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j TAEIFF TALK S
. Some time ago the New York Re
form Club, of which T. Ellery An
derson is President, published a tatiff
scheme giving the lines on which
they, though the new tariff bill should
be drawn. This scheme has been se
verely criticised, and -has been con
. srrued as' an effort on the part of the
Club to thrust itself to the front and
to . dictate - the tariff policy to be
adopted. But this does not follow
as a j matter or course, for the Club
simply did what is often done by
those who are interested in prospec
tive l legislation, frame "a- scheme
which in their estimation comes
nearest to meeting the conditions
which will present themselves when
work upon the new tariff is entered'
upon.; That was their right, as it is
the 'right of any citizen, to make
suggestions bearing upon legislation
in which he and others of his fellow
citizens may be interested.; j
. It is by just such suggestions and
discussions as these that Representa
tives become aware of the demands
of their constituents, learn what pub
lic sentiment is and are enabled to
judge as to the particular j character
of legislationthe people desire upon
the tariff and other questions. ' If
the people were mum and jjever put
their decnands in form, it would take
the ,i average Congressman a long
time t j find out what was waKld, or
, how much of it, when he found that
out. ' f . ':
There is nothing which comes be
fore - Congress more -difficult to
handle with judgment and success
. than these,, tariff questions, because
there are so many varied and con
flicting interests to be considered, so
many subjects embraced by it; and it
is no easy matter to decide just how
much duty to put upon this or hat
" article, so as to bring in the most
revenue to the Government and cause
the " least oppression 'the citizen.
Such work as the New York Reform
Club has 'done, whether few or man
of the suggestions may be adopted,
is a help. j
In the Congress of, the United
States there are perhaps not a dozen
men, in both branches, who are thor
oughly posted on the tariff question,
and it will be found when a tariff bill
comes up for consideration that it is
these men who will do J.he principal
discussing of it, although when it
comes to details and special features
nearly every man, will want to have
his say, for his constituents will ex
pect that and he knows it. This
want .of knowledge does not arise
from a lack of intelligence, but from
the magnitude of the subject, its
broad sweep, the number of interests
it involves, and ttie fact that it re
quires a vast amount of study, inves
tigation and research to become fully
versed in it, and ready fivmeet ob
jections or to point out errors
As a general thing the main feat
ures of all tariff bills are suggested
and put into shape by the Secretary
of the Treasury, with such assistance
of experts as he may avail himself
of, and with these as, the foundation
the Committee of Ways and Means
pioceeds in the work of devising a
complete bill, and they, too, j avail
themselves of the assistance of ex
perts who have made the tariff a sub
ject of study, and of the assistance
alio of business men and others who
have a practical knowledge of such
matters, so that tariffs are nearly al
ways the joint work of. many per
sons. ' . ; --. -j
It is said that Secretary ..Carlisle
has been for some time engaged in
the work of formulating a bill to be
presented to the Committee on Ways
and Means when it enters upon the
work of preparing a bill to be sub
mitted to Congress, and that he will
: hew as close to the line as the neces
sities for revenue "to meet the ex
penses and obligations of the .Gov
ernment will permit. ! We know that
if these necessities were not as large
and imperative as they are, the hew
ing would be very close, for Mr. Car
lisle, while naturally very conserva
tive, is emphatically a low tariff man;
but he will be handicapped . by the
conditions that confront him and
will have to be satisfied with less'
- than he would like to demand, but
. the probabilities are that he may so
adjust the duties as to make them
very light on the necessaries of life
and make the luxuries pay the larger
share, light on what the toiling mil'
lions find -necessary for their com-
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VOL. XXIV.
fort, and heavier upon what the rich
import to satisfy their tastes, o.whims
or imaginary needs. The reverse of
this was the rule under the Republi
can tariffs.
It is argued by some tariff writers
who have devoted much thought and
study to this question, who are-alsol
familiar with the conditions that pre
sent themselves, that the average
rate ot the new tariff should not be
more than twenty-five - per cenj
which would be six per cent, higher
than the Walker tariff of 1846, but
twenty per cent, lower than.: the
Mills tariff of 1884, They hold; also,
that every article now on the free
list should remain upon it and others
which are" not on it be put on; such
as wool, coal, iron ore, etc. If, as
we suggested yesterday, the pension
question could; be settled before the
tariff question was acted upon, the
needs for revenue would be so much
reduced that the tariff Tates might
be made much lower and easily get
within jtwenty-five per cent., if not
lower than that, for the pensions
consumes over one-third of the reve
nues ot the Government. We " may
not be able to get down to the: bed
rock, all at once but we will get there
after a while when the start! has
teen made in that direction.
THE LAST OF THE SEVEJT.
Gen. E. Kirby Smith did not linger
long after Beauregard, and thus the
last of the seven full generals of the
Confederacy has " "crossed over the
river to rest inthe shade." If he had
lived until May :16th he would have
been 69 years of age. He was a
native of Florida, his birthplace Sj:.
Augustine, . the oldest town in the
United States. - ; -
He was a soldier from boyhood,
educated at West Point," from which
he graduated in 1845, and then saw
his first service in the Mexican war,
where by his gallantry be achieved
fame and promotion. For a few
years after he held a professorship
at West Point, and in 1855 was
assigned to duty against the hostile
Indians on the Texas border. He
was at Fort Anderson when his State
seceded in 1861, when he resigned
and received a commission as lieu-tenant-colqnel
in the -Confederate
cavalry. . .
