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'J'lYA ini I0 TI iTWV I . - ii, ' 4 " 1 - - , I l I rf- - I ME ' WEEKLY TAR : F $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. i . " . J. ' ' J j . . : , I -JX. ; rV -Jl- -fl- U 11 Vy I . I , 88888888888888888 8?Sg888388g88gg it poojq CI 88883888888888888 8888SS8S88SS38S88 S5aSS89S8S8gg8S8 op 8 88888888888888888 88888888288888888 88888858828888888 82888882288888888 at oo a . os -i o a g jj gj jj gj 88888888888888888 " 10 2 J3 S3 3 5 8 8 8 W O a, f; s s j : : : i : j j : . s : -at ooet-ooao-4' (Entered at the Poat Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, aa I Second Clan Matter .1 i i j SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. I The snbicrtption price of the "Weekly Star Is as follows: I . : , I- . Single Copy 1 year', postage paid. $1 00 t jf fJnionthY" 60 " " 8 months " ...i 80 L ELECTRIC EAILW AYS. There is great activity now in some o the Northern States in projecting city and suburban electric railways. In the State1 of Ohio it has almost reached the ! proportions of a craze, and there Is more talk of electric railways than there is of all other kinds of enterprises combined. While sbnie of these are projected jin good faith as -business enterprises, some of them are doubtless started for specu lation, the object of the promoters being to boom them and when the ' opportune time comes unload on the confiding and step out with a pocket full of money. The opportunities ' for this are Very good, for jwith the . craze for these roads the projectors find no difficulty in securing the most liberal concessions as inducements to build, such j as rights ot waylthrough streets of towns and cities, permis sion to run! at rapid speed through towns, free rights of way through the country between towns, and in some instances the use of the country roads for laying their tracks, for all of which privileges steam railways would have to pay if conceded at all. It is suspected that there jis a purpose-In view, at present concealed, . ultimately and in the near future to be carriedlouVthat is to: construct . these roads to run in opposition to. the steam roads as carriers of pas- , sengers arid Ifreiffht. ItJ has been noticed that lines apparently gotten up independently, and as mere local lines, will connect, and I that all that is necessary to do! when the time comes-to make them trunk ; 9 . - , I i - i lines, will be to build a few short i ' " i connecting links; for which provision has been made by. securing1 charters and rights of way. This' opinion has been further strengthened by the passage of "a1 bill through j the Penn sylvania I Legislature authorizing electric railways to carry not only passengers, but freight, and to pass over-the streets of cities, a privilege which would be fought very hard if asked for bv a steam railway, if it was granted at all. In point of con cessions, franchises, rights of way, use of road-beds. &c. ; these new roads, how so popular I and so warmly welcomed, get about all they ask, and they ask for about every thing they can think ot. j I As there is doubtless to be much activity in the building of these roads within the next few years they be come a subject of more than ordinary , interest and are destined ; to exert a great influence in the development of towns and the country which they penetrate. The cheapness with which they can be -constructed, and their ability to move speedily over much steeper grades than steam rail ways can, makes it practicable to build and operate them at a profit where the steam railway could no be built, or could not be made to pay expenses if built,' The result of this will be that every town large enough to support a street carrying service of any kind will be supplied with electric cars, and small cities not far distant from larger ones win De con nected with them by these lines and along these lines will be residences built i by persons doing business -in the towns who would prefer themto dwellings in the towns, distance be ing no objection car lines were at when the electric their service and they ; could. go in minutes. or but in a few The building of street railways which were operated by horse power until electricity was introduced and took the place of the horse, did more for the growth of American cities than any other one cause. The rapid extension of city limits is a proof of this Before the street car, necessity compelled the utiliztncr of space to enable business and laboring men to be within reasonable distance of their place of business ir work, but the street car, which enabled people to ride at small expense instead of walk ing and consuming much time, changed all this and ourjeities began at once to expand. j As this rapid transit,", which was nothing compared to the "rapid tran sit" of the electric jcar spinning "along smoothly at thetate of twenty or more miles an hour, revolution ized the building of our cities, so will the electric cars create another revo lution, and we will have instead of expanded towns, what might be called continuous towns, reaching s ., , , . . . . : . . i, I -' VOL. XXIV. from the smaller to the larger towns or commercial centers. k Take two cities, for Instance, forty or fifty miles apart. Companies will be organized with ample capital to buy large bodies of land between them, lay out fine highways, with in viting walks and drives, lighted by electricity, and with double track electric roads, giving the people who live along the line quick transit throughout the day and part of the night, in and put, to and from, either of the connected points.