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! FVMJWttD AT ,i ' -. WILMINGTON, N. C, AT- $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 8SSS88SSS88S8SS 888S888888888S888 SS88888SSSSS8si88 8S8888S8S888SS888 npuoW -npeojt s S2SSSSSS282S888S3 ipnoH I 888888S88S8888888 88882882888888888 "ssasasssssaa PMS H H 88888888888888888 v',aot'akSSSSSSS8 TO I 3:!::::::: l Entered at the Pott Office at WUmtgtoa, N. C, at ; f I Second dam Matter.! - J SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Tiie aubicriptioa price of the 'Weekly Star ie at Sincle Copt 1 rear. aostaM tmiA ' ft) M iUUVWIi i!. 4 ooth " , 160 I . . STULYflra THE PROBLEM. ; Democratic statesmen .are ' now stuuying iac proDiem oi tarra reauc tion, how to reduce it to the extent of affording material relief to the people without cutting so .low as to deprive jthe Government of the reve nue it must have. It is generally conceded that there must be a re duction on the necessaries of life, and a very material eduction, too. and that the; tariff must .be made as low as possible on ; sweh things as the poor must, have to . feed and clothe them well and make their homes comfortable. Thls'is the reverse of the policy pursued by the Republi can tariff makers who imposed a heavy tax on the imports which were I T , . . rr m consumed by the poor and a light .ilu ... j I light one on the imports consumed I by the j rich. The classes of goods used by the poorere heavily taxed in comparison with tjjeir value, while the goods used by tht rich were taxed lightly in proportion to their v ilue. j i .-.' This cahnot be done without keep ing sugar, coffee and tea on the free list, and by placing ordinary wool len and cotton goods, food stuffs, coal, &c., on the free list. There are certain kinds of imports which come from Europe and which will . con tinue to come even if the tariff be doubled or trebled because they are purchased by a class of people who can afford to pay for them even if the tariff were doubled or trebled The imports of these classes of goods have been kept up regardless of the tariff and will continue to be. And then there are a great many things which are imported, but which are not in general use, which are either on the free list or pay merely a nominal duty, upon which ! higher rates might be imposed, making the revenuefrom them atnount to con siderable in the aggregate. - Some of these are produced in this country and some are not, but" if produced it is ia small quantities. I All the estimates so far for Gov ernment expenditures are based upon the present requirements, and . of course, include the expenditures for pensions, so that what the tariff reformers are aiming at is to -reduce the tariff, and at the same time get from Import duties as much revenue as we do now. If the work of re trenchment -could be accomplished y before the work of tariff reduction was begun, the task would be much simplified, and our tariff adjusters I could see their way clearly, while thev are now movine in a foe:. If the pensions were reduced as they should be, by eliminating those who have no. just claim to a pension, at. least $100,000,000 could be cut out of that bill. I Then if the sinecures and semi sinecures in the Government service were abolished, and full service re- quired of persons in the employment of the iroyernment, millions more might be saved, and then with the income from internal revenue and Other sources a very low tariff would be possible and practicable. j There seems to be a disposition among Democratic statesmen, in the event that a desirable 'reduction would cut too deep in the necessary revenue, to favor a moderate Income tax out of which the Republicans du ring and just after the war got about $75,000,000 per annum , revenue. That amount of : money- could be easily raised now at a low rate of taxation and still allow a liberal in come exempt from taxation. There are scores of rich men in the country now to the one there was then, and i scores of big fortunes to the one there was then. m :' I Objection will be made to this that it is an offensive and an inquisl tiorial method ot taxation, which is partially true, but it is not more so than some features of the census were, which asked all manner of questions about families, and in reference to business industries some of which eight persons out of ten would not like to answer. ! But whether it be an objectiona ble mode of taxation or not, it is one of the most equitable, for there is no tax levied on the man who is not able to bear it without being ' seri ously inconvenienced, and the tax is not on something which is non-pro ductive, but on something from which the recipient gets the full benefit every year. Then, again, who should vol. xxiy. more cheerfully ; contribute to the support of the Government than the man who amassed ' his wealth ; aided mainly by the - Govermental policies which discriminated in his favor and made it possible for him to accumu late, much wealth in a short time ? These are not, as a rule, the-kind of men who take up muskets when the i Government has need - for. soldiers, but let the men who are not favored with plenty of money do the . march ing and the fighting, while they re main at home to-make shoddy for the soldiers, take contracts to fur nish army supplies and make money m divers ways legitimate and Jlle gttimate.' ' ;V; .v:-7 With the pensions cut down, the retrenchment, that; is practicable in the civil ' service. . and the revenue that mio-ht he secured hv an inrct I v ... .'..