He was wounded at the battle of
Manassas. In 1862 he was placed in
command of the Department of East
Tennessee, Kentucky, North Georgia
and Western North Carolina.! He
led the advance of Bragg's army in
Kentucky, which resulted in the de
feat of the Federal forces under Gen.
Nelson, at . Richmond, Ky., August
30th,j 1862. In 1863 he was given
command of the trans-Mississippi
Department, which .he held in good
shape until the surrender, being more
than a match for Gen. Banks, whom
he defeated in 1864 in the Red River
campaign. - -
After the surrender of the Confed
erate armies he aqcepted the position
of President of the Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph Company, which
he held from. 1866 to 1868. In 1870
he became Chancellor of the Univer
sity of Nashville, which position he
held until 1875, since when he has
been Professor of Mathematics in
the University of the - South at
Sewanee, Tenn., where he "fell on
sleep" last Tuesday, leaving another
honored name as a heritage to his
country.
THE SOUTH WILL LEAS.
The question as, to whether cotton
mills in the South could compete
with cotton mills in the North has
ceased to be a question-now, for it
has been so fully demonstrated that
no one now asks It. The question
now is with the New England mills,
can they continue to compete- with
Southern mills. In some lines of
goods they confess they cannot, and
these they have quit" making and
turned over to the Southern mills,
giving their attention mainly to the
the finer grades in which there is
some profit, on some of which there
is a protective tariff, and which are
ndt yet made in the South to any
considerable extent. In this field
they have little or no competition,
and as long as they can hold it there
will be profit to them in the business.
But the question with some, at
least, of them, is how long can they
remain in undisputed possession of
this field ? How long will it be beT
fore the Southern spindle and loom
will invade it ; as they did
the field of the coarser fabrics
and capture it as they did that? A
delegation xf Massachusetts manu
facturers not long ago appeared be
fore a committee of the Legislature
to protest against a reduction of the
hours of labor, and declared that if
the hours of labor were reduced, the
New England mills could not com
pete with the"- mills of the-South.
They gave their, reasons; alleging
that the cost of the raw material, the
cheapness of labor, the longer sea
sons for work, the cheapness of fuel,
of manufacturing sites, &c, gave the
Southern mills decided advantages,
and made them not only competitors
to be respected, . but to be feared.
This was an admission, an admission.
Inspired by self-interest, it is true,
but it is an admission which is sup-
ported by abundant evidence from
other sources and from the Southern
mills themselves, which jare cotr
stantly increasing in number and in
their output capacity. Not only this,
but the improvement in the grades of
Southern gpods has been as . marked
as the increase in their number.
Southern ' mill ' operators have
wisely gone slow and felt their way
and made sure of their ground as
they moved along. They have given
their attention to the manufacture of
those goods for which there, was a
ready market, and by makir g super
ior grades have created a vide de
mand for them, which accounts, to
a great extent, ior theit success as
competitors with Northern mills.
Their goods rank high, not only at
home but abroad, as far away as
China and Japantoj which large or
ders have been shipped.
As the grades have been improved
so in : time will Southern mills, be
making the finest grades, and thus
cover the entire field of whictr they
now cover only a part. In this the
New England manufacturers who,
until the South entered the field, had
almost exclusive monopoly of
the
manufacturing business, have had
two advantages, one the larger capi
tal which they can command, the oth
er the skilled labor i which 4s abund
ant in a section where the cotton
manufacturing business .in all its
branches has been so long and so
extensively carried on.. But New
England has exclusive control of
neither capital nor skilled labor, both
of which will come South in time.
. The reduction of the tariff will so
materially reduce the cost of milling
machinery of the costlier kind as to
require much less money to equip a
mill than it does now. This has
proved one of the obstacles in the
way of establishing mills for the
manufacture of fine grade goods in
in the South. This and the limited
amount of home skilled labor were
the principal impediments. But what
is to prevent Southern mills when
they want to branch out in that di
rection from employing enough
stilled labor in New England to fill
the places .which j cannot be filled
with home operatives ? With all the
advantages (he Southern millsbave
in other respects they should r ot only
be able to pay as high, and il neces
sary as an inducement" higher
wages than the ! New England mills
pay.; Wages will commanc labor
anywhere and bring it anywhere.
And why can't Southern operatives
learn me Dusiness ; ana operate it as
the New England operatives have
done? They have shown theirj ability
to master all the grades of goods
which Southern mills now make, a
varied list tind some of them very
fine, and there is no reason to be
lieve they would not prove as apt
scholars in other grades with which
they have heretofore had little or no
experience.
It may be that Southern mills may
not care for some time to turn their
ttention in the direction of the finest
and costliest goods while they have
a good and a growing market! for
such as they now make, and in the
manufacture of which there j is
a handsome profit with but little
serious competition, and thus they
may leave New England undisturbed
in her special lines. They may con
clude that the policy of letting well
enough alone is a good one, and be
content for some j time yet with ' Jhe
dividends derived from the less ex
pensive and more universally mar
ketable goodswhich they are now
making. But Southern ambition and
progressiveness are not going to be
content with this all the time, and
hence it is only a question of aime
and prospective profits , when- South
ern mills will be turning out the
finest grades, as they are now turn
ing out many grades which they did
not think of touching fen years ago.
