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. VERY IMPORTANT.
During the past two months bills
have been mailed to about sixteen
hundred subscribers to" the Weekly
Star. The aggregate amount due
on these bills was very large, but the
aggregate amount thus far paid is
comparatively small.
It is hoped every subscriber in ar
rears will read this notice, and that
he will forward the amount due us at
once.
It is unjust to the proprietor to
read his newspaper without paying
for it fully as much so as for the
proprietor of the paper to eat the
farmer's chickens and eggs and then
fail or refuse to .remunerate him.
We thank those of our subscribers
who have paid us, and trust this ap
peal will not be lost on those who
have not paid. i
DOES IT DEMONETIZE ?
The opponents of the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman
act contend that if it be passed with
out making some provision for the
coinage of silver, it will demonetize
silver, while the advocates of repeal
say it will not. Theoretically it will
not, but practically, it will. Under that
act the bullion in the Treasury may
be coined for the redemption of the
Treasury notes issued for the pur
chase of the bullion, but when that is
doney coinage absolutely ceases. But
this law gives the Secretary of the
Treasury the discretionary power to
redeem the notes in silver or gold as
he may elect, and as the Secretaries
ri. i--, 1 l J l :i
so rar nave reueemeu in guiu, mc sil
ver has accumulated in the Treasury
and other Secretaries will probably
follow their examplegold will
go ouT for the notes and the silver
will remain in the Treasury. When
the Government itself through its fi
nancial representative discriminates
against silver it is robbed to a large
extent of its monetary value and it is
to that extent demonetized, for while
the option exists with the creditor to
demand payment in a certain coin
and the "discretion" of the Secretary
leads him to pay not in either coin,
which he could do, but in the coin
demanded, the creditor will demand
that which has the most universal
currency, and about the value of
which there is no contention. .
But whether it would be demone
tized by the repeal of this clause or
not there is but little doubt that the
purpose of many of those who oppose
the continued coinage of silver is to
demonetize it if they can. They would
permit the use of silver as a subsidi
ary coin, but that's all, and some of
them now contend tnat there is no
use for more silver, and that the sil
ver dollar is practically a useless
coin. Feeling that way about it,
how long would it take the money
powers for whom they speak, if coin
j age was stopped, to gather in most
of the silver that has been coined
since 1878 and thus practically retire
silver while it was yet a legal tender,
and while it would still be counted
In figuring up the per capita circula
tion? It might be said that control
ling and retiring the silver money
ot the country would be a
pretty large undertaking:, i and it
would be, but with the money
of the country and the wealth of the
country in the hands of such a small
number of men the combinations tor
that purpose could be very easily
effected, and in this they would have
the co-operation of the money pow
ers of Europe which have been wag'
ing war on silver for years and have
finally succeeded in having its coin
age stopped in every country in Eu
rope, winding up with India within
the past few months. i
Money is a cosmopolitan; It knows
no country, no race, no sentiment, no
politics. Its simple and sole insplra
tion is to increase its own power by
shaping the legislation of nations as
it has always been doing,' and in few
countries with more signal success
- than in this within the past thirty
years. ' ;'. j.
It is quick to take advantage of
circumstances,: circumstances very
often of its own creation, to do this.
As an illustration of this note how
quick the national banks, which have
been fighting the coinage of silver
under the pretext that there was
money enough in circulation, took
advantage of the stringency which
"they themselves precipitated, to
apply for an increase of ten per
cent, in their circulation, while rad
VOL. XXIV.
ically opposed to an increase in any
other kind of circulating medium.
They were the mam agents in bring
ing on the stringency and then util
ized it by making it an argument for
adding one-tenth to the volume of
notes which they had already issued.
That was sharp and it shows how
quick the money powers arejto grasp
opportunities to advance their own
interests. . But that is one of the
cases where the legislation asked for
would also be in the interest of the
people, because it would add some
thing to a volume of currency which
is now too small.
As a business transaction the de
monetization of, or if not demone
tization absolute, the retiring of the
bulk of the silver coin, which would
be the next thing to it, would be
money in the pockets of the cur
rency controllers, for with silver out
of the way and the gold dollar the
measure - of value, the purchasing
power and interest bringing power
of every gold dollar would be en
hanced that much in proportion, then
one dollar would buy twice as much,
and command twice as much labor
as it would with double as much in
circulation. Stop the coinage of
silver, degrade it, pronounce it a
metal unfit for money, and then with
gold as the only recognized ' money
metal the gold monometallist be
comes supreme in this country, and
will dictate the prices of the pro
ducts of the soil and the rates of in
terest the borrowers will have to pay
to get the money which he controls.
The stoppage of coinage means not
only that but t eventual demonetiza
tion and the withdrawal from circu
lation of the silver, save the sub
sidiary, already coined.
MINOR MENTION.
Senator Voorhees in concluding
his remarks to; Senator Hale, Friday,
addressed a few remarks to the pub
lic, in which he congratulated the
public, (and took some consolation
himself), on the fact that confidence
was being restored, and business re
vived, which he attributed to the
knowledge that the bill for the re
peal of the j Sherman purchasing
clause will be passed. The repeal
advocates throughout the country,
with almost i solid accord, claim that
the action of the House on the Wil
son bill broke the stringency and
started the ! wheels of industry to
running, when; as a matter of fact,
this had about as little to do with it
as the passage of the Home Rule
bill by the House of Commons had.
