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-FUBLISHSD AT- WILMINGTON, N. C, $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. S8S8S8888SS8SS88S 88888888888888888 qB0H J; 888SS888888888S88 88888388888888888 82888888882888885 88888SS88288S8888 s io t - eo e t a ; 828812882288888883 M s 10 t- oo t as io 8S88S888888888SSS8 m oo io o ob e e s io s H O 0, I Entered at l.r i the Pott Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, u Second CUs Matter.! f J SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The t ubicription price of the Weekly Star it at follow : , . Single Copy 1 year, postage paid........ .$1 00 i a ,f flmontht " " 80 ... . 3 month! " " ..., 80 THE LAST SHOULD BE FLTLST.' . It has been reported from (Wash ington, and the report is !pretty gen erally accepted as well founded, that the! President will convene Congress early in 'September or October. It is further stated that the money ques tion, which is the chief reason for this early-convening" of Congress, will ;be the first question submitted for consideration. j It is natural. that there should be a desire to have this question settled and so permanently settled that it will cease to be a disturbing factor in our national politics. The numerous schemes proposed for increasing the Volume of the currency is proof of the deep and wide interest taken in this question, and the fact that Con gress will be convened much earlier than usual, this " being one of the main reasons, is-proof of the interest Jaken in it by the President those with whom he counsels.' ! We have contended in writing upon the main features of the work before Congress, when it-meets, that in dealing with the money question, the tariff . and pensions, that the pen sions should have precedence,' and be disposed of before either of the others is considered, because here'is the big drain, acid neither of the others can be wisely and satisfactorily settled until this is out ot the way. To devise a new tariff system before this is done, will involve the necessity of con structing it upon a basis to yield all of the j $500,000,000 , revenue now necessary which will not be raised by the internal revenue, in other words 'about $350,000,000, and possibly '$400,000,000 within the next few vears. In other words, we will be- levying duties to meet expenditures which will not be necessary if the pension; laws are properly framed, and will be taking money from the people ; for which there will be no use. This is not a. business way of proceeding. -We should first; cut the expenditures down to tbe, lowest notch, and having done that and ascertained just how much we must expendtshape our tariff for revenue accordingly. But it may be said that the revision of the pension laws will be a long, laborious and expensive task, and that neither tariff reform nor financial legislation can wait for it. -That might be so if the suggestion of some be followed that the rolls containing about 1,000,000 names be j investi gated, and each case inquired into to ascertain whether that particular case is entitled to a pension j or not. There; is an easier, quicker, less laborious and more effective way than that, and that is to pass a new and an honest pension law, to take effect on the repeal of the present laws, and then repeal them. Let this new law provide, and provide liberally, for every soldier, whose wounds or dis- . ability incurred in service entitle him to the. care of the Government,, and fdrthe widows or children-of soldiers who may be dependent upon a - pen sion for a support. This would leave in all who may need . a pension and who might justly lay claim to one,1 and would cut out hundreds bt thous ands of frauds and camp followers, and people ' having comfortable in- comes whose names now encumber the pension rolls. j j I We say pass the new pension- bill - first, jto take effect on, the j repeal; of the laws under which the plundering bf the people is now done,! for then the soldiers and honest pensioners would see just what was proposed to be done would see who were to get pensions, who not, and how much they were to get, and there would be no chance tor misrepresentation and . for charges , that it was the intention of the Democratic party to; abolish pensions altogether. The honest soldiers of the country, whether they be pensioners or not, would endorse such a pension bill as that,! would ad vocate it, and would rejoice that the dead beat was eliminated, and the avocation of the pension" booming claim agenf ended,- With the money raised from the funds and pension sharks, the pensions to the deserving could be made large enough to do them. sOme good,! and yet many millions be saved to the people. At the very lowest calcula tion at least $10C,000,000 a year for the present could be saved, while under an honest system the expendi tures would be diminishing instead Y VOL. XXIV. of increasing every year, uptil within a few years they would be compara tively insignificant. , -' With such a pension system, the tariff and financial questions would be very much easier of solution. The tariff could be reduced to a much lower figure than it can now be, be cause there would be so much! less revenue to raise, and there would be less need for an increase in the vol ume of currency, for the $100,000, 000 now taken out of the pockets of the people to pay pensions, would remain in . them to meet their obligations and ! business demands. v "A BATTLE ROYAL." r In the last number of The North American Review is an article on the financial situation by Hon. R. P. Bland, of Missouri, the leader of the free coinage advocates in the House of Representatives, in "which he ably defends his side of the question, and contends, truthfully, too, that up to 1860 the; Democratic party was always a free "coinage party, ' and stood by silver as a money metal as strongly as it did by -gold. It recog nized but two kinds of national cur rency, gold and silver, and recog nized each alike. Now, however, there is a division of