- . . . ""a.. I w mere wouia oe a snore way to a Very material reduction of the tariff, We aire sending out' bills for sub scription to the Weekly ! Star. Many subscribers are in arrears, and some of them pay no attention what ever to requests- to 'pay what is honestly due us. With this class1 our patience is nearly exhausted, and in a short time we shall begin to cut them off, as we cannot afford to pub-" ltsh a paper for nothing and pay the postage too. 4 NO AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS. It is evident that Secretary Carlisle does not believe he has the power to sell bonds to buy gold to keep up the reserve fund. If he did he would have accepted the proposition w' " , vrJZ . offered him a loan of $50,000,000 in gold for $50,000,000 of 4' per . cent. bonds, to run for ten years, payable, principal and interest, in gold.It is also evident that Senator John Sher man and the Senators who with him in the last Congress favored the passage of r a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bonds to keep ' up the reserve' fund, didn t .believe the secretary, had a right to sell them, or they would not have advocated the! passage of an enabling act. - j;.- . J- he only- authority for issuing bonds is found in the Resumption Act of Jan. 14, 1875, which reads as follows: " ; ' I; '' "On and after the first day of January A. D., 1879, the Secretary of the Treas ury snail redeem, in com. the United Mates legal tender notes then outstand ing, on their presentation for redemption at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States in the city of New York, in sums of not less than $50. And to enable the Secretarv of the Treasury to prepare and provide for the jredl'np tion in this Act authorized or required. be is authorized to use aay surplus reve nues from time to time in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to issue, sell and dispose of at not less than par. in coin, either oi tne descriptions ot bonds of the United btates described in the Act of Congress approved July 14, 1870, entitled 'an Act to authorize the refunding of the National debt, with like quantities, privileges and exemp tions, to the extent necessary to carry this Act into full effect, and to use the proceeds thereof for the purposes afore said. ;j ' According to the refunding act of July 14, 1870, the legal tenders and Other . obligations of the United States contracted previous to that date, were redeemable in coin of the present standard value, and there is no authority given anywhere to re deem them in -anything but "coin,' which then meant silver or gold, there being no distinction made between them, and gold not being mentioned. The act of 1870 authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, if neces sary to carry out the resumption act of 1875, to issue and ' sell bonds, but these bonds were redeemable, prin cipal and . interest, in "coin." And yet without authority of law, bonds were issued and sold between' 1870 and 1875, payable in gold, and when I John Sherman became Secretary of the Treasury, the idea occurred to him to establish the $100, 000,000 gold reserve fund and he sold about $135,000,000 of bonds Which were made redeemable principal and interest in eold. The excuse for this was that as silver had been de monetized, in' 1872, and! up to that time there was but about $8,000,000 in silver coined, silver was not money and if it was there was not enough of it to redeem the bonds issued, and therefore it was provided that they be redeemed in the only kind of coin the sellers and the buyers recognized as money, that Is gold. . That was a liberty they took with the construe: tion of the law which its language or its intent did not justify. The passage , of the Bland act, hpwever, in 1878, remonetized silver, and the silver dollar has since been of standard value, the Government making ' no distinction . between the silver dollar and-ihe gold dollar, so that the excuse based upon the scarcity or the demonetization of the silver dollar, which was j&ffered for issuing the gold bofids then, would not hold now. and it bonds are sold now, if sold in accordance with law, they must be made redeemable in "coin," as provided for in the acts of .1870 and 1875. ' tn this connection it should be re membered that the obligations con tracted by the Government : during the war, including the legal tenders issued and made redeemable in coin, were contracted at a time when sil ver ; money was considered good Id enough for evedt he men who are now called fgoldbugs." . No one ob jected to itjand every one was "glad to get it." ';, It was so good that within six months after the greenbacks and paper fractional currency were issued you couldn't find a silver dollar or a silver dime in circulation. They went into safes and into stockings and didn't come out again until spe cie payments were resumed.; When the Government bonds were put upon the market and sold during the war the buyers were perfectly willing to -J have them redeemed in silver, which was then as good as gold, and they never thought ot anything else until the silver mines began to turn out the white metal so freely that it was feared it would become so abundant as. to become worthlees. - ;Tha't was the reasoi for" stood nsr the coinaVe C td. J f I a. J - i! .. of silver and for its demonetization.- If the last dollar of. the war debt were paid in silver now there would be no injustice . done to those whV bought the bonds.