We believe in the repeal, because
the Sherman act providing for the
purchase of so much silver monthly
is wrong in principle and bad
in practice, but we do not
believe in assumptions of this
kind, which are unsupported by the
facts. The revival had begun before
the Wilson bill was passed and gold
began to flow back to this country
when the wheat started over to Eu
rope to bring jit back. The Ameri
can people are a business people.
They are not; a people to sit down
and hold their hands for an indefinite
period, waiting to see what Congress
is going to about this thing or that.
If Congress had never been called
together to consider the financial
situation they would have worked
through the stringency and got back
to work again just as they are doing,
and perhaps sooner. This is too big
a country, its business is too great
and the people who do the business
are too energetic and resourceful to
let her commerce stand still, and the
factory wheels rust, and wage-earners
go workless and hungry, while Con
gress is wrestling with financial ques
tions and loading the .Congressional
Record with speeches mainly intended
for their constituents.
i V
We published an extract from the
Charlotte News a few days ago stat
ing that Congressman Alexander had
been invited by a German sugar syn
dicate, interested in the manufacture
of beet sugar, to visit Nebraska and
inspect the sugar factories there and
the methods pursued in making the
sugar, the object- being to get the
culture of the beet introduced into
North Carolina. They further pro
mise, in the i event the culture be-
comes sufficient to justify the erection
of manufactories, to erect all that are
necessary to consume the crop raised,
. i sr i .
ano to supply jvir. Alexander witn a
sufficient amount of seed for trial to
begin with. This has a business
look about it. Mr. Alexander has
consented to go, and as he is a pretty
practical and clear-headed man , we
have no doubt that he will gather all
the information necessary as to mode
cost of cultivation, price, &c. We
are satisfied that the beet will thrive
in this State, even better than it does
in Nebraska', and with manufactories
to consume it the industry would
prove a profitable one.
Mr. Henry G. Hester, Secretary of
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
shows that while last year there was
a decrease in the amount, of cotton
consumed by the Northern mills
there was an increase by the South-
ern mius. ine northern spinners
took 503,000 bales less than the year
before while the Southern mills took
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743,848 bales, an increase of 8 per
cent over the takings of the previous
year. For the year ending August
31st there was a gain of thirteen
cotton mills in active operation,' over
the previous year, giving a net in
crease of 173,000 spindles, 135,006
of which were new and 38,000. addi
tions to old mills. The number of
new mills was considerebly less
than the year previous, but it
must be remembered that this
was done in a year when for a con
siderable portion of the time the
financial world was very much dis
turbed, and while the business was at
an absolute stand still in other sec
tions of the country. .The increase
in the number of mills and output
capacity ot others'with the increased
consumption from year to year, give
assurance that the Southern cotton
mills cannot only hold their own but
can forge ahead when others' are idle,
and that it is only a question of time
when they will control the cotton
manufacturing business of this coun
try and work most ot the cotton crop.
It is said that Mrs. Cyrus W. Field,
Jr., ot New York, who keenly feels
the disgrace brought upon the family
by the defalcations of her brother-in-law,
Edwinj Field, is going to help
her husband to pay off the indebted
ness contracted by Edwin. Her hus
band receives a salary of $2,000 as
U. S. Consul, jbalf of which he de
votes to -that purpose. She now pro
poses' to start a millinery store to
help him. That's pluck for a woman
that moved in the bon ton circles.
Some time ago we read an account
of two young I ladies, residents of trie
aristocratic Fifth Avenue, who when
their father was overtaken by adver
sity and became bankrupt resolved
to help him out by opening a barber
shop, and they did.
When -it icomes to orthodox
chivalry and . courtesy it is hard to
get away with the thoroughbred
Kentuckian. Ia telling illustration
of this was furnished the other day
when a mob ynched a fellow, but
before doing so the captain of the
lynchers gave him a square meal
and politely requested that partici
pants in the neck-tie sociable should
not fill the carcass ot the gentleman
with buckshot;
The latest pension proposition is
to put people jin the civil service of
the Government on the pension list
when they become disabled. As this
country with its $160,000,000 a year
jco soldiers, camp followers, &c, is
not paying out money enough, this
proposition should be carried out at
once, before
down on it.
some heavy man sits
A little land will go a long way
sometimes in South Carolina, an in
stance of which is furnished by the
Charleston News and Courier, when
it tells of an I eighth of an acre in
Laurens county being assigned by;
deed to forty-one negroes and nine-i
teen white men to qualify them to
sign a petition as tree-holders tor a
dispensary.
Yung Yu, the new Chinese Minis
ter, is delighted with this country.
There are about one hundred thou
sand of his countrymen now here,
who are also so much delighted with
it that they refuse to accept free
passages back to China, which the
Geary law offers them.
The Ohio howlers for protection
on wool, call jlree wool "the colossal
political crime of the age." In the
estimation of these breeders of
fancy sheep! cheaper blankets and
clothes tor the poor men would be a
crime Ff it reduced the margin of the
plunder they! now enjoy.
I he Uoldsboro Headlight, one
of the best of our weekly exchanges,
has entered j upon its seventh year,
and contemplates its bright pros
pects with satisfaction. Roscower is
a hustler and runs a regular dragnet
for local and district news.