sentiment on thiquestion,' and there are men within - the Democratic party, as well as outside of it, who draw a line between gold and silver, and make the white metal subordinate to the yellow. This is the fact, and this is what is going to lead to the "battle royal,", which he predicts in the course of his article. : ! But is-the "battle royal," per forcej inevitable ? Is there' no way of pre-j venting it ? Must the Democratic party divide into warring factions over an issue that may be compro-j raised, provided against, and averted? There are two elements actively en-j gaged in the agitation of free ' coin age, which means the free coinage o? silver, for we have free coinage of gold. These two elements are, first the owners of silver mines and others directly r indirectly interested in the production of silver ores. Second, the people who feel the need of an increase in the volume of currency and look to the free coinage of silver as the way to effect it.- ' ! i We will-do Mr. Bland the justice to say that he represents the latter, and that he is honest in his conten tion as they are honest in their de mand. The silver producers will be satisfied with nothing short of free coinage, because that would at once give coin value to their bullion which now goes into the open markets of the world and is sold by weight as iron, lead or any other metallic com modity. It fluctuates in value ac cording to the demand, and as the product increases the tendency is to a depreciation in price.! 1'ree coinage would take it , out of the list of purely commercial metals, give it a dignity and a value ! which it does not now possess, and would put .millions into the pockets of mine-owners. lhis. is the inspiring motive of advocacy of free coinage with them; it is business, and there is no particular reason why they should be blamed for it. j ' But with the people it is different. The first object with them is a suf ficient volume of currency. They are interested in silver coinage as a means to .that end. They are more or-less wedded, it is true, to silver cur rency, because for many years it "was the money of the people, and they still have great respect for it.j Thou-, sands of them j handle silver coin jto one tRat sees or handles gold coin. Silver is the money of the poor, gold is the money of the rich; It; is so , in this j country, it j is so in every country. ; But they are only interested" in silver as a coin to supply the money they need. The bullion they care nothing about and the effect of coinage or no coinage of the silver mine is a matter of no im portance to them. What they want is more, money, but good money. If they had this the prime motive of the demand for the free coinage oi silver would be removed for there would no longer be anything, to be accomplished by the agitation. ; ; j j, A recognition of this may avert the "battle royal' and make it a battle of the silver kings unsupported . by that element of the people who have been acting in concert with them. XJp to the time of the war between the States the people had in addition to gold and silver currency a State bank system or systems which supplied them with all the cur rency thev needed, - with the aid of which they get along with' very little coin in the ordinary transactions of business. It is true we have in place of these the greenback currency and the national bank notes, but neither fills the place that the State bank notes filled,; and neither, supplies the currency needed as abundantly, read- ily'or cheaply as the State banks did. Greenbacks are as scarce as .gold or silver, and there are not enough 'Na- tional bank in existence to fill the office of banks, in addition to which they are not money-lenders and con sequently do not meet the first re quirement of banks for the people. What the people, " especially i the 1 farmers, need is banks; from which they can get v the j money -they may find it necessary to borrow on real estate or other good security, as they did in former days, and this they can get through a well secured system of .State banks.' . j . , . The statesmen who recognize- this fact and devote their abilit ies 'and energies to " devising such a system, and to removing the obstructions to its establishment will open the way to the solution of the coinage problem, practically put- an end to the agitation of that question,' and make the "battle royal" a compara tively small sized encounter in which nd one will be badly hurt unless, perhaps, the silver mine owners MLWOE MERTIOa. t The matter of the proposed inves tigation of Senator Roachjtook a new and an unexpected turn Friday when Mr. Roach came to the front and said that he was not only will ing but anxious to be investigated, and the only reason why hehad not moved in this direction earlier was because he was persuaded to the con- trary by Senators who were in the Senate longer and knew more, about such things than he did. Presuming this to be a truthful statement it may explain his inaction and the apparent indifference with which he, viewed the progress of this affair, pn which he was the central but to al appear ances the least interested figure. His expresssed desire for an investigation encouraged Mr. Hoar to pres his res olution, and perpetrate the Senatorial bull by asking -if the Democrats would permit j the investigation to proceed with unanimous consent, the natural presumption being that if unanimous consent were obtained the investigation would go on." But Senator, George's remarks! made -it quite apparent that unanimous con sent could not be obtained, for he took the position, and in oir opinion the correct one, that the Senate had no right to institute an investigation into the actions of a Senator which took place before his election to the Senate, and which had no connection whatever with the Senatorhip. ; The Senate hasthe right to 'judge of the qualification of its members, but it has no '' right to go back! and pick flaws in' these qualifications before the man was elected Senator, pro