-. The lots along these lines for some distance, on either side, provided with broad, paved avenues, supplied with water and lighted by electricity, would find, ready .purchasers who would erect handsome homes, - which they could do at much less cost and where they could ; live more comfortably than they could in the cities, and on less money. Within the near future the long city, so to speak, that is, the extension of cities for miles out into the country, in parallel lines similar to the blocks of cities but only a few blocks deep, because plenty of house room will be one of the features, will be no rarity in this country, and that will be a desirable ! consummation because it will check the overcrowding of cities, and thus contribute both to the com fort and health of the people. There are great possibilities in the future of the electric railway, the beginning of whicU we have not yet seen. : r r ABSURD REPORTS, j The newspaper reporter in Wash ington is paid to furnish news and some of them are so anxious to win a reputation as live,'. wideawake hustlers, that if they can't find any news they make it, or out of a -very little make a great deal. With a ready pencil and a good stock of paper there is no telling how much a man ot that kind can t turn .out in a week. ' - . . ' ;'. ' : President Cleveland had scarcely got inside of the White House than they began to tell us all about him, what "he said for wouldn't say, what he did, would do or wouldn't do, whom he was going to appoint to office and whom he wouldn't ap point, how he was going to "smash slates," run the appointment business himself and let the Congressmen go to sheol, or words to that effect, how he had given the members of his Cabinet to understand that they must make no appointments to office without first consulting hin and re ceiving his approval, how Congress men were kicking and cabinet officers becoming weary and dissatisfied, and much other stuff, an instalment of which we have had nearly every day since the fourth of March. ; Some of this was true in part and some of it was not true at all, wasn't like Mr. Cleveland nor like any othef sensible man in his position. Some ot the appointments he has made have given the negative to some of these reports, and some of the-ap- pointments he has not made have given the negative to others. What we know of Mr. Cleveland as a sen sible, prudent man, has negatived some, and what we know of the Con gressmen and the members of his Cabinet has negatived others,! and the very absurdity of other jreports has negatived them. I Several days ago we had the re port that the relations between Sec retaries Carlisle and Gresham and the President were becoming very much strained, that they had become chafed at the supervision which the Presi dent exercised over the appointments they made, and at his insisting on being consulted before any were made. They were reported ashav ing tpld their intimate friends that they regretted having accepted places in the ' Cabinet. . This was promptly denied by Secretary j Car lisle and -Secretary Gresham,. but it was hardly; worth a denial, for there are few who would believe that Mr. Cleveland -could so underrate the dignity of such responsible positions as those held by members of the Cabinet as to treat the distinguished gentlemen who hold them as mere hired clerks whose business it is to do his will, and there are few who be lieve that John G. Carlisle and Walter Q. Gresham and other Cabi net officers would" for a day hold these positions if they were to -be looked upon in that light, j We ven ture to say that Mr. Cleveland makes no appointments in any of the De partments presided over j by these gentlemen without consulting them, while they, doubtless, would, as a matter of respectful courtesy, if noth ing else, make no appointment of. importance without consulting himarhen he called them into his Cabinet, and some, at least, of them came reluctantly, and from a sense of duty, he knew what he was doing and called them because he "needed" them and had confidence in their wisdom and patriotism. ; After they had made sacrifices to yield to his request, and came for him to assume to treat thercwlike mere clerks who must conform their actions in the management of their offices accord ing to his will without exercising any discretion of their own, is too absurd to be believed for a moment. . It is also too absurd for belief that r Mr.' Cleveland, although a very able man and a man ot much physical and mental robustness, could, If he would, run all these Departments in addi tion to his own. If he could there would be no need of a CabipeVand he might dispense . with the services of the gentlemen who compose it. The latest report is that jSenator Gorman has had a . break ' with I the President and 'that . he is "black listed", in all the Departments, which means that if Senator Gorman wants anything he can't get it, and that his endorsement would be worse than no endorsement at "ill. ,The ground for this, if there be any ground, probably is that there have been in .Washing ton comparatively few applicants for office . from , Maryland since Mr. Cleveland's inauguration. The small number compared with some' other States, and. with the number! seen' in Washington during Mr. ; Cleveland's first administration has attracted at tention ; and caused commjent,! but this is accounted for by the action of the Maryland delegation in advising and insisting that applicants for po sitions from that State should, not come to Washington until the rush had somewhat subsided. This sug gestion was followed, hence the small number of Marylanders seen on the streets -of : Washington arid hence doubtless this report about the in cipient war between the Maryland Senator and the President. HONOR MENTION. The Chicago Inter Ocean, Rep., I , . ! I . . I seems to be very much disturbed be cause the President is reported to have told some one that "he had in formation that led him to believe that the force of clerks inj the Pen sion Office could be reduced by about 400 or 500 to the benefit of the Government, not only an econo my, but in the