The quality of tea, by the way, like the quality of tobacco, depends very . much on the curing of the leaf.) It requires less labor than cotton, and s. ... VOL. XXIV. there is nothing about it that a half grown child cannot comprehend. A row thirty feet long, he says, will raise all the tea a large family can use in twelve months. This man has been raising tea for years, and the strange thing about it is that it has never occurred to him to raise it to put upon the market. " .:;." Tea has been grown for years, and successfully, near . Fayetteville, this State, but only for home use. Mr. . Charles Shepard, of South Carolina, has been " putting it to a practical test on his plantation, near Summerville. - He planted twelve acres 'three years ago. Last year he picked and cured about forty pounds which he took to Baltimore and sub mitted to tea experts, who pro nounced it equal to the best English breakfast tea. .This year he expects to get 160 pounds, and next year' 240. - Mr. Shepard has familiarized himself with the processes of curing and produces different grades of tea as the result of different methods of curing. ; So far he has Used the ordi nary fruit evaporator for curing, but will have more effective apparatus for this year's pick. He proposes to have a fine exhibit at the World's Fair, and will let the curious take a sip of South Carolina tea. : These three citations of what has been done establish' the fact that tea can be grown in the South, and if as easily as represented, there can be no doubt that the industry would be a profitable one, for there is no tea- drinker who ' would not prefer the tea, grown at home to the question able, to say the least, stuff imported from China. " ONE OF THE. DRAINS. If -the money the South makes could be kept at home and put to the development of her resources and the establishment of industrial enter prises this would be inside of ten years one or the richest and most prosperous sections in the Union. Ask men why there are not more manufacturing establishments in the South and why there are not more railroads built in sections which are much in need of them and they who undertake to answer the question will say that it is for'want of capital, that there is little money in the South to be so invested, and yet if the South had control of the money the Southern people pay out annually to other States there would be no is complaint of a want of capital to es- taf-ilicfi ninctrioc TmiiII rail marie put in operation lines of steamships from our own to foreign ports or en eaee ' in anv-other enterprise that might be desirable. Southern planters have made over $8,000,000,000 worth of cotton since the war. Where is it? It came into the South but went out again, very little of it remained.. It went to the Middle and Eastern States for man ufactured goods, millions of dollars worth of which was made out of the cotton grown in our fields; for boots, shoes, hats, for household furnish ings, kitchen utensils, &c, for nun. dreds of things unnecessary to men tion; and to the West for wagons, agricultural machinery and imple ments, for flour, meal, bacon, canned meats, &c, and last but not. least, for life and fire insurance paid out in vast sums to companies scattered through all the Eastern, Middle and Western States from Maine, to Min nesota, with some foreign companies thrown m. I ; How much- the South annually pays out tor insurance cannot De definitely stated, for but few of our States keep a record of it, but it would be perfectly safe to estimate it at $50,000,000 as the minimum figure, not more than one-fourth of which comes back to pay for losses by deaths or fires. This simply means that these outside companies make a profit of $37,500,000, on what the Southern insurers pay to be in sured. How ; much North Carolina pays we do not know, but the Florida Times-Union throws some light on the question ' as to Florida, which may serye as a basis to form some es timates as to North Carolina. It quotes the report of the Auditor of the State as showing that there were forty-tour life and fire insurance companies operating in that State last year, which issued policies amounting in the aggregate to $41, 591,097.; They received from policy holders $1,138,028, and paid put in losses $326,608, showing a profit of $811,420, every dollar of which went out of Florida and found a lodge ment in. other States.. This is not for "one year alone, but is an annual outgo, . which will increase, rather than diminish, as the State's popula tion increases. -'. Now, suppose this money were kept at home and in Vested in industries, wouldn't' they make Florida hum? .The population of Florida was in 1890 391,422. The population of North Carolina was 1,617,947, over four times as large. " There are no very large cities in either Statebut there are more cities and towns in North Carolina than, there are in Florida, and it is a very insignificant place which hasn t one or more established agencies of one or more Northern insurance companies, not to speak of the travelling solicitors who have districts assigned to