-for' they, bought them cheap and long ago got back more than they costthem. , ; ' I This is- a view from an equity standpoint. But , there is another .view which is of more importance. Suppose it be decided to pay the ob ligations of the Government in gold, in gold only, and not in ?coin," as stipulated, what is to become of the $491,000,000 silver coin and bullion in possession of the Government? Is that to continue to lie in the vaults useless, or will it be good sound money for everybody but the holder of a Government obligation? Theren are certain bonds sold for gold for which the payment of gold is pledged. There was no law for that pledge, but it was acquiesced in, and therefore the Government by its acquisecence may be considered to have endorsed the pledge. It may be contended that in good faith these bonds should be redeemed in- gold according to the pledge. But the legal tenders, and such bonds, if there be any, as have not this pledge behind them, . are redeemable '. in "coin," and cannot claim redemp tion in any particular fcind of coin: To sell bonds to raise gold to redeem these is not lawful, andit is a' dis crimination against silver, the oniy effect of which can be to still further depreciate it and brand it as inferior by. the Government which put its stamp upon it and should protect it. If the Government disowns its own money how can Jt expect the world to respect it ? ; ; : : ; . - ' . " . - ' There seems to be some trouble about the proposed Peary expedition to the Arctic seas, and there is a woman at the bottom : of it. He wants to take his wife with him and the company which Is to bear the ex pense of the expedition objects to her going on account of the addi tional expense. He says he will not go without her. As he. is under sal ary from the Government and seems to enjoy her socjety, it seems that be ought to be willing to foot the bill for her himself. Senator Hill sat at a table with a sprightly widow some time ago and rumor at once made a match be tween him and the widow. Secretary Herbert invited Mrs. ' Manning , to accompany him on the jQolphin to Hampton "Roads, and instanter rumor made a match between him and the- widow Manning. The only safe thing for widows to do if they don't want to be forced into' the match business is not to dine with bachelors or go cruising with wid owers. Police who patrol the beach at the bathing resort at Dieppe, France, are instructed when called upon to rescue drowning women bathers, not to grab them by the hair,' "which sometimes comes off. but- by the garments which will stick to them. At some of the bathing resorts in this country if such instructions were given it would puzzlethe patrol to tell where to get a grip. People who visit the World's Fair had better seek quarters in some of the hotels that have been standing long enough to take a good hold on the ground, and steer clear of the hasty structures which : have been put up to accommodate the rush Several of these have been toppled already by puffs of wind, fortunately before anybody got into them, y Wilmington' Orrtat Need. A company is now organizing to build the seventh cotton factory for Charlotte. This sort of enterprise is just what is needed in Wilmington. Manufacturing enterprises would give employment td hundreds of men. women and children here who are now idle, and they would bring hundreds of others who are idle at other points. The only plan that now promises success in raising the neces sary capital is that based on payments n weekly or monthly instalments. r ROCKY IOTKt " A Town Meeting to Nominate Candidate for Uayor and Aldermen. . Special Star Correspondence ROCKY MOUNT, April 29. A town meeting was held here last ' nicht to nominate candidates for Mayor and Al dermen. Mr. T. H. Battle, the present encumbent, was nominated for Mayor by acclamation. ' The present . Board of Aldermen was also nominated with the exceptionf W. L. Thorp, who was nom inated to succeed one of the old board who had retired. ' Jordan.; WILMINGTON, N. C, A SAD ACClbENT. " " 1 Iileut. Col. Boffart, of th rirat Begiment K. c. 8. a., Thrown from Hia Horse and. The - Newbern Journal gives. an. ac- 1 count of a fatal accident at that place last Thursday to Lieut. CoL : Bogart, of he-First Regiment ,N.- C.v S G who was with the troops at the last encamp ment atv . Wrigbtsvule, x and was held in high esteem by many acquaintances in Wilmington. The Journal says:. : Yesterday . afternoon as the military were leaving the '. Fair Grounds, their camping quarters, for a march through the city, the horse of 'Lleut,. Bogart, of. the First Regiment, became somewhat unruly was trying to. run; the saddle had not been properly fastened, and the horse swerving from one-side, to the other caused it to slip over and Cole Bogart was thrown! backward, striking the hard surface , of ' the macadamized road with his shoulder and the back of his headv rendering him unconscious. ... " The accidentl happened at the iunc- ture of the macadamized road and New street. A cot was quickly procured and the injured man taken to the home of Mr. E. B. Roberts, and from there trans ferred to the Gaston House, the pro prietor of which (Mr. Walter Fulford) is his brother-in-law.' ! ' L " r All assistance possible has been ren dered. Col., Bogart's family- physician and some of his relatives in Washington, bis home, have been telegraphed lor. He has quite a large family a wife and eight children. His life is hanging by a thread, and great anxiety is felt. Later Col. Bogart died at 2 o clock INTO NEW: YORK. Truck Shipped via tha "014 Dominion : ; Steamship Une." r" v -Some weeks ago, says the Charleston News and Courier, when the Pennsyl vania railroad first announced that dur ing the present season it would be forced to deliver large quantities of its South ern vegetable .business on the Jersey City side oi the river 'at New York,- the farmeiVof Charleston and vicinity re quested the 'Atlantic Coast Line Road to make traffic arrangements with the Old Dominion Steamship Company, of Nbrfolk,by which they would be afforded route straight into the city of New York. . :':-; " After a conference with the farmers Ihe officials of the road undertook to make such an arrangement, and they have now just fulfilled that . promise. Tuesday night he first section of the train, No. 208, which leaves Charleston for the North each evening at 7.30 o'clock, carried seven carloads of truck to Norfolk. The vegetables were there transferred to, the Old Dominion line and taken to Nfew York, where they were landed at