vided he was eligible under the law to election,, and was dulyj and law fully elected, j Practically, (before he was elected he was, as jfar as the Senate is concerned, a nonentity, and it has no more right to investigate his character; as a . private citizen, than it has to investigate the charac ter of any other private citizen. A contrary position puts every Senator at the mercy! of malice o trickery, and makes every one subject to in vestigation when some bitter enemy or political manipulator may. desire to gratify personal spite o: promote a partisan scheme. This is not a case involving one Senator but all, not one sort of moral crookedness, but all, and while it is to be regretted that all Senators are not above re proach! there are too many that could not square to the line if rigidly applied, and the sand e is true not only of "Senators, but of the av erage man in these United States. Is France to hav anothei scandal? M. Tiirpin," j who has been released from prison where he was confined on a charge ot having sold the secret of fiiis invention of melinite, a pow erful expjosive, which had teen pur chased by the' Freneh Government, says he is innocent, but that he can't vindicate himself without exposing certain officials Office. in the French . War j DOWN THE RIVER. The Season to Open at Carolina Beach i May 15 Great 8port Ahead at the Fisherman's Paradise. - J . The Hotel Oceanic, at Carolina Beach, will be open for the entertainment of the public May 15th. The building has been thoroughly repaired, . and supplied with new furniture, bedding and other neces sary equipments. As heretofore an nounced in the Star, the hotel will be under the general supervision ot Mrs. W. E. Mayo. A band of music has beer engaged, the bath houses have been refitted and new bathing suits provided, ) and three trips to the Beach daily will "be made by the steamers Wilmington and Clarence. . Last, but not least, especially to the pulchritudinous prevaricators of pisca torial proclivities, the steamer Clarence will make daily trips to the Hbtel Fisher, at "The Rocks," which wil soon be open under the management ot Mr. Oscar Sorrensen. At the fisherman's paradise you may spend five hours and return in the afternoon, or you may spend one or more nights with host Sorrensen and have time o haul out trout, sheepshead and flounders until, like Richard, Duke of rGlosier, you are ready to cry "Hold, enougfi!" : And it may be well to suggest that you do not forget GlosterV words when you cross your legs under Oscar's 'mahogany for he will load you up until you will be compelled to repeat the quotation sev eral times. ; . '"';'; .:-" ; Taken altogether, the outlook for big fun down the river this season has a rosy tint, and the people are looking forward to the "grand opening with a degree of pleasure akin to that of the sand-fiddler as he slips into his hole just as the fisher man thinks he has him in his grasp. Weekly WILMINGTON, N. C, i L1FSEY. MURDER TRIAL. Argument Closed and tno Case Witn the I - - Jury. ' . Richmond Dispatch. Weldon. N. d April 18. The third day of the Lifsey trial opened with dark skies and a soft, drlzzHngjram. -This fact, however, did not interfere wiih the streams of people which poured into jackson from .all sections. The promi nence of the families, the brilliant array of counsel on either aide,- and great speeches ot opposing counsel hold the crowd packed in the court house from early morn to dewy eve. The jury came in this morning looking much refreshed and thejprisoner was apparently in good spirits. ; Captain W4 H. Day, of counsel for 'the defence, led off in -a powerful speecn and - was lollowed bv 1 senator Ransom, who, after congratulating the court and the jnryj upon the near ap proach of the close of the case, took up the evidence and forcibly presented the prisoner's side to the jury. ' ; ' V. v - a GREAT : SPEECH. . " Tne cause of the State has not suffered, however, and the solicitor is ably as sisted by Mr. W. E. Daniel. His speech for the State is acknowledged to be one of the best which has been delivered, and it is thought has had more weight with the jury than any delivered so far. Mr. Daniel had also; the: closing speech forthe . State. John j F. ; Lifsey, the prisoner, is well known,; is a Virginian by birth, and a native j ot Greenesville county, v Mr. Kee, the! man who was shot ad killed by Lifsey, was from Garysburg, but at the time of the shoot: ing was living at Roanoke, Va., and was home on a visit. j The argument closed, the Judge de livered his chargej and the case was given to the jury tcf-night. : LIFSEY ACQUITTED. Later information reached the Star last night through a passenger who arrived on train 4, and who learned at Garysburg that Lifsey was acquitted The verdict of the jury, he says, was a great surprise to, the people of that town and excited much indignation. , Kee was a brother-in-law of Lifsey. the latter having married his sister, and the killing was the result of family feud. Full particulars unfortunate affairj were given Star at the time it occurred. an of in old the the SHOT AND CAPTURED. A Negro Desperado Who ' is Charged with ArBon and Highway Bobbery. An escaped negro criminal, who is charged with arson . and highway rob bery, was shot and captured yesterday on the outskirts of the city. The man's name is James Veney, alias Cutlar. A warrant was issued for his arrest in January last by Mayor Ricaud, on the charge of setting fire to a house, but he could not jbe found by the offi cers. Recently he has been seen lurk ing around the County Home, just be yond the city 1 lmits, and' yesterday morning a guard at the county Hoase of Correction saw Vjeney in the neighbor hood of that institution, and informed the superintendent, Mr. Xhadwick, of the fact. Mr. Chadwick immediately went in pursuit of the man, accompanied by the guard, who was armed with a gun. Veney refused to halt when called upon to do so, and the guard fired and brought ' him down.; jThe ball entered the hip in the rear and lodged some where near the grbin. Veney was brought to town and j committed to jail by Justice J. M. McGowan. . Dr. Potter probed for the ball but could not find it. The wound is said to be a severe one and may be fatalj f Veney is wanted in Florence, S. C, for liighway robbery His victim was Mr. James King, a former citizen of Wil mington, who was for several years a butcher in Front' street market. HARRY MYROVER SERIOUSLY HURT A Terrible Fall . and Harrow Escape Death Hia Condition from Ins tan ti Serious. 