them and keep on the move working up busi: ness, for which some of them are very handsomely paid. If Florida, with a population less than one-fourth that of North. Caro lina and with fewer cities and towns (for it is these which -furnish -most of the insurance, life and fire,) pays an nually for insurance $1,138,028, would it be' exaggerating to estimate the amount paid by North Carolina at twice that sum, or $2,276,056? And estimating the amount paid back aff j the same as in Florida-about one fourth -the people of North Caro lina pay out annually as profit to these Northern "companies the snug sum of $1,658,042, for the satisfac tion of feeling that some of them ate insured on life and property. Sup pose this sum were invested annually in addition, to what has already been and is being invested in the develop ment of our resources, the establish ment of new industries and other industries, wouldn't it make North Carolina hum ? Insurance ts good, it is business. Every man ought to insure his prop erty, which may be destroyed by fire, and every man should insure his lifeJor the benefit of his family, unless he is wealthv enoutrh to make insurance no object. It is a good form of investment, and when with a good, sound company, of whose solvency and stability there can be no doubt, one ot the best. We are not arguing against insu rance, for we relieve in it; but why should the South pay out annually to companies of other States such a large amount of money when she could have insurance companies of her own, which could meet the re quirements just as well, at as little or perhaps less cost, and keep all this money at borne to be used in tne needs of our business, in the devel opment of our resources and in the establishment of new industries. There is no need of capital in the Sauth to do this, for the dispropor tion between the amounts received by those companies in Florida and the amounts paid back in losses shows the profit there is in it and that they can afford to take risks at a much smaller figure than they do add yet have a handsome margin left for profits. This is one of the drains that ought to be stopped and that could be stopped If our people would take a practical, common-sense, busi ness-like view of it. 3T.IX02 MENTION. The progress made in electrical discovery and invention, especially, within the past ten years is marvel lous and yet we may not have crossed the threshold of its possibilities. It is not so very long ago since the claim that cities could be lighted by it was regarded as the dream of some enthusiast, until Edison did it and now the town which is not lighted by electricity is considered a' nest of old fogies. Then when the telephone was hinted at there was more incred ulous shaking of heads, wnile now there is not only no town of any im portance in this or European countries which has not its telephone system, but long-distance telephoning is an accomplished fact and people a thou sand miles apart may converse over the wires as freely as people two blocks apart can. When tnere was talk of propelling street cars with electricity as the motive power there was more head-shaking, and learned scientists went into elaborate argu ments to prove that the power could never be communicated to machinery so as to be effective, but they had hardly demonstrated this to their own satisfaction before street cars were running arid now the town of any size , which hasn't electric street cars is' a back number. Not only this but streams at a dis tance of many miles may be utilized for transmitting electric currejits to operate manufacturing industries, railroad trains are being run by it at a speed which steam could never attain, and a vessel is now being built to be run by the same power. But the latest triumph of genius is the Telautograph, the invention of Prof. Elisha Gray, who has "been working upon it for years, and which will to some extent take the place of the telegraph and telephone. By it 'the sender of a message at one end of the line writes his message, a fac simile of which - is. simultaneously produced at the other end of the wire, even to the dotting of the i and the crossing of the t. Every motion of the hand of the sender is repro duced by the receiver, which is a counterpart ot the mechanism at the transmitting end.4 Trials recently made have demonstrated its com plete success. The New York Lumber Trade Journal is -devoting much attention to cypress lumber, with a view to making its merits more generally known. It contends that this lum ber is not as extensively used as it would be if better known, and that many even among pretty' well in- know very ; little about it. . Facts, however, have been brought to light Weekly WILMNGrTON, N.1 C, which, are creating a demand for this lumber; and bringing it into more general use. "Aside . from its dura bility, which is" well-known,' it is sus- ceptible of the finest finish, and a fact which few knpw, instead of there" being only a few varieties ot it, there are maay. . As an illustration of this, a New Orleans finisher says he can finish a hundred rooms