more rapid disposition of the work," - from which it might seem that there are so many of them there that they are in each other's way. What troubles the t,nter Ocean is that this reduction of the clerical force may mean that the work of ad judication of new claims must cease, and that we will, therefore, not be able to get more than the 900,000 names that are now on the list (but it is nearer a round 1,000,000) on it very soon, wen, it does jook as u. the 7. O. ought to be satisfied with id be willing to go a lit tle slower in adding to the, roll; but j it must be contemplating j a colossal increase when it considers a force of 400 or 500 clerks neces sary for that work,- the aforesaid clerks being presumed to work and not play. The experiment of a re-' duction might at least see how it would work. be tried, to From the promptness; and decision with which President Cleveland and Secretary Gresham hve acted in the aff air with Peru and with Turkey it is quite apparent that; they do not propose to let Mr. Harrison's ad ministration get away with them in the "vigorous foreign policy" busi ness. In theinstructions given to our Ministers in both ofj these coun- tries there is no lack f energy or so positiveness, and no language diplomatic as to Tequire an inter- preter. It is somewhat remarkable that while the trouble; in Turkey dates back as far as the' early part of Tanuarv. and the firinglof the semi- nary occurred on the 2d bf February, there was so little said or done aDOUt it and that it was left to! this admin- istration to call Turkey to time. Some correspondence seems to have taken place about it, but of a merely formal character, and that's all. If it had happened some time! previous to the Presidential election the proba bilities are there would have been more noise about it and the Repub lican organs would have had "'their say about that "vigorous foreign policy," which was forgotten after the election. A bill has passed one house of the Pennsylvania Legislature by a large majority, imposing a head tax of $3 on all foreign-born residents of that State, which moves the jpbiladelphia Record 'to pertinently ask, how if they can't collect 25 cents poll tax out of the native-born resident are they going to yank the 353 out ot tne tor- eign born resident. ' - i The Goldsboro -Argits was eight years old last Tuesday, Jwithin which time it has done much good work for the section it' represents,' and the Democratic party, of Which it has always been an alert and zealous de fender. It has well earned the sub stantial recognition -which - it has received. ! A dollar of the coinage of 1804, sold the other dav for $1,200. That - dollar seems to be able to hold its own, if it is made out of silver. . Saw Hill Burned. The saw mill, planing mill and dry- kiln at Atkins, S. G, on he . Bishopville & Atkins railroad, owned by Messrs. Rankin & Bridgers, of this city, caught fire yesterday about nolon and were to tally destroyed. The plant was a very large one. - Particulars as to the origin ot the fire were not obtainable. It is supposed that the. property destroyed was fully insured. WILMINGTON, N. 0., The hew court house. ; The Building to be Opened to the Public To-Morrow It Arrangement and or -'rdsblng. I t The new court house, erected by the county of New Hanover, corner of Third and j Princess streets, will be thrown open for the inspection of the oublrc to-morrow and Tuesday, between the hoars of : 10 a. to: and 6 p. in. It Is well worth ; a visit. The exterior of the handsome buildine has been uni versally admired, alike by citizens of Wilmington1 and visitors from other places, and an inspection ot the interior, will no doubt add to the sattsfactloa that the good people of New; Hanover feel in possessing not, only the . most handsome, but the best arranged and most complete building of the kind, in all its details and appointments. in the State of North Carolina. Everything! is in readiness for the re moval bf the offices from the old court house, with the exception that the steel shelving for the vaults in the offices of the register of deeds' and clerk of the Superior Court has not arrived, nor has the chandelier for the court room; but these have been shipped and will pro bably be here earlv this week, and there is no doubt that . the next term of the Superior Court, to convene in Wilming ton on Mohdav. the 17th. will be held in the new court house; A-: - - The building throughout will be lighted by gas and electricity, and in cold weather -warmed by hot water pipes. The ventilation tnroughoat is 'perfect. A large brick cistern, built on the latest improved plans, will furnish an ample supply of water for all "the room sand offices.' j .'. The court room, on the second floor, whole front-, of the building. . . I - It is furnished with benches for specU' tors. The flcor is covered with matting. The bar is enclosed with railing and fur nished with ' chairs and tables for mem - bers; the jury and box, i the stand for witnesses, the clerk's desk placed and furnished. are conveniently On this floor are two petit jury rooms, ..i . furnished with chairs ! and tables: the Judge's private room, a room for lady witnesses; the solicitor s room, and a room for the Clerk of the Criminal Court. On1 the first floor i is the Sheriff's office two rooms; j Clerk of Superior Court one room and vault; Register of Deeds one room and vault; grand jury room; room for the superintendent ot Public Instruction. . and the County Commissioners' office. Prisonen: from Biohmond County. Sheriff J. M. Smith, of Richmond county, reached the city last night, hav- jL-i.J - . J .