1 he numerous friends of Mr. J. H. Myrover here land elsewhere in the sincere regret the State, will read with r following from the Friday: i Charlotte News of Mr. J. H. Myrover, of the Observer editoiial staff, net accident. last night,! with a very serious but one which may happily not prove fatal. In a somnam bulistic freak' he stepped from the win dow of his room in the Central Hotel, out on to the court, and from the court he stepped to the roof of the kitchen, two-story building, and fell from that to the brick paved yard below, a distance of 30 feet. 11 le affair occurred at a little before 11 o'clock last night, but it was not until 2 o'clock this morning that he was discovered. At that hour yd, the night watchman at the hotel, heard groans, land on making an in- vestigatiou found Mr. . Myrover lying unconscious and covered with blood in ithe yard i4 rear of the hotel. He was at once conveyed to his room and Dr. Register was "soon in attendance upon him. The doctor found that no bones were broken.' but .feared that Mr. Myrover might have received interna injuries. Since then no symptoms have developed to indicate that he has sus tained injuries of this kind, which leads his many friends to hope that he will soon be himself again. He rested welT this morning, and further than an acute soreness, natural to a fall of that kind, seemed to suffer no effects from his ex perience. He has! been the object of much solicitude all day by his many friends in Charlotte,' and has been re ceiving every, kindness and attention that it has been possible to bestow. , - The Observer of yesterday has the fol lowing later account : ' ". Mr. I. H. Myrover, of the Observer, sustained a very serious accident early yesterday morning. ; He had been con fined to his room for some days with rheumatism, and some time after mid night got up. in a fit of somnambulism, to which he is subject, passed out of his room at the Central Hotel into the court between the two wings of the building. and walked onto the root ot the kitchen from : which be fell 1 to the paved back yard, a distance of t about 80 feet. He was discovered at 2.30 a. m. and carried to his room! Dr. Register was - sum moned and found his nose broken and his hp cut. but no external evidence of other injuries. He was suffering very much yesterday and last night; and the Observer regrets to say his condition is serious, though not necessarily danger ous. In common with his many other friends here it hopes for the best. r7 FRIDAY, APRIlJ 21, 1893. TAR HEELS IN WASHINGTON. Fresh Applicants for Position-Joe Dan ' iels Bags a Good Office.) I- The Washington correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch Says: , Mr. Josephus Daniels has bagged a good office. The salary is $3,000 per yean .Mr. Daniels was heavily endorsed. Among the callers at the White House to-day were - Mr. George T. Winston, President of the North Carolina Uni-" yersity at Chapel Hill, and ex-Congressman Williams. Mr. Winston desired to pay his respects to President Cleveland and to cordially thank him for having appointed Professor . Eben Alexander of the university to the positional Minis ter to Greece,- Roumania and Servia, which he did in fitting terms. . j Mr. A, H. Galloway, Mayor of Keids Ville, is among the latest arrivals from Worth Carolina. He wants to be post master of that city, but there isj a lively fight for the place. Among the other aspirants &re Dr. Courts, Mr. Craig and Mr. Terry. ' T' -"; w ;-;44"' V ; ; Mr. Thomas Strange, of Wilmington, c. C, is again in the city. He; thought ot applying lor a federal position in Utah, but there; isn't much chance, as the ""home-rule policy prevails.! : -Ex-Mayor Fowler, of Wilmington,' is m the citv. ; v'':-'-'"'- ' j ; Many -ot the worth Carolinians in town are waiting for the return; of Sena- ' t ' t J .--. - . . - tor n.ansom, wno nas gone ty tne state to take part m a trial. j j General Cox, of North Carolina, who will be Secretary of the Senate when the reorganization takes place, is among the latest to return to the city. Horth. Carolina at the Bionmond Memorial Bazaar. ""-.,.; J ' ;. The Dispatch says of Xht North Caro lina booth at the Confederate Memorial Bazaar: "The smoking-room,; which is conducted under the auspices of the North Carolina Committee, has proven quite a popular feature of the bazaar, while the ladies representing) the Old North State have realized handsome profits from the tobacco which! they are selling. ine committee nave just re ceived the following handsome dona tions i rJF romi Colonel Murchison,' of Murcbison &-Co., New York, $25, and from Mr. William F. Sorey. of the same firm, a like amount." i Two Hearts That Beat aa One. The Fayetteville Observer of Thursday has the following notice of a marriage heretofore announced;! in the Star to take place at Fayetteville : i ; " There was a beautiful marriage yes terday evening of Miss Alice Gentry McUume. of this city, to Mr. Nash Bunting, of Wilmington. The ceremony, which took place in the Episcopal church, was ; performed by Kev. Dr. Huske. Miss Nellie Haigh presided at the organ, and rendered Mendelschon's wedding march in a magnificent man ner. : I'. rL.- . I The following were the attendants : I Miss Bertha McDuffie, Capt. J. C. Huske. ' i -Mi I Miss Janie Bunting, W. C. McDuffie, Jr.- -r " :! -.. - ! - - - . Miss Pink Pemberton, Joseph Bunt- ung. ' ; , ..