Pier 36, North River. This route is known as the "Atlantic Coast Line," in contradistinction to the "Atlantic Coast Despatch," the all-rail route which the Coast Line Road offers its patrons. The entire trip from here to New York by it is made In about forty-seven and a half hours, and the truckers receive the advantage of hav ing their shipments -deposited in New York City. cThe Atlantic Coast Des- jtatch trains wilLbe continued as hereto fore, and tne new line is onered tne farmers as an additional facility tor the shipment of vegetables. ' THE COTTON CROP DAMAGED AlJIped by the FroaU Greet Scarcity of : ; Seed for Replanting. A recent dispatch from Memphis gives" he following:. ; : ;v V The recent cold weather has done great damage to the cotton crop in the South, especially in the district adjacent to this city. Frost is reported from several points ' on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. :f -; h Reports from planters in North Mis sissippi, Arkansas, North Alabama and West Tennessee contain the information that, all cotton above the ground is killed, or so badly damaged that it will have to be replanted. . - ) The warm weather in the early part of the month caused a great deal of planting, and the greater part of this work must be - done over. 1 here is plenty of time tor replanting, but there is such a scarcity ot seed as was never seen before. During the Winter cotton seed sold for as high as 825 a ton, and there was left in the hands of the plant ers barely enough tor one seeding. The small farmers and the negroes sold all the seed they had. and it was exceedingly difficult for. them to secure a supply sufficient lor one planting. With the killing lrosts making replant ing necessary, many look for a famine in cotton seed. Cotton seed is a cash ar ticle, and much of the acreage already destroyed by the . frost ; will not be planted again, owing to a lack of funds to purchase seed. There are some who urge that tne irosts, witn tne scarcity oi seed, will do much towards solving the problem of overproduction, which has confronted the : Southern . planters for two years. The condition, however, of those whose crop is entirely killed and who are unable to procure seed will be very desperate. : ' There was frost Saturday morning as far South as ureenville, Miss., and throughout the local cotton ' district. The reports from Arkansas, along the Arkansas and White rivers, indicate that great damage has also been done in that region. . . .. . .- That Encampment. . . ' The Newbern Journal says: -.: About three weeks ago Col. Eugene Harrell arid Gen, Lewis went down to Morehead on an unofficial visit, and we learn reported the place about two miles above Morehead as very attractive, with a fine water front and facilities for bath ing at all times. This location is s beautiful site known as the Cedars, oi Mrs. Oaksmith's I place. Immediately after the troops whOi were ordered to Newbern to aid -the sheriff in enforcing the law on the James City people left for their homes, a special train left for Morehead with officers to officially in vestieate the suitability of the proposed place. - The party Consisted of Adjutant General Jf .'- H. Cameron, . Maior wm Grimes. Col. E. G. Harrell, Gen. Gaston Jones ot the United Lewis, Capt;T. W. States Army. - After paying the expenses of the troops that went to Newbern it would be good financiering to postpone the encampment until next! year, Editor Star. - 1 i ' Mr. George jM. kcKeithan, o Brunswick, who "dropped in" yesterday to renew his subscription to the . Star, reports a good outlook for crops in his neighborhood. : The cotton ' acreage is comparatively small,' corn ' is looking I well, and the farmers are planting pea nuts more extensively than heretofore. I FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1893, A SERIOUS FIRE IN THE BUSINESS PART OF THE CITY, Much Property Endangered A Stubborn Blasse Ijoaaea Comparatively Idant Tne InauranoeGood Work of - the Perhaps the most stubborn ' fire con sidering the. area covered with -which the, Wilmington Fire Department ever had to contend, was that which sum moned them to duty through box 41 yesterday. ... j - The fire was discovered about 2 o'clock m. . In the two-story brick buildrng on Water street between r Market and Dock, owned by Mr. B F. Hall, and occupied until irecentlyby Messrs. Hall & Pearsall. Since the firm's removal it been 'used principally as a warehouse Mr. Ernest- Hicks, commission mer chant, bad .an office in-the building, .while the Standard Veneering . and Package Company, Messrs. Sneed & Ca. furniture dealers, and S. VanAmnnge occupied other parts of it for storage purposes." Mr. VanAmnnge bad In it a quantity of sea shells and marine curi osities, the ' Standard Company 76,000 grape baskets, and Messrs. Snead & Co.. bales of xice straw and -other j ma terial used in mattress-making and some furniture. : . . 1 , , WHERE THE FIRE BEGAN is a ; disputed question." Mr. Taylor, of thesfirm of Stevenson & Taylor, says' it troke out in the warehouse of the Stan dard Company, while others are equally positive that it began in the warehouse of Sneed & Co. ". ". ; . j. i The firemen were early on the'ground in response to the alarm, and they soon found that they bad a', difficult task be fore them. They broke open the win dows of the .warehouse where' the fire was raging and soon had eight streams playing on the flames.! Volumes of hot stifling smoke poured from alT the aper tures of the building, but the boys stood to their work manfully. Owing to the nflammable nature oft the contents of the warehouses they made little head way however, and gradually the fire crept : east and west until the front of the building on Water street was reached, and the rear of the store on Front street occupied by Messrs. Stevenson & Taylor was in vaded. All the