in cypress and have every , room , finished in a' distinct grain and! color.?, By some lumbermen it-is classed as " hard wood, by others as soft, while it is on the dividing line between hard and soft woods, and is claimed to be a perfect substitute for white pine, which is rapidly disappearing. If this be so, it will create a very- large de mand fpr this kind of timber and give our cypress swamps a value which has not heretofore been attached to them. The settlement of the cotton spin ners strike in England,- is" a matter in which the cotton planters . of the South are interested, although it would have been more to their ad vantage if it had been settled long ago. This strike has been on for five months, involving ten thousand operatives, and fourteen or fifteen million spindles, and like the majority of strikes, ended where itshould have ended, if begun, at firtf by a compro mise. This strike and the .stoppage of so many spindles in the midst ot the season when the cotton crop was being marketed, had a demoralizing effect, and prevented prices from go ing as high as they! would have gone if these spindles had been kept run ning. It is a pity 'that some system cannot be devised to adjust the dif ference between employers and the employed in the great industries, and prevent these prolonged strikes, by which so many are injured and no one benefitted. ' - A New York paper says Dr. Ham mond, who has been experimenting with Brown-Sequard Elixir, has de veloped it into something which he calls "Cerebrine" which will treble physical vigor in five minutes and correspondingly invigorate the brain. We recommend this to some of the Republican editors who seem to be so much rattled since the Democrats have taken the reins in Washington. Mrs. JN icoiaides,' the wue ot a Washington bric-a-brac dealer.raised old Nick the other day; gave expres sion to her jealousy and got even with the old man by smashing every thing in the shop i into smithereens. She would probably have smashed the old man, too, if he had not in the first rumblings of war eloped through a back window. Thousands -of acres of farming lands along . some oi the rivers in Michigan, which were hooded, are still covered with heavy ice, which will melt slowly and delay the farm ers very much in their spring plow ing. ' : : CRIMINAL COURT. Adjournment For the Term Beport ot the Grand Jury. b riday afternoon the grand jury found a true bill against Rev. J. D. Kelly (some years ago chaplain at the Seaman's Home) for an attempt to com mit rape. He was arrested and gave bond in the sum of $100 for his appear ance in court. Yesterday the case was called and on motion of the Solicitor was continued until the May term, and the defendant . was released under bond for the same amount. The complain ant in the case is a young white girl, twelve years of age, living in the south ern part of the city. , The grand jury submitted their report. They visited the County Home and found it well kept and. no complaint made by inmates. They recommend that the basement of the main building be drained and a larger furnace supplied. The jail was also inspected and found in a i good - and satisfactory condition, They reported,' also, that twelve witnesses had been examined in regard to complaints of disorderly houses in that section of the city known as "Dross Neck," but sufficient evidence upon which to make presentment could not be had. They suggested that, the Court co-operate with the city authori ties in the matter. Court adjourned in the afternoon for the term. i ROCKY MOUNT. A Boom in.Beal Estate Large Farchaae Made by a Syndicate of Kail road Men. Special Star Correspondence ; Rokcy Mount, March 2. i Buildings continue to grow up rapidly and every day brings forth something new. Houses are springing upon all sides like magic. The ; big land deal of last week of property changing hands to the amount of $27,000, 'and all paid down, has given a new impetus to bus iness The , West End Land Com pany have disposed of their pos sessions to a syndicate composed mostly of railroad men. Capt. lohn F. Divine is the President of the syndicate; T. C. Hiereins. Vice President; Dr. w. H. Whitehead. Secretary and Treasurer. MessrsGardner, Hanby, Higgins Borst, Buckner. Wilson. Tones. Hugh MacRae, and Hon. F. M Simmons are the direc tors. It is a strong company, being composed of well-known gentlemen. and the town is to be congratulated on having such a corporation in its midst. This deal only shows which way our town is moving and in the near future the opening of apnng will show- up some startling developments. Another syndicate is having plans ano specifications ot a large cigarette iac- ; tory. five stories high, all brick, which will be completed by next tall. . FRIDAY, MARCH 31, MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Eight 'DemocrnU and Two Republicans Chosen far Aldermen, The election yesterday for Aldermen Of , the City of Wilmington was, as is usually the case, quiet and uneventful, The Democrats carried four of the five wards, and will have eight mem bers of the Board, 'while the Repub licans will have only two. ' The Democrats are: Col. Roger ; Moore and Mr. W; C. Vpn Glahn, from the Second ward; Mr. I W. N. Harriss and Mr. . S. H. Fishblate - from the Third ward; Mr. Jno.'J. Fpwler and Mr. E. S. Latimer trom tne pourtn ward and Mr. A. JNortnrop and Mr. inos. J. oore from the Fifth Ward. - The two Repub licans elected are T. O. Nixon and A. T, Walker (colored) from the First Ward. The official returns of the election are as follows: I j. first! WARD. J. O. Nixon .890 A. IrWalker..... .321 .268 W. H. Howe.,.;. S. P. Wright..... W. McD. Evans. . ......26! . SECOND WARD. Roger Moore ... ..236 W. C. VonGlahn. A. G: Ricaud.... ..231 .. 