-!!.. - ' i Miss May Broadfoot, Archie -Mc Duffie. ! Miss Dora Hawley, Frank Stedman. : The bride, who is one of Fayetteville's loveliest and most popular young ladies. was given away by her father, Dr. W. C. McDuffie. , After the ceremony a re ception was given, and a sumptuous collation served at the bride s borne on Russell street," ; ij Mr. and Mrs. Bunting arrived here yesterday and received the hearty con gratulations of relatives and friends. They will probably remain here a few days before starting on their bridal trip. FAYETTEVILLE. A Mayor and Board of Aldermen to be Elected in May Democratic Nominees Batifled in Convention. :j Special Star Correspondence. FayettevilleJ N. C, April 13. .The Democratic voters of j the town of Fayetteville assembled at the town hall last night to nominate a Mayor and Board of Aldermen.! The nominations made in the several ward conventions held one week ago heretofore printed in the Star), were all ratified. After which action, the convention proceeded to the nomination of a candidate for Mayor, Colonel W. S. !iCook and Mr. N. I A. Sinclair had their claims and qualifications presented, their respective friends urging upon the convention the importance i of selecting i"a suitable man tor , the high and responsible" position, claiming for their respective candidates "pre-eminent qualifications." i There is ho ques tion of the fitness ot either for the office; but the result of the first ballot proved to the satisfaction f of the conven tion that Col. W. b. Cook was the choice fit the people, and on motion ot one ! of Mr. Sinclair s -most enthusiastic friends. Col. Cook's nomi nation was made unanimous. Col. Cook accepted the nomination "and eyes looked love to eyes which spoke again and all went merry as a marriage bell. A ballot was then taken for the nomi nation of a committee ot Audit and Finance, which resulted in the selection of the following named gentlemen Messrs. D. H. Ray, b. C. Rankin, and J D. McNeill. The Convention, alter a vote of thanks to the chairman for the impartial manner in which he had pre sided, adjourned. r i ; The election will be held in May. Important to Truck Shippers. - - Commencing Tuesday)' April 18th, No. 80 (through freight) tram on he Wil mington & Weldon Railroad, will leave Wilmington . at 9.40 a. m. daily except Sunday; Rocky Point, 11.03 a. m Teachey's 1.00 p. m., Magnolia 1.88 p. m Warsaw, 2.05 p. tn, ; Faisons 2.40 p, m. Mounts Olive 3.05 p. m.; Goldsboro 5.00 p. m.; stopping at all stations Wil mineton to Goldsboro.! inclusive, for truck shipments both via Atlantic Coast Dispatch all rail route, and . via the Atlantic Coast Line route via; Norfolk and steamer. This train' will be run for a connection with fast all rail freight train leaving' Rocky Mount at 2.00 a. m and arriving at Eastern points on about following schedule: Washington 2.20 p. m Baltimore.' 6.10 p. mW Philadelphia 2.05 p. m., Jersey City 1.00 a. m.,second night; and also connection with through train leaving Rocky Mount at 1.30 a. m. for Norfolk. This will give the truck farmers , of Wilmington and vicinity,; and along line of W. & W.Nroad a quick . schedule for their shipments to Eastern markets. TAR. THE senate: A Memorial From the Kansas Iietlslatore IiitUe Business ot Importance. . . Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.- - Washington, April 12. In the Sen ate to-day a memorial signed by seventy-, seven members of the Kansas Legislature, against the righ of Mr. Martin to hold a seat as Senator.from that State, asserting that Waddy is legally and fairly elected, was presented by Mr. Sherman, and re ferred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. The resolution reported yesterday from that committee for in vestigating the Question came up again to-day and at the suggestion of Mr. Harris was laid over till to-morrow. A motion ro proceed to the considera tion of Executive business was made by Mr. Vest and carried by a strict party vote 88 to 19..: In consequence of a remark made ..Mr. Hoar, three or four Democratic Senators who had voted. although paired, withdrew their votes while claiming they had reserved the right to vote in order to make a quorum. tne senate then, at 12.30, proceeded to the consideration of Executive busi ness. The doors were reopened at 1 o'clock. Mr. Chandler expressed the desire to address the Senate on the Roach resolu tion, but postponed his speech till to morrow at the suggestion of Mr. Gor man, and the Senate adjourned until to morrow. ; L. ''.;".: . : Washington .April 14. The subject of the proposed investigation ot Senator Roach. ofJNorth' Dakota,- was precipita ted on the' Senate, at the very opening of to-day's proceedings by Mr.; Roach himself. He rose and (referring to Mr. Hoar's resolution for an investigation) said he was perfectly willing that the in vestigation should be proceeded with. It had been his desire and purpose at first to ask for such investigation, but had yielded to the advice of older Senators,' familiar (as he was not) with the cus toms and precedents of the Senate. Mr. rloar inquired, after Mr. Koach had taken his seat, whetherthe Demo cratic Senators would permit his resolu tion to be agreed to by unanimous con sent ? - Mr. Vance, Chairman of the Commit tee on Privileges and Elections, to whom the enquiry was" specially directed, said he could not speak for other Senators, but so far as he was concered, he would make no objection. " J i Mr. George, however, said he would not be a party to any such agreement, and he denied the absolute power of the senate, under any circumstances, to in stitute and conduct an investigation in reference to the conduct of a Senator, which conduct had transpired ; prior to his election and had no connection with his election, And he also denied abso lutely, that any consent on, the part of the Senator whose conduct was proposed to be: investigated, would give junsdic- tion to tne oenate. Mr. ueorge maae a Constitutional and legal argument in support of his position At the close of Mr. George s argu ment Mr. ijorraan gave notice of a sub stitute which he wanted to offer for