--J i. - lag in cuargc iwu prisoners cu m uni son (colored) and Alex. Mclntire (white) whom he turned over to jailor King for iafe-keeping. Mclntire is charged with killing Arnold Smith, colored, in Laurel Hill Township, Richmond county, Friday night, March 81st, and Morrison, colored, was arrested as ac cessory. Mclntire was severely cut be fore he shot bmitb. The two prisoners are to be iaken before judge Whitaker of the Superior Court, at Southport to morrow on a writ of habeas corpus, so that their detention may be inquired into. Mel n tire's friends claim that it is a case of justifiable homicide, as he shot Smith in self-defence. I Dally Communication. The New Berne Journal gives the fol lowing interesting information: ! The New Berne, Wilmington & Ons low railroad intends to have connection and daily communication between New Berne and Wilmington from next Mon day onward. . The trains have been running no nearer here than Jacksonville. They will then begin coming on to Maysville and a stacre-coach will Dlv twice a dav be tween that point and Pollocksville, con necting at Maysville with the railroad and at Pollocksville with the steamer Howard. The Howard is to leave New Berne in the moraine and return at night. The bridge over White Oak river is finished and the hands are now work ing between it and Maysville. pr or the Benefit ot Truckers. The Weather Bureau office here is keeping the truckers in this section well informed as to the weather. The ob server in charge has made arrangements to post his daily weather map and fore casts at each station on the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. between Wilmington and Fay- etteville. Farmers should take advantage of this information which is furnished at some considerable expense and which may save them much trouble by timely warnings ot severe weather changes. These maps are also posted at sta tions of other railroads extending from Wilmington, and will be furnished to in dividuals who will post them for public benefit. Confederate Veterans. Cape Fear Camp Confederate Veterans held their annual meeting at the court house Friday evening, and unusual in terest was manifested. i ' Col. Wm. L. DeRosset was elected Commander for the ensuing year. ' Capt. W. S. Warrock, first Vice Commander; Louis S. Belden, second Vice Com mander; Wm. Blanks, Secretary; Jno. R. Marshall, Treasurer. The above officers with four members from the general body as follows constitute the Executive Committee.1 viz.: Capt. Wm. P. Old ham, Capt. Henry Savage, Lieut. Geo. W. Hueeins- R. F. Hamme. The fol lowing were elected members of the Ad visory or Pension Board : Owen Fen- nell, chairman; Col. Wm. L. DeRosset, C H. Ganzer.T. A! Sheoard. Chas. L. Cowles. First of the Season. Mr. W. H. Mills had ripe strawberries . '. ev in market yesterday, wmcn soia at ov cents per quart. Mr. Mills is one of the most experienced and successful truck farmers in this section, and is now oper ating -the farm on the old New Bern road formerly owned by Mr.: J M. Hardwicke. He is practical, enterpris ing and industrious,, and will soon con vince his neighbors that the right sort of farming pays. FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1893. TURPENTINE TANKS A Sew Boheme Sar&niiah The be Erected to Tank Hold . System One to 3 12,000 Barrel. -.. Savannah, whic i now claims the proud distinction of being the leading naval stores market of tjhe world, has taken an important step which it is thought will. exercise a great influence tn controlling-1 the price of spirits turpentine. The description of the plan by the News, which is appende,' will be read with in terest by the mar y readers of the Star who produce And deal in naval stores " "The tank system -for storing spirits turpentine is now an assured thing for Savannah, and. the first tank will be erected before ti e opening of the com ing season. !. The gentlemen who have the matter in ha id have progressed so far with the plans -that they have begun to seek, for a location for the plant and to secure estimates for the construction of tanks. f The location has not been definitely decided upon as yet, but it will probably be somewhere in the neighborhood of the Savannah, wharves, as. that Florida : and . Western is thought to be the most convenient locality lor handling spirits.' Ti-'i The capital stock of the company will be $25,000. of which the greater portion has already been subscribed, but it will require only hall this amount actually paid in to complete the present plans. The subscriptions will be called in later on as it is found necessary to increase the tankage. Most of the naval stores factors of Savannah have already taken stock and it is expected that all of them will go into iti Stock is also' being taken by the operators in the territory contiguous to Savannah, and it is desired to have a number of them subscribe as they are the ones who will receive the chief benefit from the system, the ob ject ot which is to increase or maintain prices. : Mr. I. A. (j. Carson is one of those in terested in the scheme. Mr. Carson was seen yesterday and gave some interest ing information as to the enterprise and the benefits expected to result from it. The idea now n, Mr. Carson says, to erect one large 10,000 to 12,000 barrel tank. That, it is thought, will be suffic ient for the present, and the cost will be much less than to erect two or three smaller tanks holding only 5,000 gallons apiece. The intention is to store the turpentine in this tank as it is received, giving receipts for it. -These receipts "Will state amount, cost of storage and other particulars, and will be bankable or can be disposed of upon the floor of the board ot trade. "The stock of spirits in Savannah is seldom more than 5J0.UUU barrels at one time," said Mr. Carson, "and with 12,000 barrels held in reserve we think this would materially aid in controlling the market and maintaining prices. As it is now no factor or buyer cares to hold turpentine any longer than possible, on account of the danger of leakage, and as there is no place to store it all holders are compelled to sell as fast as possible. 