Its growing trade, the reputation of
Southern goods of the various grades
now made will create a demand for
still finer, and then Southern enter
prise will prepare to meet this de
mand and make, another' advance
into New England's domain..
MINOR MEHTI03I. J
Secretary Carlisle has discovered
that the places Mn the Treasury De
partment have not been fairly ap
portioned among the States, and
intends to see that the fair thing is
done. He finds j that : some States
have many more places than they
are entitled to, ; others Very few, and
that the District of Columbia has
had almost a monopoly of places,
although entitled unde"r the distribu
tion system that should prevail to
not more than a dozen or so. . This
disparity is not confined to the Treas
ury Department I but exists in all,
discrimination having been shown
under all the Republican administra
tions against Democratic States. As
a matter of fact, the South had little
or no representation in them, and
in many cases where there
was apparent representation they,
were simply frauds, men from
other States which largely ex-j
deeded their quota of appointments
being credited to Southern States,
"Which they had never lived in and
never seen. JSome difficulty might
WILMINGTON, N. C,
have been found in filling the places
with competent men from the Re-,
publican party in the South, and
they were not expected to appoint
Democrats, but that i was not the
reason. 1 hey simply ignored the
Sooth and gave those places to party
workers and favored wards .ofthe
politicians on the other side of the
line. Every head of a Department
6hould follow the example set by.
Secretary Carlisle,- and make a new;
and honest deal. ' i y'
Love of flowdts is one,of the chat
acteristics of Southern towns. .It is
noted that in the town of Troy, Ala.,
a little place of 3500 inhabitants,
which means about 700.' families,
there are 104 flower pits and green
houses, which would be one to every
seven dwellings. The abundance
and variety of flowers1 in Southern,
yards is something ' that always at
tracts the attention and comment of
the stranger. But it is not hard to
raise flowers in our clime.
Those two St. Louis students who
wheeled into the city yesterday which
they left three years ago on their ride
around the world are plucky boys,
and may well be proud of their
achievement, y Wheeling it around
the world and through countries
whose languages they didn't know a
word of, was no small venture.
If the Italian fanatic who threw a
stone at King Humbert bad so
journed in ; this country until he had
caught on to the spirit of progress he
would' have learned that when it
comes to throwing things, ancient
eggs are always preferable to stones.
NAVAL STORES.
End of the Crop Tear A Slight Falling
. Off in Beoelpta Stooka at the Forts.
Yesterday, the 1st of April, was the
end of the naval stores year. Report of
the general round-up of the season
shows a falling off in receipts of the
various articles at this port, as com
pared with receipts for the previous
year. Of spirits turpentine, there
Were received 67,586 j casks, against
receipts of 58,999 last year; rosin,
281,894 barrels, against 294,530 last
year; tar, 67,142 barrels against 68.798
last year; and crude turpentine, 14,855
barrels, against 13,924 last year.
j Stocks of naval stores at the leading
ports, April 1st, are reportedUas follows:
Spirits turpentine New York. 1,995
casks; Charleston, 1,228; Savannah, 7,
855; Wilmington, 1.104. -Total. 12,182
casks. i
Rosin New York, 85,081 barrels ;
Charleston, 8.953; Savannah, 70,237; Wil
mington. 26,974.' Total. 136,245 barrels.
Tar New York, 3,858 barrels; Wil
mington, 8,068. TotaLjll,926 barrels.
Death of a Lady Well
I minston.
Known in Wil-
I Miss Lizzie Russell,!
formerly of this
city, died yesterday at jJoliet, 111., where
she was living with her mother, Mrs.
Mary E. Russell, and jher brother, Mr.
H. R. Russell, bhe was the daughter
of the late Jos. R. Russell. Miss Rus
sell has ma"iay friends in Wilmington by
whom the intelligence! of her death will
be received with sorrow. ; She was a
member of the First Presbyterian
phurch, and for several years its organist.
The "Southport.'" " T
The new steamboat for the New Han
over Transit Company, to run between
Wilmington and Southport, is "a daisy."
She arrived Friday evening and went
into dock at the Skinner Company's
shipyard. - for general overhauling,
and will be in readiness to
"walk the waters" when the excursion
season opens. She is a fast boat, built
in 1891, and her draft is five feet light;
is ninety-three feet in length and sevens
teen feet beam, and is licensed to" carry
165 passengerr. She has an after cabin
for ladies and a steerage" way ou the
main deck. On the upper deck is the
pilot house, and seats for passengers
underneath a wooden awning running
the whole length of the bdat.
ICore Appointment Filed.
Among the fresh appointments for
office from North Carolina on file in the
Treasury Department at Washington,
D. C, are the following : ''
W.. H. S. Burgwyn,'of Henderson,' for
chief of division of the Treasury.
W. W. Scott, f r of Lenoir, chief of
division of the Treasury.
, Dallas T. -Ward, of Franklinton, cus
todian of plates and dies in the Bureau
of Printing and Engraving, L
Thomas J. Jarvis, of Greenville, for
superintendent of the Sixth Life-Saving
district.
HIGH LICENSE.