1 THIRD WARD; S. H. Fishblate. . W. N. Harriss:. S. P. Wright.... C. W. Yates...., ..252 ..254 3 .. 1 FOURTH WARD. E. S. Latimer. . . ....249 ....250 .... 1 Tno. T. Fowler.. J. H. Durham. . FIFTH WARD. E. A. Northrop. . ....394 l. J. uore.... .. ..:.367 Geo. W. Borneman. ...116 ....181 Geo. Bell....... FOR THE TRUCKERS. Fast Freight Sobednla on th9 A. C. L.to Northern Market. The Atlantic Coast Line announces that commencing Tuesday, March 28th, their No. 80 through freight train will be annulled between Wilmington and South Rocky Mount, N C, every Tuesday and Thursday until further advised, and in place thereof tfae will run a special train leaving Wilmington at 9.30 a. m. and arriving at South) Rocky Mount in time to connect with the Atlantic Coast Des patch all rail fast freight train, thereby giving on the dates named a fast freight schedule to the Eastern markets. On these days it will be necessary for -ship pers to forward pn the special train not only the Atlantic Coast Despatch (all rail) shipments,! but also shipments routed via Atlantic Coast Line, (via Pinners Point, Portsmouth and steamer). This train will stop at all stations on the line between Wilmington and South Rocky Mount to take up truck. This ar rangement has been made by the At lantic Coast Line for the temporary con venience of the truck shippers along their road, They expect in the near fu ture to arrange a daily fast freight sche dule for perishaple freight business from Wilmington to the Eastern markets. In order to get freight on this train at Wil mington it willi be necessary for it to be delivered at the Coast Line station not later than 8.80 a. m. RIVER AND MARINE. The Light House Bosvrd HaJcing Prepara tion for Construction of the Proposed Light House on, Hatter aa Shoal. The officials Of the Light-House Board are making preparations to again let the contract for the! construction of the pro posed light-house at Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras, N. C. It will be remem bered that about three years ago Con gress voted an appropriation of (500,000 for this work. The contract was let to a responsible firm who bad done some of the most difficult building of this char acter ever undertaken. They built the immense caissons at Norfolk, and the plan was after their completion to have them towed down, and when the weather was favorable t put them in place. On the way, despite a favorable forecast by the Weather Bureau, the fleet was struck by a terrific gate and the whole outfit was lost. The ifirm sustained a heavy loss and threw up the contract, lben numerous new plans were sub mitted. One was to erect large electric fights on pues and connect tne same with the banks by means of cables, and a poweriui dynamo could then supply the light. It was not regarded feasible and was abandoned because the shifting of the sand beds would wash away the poles. The board have tried the plan from Sandy Hopk to Gedney Point, and it does not give satisfaction. The Light-House Board has received from the i Signal Service a complete record of the weather for the past twenty years, and ; charts are being made to as certain, if possible, the safest period of the year for transporting the caissons to Diamond bnoals, when new ones shall have been built. This. 13 regarded as the most difficult undertaking of the kind that has ever been attempted, and the board are determined to exhaust every means in getting a foundation for the proposed I Diamond shoals light house. . It is sadly needed, ihe money available will be ample to commence the structure, out wacn compictea u win cost probably at least $1,000,000, but it will be the greatest achievement in its line and prove 6t incalculable benefit to navigation. Stocks of Naval Stores. Stocks of naval stores at the ports March 25th are reported as follows : Spirits turpentine New York, 2,644 casks; Charleston, 1,132; Savannah, 7,- 220; Wilmington, 1.890. Total, 12,392 casks." Rosin New York, 86,141 j barrels; Charleston. 6.185: Savannah, ' 59,050; Wilmington, 25,jl78, Total, 126,554 bar- rels. Tar New York, 4.148 barrels; Wil mington, 7,226. ?Total, 11,874 barrels. WAR IN" HAYTI. A Decisive Battle -with Insurgent Troop Beportea. . v . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, March 25. A cable gram was receiyed at the Department of State this afternoon from Minister Dur ham at .Port-aui-Prince, Hayti, stating that the insurgents had crossed the Haytian frontier from San Domingo, and that a decisive battle was reported, ine dispatch added that Haytian troops would be senttd the frontier. TAR. 1893. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. ,' The Memben-Eleot Sworn Iu Democratic Caucus Alderman PUhbUte Elected Mayor Other City Official Chosen. The Aldermen-elect met at the City Hall yesterday at noon and after ; the certificates of election were read by the city clerk, Mr, W. A. Wlllson, the oath of office was administered to each alder man by Justice John Cowan. - Upon the conclusion of this necessary formality. temporary organization was effected by Alderman Moore taking the chair on motionof Alderman Von Glahn, The chairman stated that ' the Board was ready for business, but on motion of AldermanFishblate a recess was taken until 8 o'clock in the' afternoon. ' - the caucus. . - ' . r ;. Immediately after adjournment, the eight Democratic members , of j the Board met. in caucus in the Mayor's office. They remained in the room about two hours. Soon after the adjournment of the caucus it was rumored that they had chosen Alderman Fishblate ! for Mayor, Alderman Northrop for Clerk and Treasurer, Mr. R. B. Clowe ; for Chief of Police, Mr. Martin Newman for Chief of the Fire Department. It was rumored, also, that only two bal lots were had for Mayor. . "j . THE BOARD ORGANIZED. At five minutes past three o'clock the Board reassembled in the City Court room with all the members present O.Nixon and Andrew J. Walker (col ored) from the First ward; Roger Moore and William. C. VonGlahn from the Second ward; S. H. Fishblate and W.N. Harriss from the Third ward; John J. fowler and Edward S. Latimer from the Fourth ward, and Edwin A, Northrop and Thomas J. Gore from the Fifth ward. 1 Alderman Moore took the chair and announced that business was in order. Alderman Northrop arose and nomi nated for Mayor, Alderman Fishblate. Alderman VonGlahn seconded the nomination. No other nomination was made and a ballot was ordered. Alder man Fishblate received seven votes and Alderman Moore two. ' Mr. Fishblate was sworn in by Justice Cowan, and on taking the chair ad dressed the Board as follows : Gentlemen of the Board; Accept my thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me in selecting me from among yourselves to be , the chief executive of our city lor the next two years. It is an honor of which any man may well be proud and for which I am profoundly grateful. But every honor brings ! its corresponding duties and responsibilities and the honor is only well deserved when those duties and responsibilities are iaithtuiiy borne and iulhlled. - i ac cept the office with good will to all and malice toward none, and in my adminis tration I shall endeavor to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest nam ber; but in all matters the interest oi the city will be zealously protected and cared for. It may not be improper or egotistical for me to state that I think I know something of the needs of our city. For thirteen years I have served this city either as mayor or member of your board, and I feel satisfied that when my term of office shall have ex pired that you will find that the im provements begun during the adminis tration of, my distinguished predecessor will have been faithfully carried out. l ask of you all your kind forbearance and hearty co-operation, so that two years hence we may all lay down our offices with the plaudits of our community. 1 now declare the Board ready for bust ness. t Other nominations and elections were then made, as follows : For City Clerk and Treasurer Alder man VonGlahn nominated E. A. North rop. Alderman Nixon nominated W. A. Willson. Northrop received 7 votes and Willson 2. For Chief of Police Alderman Moore nominated R. B. Clowe. Mr. Clowe re ceived 7 votes and R. M. Capps 2 votes. For City Attorney Alderman Von Glahn nominated P. B. Manning. Man ning received 7 votes and T. W. Strange 1 vote. For Chief of Fire Department Alder man Gore nominated Martin Newman, who received 8 votes. For-Assistant Chief ot Fire Depart ment Alderman Northrop nominated Henry J. Gerken, who received 8 votes, For Cattle Weigher Alderman Fowler nominated S. L. Yopp, who received 8 votes. For Superintendent of Streets Alder man Northrop nominated W. H. Sholar and Alderman Nixon nominated M Carroll. Sholar. received 8 votes and Carroll 2. On motion of Alderman Walker these nominations were all made unanimous. On motion of Alderman Fowler the rules and regulations of the old Board were adopted by this Board. The Board then adjourned to meet again next Monday night at 8 o clock, when the Mayor will announce the com mittees. RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Three Freight Cars and an Engine Wreck. ed An Engineer Seriously Wounded. Special Star Correspondence Fayetteville. N-C March 24. The fast mail train on the Wilson & Florence branch of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad ran into three box cars, partly loaded, at Fayetteville at 4 o'clock this morning, utterly demolishing the cars and scattering the