It is said that a lot of shells bought
in Europe when the discussion was
going on with Chili, are still lying in
the custom house at New York held
for the duty on them. They will
probably be sold for old iunk. So
much for jingo. i
From May 1st to August 30th the
number of admissions to the World's
Fair was about 10,000,000. During
the Centennial Exposition at Phila
delphia the total number of admis
sion was $9,910,966. I
A sea captain who has just arrived
at Savannah says the ocean in that
vicinity is strewn with wrecks, which
may become the cause of other
wrecks if left floating around in the
path of vessels. i
It is said that the Nicaragua Canal
Company, which has recently gone
into the hands of a receiver, sunk
$4,000,000 in that ditch, and got
ditched itself. . i-
The Secretary of the Treasury has
decided that foreign steel plates dip
ped in tin in this country are not
American tin, but some other sort of
tin...', .'i .. i ' " '
Mrs. Mary Murphey died In St.
Louis at the age of 106 s years.' She
never had much use for; dentists as
it is said she cut three sets of teeth.
Weekly
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,
. READY FOR A CRUISE.
The Kearearge and the Nantucket at
Southport Waiting for the Beaenrea
The Wilmington Contingent Will Go
; Down To-day The Charlotte Division
: Will Arrive To-morrow. .
Shortly after sunrise" yesterday the
long-looked for United States man-of-war
Kearsarge and monitor Nantucket
appeared off the Cape Fear bar, and
each taking a pilot, separately, steamed
into Southport. .anchoring in the west
ern part of the harbor. -. v
The contrast between these two vessels
is very striking. 1 he Kearsarge, witn
her immense masts and square rigging
looms up and completely overshadows
the Nantucket, which lying-well down in
the water, at a distance makes almost
no appearance, but a' nearer acquaint
ance proves the fact that here is a type
of the once most formidable class of
war vessels. A ...
Tovisitors these two vessels will prove
most interesting studies; of the classes
which each represents; the one, impos
ing with lofty spars, high decks from
whose sides numerous guns silently pro
trude, indicating what could happen if
occasion demanded; the other, deep in
the water, with her dark turret rising
above deck, apparently j pf little conse
quence in battle, but the more danger
ous adversary of the twoj.
The. two vessels cannot fail to arouse
the enthusiasm of the Naval Reserves as
they see them lying at anchor, and much
more must they enthuse when they set
foot on their decks and are welcomed by
the officers. i
The Naval Reserves of North Caro
lina have now an opportunity ol both
enjoying themselves and gaining in
knowledge and by practice what they
have desired.
Lieut. Geo. L. Morton;
senior officer
of the reserves present for duty, left yes
terday on the steamer Wilmington, un
der orders from the Adjutant General to
report the North Carolina Naval Re
serves ready for duty, andj to receive the
orders from Commander jCroiwngshield
of the warship Kearsarge Upon arriv
ing at Southport he was met by one of
the officers and escorted on board.
Lieut. Morton returned' in the after
noon with orders from the commander
to report with the Reserves ready for
duty this afternoon, to leave here at
three o'clock by the steamer Wil
mington. 1
The first division of the Naval Bat
talion of Charlotte will reach here to
morrow morning at 9 o'clock under com
mand of Lieut. J. Frank Wilkes.
The Reserves will be! comfortably
quartered on board of the Nantucket
this afternoon and becom familiar with
the ships, so as to be ready for active
service on Monday, when the four days'
drill will commence in earnest.
It is very probable that the first two
days will be devoted to jdrill on board
the ship in the harbor, after which the
boys will be familiar with the big guns,and
the other two days wiljl be given to
cruising at sea and target practice.
Adjutant General Francis H. Cam
eron telegraphed that he would join
the Reserves here to-day;
Lieut. Ed. Daniels will command the
third division in the absence of Lieut.
Jno. H. Barnard, who is in New York ou
business. I
The third and fourth divisions of the
Reserves here are ordered to report at
their armory to-day at 2: o'clock sharp.
All baggage can be sent to the armory
between nine and two o'clock, tagged
and readyfor shipment. In addition to
the articles mentioned in yesterday's
Star, each man must carry a knife, fork
and spoon. ;
The Kearsarge has j twenty officers
and two hundred men, under command
of Capt Crowningshield, and the Nan
tucket has a crew of fifty men, under
command of Lieut. Hosier.
LAST NIGHT'S FIRE.
A Blaze in a Dry Goods Store that waa
Speedily Extinguished toy the Fire Do-
' partmect.
Fire broke out last; night about 12
o'clock in the rear of Mr. C. E. Gordon's
dry goods store on the corner of Mar
ket and Front streets. The flames
extended to Mr. Geo. Darden's watch
making and jewelry store on Front street
and to Mrs. L. B. Whitney's millinery
store on Market street. The fire was
promptly extinguished by the Fire De
partment before it had gained much
headway. The losses are not very heavy;
they are covered by insurance as follows:
Mr. George Darden, $1,000, with Messrs.
Atkinson & Son; Mr. C. E. Gordon, $7,
000, with M. S. Willard, Atkinson & Son
and T. H. Boatwright's agencies; Mrs.
Whitney, $1,000 with the Carolina Insu
rance Company.
The Virginia Pea-nut Crop.