Shelby Fixes the Tax on Iilquor
Dealers
at $1,000 Per Annum. :
I Special Star Telegram.! - j
Shelby," N. C, April 1. Shelby to
day decided for high license by a vote
of 147 to 134. The town has been dry
for eighteen, years previous. The new
law puts the license "at one thousand
dollars fannnm. - y '
SPLIT HIS HEAD OPES.
How Henry Collins Committed. Suicide
Wear Fayetteville, 31. O. " j
Special Star Correspondence. j
Fayetteville. N. C., March 81.
Henry Collins, colored, who has been for
several years one of the best truck
farmers of this county, committed sui
cide on his place about lour miles west
of Fayetteville this morning, by split
ting his head wide open with an axe.
He first attempted to shoot himself in
the head with a pistol, but was prevented
by his son, who discovered his inten
tions and took the pistol away from him.
The cause of the rash deed is unknown.
His conduct : for - several days v has
indicated a weakening of his mind,
and be has been carefully watched by
his son. Collins was one of the most
highly esteemed colored citizens of the
county, and "the manner of his taking
off" is regretted by both white and col
ored. He was a widower and his child
ren are all grown. . ;N
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1893.
r MR. J AS. TV PETTEWAY.
Death, of a; Former Resident and Merchant
' j - of Wilmington.
Mr. James "T. Petteway died at Lau-
rinburg yesterday morning In the 63d
year of bis age. His remains will be
brought to Wilmington for interment,
and the funeral will take place to-morrow
morning at 8.30 o'clock from Grace
M. E. Church. ...'v:, -.
Mr, Petteway was born , in Onslow
county, but the greater part of bis
early life 7: was spent in Wil
mington, where he was for many years-1
engaged in business, first in the grocery
trade, the name of .the firm being Tay
lor & Petteway, then J T.: Petteway,
then J, T.
iPetteway
Petteway .& Co.r and lastly
& Moore, wholesale grocers
and commission merchants, with branch
houses
Floral
at
Co!
Lumberton, Shoe Heel and
lege. After the dissolution
of the latter firm Mr. Petteway removed
to Laurinburor, where he was agent ior
Wilcox, Gibbs & Co. up to the time of
his death, although an invalid for Several
years. Mr. Petteway married Miss E.
Q. Moore, sister of Col.." Roger Moore,
of this city. ' Besides his widow he
leaves three sons and ''four' married
daughters, j He was a consistent mem
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church
and died in full assurance Tof a blissiul
immortality. ;J" -'
The Presidency of the Sea'
Air-Line.
A StfAR reporter called
upon Mr.. J.
H. Sharp,! Secretary and -Treasurer of
the Carolina Central Railroad Company,
to learn from him' what foundation there
was for the report that Maj. Jno. C.
Winder is spoken of for President of the
Seaboard Air-Line. Mr. Sharp unhesi
tatingly pronounged the ' report as
groundless. First, because there was
no such vacancy to fill, inasmuch as Mr. ;
K. C. Hoffman, who had so ably filled :
the position of Vice President, and who ;
was largely interested in the securities :
of the roads constituting the system, I
had been elected President on the 2?rd
of February last. Mr. Sharp said he
was satisned that Oeneral Manager
Winder would repudiate any such inti
mation, as the personal and official rela
tionsof the two officers are of the closest!
and most cordial nature,
Bailroad Bridge Over Haw Biver Burned j
The bridge over Haw river, on the
Raleigh & Augusta railroad, thirty
miles south of Raleigh, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday night. The break, how
'ever, will cause no detention to travel or
freight traffic. Passengers are transfer-!
red at the river with very little delay
and freight trains are passed over the
Wilson and Florence branch of the A. CL
L.. from Pembroke to Selma. on the Ml
C R. R., and thence toVRaleigh on the
Rr& D.-R.-R.
It will take j several days to repair the
damage so that trains can resume their
aceustomed run
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Wilmlngton Iaea One of its Beat Citisene.
Mr. Chas. tf. Robinson left last night
for Savannah, Ga., to engage in the naval
stores business there. Mr. Robinson
has been jalmdst Tife-long resident of
Wilmington and has been closely identi
fied with ts business interests for -many
years. The business of the firm of Messrs.
Robinson! & King, of which Mr. Robin
son is the senior partner, will be con
tinued inWilmington as heretofore,under
the management of Mr. Chas. H. King.
Capt. A. C. Moore, a dealer in
provisions at Front Street "Market, died
last night at his""Eome on South Second
street, after a hort illness. -'
FAYETTEVILLE HAPPENINGS.
Qraded Schools A Mayor and Board kf
Aldermen to be Elected.
Fay'ettiville. N. C. March 81.