Mr. Hoar's resoulution. ' The substitute di rects the Committee on Privileges and Eelections to inquire into and consider the question whether the Senate has an thonty or jurisdiction to investigate charges made against a Senator as so conduct or offences occurring or com-' mined prior to his election, not relating to his duty as a Senator, or affecting the integrity ot his election. Mr. Chandler then addressed the Sen ate in support of Mr. Hoar's resolution. Mr. Chandler yielded the floor tem porarily, and the resolutions heretofore reported for an investigation of the right ot Joseph W. Ady,- claiming the seat as benator for the btate of Kansas, and for an investigation as to the condi tion of the Territories of Arizona. New Mexico, Utah and Oklahoma, and the propriety of their admission as States, were then taken up and agreed to. When Mr. Chandler had concluded, Mr. Voorhees replied to his argument, and general debate followed, which was ter minated by a motion from Mr. Gorman to go into executive session. He with drew the motion, however, to enable Mr. Harris to move to lay Mr. Hoar's motion on the table. As that motion was undesirable and as Mr. Piatt intima ted a desire to reply briefly to Mr. Vor- bees, Mr. Harris withdrew the matter. The Senate then proceeded to consid eration of executive business and at 4:40 adtourned till to-morrow. There are some indications of final adjournment of the extraordinary ses sion of the Senate to-morrow. While no' positive agreement to this effect was reached in executive session this after noon, there is a tacit understanding that the business shall be cleared up and ad lournrrxent taken if it be within the range of possibilities. Democrats indicated in open session to-day and reiterated the fact" fn secret session ; that ; they would not per-; mit an investigation of Mr. Koach. The Republicans will, therefore, demand the yeas and nays on the motion of Mr. Harris to lay the resolution and amend ment on the table. The motion he will renew to-morrow, not being able ; to force an investigation even it there were a quorum present. The Republicans see no good ot. remaining here witi less than a quorum, and will content them selves with going on record in accord. ance with the policy they have pursued since the investigation was: first pro posed. the committee to notify tne f resident will probably be appointed early to-mor row, and at the executive session that will follow the . morning business the members of the new Court of Appeals will be confirmed and the executive cal endar cleared of all nominations. As it looks now; to-morrow will see the finale of this extra session of the Senate. Washington, April 15. Mr. Piatt having the floor on the subject of the proposed investigation of Senator Roach, of North Dakota, noticd was given by Mr. Harris that as soon as Mr. Piatt should have closed his remarks he would move to take up the resolution for the appointment of a committee to wait on the President and inquire whether he had any further communication to make to the Senate. Mr. Piatt stated the facts in the Roach case, and argued against the views pre sented yesterday by Messrs. Lodge and Voorhees. He conceived that the duty of the Senate was plain. Could it be, he said, that if a convicted criminal, just discharged from the penitentiary, were elected Senator by the State, the Sen ate had not the power to reject or repel bimf Mr. Hoar having withdrawn his, mo tion to reconsider the vote agreeing to the resolution offered some days ago for the appointment of a committee to wait I upon the President and inform him that the Senate was ready to adjourn, the resolution became valid, and Messrs. Harris and Sherman were appointed as such committee. The motion to re-, consider was withdrawn, only on the condition of having the yea and nay vote taken on the Roach matter before adjournment. ' ' ) Debate on the Koach resolution- was then resumed, Mr. Mills making an NO. 22 argument against the right of the Senate to investigate, and Mr. Hawley arguing in support ot that right and in favor ot the proposed investigation. When Mr. Hawley nan tatceo nis seat. Air. Loage obtained the floor and offered the fol lowing resolutions ''Jtesofved, . That the Secretary of State be directed to inform the Senate by whose authority the American flag ' was hauled down from the Government .building at Honolulu on April 1st," r; upon Mr. uorman s-ODieciion tne resolution went over with an amend ment offered by Mr. Butler, tp add the words, "and also by whose authority the same was hoisted On said building." 1 Messrs. Harris and Sherman, who bad been appointed a committee to wait upon the President, reported that they had performed that duty and had been informed by the President that he had no further communication for the ben ate at its present session. j " ; The Senate proceeded to the consider ation of Executive business. 'At 5.50 the doors were reopened and a resolution was offered by Mr. Manderson and agreed to, tendering the thanks of the Senate to the Vice?President for the im partiality and courtesy with which he has presided Over the Senate during the present extraordinary session. . Mr. George renewed his effort to have $5,000 set aside out of the contingent fund for expenses of an investigation of the Committee on Agriculture during recess. A good deal of ODDOSition was made to it on the! Democratic side of the Chamber, and finally as a short way out of that and other pending difficul ties, Mr. Cockrell moved that the Sen ate, adionrn- sinehdte. ; The- motion was defeated yeas j 23, nays S3 a tie. ; Partv lines were ignored in this vote six Republicans voting in the affirmative and eleven in the negative. wnue seventeen Democrats voted tor it and twelve against j it. Mr. George's resolution was then defeated, and a reso lution instructing the Committee on Contingent Expenses to fix amounts to be allowed for the several committees on investigations. ii I i Mr. Hill then moved to adjourn sine die. The motion was agreed