Advices received at Norfolk from sev
eral pea-nut growing counties, state that
the vines are in excellent condition, but
there is very little fruit on them. With
favorable weather there will not be more
than half a crop made.; In Southampton
and Prince George counties it is thought
the conditions are somewhat worse.
TJ. S. Commissioner's Court.
Before Commissioner R. H. Bunting,
yesterday, Tas. A. Hewlett and Jas. P.
Walton were arraigned, charged with
violation of Sec. 5358 Revised Statutes
of the United Statesi The defendants
waived examination and gave bond in
the sum of $200 each for their appear
ance at the next term of the U. S. 'Dis
trict Court, which will convene in Wil
mington on the 31st of October next.
The World's Fair. -
A large number of our people are
arranging to avail themselves ot tne
advantages of the special tour to the
World's Fair, which will leave here on
the 18th, in charge ; of Mr. Thos. D.
Meares, of the Seaboard Air Line.
Special coaches will run through solid
from Wilmington to Chicago, and com
fortable arrangements have been made
for those desiring sleepers, either part or
all of the way. Special rates have been
made with hotels to accommodate .the
party.
A SHOOTING AFFAIR.
l mulatto Named Maynor Attempts to
. Kill Louis Johnson, Colored. Near
Garland, 29. C.
i Point Caswell, Sept. 5.
i Editor Star : There has been con
siderable excitement at Garland, on the
C. F. &Y. WR. R., owing to-a shoot
ing which took place near there on the
morning of the second of August.
j i Louis Johnson, colored, was at work
in his woods when he heard some one
coming up behind him. On looking
around he saw it was Odie Maynor, a
mulatto, with whom he had had some
difficulty some time previous. Maynor
had a double-barrelled shot-gun with
him.-. He walked up to Johnson and
said to him : "I have come to settle
with you."
i Johnson told : him to get out of his
woods with his gun. Maynor then fired
at him with the gun but missed him.
Johnson then jumped behind a large
tree which stood near and began calling
aloud for help. He 'succeeded for a
while in keeping the tree between him
self and Maynor, but soon Maynor, be
ing afraid someone would come to John
son s assistance, fired the other barrel of
his I gun, but again missed. Johnson,
thinking the gun was the only weapon
Maynor bad, came from behind the tree,
and succeeded in , knocking Maynor
down. He then took the gun from him,
and as Maynor drew a pistol, Johnson
flew for life. Maynor fired at him several
times; only one ball taking effect, and
that in his right arm. Johnson then hur
ried to Garland, which was only a mile
distant, where he told the story and soon
a posse of men went in search of May
nor, but tailed to capture him.
A lew days later Maynor was arrested.
n Chatham countv and brought back to
Garland, where he was given a hearing
before J. D. Johnson, J. P., and com
mitted to iail, where he now awaits-a
trial at the next term of the Superior
Court of Sampson county. B.
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I The Light House Board gives notice
that on or about September 6, 1893, the
front beacons of the Morris Island South
and North ranges entrance to Charles
ton harbor, S. C., which were washed
away in the recent storm, will be re-established;
also,; that light vessel No. 29
has been moored off Rattlesnake Shoal
northeasterly of the entrace to Charles
ton harbor, S. C, in place of light ves
sel ,No. Si, wrecked in the recent storm.
Light vessel No. 29 differs from the
wrecked vessel only in the number which
si painted on each quarter.
I FAYETTEVILLE NEWS ITEMS.
Cotton Mills Resuming Operations Third
Dividend of the Late People's National
Bank.
The Fayetteville Cotton Mills, which
have been closed for about one month,
the Gazette says, resumed operations
Monday morning bright and early and
everything is moving along smoothly
and serenely there. Mai. McKethan,
the efficient secretary and treasurer, re
ports business as vastly improving at the
North, where the products of this fac
tory are all promptly sold and shipped.
The mills at Hope Mills and Cumber
land Mills, we understand, resumed op
erations yesterday, also. Tnis evidence
of ; a general resumption of business
throughout the country will be received
witn no little pleasure everywhere. Let
the good work continue.
Receiver LeDuc, has been kept quite
busy for the past day or two paying out
the third dividend of 15 per cent, to the
depositors and creditors of the late
Peoples National Bank of this city.
This is the third dividend declared and
paid by this institution, amounting in
all; to 50 per cent. How much addi
tional depositors and creditors generally
of this institution will ever receive is a
matter of conjecture.
About the Nantucket.
Lieutenant Hosley, Lieutenant Bitler
and Snrgeon H. N. T. Harris, of the
monitor Nantucket, arrived here last
evening and leave for New York, where
they are stationed, this morning. It was
Lieutenant Hosley who commanded
the Nantucket and so successfully
carried "her through the recent
hurricane off the North Caro
lina coast. ; He turned over the com
mand ot the monitor to Lieut. Waliing.
of the Kearsaree yesterday, who will
remain in charge until the drills are
over. 1 he ; entire crew ol the Aan-
ucket will then be taken to New York,
and she will be brought to Wilmington,
tied up and turned oyer to the State.
Not a single man of the Uni
ted States Navy will remain with
her, and if the boys of the Naval
Reserves wish, to do any steaming or
shooting they will have to man the old
monitor themselves. But, as Lieut.
Hosley remarked, she will make a good
club house for the boys.
j RIVER AND MARINE.