The act of the late General Assembly
re-chartering the town of Fayetteville
was ratified here on Tuesday last by
popular vote the result being 871 for
and 11 against. j
'On Tuesday, April 11, the question of
sustaining the Graded School of Fay
etteville by taxation will be submitted
to the people,. The question is being
daily discussed by all classes ot our citi
zens, ana at this writing we are unable
to even conjecture the result of the elec
tion. We, however, incline to the opin
ion that! the pros will be successful
but by a ery small majority. This
school, which; has heretofore been sup
ported by private subscription, has
been of incalculable benefit to the poor
of the community, and great benefit has
also been derived therefrom by the mbre
prosperous classes at much less expense
than they would have incurred jby
patronizing private schools, and yet a
good many of our best and most influen
tial business men antagonize the propo
sion to sustain it in the future by .taxa
tion. It! is claimed by those who fajror
it that to do So will necessitate the levy
ing a tax of inly one-fourth of one per
cent, additional on real estate and. 75
cents on the ipolL ; j
After this iauestiodt comes the choos
ing of a mayor and board of aldermen
for the city. An election will be held on
the first iTuesday in May to fill thesere
sponsible positions. Messrs. W, S. Cook
and H. A. Sinclair are the prospective
candidates for mayor, subject to the
action of jthe nominating conven
tion to be! held previously. Both
these gentlemen are popular young
men, suitably qualified for the position,
and the election of either will meet pop
ular approval. There will be fourteen
aldermen elected, two from each ot jthe.
seven wards,! and in all probability these
dignitaries will e selected from among
the young men of the town, -who iow
practically have control ot ail private ana
public enterprises, . and under whose
management the business and manufac
turing interests of the. town are becom
ing more prosperous, j
Maj. Wm. Huske, brother of Revj Dr.
J. C. and Maj. Wright Huske ofjthis
city,, died here yesterday about noon in
the seventy-fourth year of his age. I His
funeral Trill take place from the Episco
pal Church to-morrow alternoon. j
The older citizens of -Fayetteville, are
rapidly passing away, and but one or two
of those Who conducted the municipal
affairs Of the! town prior to the war and
operated and managed its varied inter
ests are now left. Mr. T. J.Johnson,
once a prominent business man of this
city, died on' Tuesday last, in the eighty
second vear of his aee. and the same day
the mortal remains of Mr. John Davis
were also laid to rest. . '
TAR.
SENATE.
Debate on the Bight of the Appointed
Senator to Thoir Beats. .
By Telegraph to tKe Morning Star.
" Washington, March 80. The debate
started yesterday on ttorqu2sti6n of the
right to seats in the Senate of the per
sons appointed by the Governors of the
States of Montana, Wyoming and Wash
ington, was presumed soon after the
Senate met to-day, Mr. Mitchell making
a legal ' and constitutional argument
against the report of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections which declares
them entitled to their seats, and in de
fence of the minority report,-which de
nies the right State Governors to ap
point Senators under such circum
stances. Although the question is one
purely of constitutional and statutory
construction, there is much ' interest
manifested in its determination; but Mr.
Mitchell confessed in- the close of his
speech that the 'die was cast and that
the majority report would be adopted.
Mr. Mitchell occupied the floor for
about three hours, :. He made his argu
ment from manuscript or typewriting,
the -only extempore portion of it being
when he replied to questions or sug
gestions some times in line with,, and
some times opposed to, the views that
he was advocating. Senators generally
showed much interest in the debate. The
jnatter then went over.Mr. Turpie having
the floor when the subject next comes up.
After an executive session the Senate,
at 4.10 p. m., adjourned till Monday
next. :
AROUND THE WORLD. r
Safe Betnrn of Two Cyclers Who Made
the Trip in Three Tears.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
St. Louis, March 81. This morning
Thomas G. Allen, of Ferguson, Mo., and
Will Sachtleben, of Alton, 111., rolled
into St. Louis on their bicycles, having
completed a tour of the world 'in three
years. hJoth of the young men gradu
ated from' Washington University in
1890. In their tour the cyders crossed
the Chinese Empire from east to west,
a distance of 3,200 miles, and are the
only white men who( "have accomplished
this ieat since Marco folo in the thir
teenth century. Representatives of the
at. Louis Cycling Clubs met the tourists
outside of the city and escorted them to
the club house, where they were given
an enthusiastic reception.
GEN. E. KIRBY SMITH.
Funeral of the Lite Confederate General
at Sewanee.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
SkwAnee, Tenn., March SI. The
funeral of General Edmund Kirby
Smith took place this morning at
12 o clock. A special tram of . six cars
arrived from Nashville with nearly five
hundred veterans and two companies of
State troops. The funeral was of a mili
tary character. A beautiful floral tribute
was presented by the students of the
University, of which the late General
was a professor. Telegrams of con
dolence have poured in from all parts of
the Union, showing the esteem in which
he was held. ..
GEORGIA CENTRAL R. R..
The Beorganiaation Committee Extends
the Iilxnit for Security Holders.
i
, By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, March 81. The reor-
ganizatioa committee of the Georgia
Central has extended the limit of time in
which securities shall be received under
the plan, to May 1st, 1893. Ihe com
mittee is of the opinion that the plan
will be successfully carried through.
Secretary Wharton states that after
May 1st, securities will only be re
ceived, if at all, upon payment of the
penalty of three per cent., in the discre
tion ot the committee upon the par
value ot the deposits.
OBITUARY.
Bev.
Dr. Thoe. O. Dashiell, of Biehmond,
i Va., Dies Suddenly in Colon.
I Bt Cable to the Morning Star.
