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She WXczhty laiv -PUBLISHED AT- WILMINGTON, N. C, $1.00 A YEAR.1N ADVANCE. 88888888888888888 y-t v rttHWWOl 88888888888888888 H,ooM g sssgssgsssagssggs ' 88888888888888888" v"nt ssa8S8SSSgS8g8a8 ! 88888888888888888 82888888282888888 88888858828888888 8288S882288888888 88888888888888888 a a 2 o . t g 9 MS .O - 00 0 OJ s a - h, Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, i Second Class Matter. 1 - SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. - The subscription price of the Weekly Star is as follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid '.....$1 00 " 6 months " " 60 " 3 months " " 80 . 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 for ward the amount due us at once. liis 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. WE SHOULD LEAS. . The United States ought to be the greatest commercial nation on "the earth, and if it was not for the hand icapping, trade-strangling policies that have been pursued for the past thirty years would be. Seagirt Engfand, which would not make a respectable showing on the map of the United States, leads the world in commerce and carries her trade-to the remotest corners of the earth. There-is no port on any of the shores where her flag is not seen, and none where British trade-marks are not known, while in many the American flag is so" seldom seen they can hard ly identify it. ,Why is this? Why should this lit tle sea-encircled land, without a first class port in it, with but few natural advantages, with not more than half the population of the United States, proudly bold the title of mistress of- the . seas, and leader in the commerce of the world? Why? Because she has had the good sense to encourasre the building of ships, not by bounties, as is proposed in this country, but by leaving the ship builder free to buy his material where he could buy it cheapest , and by .opening her ports to the markets of the world. She thus built ships to carry her products to other countries countries to her. By her arms and statecraft she made conquests and added large and rich possessions to her domain, but it was. by far-seeing wisdom she made a conquest of the domain of corrimerce. For the full developement of trade "between any two nations it must be free. Every restriction upon it by either does something to hamper itf and diminish the volume. Every cent of duty levied upon the prod ucts or one country coming into another country adds to the cost of those products to the purchasers and reduces the amount purchased unless in case of necessity, or unless the products be of such a character or the purchasers of such a character that the cost of the products is not considered. But mis woum oe tne exception, not tne rule The majority of mankind want to buy as cheaply as they can and will buy where they can buy to the best advantage. British tradesmen recognized this fact and hence threw open British ports to the products of the world, invited the trade of the world and made goods to exchange for the products of other countries. The same sense that did that built ships to ply the seas, and not only carrv the products of the British isles to other countries, but carry over the seas the products, of , other countries which didn't have ships of their own to carry their products for them. England is to-day the common . carrier of the seas. She carries more of the freightage of the world in her 1 bottoms than all the other nations combined. Other commercial nations have ships to carry their own com merce, but she has the ships to carry her own and that of other nations, too, Up to 1860 we had a merchant marine which carried about 80 per cent, of our commerce, ; and we had the fleetest sailers on the seas. There was nothing on the waters to com pare with the clipper ships that were built in Baltimore between 1850 and 1800, triumphs of naval architecture and the admiration of seamen the woftd over. With the progress we were mating in shipbuilding if there had been no legislative impediments thrown In the way we would have a merchant marine to-day that would r VOL. XXIV. give us commercial control of the seas, and make our flag a familiar object in every port, as familiar as . that of Great Britain now is. We can have no commerce that we can strictly call our own without ships, . and we cap have no ships without commerce. We should Own the ships that carry'what we. have to sell to other nations, and to carry back what other nations may want to sell to us. '". ':-' "' .'' To this consummation "so de voutly to be, wished," two things are necessary; first, bring down to a business basis the tariff, which is such an incubus on our foreign trade, and thus