'savannah is called the naval stores port of the world, and it seems that we should be able to dictate prices, but we do not. London is the ' only port which is equipped with facilities for storing and holding the spirits. London has a capa city of about 40,000 barrels, which amount is usually held in tank. By holding this reserve London is able by bringing iti into competition with our fresh supplies to control prices to our disadvantage. . When we are able to store our surplus here then we can maintain prices, and not before. We expect to develop this plan until we secure the cheapest possible system of handling and storing spirits. The contract lor the 12,000-barrel tank will probably be given out soon, Fayettenlle Polities. rayetteville was made a town again by the last Legislature, and she will, of course, have an election for Aldermen soon. But the people of that quiet and "dignified old town will not have half as much fun over the election of a Mayor and Aldermen as the unterrified Democ racy ot Wilmington recently en joyed.The following are the Democratic candidates lor Aldermen recently nominated. There are fourteen of them, and it will be ob served that the McMillan family are de cidedly "in it.' 1st Ward W. H. Powell, J. H. Jones. 2nd Ward A. B. Williams, B. R. Taylor. - ! 3rd Ward LVA. McMillan, t;. ts. Mc Millan. 1 4th Ward J. A. King, R. McMillan. 5th Ward A. Ai McKethan, G. A. Burns. i 6th Ward I. W. Clark, W. F. Camp bell. 7th Ward J. A. PembertOn, Jr., J. E. Garrett. A Hotel Man' Assignment. A dispatch from Asheville, N. C. says, "Mr, Howeii ;codd, proprietor oi the Swannanoa Hotel here, has made an assignment for the benefit of his credi tors. Mr. Cobb some time ago bought the new hotel at Hendersonville. which was only about half completed, and has been put to heavy expense in finishing and equipping it, and it is thought this and the ereat scarcity ot money every where combined to bring about bis taii- ure. It is said- bis hotel here was pay ing well, and there is no doubt that it was largely patronized. R. R. Rawls, the owner ot the swannanoa tiotei, is in charge now, but it is highly probable that Mr. Cobb will soon return to its Mr. Howell Cobb was proprietor of the Purcell House in Wilmington some years ago. ! no fistonoaia lor minors. - Dealers in deadly weapons should not forget that at the recent session of the Legislature an Act was passed making It a misdemeanor to ell pistols, bowie- knives, pistol cartridges, &c, to minors. Jurisdiction was given to superior CourtSi but it is supposed that in New Hanover county the Criminal t-ourt will have jurisdiction. - y Beautiful and Fragrant. - . . The Star received last night, with compliments of Mr. Scott Stanford, a box of flowers from the garden of Mrs. B. F. Grady, of Wallace. In variety. beauty and fragrance they would charm the most exacting connoisseur, and were convincing proof of the rare taste of Mrs. Grady in floriculture. 6 Dr. E. Porter, of the Piscato rial Association, returned from Onslow county . yesterday,! and reports rapid progress in oyster planting, and says his strawberries are beautiful. THE RALEIGH ACCIDENT. Condition of the Wounded in the ; 8witehbaek Disaster. ! Raleigh News and Observer : The greatest interest was exDressed yesterday by all our citizens In the con dition of the young sufferers of Tues day's terrible accident and many anxious inquiries were . made.. Little Florence Boylan was the - object of ; particular solicitude yesterday morning, as there had been doubts as to whether she would live through the night, her con? dition being the most serious of anv of the sufferers. 1 Her condition was orac- tically unchanged yesterday morning. and it was decided by her parents to take her at once to Baltimore and give her the benefit of the most skilled and emi nent treatment which the medical ; pro fession affords. She was rational yes terday morning, and when the bandage was removed from her eyes said she was glad to see that it was daylight. She was taken to Baltimore on the 11.20 o'clock train. . - -- i All the other sufferers were i reported as doing as well yesterday as could be expected.; ittle Addie Snow's injuries proved not to be so senoas as at first thought. Little Annie Root, although she had both legs broken, was reported as doing very well. . Her physicians say that she is so healthy and vigorous that the broken limbs will soon heal. Miss Helen Smedes. niece of Mrs. Smedes, who had a double fracture. above and below the knee, was suffering a good deal, but there is hope that the limb will be saved. Dr. Smedes two little daughters were both doing well ' Col. and Mrs. Wharton J. Green arrieed yesterday, and found their daughter. Miss Mabel, doing better than they expected, and bearing up with ad- uiuauic luiiuuuc uuuer ner : Buttering. All the others who were injured were getting on nicely. j ' A telegram was received last evening from - Portsmouth announcing that Florence Boylan had stood the trip to that point very well, and ! that the journey would be continued from there to Baltimore by the Bay Line, it being a pretty night and that being considered the most pleasant route. i Cape Fear History. The Southport Leader will begin shortly , the publication of a series of papers by Mr. James Sprunt, entitled, "Cape Fear History" records and traditions of "Old Brunswick" a col lation of Cape Fear facts and traditions obtained by Mr. Sprunt by correspond ence with Sic James S. Hay, now Gov ernor of Barbadoes, the Hon. C. Knollvs, Colonial Secretary, with per sonal friends inJLojidon, Westmoreland and Suwanee, but generally extracts from such well known authorities as Chalmers, Lawson, Bancroft, William son, Lossing, Martin, Wheeler, Swain, Hawkes, Caruthers, Bryant, Moore, Rivers, Windsor, and from that most valuable compilation, the Colonial Rec ords of North Carolina, with j particular deference to the manuscripts, addresses and publications of our distinguished Cape Fear gentlemen, the Hon. George Davis, the late Col. W. L. j Saunders, Col. A. M. Waddell, the late Mr. G.T. McRee, Col. James G. Burr, Capt. S. A. Ashe and the late Dr. John Hill. A Comparison. . j - Referring to the statement in the NewsthaX. the receipts at the Charlotte post-office for the quarter ending March 81st were $6,327.19, and for the year ending the same date were (22,093.88, it IS in order to give the following con cerning the Wilmington post-office : Receipts for quarter ending March 31st, 1893, $8,191.39. Receipts tor year ending March 31st, 1893, $31,206.04; ex penses, $15,345.35; net surplus, $15. 