Panama, March 25. Rev. Thomas
Grayson Dashiell, of Richmond, Va.,
died suddenly in Colon of consumption,
on the 18th instant. Dr. Dashiell had
been in poor health for some time, and
left his home to pass the winter in the
tropics, having arrived in Colon, from
Jamaica, on the 14th of January. He
was the guest of Captain Parker, super
intendent of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, until the 80th of January,
when he left for a visit to the Spanish
Main, voyaging in the sloop Hard Times
For a time the doctor seemed to improve,
so much so, indeed, that he had arranged
to return to the United States by the
steamship Newport, hence on the 23rd
instant. He arrived back in Colon last
Friday evening and went at once to the
Hotel Interoceanique, where he died,
as above stated. Dr. Dashiell was an
eminent clergymen of the -Protestant
Episcopal church in Richmond, Va., and
a highly respectable and respected gen
tleman. Kind friends ministered to his
last wants and his remains were tenderly
laid away in Mount Hope cemetery, the
funeral having been well attended by
foreign residents, who deeply sympa
thize with his relatives and friends at
home. Rev. Dr.. Hendricks, of the
Church of England, officiated in the
lasr-sad rites. . -
A SAFE "CRACKED"
And
Bobbed of $400 at Lexington,
Virginia.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
' Lexington, Va., April 1. A Miller
safe, in the Union passenger station of
the Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad, was cracked last night
by unskilled cracksmen and robbed of
nearly (400. The safe was rolled out of
the building on the rear platform, under
the glare of an arc-light, and the door
smashed off with crude tools. Two
negroes (natives) have been arrested at
Buena Vista, ana it is reported they had
the money on them. A white man is
also reported as arrested. Fifteen em
ployes of the railroad were sleeping very
near where the safe was cracked. The
boldness of the act is astounding.
A MINE ACCIDENT.
A Miner's Lamp Causes an Explosion-
Ten Bodies Beoovered. . :
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Shamokin, Pa., April 1. A miner's
lamp caused an explosion in the Neilson
shaft at 7 o'clock this morning. Many
miners escaped, but twelve or fifteen are
still in the mine, with poor prospects pf
escape. A number of mules will perish
from suffocation. Owing to yesterday
beine a holiday, there were not as many
men at work in the mine to-day as usual.
The mine is operated by Lahgdon&Co.
Ten dead miners have been recovered
from tbe Neilson shaft.
NO. 20
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DISMAY IN THE RANKS.
President Clereland Will Not Allow Con
gressional Delegations to Apportion Fed
eral Offices in Their States. ; !
.. ' . By Telegraph tp ftae Morning Star. '
Washington, March' 80. Mr. Cleve
land gave out some bad news for Con
gressmen and their favorite constituents
to-day. If reports jpe true, a member of
the House is authority for the statement
that the President fwill not allow Con
gressional delegations to apportion Fed
eral offices in their Respective States, A
number of state delegations have united
in endorsing slates prepared bv them.
distributing offices according to j mutual
agreement. A Congressman who is
authority for the report that the slates
would not stand' in ' their en
tirety,! asked Mr. Cleveland this
morning ; what he proposed j to do
with reference to these prepared slates.
"I will smash them," is the answer at
tributed to the President. Tn's inform
ation has, of course, spread dismay
among members ot. those slate delega
tions who have united in apportioning
out offices irftheiriStates. i j
While it is not known to what extent
the new rule will reach and while belief
is that the President will not ignore can-.
didates simply because they are a party
to the arrangement of parcelling out
offices, the statement of Mr. Cleveland
has left Congressmen and those selected
by them for positions in doubt as to
wnere tpey stand. J
CHOLERA'S SPREAD. ;t
Alarming Beports I from Kussia-Auttrian
Towns Affected Appearance of the Dis-
o m jauiKanar-ABoarreaoe 01 jjui
Summer's Epideinio Feared
in
Central
Europe. - -'L -
' By Cable to! the Morning Star,
London, April! 1. The : aster vaca
tion has begun infthe shadow of; an ap
proaching cholera epidemicl In Russia,
authorities have been forced to acknow
ledge the presence of the disease in sev-
, . S t 1 j
cicii cities ana provinces, wnicn accord
ing to all forme official ! reports had
been unaffectedS since December 1st.
German and Austrian physicians, return- I
ing from tours of the provinces in aues- I
tion, however, state that there has not
been a day since last June when there
was the slightestjj evidence that cholera
was suppressed in any government south
of St. Petersburg. In fourteen govern
ments of Southern, Southeastern, East
ern and Northeastern Russia, deaths
have been numbered by the score every
week for the last six months. These
governments include within their boun
daries most of the black' earth region
lands, which arq j known as! the granary
oi Russia; nence, to tne oorrors ot
epidemic has been added
the appalling
prospect of a f rqfturn of
famine, with
typhus and other fevers in
its wake.
Examination Unto the manner in which
Europe has been lulled into a feeting of
comparative security by false official re
ports, is loundfinj the recent conditions
in the Government of Padalia. The
Government has maintained persistently
that Padalia ws entitled to a clean bill
of health.- Three Buda jPesth physi
cians, who have. just returned from
that Government, which! they; visited
in a semi-official capacity, report
that the number of j deaths irom
cholera ii January was between 300 and
400, and in February somewhat more
than 600. Deplorable results i Of the
Russian system of deception in health
reports have become suddenly apparent.
In eight Galician villages j near the Rus
sian frontier, cholera has already shown
itself, and in four more suspicious cases
ot choleraic diseases nave oeen isolated.