widen the market for American products. We . now send abroad, even with our hampering re strictions, $1,000,000,000 worth of our products, "mainly products, in some form, of the soil. With un- restricted trade we could send abroad $1,500,000,000 worth, and our. surplus, even with 'consider ably enlarged crops, would find pur chasers. Then our farmers , would not be as now dependent upon the mythical home market which has proved to. be such a hollow delusion. Then with fair, if not free trade, (which is unattainable with the reve nue which the Government must have) remove the restrictions on our ship builders and ship buyers and we will soon have Ships to carry these products over the seas, and we will be in a condition to compete with Great Britain and contest with her for the supremacy of the deep. It with a country as favored by heaven as ours is, with 65,000,000 of the most ingenius, energetic, pro gressive ana dashing people on tne earth, with all the agencies of mod ern progress within our control, we Jn't lead England inside of two decades we ought to retire " from business. . . MINOR MENTION. One of the events of the past week at Chicago was the Congress of Far mers which met on the 16th and was in session' for several days. There were delegates there from nearly every State, appointed by the Gov ernors of the respective States. The object in the convening of this Con gress was to discuss subjects per taining to the farm and to farm life, road systems, domestic economy, forestry, mental' culture, drainage and other topics in whichthe farmer is more or less interested. Among the speakers, of whom there were many, was Hon. J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of-Agriculture, who deliv ered a very interesting address. He took the position that the farmer is dependent upon himself for progress and success and derives little benefit from co-operative associations such as alliances, granges, &c. The in ference from the Secretary's remarks is that he doesn't believe that organ izations among farmers are produc tive of good to those engaged in farming but rather of evil, a view in which there are many' who , will differ from him even among those who are not farmers. Offcourse if his re marks applied only to organizations "promoted by professional farmers who farm the farmers," this would be true, but they were made to cover all such organizations and convey the impression that the Secretary be lieves all useless. Properly and in telligently conducted such organiza tions may be made agencies not only of direct benefit to those who belong to them but to the agricultural in dustry, and ace to a certain extent just what that Farmers' Congress to which Secretary Morton was address ing himself was intended to be edu cators, gatherings where the intelli gent farmers of township, county, district or State meet and discuss matters appertaining to the industry in which they are engaged. "It is useless . to say that an intelligent farmer, or One who is willing to learn, can derive no benefit from this inter change of views and unfolding of methods and the results obtained. Of course if these meetings be -diverted from their original purpose and drift into the discussion of poli tics or other matters foreign to the farm their influence as educators for good is lost and their mission ended. - One of the strongest arguments for free raw material is furnished by the fact that the Alex. Smith's Sons' Carpet Company, of Yonkers, N. Y., is regularly shipping carpets to Eng land, not seeking purchasers, but to fill orders for a trade already estab lished. When asked about it by a reporter of the New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, one of the firm replied: "Yes, this firm is shipping carpets to England, but what grades and at what prices I am not at liberty to state. The carpets that go to the other side are not seeking a market, but nave been sold before they leave . the manufactory. While this may seem strange to a great many, it is, however, an indisputable fact. The manufacturers here have de veloped and perfected machinery and have, improved the qualities of the loom. The opportunity presented itself, and, being progressive, we accepted it, and I can say that we have been wonderfully successful. .. Mr. Stone and myself ' have been subjects of much vituperation in some of the English papers for presuming to snip carpets ' to that country, and reports have been cur rent that we are shipping odds and ends and cheap carpets; they are not true, for the domestic manufacturer, by his genius, bas created and wjU maintain a market for bis goods on the other side. We are not seeking notoriety, nor do we care to be in print, but the facts