; There was 6 feet of water at Fay
etteville at 8 o clock b riday morning, a
fall of 2.6 feet.
i The schooner Hattie L. Sheets (dis
abled), from Georgetown, S. C, to New
York, was towed up to the city yester
day from Southport.
i i Observer Dorman telegraphed from
Southport yesterday the following in re
gard to the schooner Wm. Smith:
"She was picked up at sea by the Clyde
steamer Seminole, bound for Jackson
ville, but grounded on the bar on her
way to this port. The Tones floated her
yesterday. ; Her main and mizzen masts,
deck load, hatches, cabin, in fact every
thing on deck has been washed over
board. The hull is nearly new and she
is loaded with pine lumber. A good
hoisting engine is also on board."
I The vessel picked up the Clyde steam
er Seminole, and towed to the bar at the
mouth of the Cape Fear river was the
abandoned schooner William Smith,
lumber laden, from Charleston, S. C.
bound to a Northern port. She was water
logged, two of her masts gone, and the
deck swept of everything. The captain
of the Seminole put a man on board the
derelict and engaged the tug Jones to
tow it into Southport. The Maritime
Repisteroi September 6th reports that the
barque Syria, from Tampa, passed Cape
Henry September 1, with the crew of
the schooner Wm. Smith, abandoned off
Charleston, S. C
If the accounts from the North
in regard to business are true, and they
seem to be, Wilmington ought to ex
perience some of the benefits of the trade
revival very soon.
Star
1893.
WASHINGTON
NEWS.
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September 7. The
Washington,
Treasury Department to-day issued a
circular which is here given verbatim:
To Collectors of Internal Revenue and
Revenue Agents: . -i clii , '
i It has come to the knowledge of this
office, through published news items,
by correspondents ; and otherwise, that
banks are issuing certificates of s deoosit
payable in the money or currency of the
United States, and that these obligations
of the banks, negotiable notes, carrying
title in their circulation from hand to
' hand, are paid out and used for circula
tion in lieu of the money of the i United
States. Such issues; are taxable, and
you will inquire as to the amount of
such issues, and report them; to this
office as assessment! as the taxes oc
curred. y t. Joseph S. Miles.
; 1 Commissioner.
The taxable rate of such issues as de
scribed in the circular is 10 per cent.
Thenumber now in circulation is believed
to be very heavy, as they have taken the
place, during the financial stringency, of
currency or money.; iWhether ; the is
sues include Clearing House certificates
is a question Treasury officials decline to
discuss, intimating that the question is a
legal one tnat may can lor a ludicial de
cision from the courtsi i i
Attorney General Olnev has appoint
ed John J. Stewart, of Abingdon,; i Va.,
Assistant U. S. District Attorney for the
Western district of Virginia. The! Sen
ate has confirmed the nominations of
the following to bejpostmasters: ! AJ H.
tsoyaen, Salisbury, N.:J.; T. K, Robert
son. Charlotte, N. C.l I
Rumors of an impeding and lmdis-
pensible compromise on the bill!:tO re
peal the purchasing clause of the Sher
man act were current in the lobbies and
on the floor of the Senate to-dayi!j ; The
speech made by Mr. Walthall (to whom
Mr. stawart bad yielded the floor in a
spirit of accommodation) may have been
an indication ot the character and direc
tion of such compromise. ij;
l he most significant feature it the
day's session took place at the; close
when, Mr. Daniel having given notice
that he would address; the Senate next
Thursday, Mr. Piatt suggested an earlier
day, as Senators hoped to have; a vote
on the bill before Thursday. 1 ji t;
ai tne i close oi trie session ot the
House yesterday, about 400 general bills,
1,500 private, and 15 1 joint resolutions
were presented for reference to the pro
per committees, ihe measures embod
propositions of all characters. ; Among
the most important are the following:
By Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama-Placing
cotton bagging or other materials suita
ble for baling cotton on the free list.
By Mr. Pickler, of! South Dakota-
Providing that no pension shall be stop
ped or suspended until after a full hear
ing and final determination by the Sec
retary of the Interior; Providing that
no pensioner upon Ithe; rollsshall receive
less than $6 per month. 1 1 1 ;;
By bimson, repealing the act of 1873
which made the gold dollar the unit of
value. ! ! i i ;;
By Robbings, of Alabama, ; for the
total repeal of the international revenue
laws. I ; ih i
By Clarke, of Alabama, to provide for
the free delivery and collection of s; mails
in rural districts. M H ;
By McLaurin, of South, Carolina., a
joint resolution authorizing' the issue of
$125,000,000 of Treasury notes under the
acts of 1862-'63. j I
By Martin, of Indiana, to repeal the
sugar bounty law. ,i I .. . j
Washington, September 8.f4iSecre-
tary Gresham decided this morning not
to wait longer for official notification
that a revolution has broken
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.but
in
Brazil, and he accordingly sent, a cable
message to Minister Thompson, iwho is
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supposed to have reached Rio de Janeiro
by this time, instructing him to concur
in a general diplomatic remonstrance
against the burdens of interfence with
the foreign commerce bf Brazil through
the suspension of telegraphic communi
cation. This dispatch was sent; in ac
cordance with a partial promise made
by Secretary Gresham yesterday to the
New York Coftee fc.xcb.ange, which inti
mated that Brazil was, discriminating
against American trade. This afternoon
it was determined by ithe j Navy; Depart
ment to cable orders to the United
States cruiser Charleston, when her
commander reports her arrival at; i some
South American port, directing the
vessels to proceed Immediately to Bra
zilian waters. The Charleston was last
heard from at Barbadoes. whence she
departed on her cruise to the Pacific
with the intention of touching at Monte
video and perhaps at Rio de Janeiro. The
vessel may be at Rid at this time, bat
her arrival has not been reported to the
Department. i ) ; !(j
The President to-day sent to the ben-
ate the following nominations: Theodore
Kunyon, of New ersey, Ambassador Ex
traordinary and Plenipotentiary jiof the
United States to Germany; Alberta.