860.69. ! ; II The expenses of the Charlotte post- office for the year were $17,243.34. So, it will be seen, that while the receipts of the Wilmington office for the year were $9,112.16 in excess of those of Charlotte, the expenses were $1,897.92 less. THE QUARANTINE HOSPITAL. Site Seleoted Near Deep Water Point on the East Side of the Blver Flans in Preparation. j . . IFrom the Southport Leader. On Thursday morning of ' last week.. Drs. Burbankand Thomas; and Mr, Thomas Evans, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Navigation and Pilotage, arrived from Wilmington, and with Dr.sW. G. Curtis and Mayor Wescott, of Southport, took a trip up the river to look into and decide upon a site for the new quarantine hospital, for which an appropriation ot $au.uuo was made by the last General Assembly. The gentlemen mentioned above. after careful consideration, decided that the best and most practicable spot at which '.to locate the hospital would be at a point above Deep water fomt, on the east side of the channel, to the west of Dan's Rock. ! The committee at once made their re port and on Tuesday, Mr. A M. Camp bell, representing' the Valk & Murdoch Iron Works, of .Charleston, a. U, was in Southport to confer with DfT Curtis, and.after getting all necessary informa tion will prepare plans for I the hospital. It is to be hoped that after the plans are prepared that the Governor and State Board ot rieaitn win see tne necessity tor the immediate erection of the build ing, t ; ' ' - ! ;' - : .' THE FLORENCE FIRE. j Sympathy for the Sufferers Substantial j Aid from Eailroad Companies. Florence, S. C- Times. j " i ' RAILROAD SYMPATHY. j 8 The following dispatch to Capt. G. G. Lynch from Mr. T. M. Emerson was re ceived at 1 o clock Monday and it is published by Capt. Lynch's request, and it will be appreciated by every person in Florence, and more especially by those who were so unfortunate in losing their property. 71? Caft. G. G. Lynch, Florence, S. C: Very sorry to hear of Florence's loss by fire. You can say to sufferers that Cheraw & Darlington, Cheraw & Salis bury, Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta. and.Northeastern R. R. Companies will contribute 25 per cent, of freight money on articles shipped for purpose of re building the burnt district. This) to continue in effect until September 1, 1893, which, I presume, will give them ample time to rebuild. " ( Respectfully, 1 v T. M. Emerson. V WILMINGTON SYMPATHIZES. ' j Editor Florence Times: SIR We heartily sympathize with your city in the terrible visitation. : We suppose the work of upbuilding will begin at once. . Truly, ; Worth & Worth. Wilmington, N. C April 4. iMH 91 I Vf A I TROUBLE VyiTH TURKEY, THE GIRLS' SEMINARY AT ANATOBA BURNED... ! I Other Outrages Committed by the Turk Prompt Action by the TJ 8. Consul ;. Secretary Gresham Demand Immediate f and Ample Bedresa from the Sublime Porte. -.''l' j ";V- r. By Telegraph i to the Morning Star, Washington, States has taken April 7.fThe United : vigorous j action in re gard to the outrages on American citi zens at Marsavan, in the Turkish do minions, and the j violation of the mails of the U. S. Legation. The facts of the case are as foil jaws: Onf the 10th ! of January last placards were a ; number of seditious distributed throughout the region of Marsavan and Csesarea. in the centre of Asia Minor, f On account of the alleged seditious movements ex isting among Americans,! the Turkish authorities ascribed the authorship of these placards to the students of Anatoba College, an American educational insti tution at Marsavan. On the night of the second ot February the girls seminary of this institution was fired and burned to the ground, j There , was strong cir cumstantial evidence to show this was done with the full knowledge, if not by the direct act, of the Turkish officials, j The : condition . of the Americans in that place became so critical that U. S. Co-vU Mi"y. V5 j Jewett was dispatched thither from - bivas, and Americans in that district have been under his pro tection ever since. The dispatches passing between Minister! Thompson and Consul Jewett at Morsavan nave been repeatedly violated, and formal complaint of this fact has been made by the American Minister to the Sublime Porte. The demands for; redress made to the Turkish authorities were met by counter demands on their side that the alleged seditious movements' of I the American students should first be in vestigated and determined upon before any enorts are made to discover the perpetrators of, the Outrages com plained of. J f i ! Secretary Gresham has cabled to Min ister Thompson at Constantinople a strong expression of the President's views on the outrage, and demandin not only prompt i reparation for . the burned seminary, but the punishment of all parties found guilty jin the matter. Minister Thompson is instructed that no alleged prior acts of students are to af iect the rights of this Government in the premises.. Minister Thompson is charged to give renewed attention to the matter. and to dispatch a special messenger, if necessary, to Consul Jewett, and see to the