to without division. The Vice-President said, be fore announcing the result of the vote just taken: "I beg to express my earn est appreciation of the uniform courtesy shown me by the members and officers ot this body during the session now closing. For the resolution personal to myself so kindly 'adopted by the ben- ate, l am proioundly gratelul. in ac cordance with the vote just taken, I now declare this extraordinary session of the Senate adipurned without day. - WORKING ON SUNDAY. Action of the Charleston Presbytery in; the Case ot Miss Meant, Employed in a Tele phone Exchange, j I By Telegraph t the Morning Star. Columbia, S. M April 14. The -Charleston Presbytery, in session hre, has confirmed the action ot the second Presbyterian Church ;of this city in sus pending Miss Means, a member, who worked for a telephone exchange on Sunday. Dr. Flynn entered formal pro test against this action because other members in the same church worked on Sunday and nothing had been done about it. Tne whole thing was disposed of by the adoption lot a resolution; re- nuirinc sessions in all churches to re quire members engaged in Sunday work to cease immediately or be disciplined. This action, if carried out, will be far- reaching and is bound to create further trouble, j ' i i CONVICTED AfNlD SENTENCED. Geo, Kinard to be Hanged at Columbia-, 8. C, for Criminal Assault on a White Woman. j j By Telegraph tbjthe Morning Star. Columbia, S. " CL, j April 13. George Kinard, colored, was to-day found guilty of rape on Mrs. Addison, a white woman living at ; Irmo. and was sentenced to hang May 26th. " When asked it he had anything to say why the death sentence should not be imposed, he said: "l am just as innocent as any man in this court house. I never had any evil de signs against any white woman in my life., j it is curious that 1 should wait until I was over sixty years old to ! attempt j such, a crime as this." To the! . iury, he I said: "God will hold you! responsible for that verdict." On his trial it was sought to be established that foot-tracks leading from the place Where the crime was committed were his, but an exhibition of his bare feet in thd court disproved it. It was also sworn that the assailant had whistled about the time ot the assault, but Kinard had two front teeth out, and it was demonstrated that this prevented whistling. The wdman, however, swore to his identity unhesitatingly, and that sealed his fate. Is. BY A FLASH OF LIGHTNING. Twenty-five Brood; Mares Killed ! and , Barn Destroyed !. J : By Telegraph to the Morning Star.; Nashville, Tenn., April 13. The barn of Charles 'Reed, a prominent; horseman, of this State, near Gallatin,! was struck by lightning last night and! twenty-five brood mares in foal by the celebrated horse, St. Blaize, were in stantly killed. The barn was valued at $6,000 and was also destroyed.!! The total loss is over $300,000. FOREST, FIRES. Many . Buildings ,J Burned in Warren County, N. C Iioea Estimated at If 15.' 000, Raleigh, N. Cj April 13. Extensive forest fires in Warren county have burned forty or ijjfifty buildings, many small houses, barns and outbuildings. The loss in buildings, grain, tobicco, stock, household furniture, etc., is esti mated at $15,0004 Many persons were burned to death and several others; were severely injured. j FIRE AT WlULlAMSTON. JLjobs About $12,000-Partly Insured. I By Telegraph to the Morning star. - I Raleigh, N. C, Adril 14. Williara ston, N. C. was visited by a conflagra tion this morninwhich broke out! iin a building occupied; by G. Goddard, gen eral merchant. It quickly spread,! con suming the building occupied by Bl B. Watts, general merchandise. The I loss is about sia.uuu; partly covered by i in surance. 'J .'-j--: V- ': - r; ELECTRIC SPARKS. A Camden, N. dispatch says: Hon. Thomas H. Dudley, ex-Consul to Liver pool, dropped dead at the Broad street stationPhiladelphia, yesterday morning. Advices from Berlin, Brussels, Vienna and other European capitals state that the authorities are looking forward to a Socialist demonstration on May j (day with even greater, anxiety than last year. Especially is this the case m Brussels, where the exciting events of the pas (few days are believed; to be the forerunners of a more desperate struggle to come SPIRITS JUENTJNEJ ! Durham Sum . Mr. John Stray- horn, a farmer, lives about seven ; miles from town, near Cole's Mill. He was out feeding his stock this morning about sun rise, when he fell dead at the stable. I He was in apparently good health up to that time, j Mr. Stravhorn was about 70 vears of age.. v.;r:4vi.'.H -v, ,; i jjl t'l Newbern journal : J Wednesday Mr. B. Swert bought the largest steer on Messrs. Hackburn & Willets stock! farm and killed him yesterday. Mr. Swert informs us that it is the largest beef i an imal ever killed in the city., The dressed weight was 1,532 pounds, and as the rule of calculation is that beef . loses One-half in dressing, it will be seen that this animal alive would have tipped the scales at nearly b,iuu pounds! The price he Drought was giuo. . -I Monroe Enquirer if s, said the cold killed , the blackberry ! bushes and that the crop will be very shortThe hg bushes also were badly damaged by -the cold. The first crop, which lis the best, will be a failure. EsdJ Tohn - H. Winchester, who lives six miles west of Monroe, tells us that the farmers are : working with more vim! than he ever -knew them to display before, and; that they are planting cotton to the i exclu sion of almost everything else. He says oats are the poorest he ever saw! J ; W adesbdr o' Messenger Intelligen cer: There is general complaint of the . ravages ot potato bugs, ihej 'young plants are devoured by them as soon as they get above ground. The farmers " of Anson, this year are taking more in terest in the raising ot a plentiful supply ot meat for home consumption than they have before in years. So great has the -demand for pigs been that in some lo calities it has been impossible to supply it. Within the past tew