All twelve villages have been frequented
during the winter by Russian peasants
who cross the border to work in the ua-
lician forests.! Strictness of the watch
on the border had been relaxed in view
of untrustworthy assurances of Russian
authorities, and therefore these men from
infected districts found ! little difficulty
in their immigration which never would
have been permitted had the fact of con
tinued spread of the disease been known
to the health omce in Vienna.
Latest advices from East Prussia in
dicate that even the vigilant Germans
were deceived, by the false assurances of
Kussia and bad i abated .the severity ot
the regulations prescribed by the Berlin
sanitary othcials. lwo villages near
Thoru are believed to be infected. In
Thoru two suspicious cases have been
isolated. Bulgaria also is in danger, for
two cases of cholera were discovered in
Rutschok Wednesday.
Eminent physicians in Vienna and
Berlin are already prophesying that
within four weeks all Central Europe
will be obliged to revive the active cam
paign of last isummer against the epi
demic, t I ;
. ST, PETERSBURG, April 1. Tne
Zemstvos; or district and provincial as
semblies throughout Russia, are organ
izing a special corps ot doctors, of hosi
pital attendants and of women known as
"Nursing Sisfers" in various districts
and provinces to care for the victims of
cholera in the: event of the pestilence be
coming prevalent. Orders, havt also
been issued for medical men of the different-provinces
to hold meetings at
regular intervals ana Keep waica .against
the spread of cholera.
SERIOUSLY HURT.
.11'
A Painful and.ProbablT Fatal Accident to
.Congressman Hooter, of Mississippi.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, April !1. Representa
tive Charles E. Hooker, of Mississippi,
met with a painful and probably fatal
accident this morning. In attempting to
alight from a table-car at the corner of
Fourteenth ana Corcoran streets he was
struck by a car coming in another direc
tion and violently thrown to tbe track.
He was at once removed to tbe Emer
gency Hospital, where it was found that
in addition tor sustaining several severe
bruises he received internal injuries and
a fracture of the skull, jit is impossible
to state now whether the injuries will
prove fatal, but his condftion is consid
ered serious. 1
EARTHQUAKE.
Severe Bhocki
cl in the Yioinity of Mount;
': . i - 1 Etna.! j
B Cable to the Morning Star.
Catania, April 1. There was a
severe earthquake shock in villages in
the vicinity lof Mount Etna to-day j
causing much damage. Inhabitants,
fearine a destructive 1 outburst ot tne
volcano, or a calamitous shock of earth
auake. fled from their homes to the
open country! , ; i , .
electric Sparks. I
: : - it i.
Nearly six thousand emigrants arrived
at New i York! yesterday by steamships
from buropeJ This is the largest num
ber since last October; when the cholera
was brought from Hamburg, j : j
A Raleigh j N. C, dispatch says that
extensive forest fires in that section ot
the State yesterday did great damage,
burning' some farm houses and much
fencing. The air is filled with smoke, j-
DP
iTl TURPENTINE.!
I
Concord Times: -We learn that
Jacob Smith, of No. 8, attempted to
commit suicide last Thursday. He had
iust been married, and the cause for the
deed is unsnown. He went up into a
barn and cut his throat. Hi was found
by some neighbors; and is in a critical
condition. . t . '-fj;.v-- (:-'.'..-1
Newbern Journal; News reaches
the city of the death bv accident of Wil
lie Cavanagb, , of Tuckahoe, Jones
county. He was cutting a bush with a
knife, holding the bush down with his
left hand,', when the knife slipped and
cut his hand so. badly that he died inside
of five hours, i -; -.-j p
Raleigh Visitor: Work is pro
gressing at the University of North
Carolina, and. the appropriation made
by i the last General Assembly will be
made available to the fullest extent. The
trustees have; decided to enlarge! the"
library so as to make sheltering room for
about 8.000 more books, t -.
'; -I Durham Sun : '' A person" regis
tering at the Hotel Driver as T. M. Bass,
Atlanta. Ga., came to town day before
yesterday and drummed fori stationery
and a mechanical adder. He called on
the Register of Deeds and tried to sell
him an adder, but when put to the test.
the thing turned out to be a fraud; so
did Bass, tor he skipped on the O. & C.
K. K. and left his hotel bill undaid. T.
M. Bass is a clerical looking individual
and wears glasses. ; "y I
Chatham Record: We resret to
hear of theileath of Mr. Archie An
drews, one of ; Chatham's oldest and
most respected citizens, who died last
Sunday night, aged 85 years. I A brother
of his died in Orange county, who was
said to have been considerably over 100
years old. ; - Mr. William B. McLean,
Matthews township, was brought here
on last-Tuesday for safe keeping until he
could be carried to the insane asylum.
His mind has been unsettled for several
years, but alter remaining in the asylum
at Morganton for a year and a half he
improved so much as to be allowed to
come home, about a year ago. . ' I . '
Charlotte JVews: Capt. Sj'B.
Alexander has interviewed) Mr. Mc-
Adoo. assistant secretary of the Navy in
regard to obtaining a monitor lor the
Naval Reserves of this State for the sum
mer. He has gotten the .promise of the
Wyandotte, the handsomest in the tine.