inviolability of official correspon dence. The Minister is to act promptly, and advise the Department by cable. No effort is to be! relaxed j in securing the legal rights of our citizens in Turkey. It is understood to be the policy ot the United States to make this Marsavan incident a test case in our relations with Turkey. There are at the present time more than 200 Ameriean citizens re siding in the Turkish Empirej who have the management of property to the value of over $2,000,000. Further ad vices from Thompson; are looked for very shortly. . ! t j j f . COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS. Judge "Wm. Loohren Successor to Gen. - Baum A Popular Appointment By Telegraph to the Morning StarT Washington, April 6. It is doubt ful whether a more ipopular appoint ment, certainly so far as the Northwest "SI I is concerned, could have been made by the President than the nomination of Judsre Wm. Lochren.jof Minnesota, to succeed Gee. Raum as! Commissioner of Pensions. Judge Lochren's reputation as ajnristisof the first order, but his military record is particularly brilliant; a fact that will be good news to old soldiers, with whose fortunes he is to be interested. He is 5T years of age, and was born in Vermont where he was ed ucated in the public schools and ad mitted to the bar. He went to Minne sota in 1857 and practiced his profes sion, but when war broke out, he was one of the first men in the State to aban don his civil pursuits ! and enlist in the First Minnesota Regiment. His service during the war was severe; culminating at Gettsburg, where his regiment made the famous charge that checked Pickett's onslaught, j Of the 300 men who made that chargej only 40 dome out whole, and young Lochren who started on the rush as First Lieutenant of Co. "E," came out in command of the regiment, every officer above his grade having been killed or wounded. When the war was over, Mr. Lochren returned td Minnesota and re sumed the practice olf law. He was very popular and was twice the Democratic caucus nominee fori a seat in the U. S. Senate. In 1882 he was appointed by the Republican Governor to a Judgeship on the Circuit Bench, and at the expiration of his appointment fras twice re-elected to the same placef without opposition. He has never sought office and his pop-' ularity is best attested by the fact that although he is "a Democrat his candi dacy for the place to which he is nomina ted was endorsed by the unanimous vote of the Republican Legislature of Minne- SOta" ' - , .' ' , ! SHOT rjlMSELF. Harry Martin Creates Another Sensation ;j ' in Washington City. Washington, April 6. Harry Mar tin, step-son of Senator Vance of North Carolina, shot himself yesterday in the breast, at the residence of a lady on I street. One report in circulation is that he proposed to the young lady and was rejected, and then shot himself. Friends of both - parties say- the shooting was .! it is impossible to obtain the exact history; of the circumstances . . Ll 1 I . : :rMl anenaing me aiiair. maitiu is iciiwi to be in no danger of death. THE KENTUCKY, TRAGEDY. A Confession From One of The Assassins Bad State of Affairs. ! By Telegraph lo the Moraine Star. Sturgis, Ky April 8. This city is again ablaze with excitement over the Oliver-Delaney tragedy, owing to the confession of Lewis Land, who is a very quiet young man and bad hitherto been unsuspected, netwas apparently a warm friend of the Oliver family, and acted as pall-bearer at the! funeral ot the girl, and had been a constant watcher by the bed-, side of the wounded man. Alter watch ing ; at the bedside of Oliver all night Thursday nighty he broke down yester-; dav and sought police judge Berry, to whom he made a full confession. The confession implicates all persons under arrest, with the exception of George P, Henny, together with Alex. Thompson and Will Holt, who were arrested late yesterday afternoon. Mob violence is expected at any moment. , ; j- Wilson Advance: A mad dog was lulled in Wilson Monday last, but not before he had bitten some half a dozen other dogs, r .' SPIRITS TURPENTINE. ; zxmtirVrttohaM Scottish Chief: Mprp guano has beenj purchased by the farmers of this section I this spring than cr oeiore in one: year, lnis means ccfton- at 5 cents and hard times, next Concord Standard-. Thirtv-three thdUSand -Of th fnrw thnn iac proposed cotton factory for Ciana Grove, has bn ! anvuM-ihH m yitna Irrove, has been I subscribed. Mr. f Mterson tmnks there will be no trou-" bfe? about securing the j Raleigh VisitoH remainder. The following is description of John Allen Johnston me attempted murderer or Deputy Mar- i shaJS Upchurch. Age! 87, light com plexion, 5 feet 7 inches high, weighs absnat" 150 pounds, brown hair, , light brown mustache. On! his left' arm is tat-?oed his initials and a woman's leg. t? Monroe Enquirer: Mr. P. Sttason, of -Vance township, planted a litis less than an acre in sorghum cane lass, year, and fromj lit he realized 130 gaUans of molasses, I wprth 85 cents per ' gal&n, and 23 bushels bf seed, which he sold, to Messrs. Fairley Crow & Bro., for 65 ,cents per bushelJ 1 There wasn't an acre? in the county planted in cotton thadid as well. 1 j. ' -r rZf Chatham Record: Mr. Hilliard Rogers, who lives ar the Wake and Chisham line, has a Vinegar barrel that is said to have been used : for 150 years. He is now years old. and his father wb&jdied many years ago when nearly 10G years old told him that this barrel had been used by his father several years before he was born. The barrel is still usecfi in good condition, lor keeping vinegar. u: i - iJ Rocky Mount Argonaut :; On Mosday our police arrested three Cubans on r telegram from the Sheriff of John storvounty, on .suspicion of - cracking a safej tn Hood's general merchandise storg at Smithfield, from which $380 and a gold watch were l taken, together with . valsuble papers. . Sheriff Fuller came up on Tuesday, but concluded that there : was not enough evidence to convict, so they ?w ere. released, j "j '. ,r.i -SaxiMjl- JSipriss; Since Mr! L. A. Weedon built his! shuttle block fac tory ere he has cut about one thousand core! of wood. He! iaid on an average $6.0 per cord for ijt,v which came to $6,009. . This handsome sum of money went fnto the pockets ot the poor, de semig and honest ( farmers of this sec- ' tion &ad has been of untold benefit to them;, Mr. Weedon! has several hands em played and is cutting the timber very fast.