Willis, of Kentucky, Envoy Extraordin
ary and Minister Plenipotentiary ; of the
United States to Hawaiian Islands;
Henry M. . Smythe, bf Virginia,! to be
Minister resident and Consul General of
the United States to Hayti; Ellis! Mills.
of Virginia, Consul General atn Hono
lulu; M. S. Carroll, ofi Maryland.1 Consul
General at Dresden, Uermany; in
U. S. Consuls George ). i Willis, of
Georgia, at Port Stanley ahd St.
Thomas, Canada; John R. Mobley, of
Texas, at Acapulco, Mex.; Henry R. D.
Maclver, of New York, at Denial Spain;
George Keenan, of Wisconsin, at Keel,
Germany; Henry C. C. Astwood, of New
York, at Calais, France; Leopold: Moore,
of New York, at .St Christopher, W. 1.
Also nineteen postmasters, a collector
of revenue and appraiser all; recess ap
pointments, i j - i
Henry M. Smytne, ot Virginia, nomi
nated to be Minister: to Hayti, is a well
known Democrat ot his btate, and has
for sometime been the editor of the
Graham Headlight, a Democratic news
paper. Some time ago he was appointed
Consul to one of the Chinese ports, but
the nomination, at the suggestion of the
state Department,! was neia:;Dy xne
Senate, pending an leffort on the part of
the Administration to get Smythe to
consent to go to Hayti. ne. is very
highly spoken of by the members of the
lower House from his State. ! ill ;i
Clara Barton, the widely known Pres
ident of the American Red Cross Socie
ty, had a conference this morning with
Senator Butler in which she offered her
services in connection with the storm
sufferers on the South Carolina islands.
Senator Butler telegraphed Gov. Till-'
kman of the offer and the Governor re
plied that there was no need of them
now, but u tne services oi tne k.cq uross
should be needed, he would be glad to
avail himself of the offer of Miss Barton.
Washington, ! Sept. 9. Another girl
baby was born to
President; I and Mrs.
Cleveland to-day.
The birth bf a baby
in the White House was of icourse an
event in which more than usual interest
was felt. In an Incredibly short space of
time the news was known in Congress
and was spread through all the depart
ments. The imminence oi tne impor
tant event was made known early in the
day by the issue? of an order counter
manding the usual Saturday concert by
the Marine Band I in the White House
grounds. Dr. Bryant who accompanied
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the President and Mrs. Cleveland back
from Gray Gables and took up his quar
ters in the, White House, was;the attend
ing physician. The latest information
obtainable, is that Mrs. Cleveland and
her latest daughter were both doing well.
: Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Cleveland's mother,
is on her way to the city but has not yet
arrived. The President during the morn
ing attended as closely as usual to his
official duties. He signed two bills passed
by Congress in connection with the cele
bration of the one hundredth anniversary
of the founding of the Capitol on the 18th
instant, and gave an informal reception to
Prince Yorihite Komatsu, grandnephew
of the Mikado of Japan, who is travelling
incognito in this country. The President
absented himself from his office shortly
before lis o'clock and remained anxiously
awaiting a message. When informed by
the doctor and the professional nurse of
Mrs. Cleveland's safety he went to her
chamber, and two hours afterward
quietly re-entered his office and author
ized Mr. Thurber to confirm a rumor
which by this time was running all over
the city. The baby is a bright-eyed
and healthy looking young lady. She
has not yet been weighed, but is said to
be of a good size. This is the first baby
born to a President in the White House,
though there have been other births in
the Executive Mansion.
Just before the occurrence of the day
the gates leading through the rear part
of the Executive Park were closed, to
insure absolute quiet about the Man
sion. - Earlier in the day orders had
been issued suspending the regular Sat
urday afternoon concert of the Marine
Band for to-day and the rest of the
season.
Immediately after the news had been
confirmed members of the Cabinet and
their wives called to congratulate the
President and to leave their cards for
Mrs. Cleveland. Attorney General
Olney happened to be at the White
House when the President came back to
his office from the sick room, shortly
after 2 o'clock, and was the first mem
ber of the official family to tender his
good wishes.
Bunches of roses from intimate friends
are pouring into the' White House to
night and there is a general air of sup
pressed excitement about the employes
of the mansion. Telegrams of congrat
ulation have been received from all parts
of the country.
The President to-day nominated Thos.
S. Smith, ot Virginia, to be Chief Justice
of the Supreme Cdurt of the Territory
of New Mexico.
The Senate has confirmed the nomi
nation of Ellis Millls, of Virginia, to be
-Consul General at Honolulu.
THE STORMSUFFERERS.