freight promis cuously. .The engine of the fast .mail was also demolished and the engineer severely - scalded and burned. The passengers : sustained . no serious m- lury, oemg omy a uttie shaicen up, and badly frightened. The in juries to the engineer,, while painful, are not necessarily fatal. The train was delayed about four hours. The particulars as to the causes of the accident cannot be definitely ascer tained, as railroad employes, like dead men, tell no tales (that is give no in formation calculated to involve the road or any of its employes in a difficulty) but so iar as your correspondent has been able to learn, it is the duty of the engineer of the freight train which ar rives from the South every afternoon between five and six o clock .to do all shifting at this point and to clear the mam line lor ail succeeding trains; and Madam Rumor says this duty devolved uoon Engineer Bogan yesterday after noon, who delegated the performance of the duty to his nreman. The fireman, after doing the necessary shifting, left the three cars standing on the main line, thereby - blockading the highway and causing the accident. , . i r 19 NO. THE SENATE. . A Short and Unimportant Session. Bt Telegraph to the Morulas Star, Washington, ' March 23. The Vice- President announced the appointment of Mr. Walthall as one of the directors of the Deaf and Dumb Institute for the District of Columbia in place of M Hawley, resigned. , Mr. Call offered a resolution in regar to the commission to inquire into the several executive departments of the Government, which was the subject ot discussion in yesterday s session. The resolution declares the provision of the appropriation act providing for the ap pointment of three Senators and three Representatives of the Fifty-third Con gress by presiding officers of the two nouses in tne fiity-second (congress as such commission, is in derogation of the Constitutional rights, privileges and prerogatives of each House, is otherwise in violation of the Constitution, and ab solutely null and void. . ,t , Mr. Gorman suggested the reference of the resolution to the Committee on Privileges and Election. -. c ! i , I Mr. Call said he preferred to have the resolution printed and laid on the table, as he wished to make some observations upon it. It might then be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elecj tion. j I That order was made, and then at 12.10 the Senate, on motion of Mf. Daniel, proceeded to Executive bus- mess. Alter spending about three-quar ters ot an hour in executive session, th Senate adjourned until Monday nexu TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE. Unusual and Appalling Results of a Vol- canio Eruption. - By Telegraph to the Morning Star, Panama, March 24. A tremendously destructive phenomenon has occur red Ya the Department of Cauca, in the repub lic of Colombia. The volcano of Sotara has been unusually active, and the peo ple of that region have been greatly ex cited by a rumbling of the earth and the extraordinary violence of the volcanic eruption. Suddenly, while the volcano was belching forth name and smoke to a great height, the earth began to shake as it a most violent convulsion was in progress, and the mountain ridge called Cruz Loma suddenly sank along its en tire extension. j I The inhabitants in the vicinity who had a chance to escape fled in terror from the scene, and not too soon, as the sunken ridge dammed up three rivers and added devastation to the terrors of the earthquake and volcano. Twelye persons are known to have perished and many cattle destroyed. More destruc tion is teared, as the rivers whose usual channels have been "obstructed are rising rapidly. Great suffering prevails in Cauca, usually the most flourishing de partment of Colombia, and many people are starving, owing to the failure; ot the crops, and this new and unexpected calamity has added greatly to the gen era! wretchedness. RIGHTS OF LABOR UNION.! XT. S. Court Decision Concerning a Strike Ordered by the Amalgamated Council. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. I New Orleans, March 25.i-; fudge Billings, in the United States Court jto- day, rendered an opinion in the suit of the Government , against the Amalga mated Council and ! the officers of the various labor organizations which or dered a general strike in November last. An injunction against the organizations was asked for, under the act of Congress prohibiting combinations in restraint of trade. In an elaborate opinion the Court sets aside every claim of the defendants and declares that the acts of the Amal gamated Council and officers' of the union were unlawiul in ordering a gen eral strike and that the merchants are entitled to injunction and other relief. The decision discusses fully the rights of labor unions and is far-reaching in its effect, as result of decision criminal prosecution against defendants would probably lie. but .it is not yet known whether the U. S. authorities will pro ceed against the alleged labor leaders. AN IMPORTANT DEAL In Properties of the Tennessee; Coal and Iron Company