weeks thou sands of acres of woods have been burned over in this county, in hiany in stances inflicting great damage Upon the citizens living in the sections )n which the fires occurred. Most of these fires originated in criminal carelessness. ' Goldsboro Argusi Captu l . W. Slocumb, agent' of the Wilmington-& Weldon Kailroad at this place, yester day paid . over to Mr. jW. Tj Dortch, county tax collector, the sum of $2,989.75, oeing tne amount ot back taxes due to Wayne county by the above company, as determined by the late legislative compromise, i And yet there are some people who are not happy over the equi- -table compromise that the Legislature effected. But the world moves on, just the same. The death of Mr. Mat thew i. Ham occurred at bis home in Stony Creek township, a few miles north of this city, Wednesday nighti l after a lingering illness of many months bf con sumption. -!,-,-. : II : Charlotte News :! Late: yester day -afternoon a woman named Mrs. Clarissa Kirby called afthe I office of Esquire D. G. Maxwell and reported that a man named Daniel Fann, had eloped with her ten year old daughter, and had also taken with him1 jail her cash, amounting to $7, leaving her desti tute and among strangers. MrsJ K.irby bad just arrived here from Gajffney with her children and had left them; in Fann's care while she sought; a hdme. Her household effects are at the depot and she has no money to pay the freight, on them. She and the two children that Fann did not take are living on the charity ot the town. Fann and the girl. it is : believed, went to Alatnance. A warrant has been sent there for his arrest. I Asheville Citizen: The; residence of Rev. Geo. H. Bell, three miles from Asheville, was burglarized a few nights ago, and, from the attending circum stances, by an old hand at the business. The entrace to the house was made by cutting the sash and removing a piece of glass large enough to admit a man s hand, near the sash lock. The opera- . tion of turning the lock was then easily performed and admittance gained. A tin cash box containing a purse ot money, the Masonic jewels of Mr. Bell and other articles of value were carried away, as well as a quantity of , postage stamps. C. E. Graham, whose new cotton mills will be erected;, on the French Broad at Asheville, expects, with favor able weather, to have the mills ready for Operation by September, and possibly jearly'in August. 4; 1 f-f, Tarboro Southerner: J John W;. Johnson, a prominent farmer of No. 7 township, was assaulted Monday morn- ; ing about 7 o clock, by two negro men, who were at the time working on the ( plantation, j The facts are as follows: Mr. Johnson had hired thesej two ne groes to do some ditching on! the farm, and had agreed to pay them ja certain price for a certain : sortrpt work. Saturday j afternoon' -Mril I John son examined what ; had been done and told these men they had to stop work or come up to contract. . -He proposed paying them forwhat they had done and then discharge them and would settle with them Monday morn ing. They came back that morning and Mr. Johnson settled with them, and as he turned to go off he was struck a ter- mK1a KIart An frViA ri4 A on1 rrrr mA iin. conscious. ! The ; men thinking he was dead, fled. ! A warrant was issued, but as ... . . . . i rT i yet tney nave not Deen capiureu. j xac two men were seen Tuesday afternoon in the neighborhood. It is certain they intended to kill Johnson, because they had made declarations t that effect the Sunday before. ; Charlotte News: . Col H. C. Demming.of Harrisburg, Pa., who will be remembered by our people! as one of the survivors of the great wreck at Bos- ion s image, near oiaicsvme, two . sum mers ago, and who-spent; eight years mining in McDowell county! for gems and gold,' informs Mr.' Bruner that he will express him for exhibition at Chi cago $10,000 worth of cut gems, includ ing a five-carat diamond from McDowell.' All these will be with our State exhibit. ' There will also be $1,000 worth of beau tiful nuggets from all over; the btate. i .Two safes in CharlotW Iwere blowrr . open last night, one in" the office of the Standard ' Oil Co., in the northern por tion of the city, and the I other in the store of E. F. Creswell.on South Church street, in the southern section of the city, the thieves got $20 iri cash. - They . carried off an iron box in; which Mr. Creswell kept his papers, including; the deed to his property. There is no trace of the box or its contents.) j The papers, of course, are of noovalue to any one ex- -cept Mr. Creswell. This! Is the third time Creswell's store had been broken into in the past few weeksj j At one time when the safe was tinkered with, but not opened, it contained $1,200. The safe of the Standard Oil Company was rob- -bed of $62. ' j j ; ! Goldsboro Headlight: The first Irish potatoes of the season were shown us Saturday by Mr. J. M. Wood, of New Hope township. AJ (large number of handsome new residences and many additions and improvements to old ones are under way in this cityj I And yet the . supply is not equal to the jdemand, A colored girl named Alice Cogdelf, sent to jail recently for the larceny of a dress, made her escape Thursday noon, while the Sheriff was feeding jthe prisoners. She was considered a "trttsty" and was v given the privilege about! the . corridor. - The champion eggj eater of this , county is Lynn Bass, in New Hope township. , Last Saturday: he devoured three dozen bard boiled eggs, a quart of -peanuts and drank a quart of wine, all on a bet. Will Long, of the same neigh borhood, attempted to do likewise but only got away with one dozen boiled and one dozen raw eggs. ' A col ored man named Frank! Davis, hading from Wilson, whde attempting to steal a ride on the outgoing north-bound W & W. train Thursday) jnight, fell be tween the cars and came very near losing his life. . Two fingers on his right hand were cut off, a third one badly mashed, and his right leg was-terribly
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