force of the Fire De partment had been by this time called out. and the steamer Compton with its powerful engines coming to their aid, the firemen redoubled their efforts to suppress the further progress of the fire, which now threatened to envelope, the whole block. After three hours bard work they succeeded in getting the fire under control, and by seven o'clock the flames were extinguished. ... losses. Messrs. Stevenson & Taylor estimate their loss on stock at $3,000 to $10,000; on building (owned by Mrj J. C Steven son) $3,000; Messrs. Sneed & Co., loss by fire and damage to stock by water, $JJJX)0; Stacey VanAmnnge, on stock in warehouse, $500, (no insurance); Mr. T. C -Craft, damage to stock by water and smoke, $300 to $400; Standard Veneer ing Cow stock in warehouse, $1,500 to $2,000; B. F. Hall, warehouse, $2,000. . i . INSURANCE, j Messrs. Stevenson & Taylor had insu renceon stock as follows: With Mr. Jas. D. Smith. $3,500 in Guardian; $1, 500 in Liverpool, Londoii & Globe; $5,500 in Rochester Germania, with Messrs. Hodges & Taylor, $2,000 in the North America, of Philadelphia. - Mr. I. C Stevenson, on building, $3,000 in the Liverpool, London & Globe, with Mr. Jos. D. Smith; $2,000 in the North America of Philadelphia, . with Messrs. Hodges & Taylor. ' Mr. B. F. Hall, warehouse, insured for $3,500 in the Royal of Liverpool, with Messrs. Hodges & Taylor, Standard Veneering and Packing Co., on stock, $1,000 in the German Ameri can, with Messrs. Atkinson & Son. Messrs. bneed & Co., on stock in warehouse $1,000, with Mr. s McRee Cowan; stock in store, $5,000, divided between various companies. Mr. T. C. Craft's stock is fully insured. ; J"- THE MANAGEMENT. There was some adverse cnticism on the management of the fire, but there was much more that was -favorable, jit would have probably been ; better if the front doors and windows of 1 the Hall & Pearsall building (second story) had been broken open earlier and! the rooms deluged with water from positions on the balcony; but with this' exception the management seems to have been ; as good ; as could - be ex pected when the difficult surround ings are considered. -The buildings and warehouses involved were (cut up into all sorts of shapes, and the firemen be ing unfamiliar with the plans of con struction were placed at a great disad vantage. ' Moreover, the smpke that per vaded the rooms , and other compart ments was so dense and stifling that k was well nigh impossible to ; locate . the fire v correctly, and . If f was soon discovered that the man who attempted to pass through the suffocating smoke carried his life in his hands." All who witnessed it must agree that there were peculiar, features- connected with this fire that presented obstacles very diffi cult to overcome. i- . BRAVE AND DEVOTED. : The firemen "'fully Z sustained , their well-earned reputation forj bravery and devotion to duty. Tbey worked against Odds, but never for a moment became discouraged. Nothing seemed too diffi cult, and exhibitions of almost reckless daring-' were numerous and thrilling. There were some narrows escapes from serious injury, or worse, but fortunately the battle closed with only a list of "slightly wounded. - .: '..",- THE H. AND L. BOYS. -, Never was the value of hook and lad der companies as adjuncts of a. fire, de partment more fully established' than it was yesterday, t Many ladders were con stantly: in use and there was. a constant demand for axes, hooks, poles and other implements.' "The Wilmington" .and the "Fifth rardhoys were .here, here and everywhere, and worthy of special mention. : FRIENDS IN fNEED, ""' : ; Promptly when the alarm was turned in, the - fine steamer Compton,. trans fer boat of the Cape . Fear and ; Yadkin Valley rail way. came rushing down the river, took position at the wharf in front of the Hall & Pearsall Duilding, Btretched a line of hose and soon had her power ful steam pump at work.: Mr; Harrv A.nre, wnp - acted as chief '-, pipeman for this occasion - proved himself to ' be ' a ' veteran - fireman and did fine work. He was assisted by two or three employes of xtrCompton, whose names the Star reporter could not learn, and by Frank" Wilkinson, a well- known -colored citizen. The Comilon was in command of Capt. A. H. Worth in the absence of Capt. Smith, who has not recovered sufficiently to report for duty. - s v - The services of the steamer Marie were tendered tg Chief -Newman, -by Capt. Edgar Williams, and 150 feet pf Tier hose was used by the firemen. , accidents, Eddie "Hall, a boy of twelve or iow teen years of age who had cl&nbed on tne root ot a shed opposite, the - burning building on Water street, stepped oa the gutter, which gave way and precipitaled him to the ground. His head struck on the stone curbing of the road way, and when he was picked up by persons who ran to his aid it . was . iouno mat his race was badly cut. Dr. Schonwald, Dr. Mat thews and Prof.. Noble took charge of the lad, and after attending to his wound carried him home. He was not seriously hurt.: .- v. -.j ...;. Mr. Robert W. Vincent, of the At lantic Company, was overcome by heat and smoke while holding the hose in the alley near Water street, and was carried to Mr. K. K. Beuamy s drug store, where he was attended to and brought to consciousness. ' ;f- - ' ; . i , Mr. Chas. H. Robinson, Jr., and Mr. Chas. S. Grainger, of the Wilmington tlook and Ladder Company, were both bruised on the forehead while cutting a hole in thcroof of the Stevenson build ing. - ' Mr. Jno. D. Burkhiemer and Mr. Wm. McR. Smith, of the Atlantic Company, were both slightly hurt by a ladder fall ing upon them. -. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.' Last evening a half dozen firemen and three policemen were put on duty for the night to guard againsv a recurrence of fire in the burnt district. ' Mayor Fisbblate called out all the members of the police force for duty at the fire, and had besides a few special officers on duty, to protect property and prevent injury to persons. " A Steam Dredge Burned. - Messrs. R. F. Bowdoin & Son's steam dredge was burned and sunk in the river about twelve miles below Wilmington at one o'clock yesterday morning. t The dredge was engaged during the day deepening the channel to the Carolina Beach railroad pier. - The cause ot the fire is not known.. Mr. Harry Bowdoin and : two employes were asleep in the cabin and were awakened by the smoke. They had barely time to escape in a small boat, losing all their effects. Be fore leaving, however, they cut the rope attached to a big mud scow which drifted away and was saved. The dredge was partially insured. . The wreck lies in five feet of water and the machinery may be saved. PRESENT TO BABY RUTH. ' The following will be read with in terest by many persons in Wilmington Washington, D. G, April 18, 1893. Dear Baby Ruth : Inclosed you will please find six nve-o clock tea-spoons which are presented in the name of my little daughter, Florence Pinsell Bern- heim, who is almost three years old. with the hope that you will honor her with an acceptance and that at some of your little "State" dinners this may grace your table. The spoons are. the production ot her papa, who wishes me to say that the gift is given solSTyfor our great admiration ot your much honored and beloved parents, and not for any advertising purpose. Though numerous as your presents may be, I wish that this one will ever be a pleas ant reminder to you in after years of the lite of a much beloved American whose history it represents. very sincerely yours, " MRs. E. Clayton Bernhkim, 204 Indiana Ave., N. W. Executive Mansion, - Washington, April 19th, 1893. Mrs. E. Clayton Bemheim, Washington, D. C. -,; , .:'.,, My Dear Madame : I wish to thank you for the souvenir spoons which you were Kind enough to send to Kuth in th name of your little daughter. Miss Flor ence 'Bemheim.-' Such an evidence of thoughtfulness and esteem is especially appreciated, and will be long remem bered. - very truly yours, .i ; Francis F. Cleveland. Mr. Clayton Bernheim is a son of Rev. G. D. Bernheim. D. D pastor of Ss. Matthews Lutheran Church of Wil mington. . Bev. Whitford.mlUi, D. D. A friend referring to the death of Rev, Dr. Whitford Smith, in his 80th year, says: In the years 1843 and 1844, Dr. Smith was . pastor of the Methodist Church of Wilmington, and ' his ' elo- -quence attracted large congregations, He preached at the r dedication -of the Front Street Methodist Church which was L destroyed by fire a few years ago, LHe was also Presiding Elder of this dis trict in 1845. The larger, portion of the church membership of that day has passed away, and they are , but few now living to whom Dr. Smith preached and whom he ' served . as - pastor in those years. " Chance of Schedule. It seems pretty well assured that a change of schedule will be made on the Cape Fear &. Yadkin Valley Railway within a few Weeks. Under j the new schedule the mail and passenger trains will leave Wilmington ' several hours earlier and arrive ' here several hours later than at present. -The proposed change is supposed to be a bid; tor the shekels of Summer tourists, which, met aphorically speaking, will be "light as a feather" during the coming season. ."i . .r- no; 24 THE 'Si FAIR. ARRIVAL OF. PRESIDENT; CLEVELAND LIBERTY BELL. . ' AND Orand Beoeption to the! Chief Maglatrate Tremendona Enthnalaam for the Phila delphia Bell The Bpaxdaii . Duke - The Frooession.. , 1 , By Telesnph to Morning Star.1- Chicago, April. 3( .The gates of the World's ;. Fair J city opened ' wide this morning to receive e advance guard of distinguished Visitors who Monday next will dignify by : their presence pe formal opening of the World's Columbian Ex position.' The reception committee met the train bearing the: Duke De Veragua and party t1 Grand Crossing. The train: reached i Grand Crossing shortly after 9, where a stop was mad to enable the committee to 4 get aboard. . The .meeting was entirely 5 informal, i The train reached Union i Depot atj 10.30. large crowd had assembled, and a rous ing cheer was given as the train stopped. ; wnen tne uucai party aiignteo, rresii dent Palmer formally welcomed the Duke to the World's FaitT and the World's Fair City, The Duk in a few words expressed the honor, pleasure and gratification it gave to find himself within the borders j of a city with the greatness, of which! to a small extent, he was familiar. The procession then formed and the Ducal party was es corted to Auditorium Hotel. At r 2 o'clock Mayor Harrison and the Alder- manic rjommittee called at the Hotel and presented the Duke with the free dom of the city The National Com missioners then appeared and; presented the Duke with the "open sesame" to the World's Fair, good for the season, en graved on silver. j1- ; i Fresh from the splendor of the naval display. President Cleveland was wel comed to Chicago with the shouts of the multitude, booming of cannon and hearty creetines oFofficial feoresenta- tives of the State of, Illinois and city of Chicago. Th$ fsjeorae was inaugu rated wayi dowif m the: sister State of Indiana, - where the 'Special; train i was boarded by a composite jdelegation com posing Gov. Altgeld! and members of his staff. Mayor Harrison and his Cabinet, Director-ueneral Davts and collector pf PortJohn M.Clarki l t The President. Who "was Dersonallv acquainted with a majority of his visitors, received them cordially: First Gov. Altgeld, for the State, and then' Carter Harrison, for -the Jetty, -told him how much they appreciated his presence and how much the. entire Commonwealth was at his command, while Mr. Cleve land, in response, said he had a lively re membrance of L-hicaeo s hospitality. - -President Palmef and Vice-President Peck were in waiting at the depot to ex press a word of greeting in behalf of the Exposition, and this done the services ot the escorting police were called again into requisition and a pathway formed for the visitors frim the depot to the street. .