I have fast stated cannot be disputed, and that is about all that can be said at this time. : The successful competition with English carpet manufacturers ' is here attributed ; to improved ma chinery, which is doubtless true. If they can do this with a heavy tariff on imported wools, couldn't they and other American manufacturers do it much more easily if they could get their material on the same terms as the English manufacturer, With whom . they - now' have to compete? Give the American manufacturer tree ra.w material, and he can com pete with the world in other things, as well as carpets. The Sultan of Turkey has at last been induced by the British Govern ment to take steps to clean up Mecca, the. incubator of the cholera pest that travels from the East and fills other lands with misery and mourn ing. He will clean up thetown, in troduce some sanitary reforms and have houses built to shelter the pil grims who come to pay their respects to the Prophet's tomb and drink of and bathe their faces in that digust ing, horrid, pest-breeding pool they call the "holy well.' If he could be persuaded to hermetically close that well, and by proclamation forbid any one to go within fie hundred yards of it under penalty of having bis head chopped off p'erhaps it would reducethe number of pilgrims and correspondingly reduce the chances of generating and spreading that contagion. While; these pilgrimages continue and that filthy spring con tinues to be used there will be chol era whatever steps may be taken to clean up Mecca. This cleaning up, however, Ynay make it less violent and more easily controlled. i They have Some funny tornadoes The latest freak out in Missouri. reported in that line is of one which broke (didn't "caper nimbly") into a lady's chamber, lifted a bureau with a lot of toilet artic es, etc., on it, and stood it up in good order in another corner of the room, and then bounced into a room adjoining, picked up a trunk and landed jt forty miles away in an adjoining county. There is no accounting for what a Missouri tor nado may do or for what a Missouri liar may write. I After having some conception given Europeans of the delightful possibilities of American corn meal When artistically which they are to Col. Murphy, made acquainted properties of the manipulated, for mainly indebted they are now to be with the soothing Yankee cranberry. Some New Jersey cranberry growers " send over some are arranging td cranberry professors to inaugurate and conduct a campaign of educa tion. ' ' ' I The boss beer bask so far reported, has recently been completed for a brewery company in Munich. It is 105. feet in diameter, and. 51 feet deep. It was inaugurated with a grand ball, at which 275 couples danced in it, while 500 people looked on, allowing space enough for the stage erected tor tne musicians, a couple pianoes, a large dining table, and yet the cask wasn't; near as full as some of the people who were in it, Mr. Robert Lincoln is reported as saying to some one who told him he was a favorite for the Republican nomination for t,he Presidency in 1896 that he wasn't hankering for it, in fact didn't want it, because the Republicans ot the West had set their heads on Mr. McKinley and 99 out of 100 of them were dead-bent on having him. AH of which must be interesting reading for the distin guished ex of Indianapolis. A Yonkers, N. Y., firm of carpet makers ship carpets regularly to England. When asked how they could afford to do this and compete on English soil with English manu facturers, they replied that with the improved machinery they used they could make certain lines of carpets cheaper than the Englishman could Charleston vs. Wilmington. A telegram was sent out from Charles ton, S. C, a few days ago stating that "the British steamships Clenlot'e and Dartmoor, which sailed from Charleston S. C, on the 15th inst., the first named for Bremen and the other for Liverpool, carried 17.250 bales of cotton. The Glenloiz took 9,137 bales and the Dart moor 8,113 bales. These cargoes are the largest ever shipped from that port.' The Dartmoor's registered tonnage is 1884, and the Glenloier's 2018; total, 8862 tons. ! I About the same time two British steamers cleared from . Wilmington for foreign ports, the" Greatham with 7,652 bales cotton and the Ramleh with 8.825; total, 16,477 bales. But the registered tonnage of the Greatham was only 1,581, and that of the Ramleh 1,660; total, 3,241 tons. '. ' '! j.T ". "" . "'. " ; It will be seen from the above that the steamers from Charleston carried less than four and a half bales to the ton, while . the . steamers from Wilmington carried over five bales to the ton. Both vessels were loaded at the Cham pion Compress by Messrs. Alex. Sprung & Son and this is not the besLwork they Weekly WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1893. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Annual Sleeting of the North Carolina ' Association at Baleifth. Raleigh- News, and Observer. The Confederate Veterans Association met at the Fair grounds yesterday. ' a ' Col. E. D. Hall. President, called the meeting to order, and W C. Stronach acted as secretary. : " 1 ?: Col. Hall , made an eloquent address, urging the need ot thorough organiza tion, saying he would gladly be relieved the Presidency if the good of the Association could be promoted.- i Onjnotion of Judge Avery, Col. Hall was re-elected by acclamatio'a. On motion of Capt. C. M. Cooke, a committee of three, consisting of Capt. A. Ashe, F. H. Busbee and Dr. P. E. Hines 'were appointed to recommend Vice Presidents and other officers for the Association, their recommendations to be final. Oa motion of Capt. Coke, the wives. sisters and daughters of ex-Confederate soldiers were declared eligible to. asso ciate membership in the Association. : On motion of Mai. W. L. London tne action of the State Board of Charities requesting that precedence in the Insane Asylums ot the state be given to ex Confederate soldiers was most heartiiy endorsed. ' Oa motion of Judge Avery it was re solved that five men from each regiment sent out by the State be selected to-Ret uptue history ot their commands and forward the same to Capt. Ashe, chair man of the Select Committee. On motion of Capt. Ashe it was re solved that the Executive Committee of the North Carolina Veterans Associa tion be requested to address a circular to each county in the State, urging the veterans of that county to use all pos sible efforts,, to organize and perfect camps and associations in their coun ties the object of which shall be, first, to connect themselves with the State organization. Secondly, and above all other objects, to look after their former comrades and relieve the dis tress of the aged and destitute and dis abled old veterans and their families. Let this be the main object. It should be the duty and pleasure of the Con federate veterans to use every effort in their power to alleviate the sufferings of their old comrades in time of distress. - After some stirring speeches by Capts. Cooke and Coke and Dr. P. k.. the Association adjourned subject to the call ot the President. Y.'M. C A. OF NORTH CAROLINA. State Secretary Coulter's Report for the Six Months Ended Oct. 10. The following is the report of the work done by State Secretary L. A. Coulter during the six months from April 10th to October 10th, 1893: Made 74 visits to 46 points, making 13 addresses on the Association, con- conducting 16 conferences, meeting with Boards of Directors 9 times. Conducted 12 church services, 20 gos pel meetings for both sexes, 10 lor boys, 27 for men in all, of which 89 persons decided for Christ, or were reclaimed. Pi esented "delegated Personal Work' in seven places, torty men pledging themselves to take up this work. Attended three District Conventions at Clarkton, Newbern and Gaston ia speaking on State Work at each point, on the Local Work at two points, con ducted three gospel meetings for both sexes, and three for men; also one con secration service. At these conventions there. were ninety-three delegates from twenty points. - By request attended the " Elders and Deacon's Institute," at . Gastonia. and read a paper. Also, attended the secretary s Conference at Louisville, Ky., and the International Convention at Indianapolis. ' '. 1 he work in the cities he reports in fair condition, considering the season just passed through. In the Colleges the work is opening brighter than ever in the history of the Association. A PREACHER SWINDLED. An Old Trick Flayed on Eev. D. W. Her ring by a 8transer. The Charlotte Observer, of yesterday prints the following: - Rev. D. W. Herring-jof eastern North Carolina, was a passenger last night on the Air Line train. He was en route home from a trip South. He was sitting quietly in the car, looking out the win dow, when it stopped at uastonia. A man rushed hurriedly into the car as it stopped, and asked Mr. Herring to give him a $20 bill for the equivalent in change. saying be wanted to mail it in a letter to his wile. Mr. Herring told him he did not have a $20 bill, but could give him a $10 bill. "AH right," said the stranger, that will do." Mr. Herring handed him the bill. and the man gave him the change, Mr. Herring discovered that he was a dollar short, and informed him of it. "Let me see," said the man, taking the money in his hand. He remarked, "yes, I owe you another dollar," and ran his hand down in his pocket and got