A Large Interest Pur chased by John H. Inman. , Bt Telegraph to the Morning Stat New York, March 25 f-An important deal in the Tennessee Coal & Iron Com pany's affairs was concluded to-day Jno. H. Inman having privately purchased 25,000 shares oi stock frota ti. DeDardel ben. Inman, it is said, paid about cur rent market prices for the stock.! To day's purchase gives him control of the property. Inman was formerly identified with the company, but withdrew from the management some years ago. N. Baxter, Jr., of Nashville, is to be the hew President and H. DeDardelben Vice-President. The latter jis to have charge of the ' manufacturing plants ot the company, JEFFERSON DAVIS. Mayor Ellyson in New Orleans in Connec tion With the Bemoral of the Remains Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Orleans, March ,25,-rMayor Ellyson, of Richmond, arrived lis this city yesterday, and held a conference with Gen. Glynn and staff, of the! Louis iana division of theConfederateVeterans, upon the removal of the remains of Jef ferson Davis to Richmond. Details as to the date of the removal, the composi tion of the escorts, the number, of stop ping places and the route will be agreed upon at another conference this after noon; Mayor fc-llvson says the inter ment will take olace in Hollywood Cem etery, at Richmond, May 80. j A jlat has been selected by Mrs. Davis, and will be reserved for the Davis family, The Louisiana division will have charge of the ceremonies at New, Orleans, and Lee Camp at Richmond. Daring the coming summer or fall, designs for the Davis monument will be asked for the monument to be erected iri Monroe Park, and they expect to lay the corner stone and begin work next year and complete the structure within the next two or three years. REV, SAM JONES Denies Statements that He and Another 1 , 9 Minuter are Gunning for Eaoh. Other. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Atlanta, Ga., March I 25. Sam Jones, in a telegram to an; afternoon paper, denounces as a "great big lie'' the statement telegraphed from Carte rsville to tne enect that be and a brother min ister were carrying guns f for each other. The statement, it is alleged grew out of rather strained relations be tween Mr. Tones and Rev. Mr. Dobbs, oi tne rresbytenani tnurch, over charges made by Dobbs against. Rev. Mr. Mashbury, of the M. E. Church, of which charges Mr. Mashourv was ac quitted some time since. SPIRITS TURFNTrWE. I Charlotte JVews'heJifad has been purchased at Matthews, this county, upon which a cotton mill will be erected this summer. The Matthews mill will i cost $75,000 and , will operate 5.000 spindles. Messrs. Oates Bros., of : this city, are contemplating, a big ad- ! dition to their already mammoth cotton , mill. Just what enlargement will take place has not yet been determined, but when the new addition has been 'com pleted, this factory will be one of the largest of its kind in' the country; v i : V.' ' ' , j' .- " i Statesville Landmark ; John Godfrey, a young married man about 22 years of age, who has been working for ' Mr.l J. F. Houpe, of Bethany township, eloped, Monday night ot last week, with Mr. Houpe's 17-year-old daughter, Nancy Jane. Farmers generally re- -port that the wheat is not looking well, but that it has improved considerably in the past few weeks. . j Howeyer, there, is no reason to be discouraged thus early over the prospects for a wheat 'icrop. Farmers generally agree that it isnot a good sign for wheat to show upftooweli too early in the springs and, that fre quently . the ' poorest prospec . in early spring turns out the best crops at bar vest. v !-.,. . " Goldsboro Headlight : j The horrible burning of Mrs. Matilda Sulli- -van, aged about 60 years, which occurred at her home near Pikeville, Thursday, is reported by our Pikeville correspondent. . The first report reaching us stated that , she was roasted alive, but now . we are glad to know that her injuries.; though very painful, will "not prove fatal. , ' We learn that Miss Cora, the twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Keen, while being left alone Saturday noon at their home in Grantham's town ship, was burned so badly by her clothes taking fire from the fire-place that she lived only a few hours -amid untold agony. Her body was literally roasted alive.. ., I; j j Charlotte; News: As the Char lotte bound train on the Carolina Cen tral road was standing at Pate's station, Robeson county, at 12 o'clock last night,' the report of a gun was heard and a man fell sprawling, dead, from the door of a cabin by j the track. It was the venge ance of the Crdatari, the .race that in past years made such a bloody record in that section, yesteiday two Croatans at Pate's j had a quarrel. At 12 o'clock last night, one of the men called" at the house of the other and knocked. The ' man inside knew what it ' meant and picked up his gun before opening the door. He was not quick enough, how ever, for the other nfan had the drop on him and shot him dead. Thus was an other Croatan quarrel settled. . ' ' i : Asheville