It will be ordered to Wilmington in the
early summer. - The mad dog ex-,
citement in Berryhill township culmi
nated yesterday in the trial of Mr. Jim
Clarke, by Esquire H. D. Stowe. Clarke
had a dog that was alleged to have been
bitten by a mad dog, and he refused to
kill it, as required and provided byj the
law. On being arraigned before Esquire
Stowe, he submitted that he would kill
the dog and pay the costs, if the court
would relent. This compromise was sat
isfactory, and the Berryhill mad dog war
13 at an end for. the present.
Fayetteville Observer'. Major
William- Huske died at 12 o'clock m. on j
Wednesday In the 73d year of his age.
.A life long resident of Fayetteville, he
has. always been loved, respected and
trusted. 'About 8 o'clock Saturday
morning Yard Conductor Roberts, of
the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad, discovered
fire in the residence of Mr. J. W. Welsh.:
on Mumford street, and immediately
gave the alarm, and then aroused the in-;
.mates just in time, as the fire was burn
ing fiercely ana leaping up tne stair
'case; luckily no accident occurred, j The,
house, with part of the furniture, was en
tirely consumed. The j fire originated
trom plastering tailing on the lamp in
the hall, causing an explosion. IThe
house was insured for $1,500; the furni
ture for 8100. I
Fayetteville Gazette. At
the
ripe age of 80 years, Mr. Edward Glover
peacefully breathed his last at bis home .
in this city on. Thursday morning; the
23rd inst., 1883. After a long anct
lingering illness Mr. John Davis died on
Haymount, bunday morning last, aged
bout 61 years, of consumption. ' y
Mr. Thomas JL Johnson, who died at his
home in this city on Monday evening,
at the age of 81 years, was the third of
our venerable citizens i to I pass away '
within the past week. 4 Mr. N. Di
M. Clark, of Argyle, was in town Satur
day, and reports a small size cyclone to
have passed over Western Cumberland
Friday afternoon last, blowing down
fences and trees and unroofing houses
in its path. A severe hall storm accom
panied the wind and rain. As far as
heard from natives were lost. - j
j .Lenoir uoptc: Mr. t m. Clarice
found; last week, on the head of Elk, a
white oak tree that is seven feet tn di
ameter at the distance of two feet from
the ground. On Thursday of last
week Mr Daniel w. fresneu, a promi
nent citizen of the- county living hear -Petra
Mills in Little River towhshipjj
died of a complication of diseases, In the
68rd year of his age. Last Wednes
day night about 0 o'clock, in the , public
road in front of f.. Bartow Brittains
house, three miles south of Morganton;
Julius Brittain, a son of ex-Sheriff Jos,
Brittam, of Burke, received at the bands
of his brother, F. Bartow Brittain, a
wound over the right eye that fractured
his skull, from the effects of which he
died on Friday, f Bartow j Brittain is
about 85 years of age, an enterprising
man who has accumulated property to
the amount of three or four thousand
dollars. Julius .Brittain was about 45
years old. , ,!". ' ":V ' '
Salisbury Watchman: Messrs.
James and Harris Kelly, father and son,
from El Dorado, Montgomery county
under ae of lues peculiar circum
stances, married Levraa i and Mary ;
Tucker, sisters, some years ago. I Last
year both" moved their families to this
city, and since their-arrival here they
have been in the employment oi tne
Salisbury Cotton Mills. Two months
ago the wife of the father died, and only .
a week after the other sister--Mary, the
wife of the son died. On last Friday,
the father, James Kelly, also passed over
the dark river, every one of whorti were -
victims ot heart-dropsy. -Ana yet tne
dark angel seems not satisfied, for! Dora,
a fourth member of this fated family
daughter of Harris Kelly, is seriously
sick with the same disease, and as it Is
incurable, she, too, will, soon be called to
join the others "over yonder. bUch in- ;
cidents occur during contagious diseases,
but this case is one of rare peculiarity,
and in our recollection is one without a
parallel, j ;i '. i ,
Wadesboro Messenger-Intetltgen :.
r.t Mrs. I. w. nunuey aiea at ner
home in White Store township last Sun
day, in the 74th year of her age! - - !
After an illness of several months Mrs. ,
Thos. Gulledge died at her home in Gul
ledge township last Friday, in the 75th
year 'of her age.. Tnere are many
conflicting statements as to the condi
tion of the small grain crops. Some
farmers say they have no jtand at all,
while others report an excellent pros-,
.pect for a good crop. ! Eight thou
. sand bales of cotton have - been sold on
this market since last- September; This
is about 2,000 more bales than some peo
ple predicted for the entire year. The re
receipts for the year will amount tp 9,000.
-i Owing to the severity of the winter
we have just passed through, nearly all
the sweet potatoes in the county were
damaged, and it has been almost impos
sible to secure enough for bedding pur
poses. Those of our farmers Whp were
fortunate enough to save potatoes in
good condition found no difficulty in
selling them at from $1.25 to $1.50 per
bushel. The still . house belonging
to Henry Hightower, near town,!on the
Lilesville road, was burned last Sunday
night about 8 o'clock, together with all
ita contents. There was in the still house
at tbe time olthe fire, about 260 gallons
of whiskeyTthe tax on -which had not
been paid, three stills, a lot of corn, beer,
&c Mr. Hightower's loss .will approxi
matfttsoo; no insurance. The fire was .
of incendiary origin; , j