A Deplorable Aocount of the Condition of
Affairs on the South Carolina Sea Island.
By Telegraph to the Moraine Stat.
Washington, Sept. 9. Col. Elliott,
ex-member of Congress from Beaufort,
S. C, reached Washington yesterday and
was soon in conference with the Super
vising Surgeon General of the Marine
Hospital Service, and told a story of the
condition of affairs in that country, that
promptly secured the aid of that depart
ment and the co-operation of the Presi
dent of the United States. Mr. Elliott
brought with him a letter from Dr. Pe
ters, one of the resident physicians
who had., examined the country
in the neighborhood of Beaufort
and said that unless theHospital Service
took prompt action there was imminent
danger of an outbreak thatmight cause
disease and pestilence throughout the
'land. The whole coast was spread with
debris and the dead bodies of animals.
About the island of St. Helena the con
dition was particularly deplorable, the
bodies of hifman beings washed up' or
unearthed almost daily. Since the great
storm of two weeks ago Dr. Peters has
been called upon to attend to over 700
cases of malarial and other fevers, while
bowel troubles, with a preponderance,
of diarrhoea, is almost epidemic
He said that it was impossible for
the local force to .take care of
the sick, provide the disinfectants
necessary and the medicine that the
sick required, Col. fc.lliott bad a con
ference with the President who this
morning issued an order detailingPassed
Assistant Surgeon Magruder, with a
force of officers to go to Beaufort and
take charge of the work and placing a
revenue cutter at their disposal. This
cutter, as soon as it can be equipped,
will be started South, loaded with disin
fectants, medicine and sustenance for
those who are down sick. Those who
are well will be provided with food from
other sources, as the law does not permit
the issuance of rations save in cases of
sickness where the Federal Government
is in charge of the hospital. The con
dition about the islands mentioned is
frightful, and the air is full of putrid
smells, caused by decaying bodies, mak
ing the people extremely liable to
disease, and especially yellow fever,
should that pest break out in that
vicinity. The city of Beaufort itself
does not need the assistance of the
Government, and does not ask it. The
distress is found in the neighborhood
occupied entirely by the poorer classes
of colored people. There is plenty of
work for those who are able to do it,
for the storm played such havoc in the
city that workmen and laborers are in
demand and good wages are being paid
them.
Col. Elliot also made arrangements
to-day with the Secretary of Agriculture
for the shipment of a large amount of
turnip seed to the people of the islands
and the coast. . This is the only thing
that can be planted now from which a
crop can be gathered before the winter
season, and it will be thankfully received
by those getting it.
UNIVERSITY OF N, CAROLINA
Opened With 300 Students The Largest
Attendance in Thirty-three Tears.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 7. The Uni
versity of North Carolina opened to-day
with 300 students, the largest, attendance
in thirty-three years. One hundred and
fifty Freshmen are present and more are
coming. The improvements added by
the $20,009 legislative appropriation
have made the sanitary and the physical
comforts well nigh perfect. There is a
large contribution ot men by other col
leges. The Athletic Association is going to
win the Southern championship in foot
ball, base ball and general athletics.
The teachers courses are well fttended.
The new courses in Greek Testament
criticism Jand Sanscrit are very popular.
A small cyclone passed through Bul
lock county, Ga.F yesterday morning,
cutting a path through forests, scattering
fences and destroying a number of out
houses. As far as heard from there are
no lives lost. The roaring could be heard
a long distance.
An Atlanta dispatch says a gang of
twenty counterfeiters operating in Clark
and neighboring counties has been ar
rested, v They melted britannia metal
dippers and made imitation joi silver
coin. -The counterfeit coins are very
good. Large quantities are in circula
tion. - ",
SPIRITS TURPENTINE..
Kinston Free Press: Mr. W.
D. Sanderson, of Neuse township, drop-
ped dead with heart disease while walk
ing along the road Saturday moaning.
He was about 80 years old. --r-Mr.
Joe H. Dixon died last Sunday at his
home near Maple Cypress, Cravers
county, aged about 70 years. '
Morganton Herald: We are
.gratified to report that Gen. R. F. Hoke,"
who owns a large tract of land on Brown
Mountain,- adjoining the lands of the
Caldwell Lumber Company, and who"
has spent a portion of the summer pros
pecting on his property, has discovered
a large bed of kaolin. The lead has been
traced across the mountain into Cald
well, and a valuable outcropping dis
covered on the lands of the Caldwell
Lumber Company.
. Salisbury Watchman : The Rich
mond & Danville Railroad Company has
made a cut in the salaries of all em
ployers who receive $100 per month and
over. Capt. Green, general manager;
Sol Haas, general traffic manager; the
general freight and passenger manager,
all have their salaries cut 20 per cent ;
the men under them are cut 15 percent,,
and all those, whose salaries are $100 and
over are cut 10 per cent.
Wilkesboro News: Wilkes county
can boast of the oldest person in the
State. She is an old colored woman by
the name of Annie Parks who lives in
Antioch township and is 115 vears old.
I. and has a remarkable memory for one of
ner age ana can get arjout very well.
She was just put on the pauper list last
Monday. Says she can remember things
that happened one hundred years ago.
As she does not claim to have seen Gen.
Washington we are inclined to believe
that she Is as old as she says.