- .J. -i . ;o,v . :. Chicago, April 29. The weleome to the Liberty Bell out-did, in enthusiasm and in the numbers of the multitude that participated jn it, even that ex tended to President Cleveland. It was the third formal welcome of the day and n iuucucu uic pupuiar ncart i murc- iDa either ot those that preceded it. All last night the bell remained in the Union Depot under guard ot the special otneess of the Philadelphia police department, who accompanied it to. this city and who had been reinforced by. a detail of Chi cago police, fcarly this morning tne bell, with it railing of silver, was mounted upon a handsome float. It had been the desire of the committee on arrangements that the turnout should be a popular pa rade rather than an omciai or military affair that iust as the Liberty Bell was and is the people's bell, so the procession should be a procession of the people in its honor. "Turn-out patriots," was the brief proclamation issued byAldermai Kent, marshal -oi the body, and tne patriots did tunf put, as they have not turned out for anything or anybody for many years, with tne possible exception of the World's Fair inaugural parade. During the morning the float was decorated by the Women's Club of the West Side. Shortly, after noon the crowd in the neighborhood of the depot became so dense that it - wad" found necessary tcfflear the street in order that formation of the parade could be effected. This was accomplished with some difficulty and loss of time, and it was not until 2 p dock that Alderman Kent waa ready 1 to give the signal foe the head of the column to move. The procession was led 'by. a de tachment of mounted ; police accpml- panied by the 4and of the Second regiment; next ai-platoon of police oh foot, and then came 'the Liberty .Bell upon its decorated float drawn by thir teen coal-black horses. The Chicago Hussars, one hundred . strong, ' and mounted on magnificent chargers acted as a special guard of honor to the relie. Next in line were members ot uovernar Altgeld 's staff, and behind these the George H. Thomas cadets. Mayor Stuart, of Philadelphia rode with Maycjr Harrison to Chicagorand visiting mem bers of the City Council of the Quaker City- were - escorted by the Chicagb Board of Aldermen, nearly every mem ber of this body turning out fir the purpose. The Sons 'of i Penn sylvania turned iout . in force so did the World s Fair ; Commission, and directors and representatives ' of a majority of the civic societies of the city and general public, marching four abreast, brought; up the rear. From the beginning to the end the procession was nearly two mites in length. The Duke of veragua and suite wit nessed the procession from the balcony of the 'Auditorium Hotel. When the float reached the Lexington Hotel there was a brief halt and President Cleve land, who stood upon the roof of tie verandah, surrounded by members i pf his Cabinet, made a short - address. Upon the arrival of the procession a. Jackson Park it proceeded up Fifty- seventh avenue to the Pennsylvania State building. ! The formal exercises were then inaugurated. RICHMOND FLOUR MILLSJ A Beoelver Appointed for the "Haxail- Crenshaw Company. . - - Br Telesraph to the Moraine Star. Richmond,' Va April ' 29. Judge Lambs, of the-Chancery Court, "on mo tion of Crenshaw and others, who sue by and with consent of. all "parties, ihas appointed Capti Phil.1 Haxall receiver'! of the Haxall-Crenshaw, Company, Jin the ' last six Ij weeks -i efforts have been . made oy: . the .Haxall-Cren shaw Company, to make a consoli dation with, the GallegO Mills, and under the new organization to make a com promise for both properties and the Un secured, creditors of the Haxall-Crenshaw Company.; This arrangement was defeated by the refusal of the small num ber of unsecured creditors to come into the arrangement. The Haxall-Crenshaw mill is one of the oldest in the history of the State. - I . v; i 1- At the -Players club, Edwin Booth's . condition reported "unchanged., . ' .: - SPIRITSTIIRPLNTINE ; Mount Airy JYews: The recent cold snap has killed most of the fruit in' this vicinity. There may be spme apples , left, but they are not likely to be good. 9 Whiteville . Starv: There v Js movement on foot to organize a Fair 'vl Association in Whiteville, in order that . a Columbus County Fair may be' held; ? held this falL j-. j f ;- , -- Oxford r Ledger Mrs1. 7." V. Roberts died at her home near! Knap of ' Reeds, in this county, Monday, Aprd 17th, 1898, in the 82nd year of her age. In the selection of only three talis--. - men on Monday- in court, the ' Third party sheriff called id the box two ne- , groes and one Thirdite. f j r . - : ' ' Hickory- Press and Carolinian Mr. D. E. Qoninger, charged with Jthe -robbery of the Claremont postoffice, was - " given a preliminary hearing before Com missioner Totten - Monday afternoon,' and failing to give the required bond. has been sent to jail to await the action , of the next United States grand jury. . : - Smithfield Zrfl si ( Another tore ; was broken into here : Tuesday i night.! Burglars entered through one of ' the front windows of the store' occupied by Messrs. H. Cohen & Co land stole ' -some shoes, clothing, &c. .The window . has no shutter and - they broke One of . the large ; panes of glass. 1 ! Mr. Cohen has not yet ascertained the amount. - ' stolen, . ; :; -.( ;' -.'