Gazette: Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock D. D. Adams, a . brick mason, committed suicide bv cut- '- i ting his throat with a razor. Mr. Adams ha? been a resident of Asheville for fif teen years. His home was at 324 West Haywood street. He was a native of Maine. He was 55. years old and had been in bad health' for some time, and . at times was thought to be insane, so much so that Mrs. Adams sent tor his brother, Mr. W, S. ' ' Adams, of Maine, who arrived in the city only a few days ago- and was preparing to move his brother back to his home in the State of Maine.; They were to have left for Maine yesterday afternoon. Mr. Adams had accumulated several thousand dol lars worth (of property by his untiring energy at his trade, j . Charlotte News: Mrs. M. Mur phy departed this life this morning. She had been ill. for the past two weeks with pneumonia! Deceased was 63 years old. and; bad been married for forty-one Aears, makihg Charlotte her home since the close oflihe War. She was Miss Na omi Gleasorl.4 of Norfolk. Va. Two young . fellows from Iredell county reached Salisbury Tuesday!, and pretty soon landed h jail. They tied to'work the money raising scheme.! They had cut tne nguresy irom oia loonieaeraie bills and veaw pasted them on $1 bills pf current issiqt, and fortified With several raised notes, they invaded that town and' began operations. At the very first move, wey came to ;crief. One of them went mto a barber shop and got his shoes shinld. He gave the boy a $20 bill to hayechanged. The boy went out and very sopn a policeman came in and had the tw$ young men in charge. Besides three raffied Dins, he lound that each carried a stoL They were fined $50 each for earring concealed weapons, and were placedunder bond to appear at the next teriBAOt the Federal court for counterfeiting.;; One of the two had enough good mooey to pay his fine but could not give bfeitd, and both' went to Weldon A7: Preparations are being made to boats up Fishing Creek. Major I Stanton and Captain Schuster,; of thefJCoast Survey, have been along the oqek and arranged for drawbridges. Thljboats will run up to Daniel s bridge, near Enfield. We learn that the work " Of glutting in the draw bridges will soon gin. i h uoyern- ment has appropn ed 815,000 for this purpose and boats the stream will be oi incaculable ben t to a large number ig railroad facilities. of farmers not hav -i Three convict: a white man and two negroes; escapei while at work near the river on the iar s near I here. The dogs were ordered t e put immediately upon the trail. anwhile Mr, H. T. Pope followed up Ind Overhauled the white man and one the negroes. Mr. Pope's only weapon as a small pocket pistol, tie ordere the men to climb ere coming. The trees as the dogs negro immediately n up the nearest tree like a squirrel, d the white man, after carefully sel ting his tree, iol- lowed suit. The d s and guards soon arrived and the en -were taken in charge. The thin an was soon cap- tured. It was cert: nly an original and novel idea to orde the convicts up trees, and was also a brale and daring act on . the $art of Mr, ffape to follow three desperate crimiuas alone, j i Henderson bold Leaf: There cent publication lin ; the Cold Leaf ' re garding gold minftg interests hereabouts have' not only eliffted enquiries from far and near, but haire been the means of bringing to lighxther property of this kind.' We havjhad knowledge ot the existence of gJSl in paying jjuantities in Vance and Gjanville counties, as well as Halifax, Nasp, Warren and Franklin, and the only jprprise to us lies in the fact that it hasfnot been properly devel oped. -One. rfle south of Dabney is what is knowrfjas the old Ellington" gold mine, which laras profitably worked be fore the war. In those days operations were earned ra by the washing and pan ning system, ho modern mining machin ery and improved methods of extracting the . precious j qetal j then (being em ployed; but! crude l and imperfect as the system .of work! was,-jit paid the operators. At f the close of the war an effort was made to buy this pro perty by the man who had operated there previously but the title was then in such shape that iit could not be sold and work was never b-esumed afterward. And so it has stood until :the present. The land has recently been bought by Mr. J. E. Burroughs, of Dabney, and it is prob able that further prospecting for gold will be the result. ;. The dirt assays $9.40 per ton and this outside the vein proper as that has not been located. With a mining engineer and an "expert to fully investigate the matter we should expect to hear good news from this property. -Mr. .Will L. Garlick reports the most remarkable yield of onion sets we haye heard of. Last spring a friend gave him six small onions of the multiplying variety and he puf them in the ground. Monday he took them up and was both surprised and delighted to find 445 good, sized and well developed onion "sets" as the result of his crop. -, ; I i
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 31, 1893, edition 1
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