Louisburg Times: Mr. George
Hmes, aged about 80 years, died on
Wednesday morning last, at his home
in Cypress Creek township. It is sup
posed that he died of heart disease, as
he was found dead in his bed early in
the morning. It seems that there
is danger even in "cyclone pits." Mr.
Jack Holmes, who lives about two and a
half miles from Louisburg, took his
family into one of these pits last week "
(just as the storm of Monday was rising)
and one ot his children was bitten by a
moccasin while therein. If people will
have pits it is very important to have
also a guard at the opening to keep
away the serpents.
Ashevilie Citizen: Gen. R. ,B"
Vance and his son, J. N. Vance, who
conduct the hotel at Alexander, assigned
yesterday. The liabilities amount to
about $20,000, and the assets are about
$28,000, and include the Morrison tract,
92 acres; the hotel tract, 123 acres; the
Riverside tract, 246 acres, and the stock of
goods at Alexander. Yesterday while
a painter was at work at Grant's phar
macy he found in the yard in rear of the
building a worm that for size and for
midable looks "takes the cake." His
wormship is about six inches long, an
inch in diameter, green in color,' and
with eight or ten ugly horns on its head.
Dr. Grant showed the worm to a num
ber of persons, but none of them could
name the find. The doctor then put the
worm in alcohol, bottled it and labeled
it "What is it?" , and kindly contributed
it to the Citizen museum.
Wadesboro Messengr-Intelltgen-
cer: The only case of any public inter
est that has come before the Superior
Court this week is the case of the State
against O. M. Fort for the killing of A.
J. Rhyne. Our readers will remember
that last October Fort and Rhyne had a
fight in front of Mr. J. J. Little's stables
in this place. Rhyne was drunk and
was arrested and placed in the guard
house. This was about dark. Next
morning his dead body, cold and stiff,
was found when the guard house was
opened. A post mortem examination
was held and it was found that
Rhyne had died from a fracture of
the skull, just above the right ' ear.
Fort was then arrested charged with
Rhynee murder. 'He was taken before
the late H. A. Crawford, Esq., for a
preliminary hearing, and was turned
loose after giving a bond of $500. The
contention of the State is that Fort
entered into the fight willingly and that
during the fight Rhyne received the lick
that caused his death, and is therefore . -guilty
of manslaughter at the least. The '
defendant, in rebuttal, has sought . to
prove that it was possible for Rhyne
to have received the fatal' lick both
before and after the fight. At 11
o'clock this morning the jury -returned
a verdict of not guilty.
Mrs. Jackson Kiker, of Burnsville
township, was bitten by a snake a few
days ago just below the ankle. There
were no spirits in the house, but Mr.
Kiker procured a pint from a neighbor
in a very short time, which Mrs. Kiker
drank. ' In five minutes after she was
bitten the entire limb was badly swollen,
and she suffered the most excruciating
pain. A doctor was sent for, who did all
he could for her, but not for several days
did her suffering measurably decrease.
Mrs. Kiker is now out of danger but un
able to walk without the use of crutches.
The case of the State against Andy
Harris, for the murder of Herbert Le
Roy, was called this morning and the
defendant submitted to a verdict of
murder in the second degree, which is
punishable by imprisonment in the peni
tentiary. Charlotte News: Congressman
Alexander has been invited to make a
visit to the West which may have a most
important result upon the agricultural
interests ot this State. The German syn
dicate that owns the beet sugar works in
the States of Nebraska, Oregon, Califor
nia and Utah, have invited him to make
a personal inspection of the works and
to look Into the manner of the cultiva
tion of the beet. Thev have their eyes
on North Carolina as a profitable field
for cultivation and they want to get Mr.
Alexander's views. For that reason they
have invited him to make the visit.
They propose, in case he thinks the beet .
could be profitably grown in this State,
to furnish him for distribution to the
farmers a ton and a half of seed. Their
only condition will be that each farmer
will make them a report of the number
of pounds of; beets grown per acre, and
furnish one dozen beets for analysis. If
the experiment proves successful, the
syndicate guarantees to build any num
ber of beet sugar factories in this State.
This would open up an industry that
would lay cotton in the shade. Mr,
Alexander will make the desired mspec
ijon and his report will be eagerlyawaited
Sugar beets will grow in this country"
without any more experimenting. Mr.
John Meyer, of Morehead street, has
three acres of good sized beets.
He grows them for his cow.
A few days ago a fifteen-year-old son of
Mr. T. H. Beattie. of Paw Creek, was at
school, and m playing got one of the
buttons pulled off of his pants behind.
He fastened his suspender with an ordi
nary pin. That evening he leaned back
against the desk's back and made a se
vere scratch on his back with the pin.
In a very short time he took blood poi
son from the scratch and suffered great
pain until Monday, when he died.
"What is the outlook, now?" asked a
News reporter to-day ot a bank presi
dent, referring, of course, to "the times."
"It is getting a good deal better," was the
reply, "and is 3till improving. The
panic' may be said to be practically
over." ''How about money to move the
cotton crop in Charlotte this fall ?
asked the reporter. "There will not be
any trouble about that," said the banker.
"The money is here and all the cotton
that is brought to Charlotte will be
bought and paid cash for it as usual. The
buyers are ready for it, and have the
money to back them. In about ten
days, when cotton has begun to come in
and money to circulate, you will hear
no more of hard times about Charlotte.