.:! Sanford Express: The' loss by v fire in Moore county some .three weeks ' ago is estimated - at 200,000. Many -men who were in good circumstances and were operating large turpentine or- -chards are forced to beginf life anew. It was-the most destructive! conflagra tion ever known to visit Moore county. :. The farmers are busy planting cot-. ton this week, and we understand that a - ' big crop is being put in.' j j -y , Charlotte News-. , Mr.sErwin Heath, aged 82, died yesterday after noon at 4 o'clock. Mr. Heath was a native of Randolph county and served through the late war as a member of Company D, Twenty-third North Caro- s lina. Volunteers, and was a brave soldier. - Mr. Chas. Sterne died yesterday " afternoon at the residence of his mother- ' in-law, Mrs. Susan Whishant. on West Tenth street, alter a long illness with Bright's disease. He was 28 years of age. j Charlotte Observer J. T. Ray- mer, of Statesville, a roller flouring mill builder, was in Charlotte a day or two ago and told the Observe that he had built this season, or is building; five or six mills one at Caldwell Station, one Mt. Holly, one at Connelly Springs, and the others at different points. - The mill at Caldwell Station has jjust been fin- . ished. j He has just travelled over eight or ten counties in this Section of the State and says there has not been such a wheat prospect in ten years, Durham Sun: Another blood shedding affair occurred yesterday after noon, between 5 and 0 o'clock, in the neighborhood of . Smoky j Hollow, that portion of town concerning which so much has been said of late, and where a murder was committed oh the 8th of -last February. This affair may also- prove to be fatal in its j results. G. M." Geanes is-the victim this ( time, and his skull was cut open with a. hatchet in the hands of John Will Lee,! a carpenter., formerly from Reidsville, f Geanes is av the Irvin house, and is in a very, critical condition. Lee has made his escape.. Maj. W. A. Guthrie has just re--turned from a week's, visit along the Durham & Charlotte railroad. He brings back with him splendid specimens . of slate from Stanly 1 county and coal ' from Moore. There are ' big deposits of these minerals along this road and the Major is very enthusiastic over the pros pects, and the new fields; of industry it will open out. .'.i. , t Concord Standard : Will Means,, the colored man who was iailed on the -charge of attempt aMape and afterwards bailed on a small bond, has been re-1 rturned to jail by his bondsman. Means received noteu telling him aat-tt he , 'did no't Jaave the country inside of three days hiirieck would receive a dose of hemp. . He was returned to jail. It is ; believed: that this plan-was adopted' simply to get him , out of the way to v frustrate a trial, thereby concealing some supposed ' bad jl j history. . It is the general opinion J that Means is entirely innocent of i the charge. Mr. M. R. Bosw of : No. 10, near Bost's Mills, has hens that are almost equal to the goose that laid the golden egg.i We've been knowing that Mr. Bost -had been getting some remarkably large , eggs, and requested him to bring us a dozen. He did so. The dozen weighs exactly pounds; four of these weigh one pound. In Justice Kimmon's store -a dozen eggs of the ; usual size were weighed and their weight was found to be just 1 'pounds. The ! hens that do this work for Mr. Bost are the ordinary home-made chickens of jl'Dominec" va riety.,' . S'jj'ljf '.. -r Newton Enterprise Mrs. John Wike, ot Jackson county, a sister of Mr. Silas Wike. of Catawba, caught fire a few, days ago and was fatally burned. Her husband in trying to put out the fire was also burned to death. For several weeks we have known that an other cotton factory for Newton was a certainty. AH arrangements are now complete, the lot has been purchased and brickmaking" will begin at , once. Last Saturday night Mr.' Mike . In gle, a peaceable old man In Scronce town, Bandy's township, was sitting on his doorstep1 washing his : feet preparatory to going to bed, when a . young man named Frank Scronce came along and got very "much out ot humor because the yard dog haricea at mm. : He began throwing rocks i indiscrimi nately, and old man Ingle ordered him off I the premises. Scronce then . began threatening the old man, who went into the house and got his cheap single-barrel shot-gun. As he reached the yard . Scronce let a rock fly at Ingle's head and Ingle fired. The load took off one aide of Scronce 's neck, and he is in a dangerous condition, though; it is not believed the wound will prove fatal. Ingle was taken before 'Squire J. M. Glampitt and bound over to Court in the sumof $200.-'.. - v! APPALLING DISCLOSURE. An Inoanute Fiend Attempts to Despoil the World's Fair of the So-eelled Aahes of Poor C!ixtetOBilMv 1" js'"''.;!-.."!" ,r -: By Telegraph to the MorninglStar. . CHiCAGCspril 29. The Jierald this morning has the following : An unsuc cessful attempt to steal Christopher Co lumbus' ashes was made last evening. The class containing them was broken and the priceless . remains lifted from their resting place by an unknown thief whose presence desecrated the sacred Convent La Rabida,.at Jackson Park. .The ashes were carrid ..from a dark cor ner to the light , of a window and care fully examined that no mistake might be made, but the delay for the exami nation proved disastrous to the .purpose of the vandal and saved to the Exposi tion and posterity all that is left of the mortal remains of the great explorer and benefactor. h - cr- 5 r.r LATE FOREIGN NEWS.' Mr. Qladstone's Asnilant Pronounoed In 1 By Cable to the llornlni Star.'i ' - i April 89-Wimam ixown-; send, the man arrested on suspicion 01 having designs upon the life t pf. Mr. Gladstone, has been pronounced insane and will probably be placed in an asylum. The police, however, attach importance to the air est, and hope to be able to dis-; cover that some one was behind Town- tend inciting him to the assassination; :i-' mm. -'':T:':,i:;v, v'7J
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