-,? v . 1 W&dtsboTOlMessenger Intelligen cer: yrhe residence of Mr. J. A. McAl lister. of Lilesville J township, was en tered fey a burglar 1 last Saturday night and t6.00 and a .Valuable gold watch :' stolen therefrom. -H Mr. Sidney Mills, who Hired just across the line in Union county, died last! Friday, of typhoid f every-aged about 25 years. . We have it on od authority that work on the -new railroad from this place to Winston will probably begin! in three weeks or a montii fill jfeiaon ivews Mr. Jonas Cohen, of Enfield, died at nieht of paralysis. a prominent citizen his borne Tuesday! frank Richardson caught an un known animal in A trap near Essex last weekj j The animal! was larger than the largest? house cat! and its . skin was thickei than that 6f a ten-year-old cow. Its tail was about llike the tail of an or dinary! cat, 'with! the exception that it was covered with Very stiff bristles in stead f fur. ' No! one in that neighbor hood fcad ever ssen an animal like it be fore. This section of country seemsto be getting full of strange looking ani mals. .. - "(j ' , I J Wayne-Duplin Review: Dubb Oatesf colored, aged 93 years, who works uponj Mr.'J. B. McCullen's place, a mile and a 'half from town, is able to chop an acre of cotton per day or cut a chord of wood 3n the same time. He has never been fn Mt. Olive. - Last Thursday, Annie), the sixteen-year old daughter of Wm (Wallace was burned so severely that fihe died on I Saturday. She was working in the; fields, and approaching too-cfosely to a; fire, her-clothes were ignited, and despite the efforts of her fathw to extinguish the flames she was so severely burned , that death ensued. Thislis the second fatal case of this na ture that has occurred in this Vicinity' within the last two, weeks. 1 . 4f Rockingham Rocket: Nearly two&nd a half miles of the county fence between Joe's Creek and Mark's Creek was !' burned Saturday, caused by sparks, froni an engine on the Carolina Central Railroad. 1 On last Friday night one Sandy Mclntyre, j white, and Arnold Smith, colored,' living in Laurel Hill towfnship,were engaged in a quarrel which resulted in Mclntyre's being severely cut ami the killing of ! Smith by Mclntyre. ' i-The town commissioners have or dered that every1 wholesale or retail " dealer in-malt or Vinous liqurs, doing business iathe town of Rockingham, shall pay an annual tax of $500, and that a failure to comply strictly with the law both State and : municipal, will cause a forfeiture of said license. It was further ordained that said dealers shall not keep open their places bf business between the hours of 11 o'clock p. m. and 4 o'clock a. m., and during business hours the counters where said liquors are sold, shall be exposed to public view. Last Saturday night -about ten o'clock, the store house occupied by Mr. Jno. G. Terry, was discovered to be on fire, and -in a short time the building was burning so rapidly that all the assistance possible was of no avail, j The flames spread so rapidly that the houses on the east Bide owned by Mr.. Jao. A. Broach was enveloped by the flames and was soon no more. . The house next to this was a small one, owned by Emiline Maske, rlSVv was rtn!lplp oni"imH Thn the dwelling house of W. A. McDonald, -i which was unoccupiea, caugnt, ana it too. went down.' ; By this time the house on the west of Mr. Terry's known as the McDonald, was on fire, and all efforts on the part of, the citizens to save the building proved fruitless.-" , , Charlotte JTews: Charlotte has been put in quick railroad -communication with Charleston by a new connec tion with the, Carolina Central trains. A passenger cad Heave Charlotte at 12.01 p. m through the Carolina Central, and reach Charleston at 10.08 p. m. The Carolina Central trains now connect with the Charleston,, Sumter & -Northern trains at Hamlet. The iron bridge across First : Broad river, on the Three C's road, wasj Completed yesterday, and I the train crossed for the first time to- I rw , 1 1 1 1 aay. - i o-morrow iuc wuris. win uc cum menced on the! Second Broad river iron bridsre and ! pushed rapidly to a finish.' -The mad dog excitement has broken out afresh in Steel Creek township. Sev eral dogs In the neighborhood ot.T. N. Hall's werej bitten by a mad dog last night. At Sardis. a son of Mr. Randolph was bitten, and the rabid animal also bit a number of cows, hogs, and sheep. The country people jare in a state of terror over mad dogs.; -Monday, at Steel Creek, on the farm of Mr. Logan Hoover, a negro woman by the name of Amanda, Carruthers I was struck by lightning and instantly! killed. TJje ; peculiar circumstances 1 attached to this occur rence, was that the woman was ac companied by! her husband, Wallace, who was stunned by. the same flash ad left in a standing position. In 31e while Mr. Hoover passed the man in the rnaA nn hi urn v tn the field. Calling tO him he received no reoly. This seemedJ strange, so Mr. Hoover ent up to the negro and discovered his condition; he went to his house and brought restora tives and finally succeeded in resusitat ing him, when he told how his wife, who i. AmA at hi feet, was killed. The anman nnnarently had no mark upon her showing where she was struck, but the bones throughout ner uwr broken.. r. 111 , r. ?i Sir V in 1: Ml M ft t,i - Mi sf.Ji ;.-s I' i LI