out another dollar, but while doing this he supped out of the pile a $5 bill and a $1 bill. The train started, and he hurriedly handed, as Mr. Herring supposed, the correct change back. On looking at it Mr. Herring discovered that the man bad added one dollar, which was short, and stolen six dollars, The train was some distance beyond: Gastonia, and it was too late to catch the thief." Mr. Herring made known what had befallen him, putting the matter into the hands ot the police as soon as he arrived here. It was thought the robber had a "pal" on the train, and that he came on to Charlotte. This, however, couldfiOtr be substantiated. Officers Irvin and Vail left on the 11 o'clock train on the trail. Jurors for the Criminal Court. To serve at the term which convenes on Monday, November 20th: John G. Miller, W. J. Rosenthal, Samuel Bear, Sr., M. M. Hankins, C.i H. Cooper, C. S. Andrews, Geo. If. yumn, J. B. Huggms, Benj. Bell. S. A. Lewis! Henry Stolter. F. B. LeGwin, H. W. Howard, Henry G- Davis, colored, G. Robert Parker, Isaac Bear, Elijah Bell, Wm.i Venus, T. W. Clawson, Watters, Joseph Godfrey Hart, Adolph Nelson, J. E. Sykes, J. W. Barnes, Sr., G. W. Casteen, E. M. Surles, N. M. Hhnt, R. W. Bordeaux:. I. Shrier, G. M. Altaffer, Eli ChadwickJ J,: D. Ross, O. Hicks, G. Wi Bornemann. df. W. Carter. . The Light House Board gives no tice that there is now; shown on Oak Island, at the mouth of Cape Fear River, N. C.. a temporary fixed red light in place of Oak Island range (front) light, destroyed in the storm of October 12, 1893. The structure will be rebuilt and the usual light exhibited as soon as prac ticable, of which due notice will be given.;; , : ;:: rf HIS. NECK WAS BROKEN. A Tounc Colored Man Instantly Killed Tjy Falling from a Train on the "W.', 19". & JSt. Bailroad. ' William R. Dry, son of James D. Dry, a well-known colored citizen of Wilming-' ton, was instantly killed on the Wil mington, Newbern & Norfolk railroad yesterday" about noon, Young Dry ac companied the excursionists from New bern, and was riding bn the plat form of one of the coaches. It is said that he was somewhat under the in fluence of liquor, and -would persist in standing on the platform. Conductor Crapon and others warned him fre quently against standing there and tried to induce him to remain inside. About 12 o'clock, when the train, which was be hind time and J was running about 40 miiesan nour, was rounding a curve a few miles this side of Cedarhurst, young Dry was precipitated from the platform. Capt. Crapon ran back and picked up the body. When found he was dead and ap parently his neck and back were broken. The remains werebrought to Wilming ton and the Coroner notified, but as the accident occurred in Onslow county Coroner Walton decided that he had no jurisdiction. The young man's father was, however, allowed to remove the re mains and take them to his house, j ; The unfortunate young man had lived in Newbern for some time past as cook for a private boarding bouse in that city and had taken advantage of the oppor tunity offered by the excursion r&es to visit his family here. FURTHER DAMAGE TO RICF. The last Storm ' Added to the Wom of the Bfce Planters Savannah's Beeeipts How Estimated at $200,000 Bushels. According to the Savannah News the October cyclone did great damage to the rice planters in that section and reduced the already small crop in' prospect by man v thousand bushels. On a number of plantations on the Savannah and Ogeecbee rivers the banks which had been mended up after, the August storm were too new to stand the pressure and gave way, allowing the fields to be flooded. There was a great deal of rice in stacks in the fields, around which the water rose to a height of several feet. The force of the water was not sufficient to carry away the rice, but the lower portions of the stacks were thoroughly soaked and the whole dampened. The water soon receded and the planters have been tear ing down their stacks to allow their rice to dry. A great deal of it. however, is said to be so badly damaged as not to be worth any further attention. The loss is a Very serious one to the planters, who did not expect to make more than half a crop any way after the August storm. The early frost will also cut off the late rice. About one-quarter to one-third of a crop is expected now. it is estimated that the receipts at bavannab will not exceed 300,000 bushels, a large part of which will be greatly damaged. Powder In a Steam Fire Engine. The firemen of Newbern are consider ably worked up over the discovery of an attempt to destroy their steam fire engine. The Newbern Journal says The Newbern Fire Company s steam engine not having worked satisfactorily lately, Mr. Herbert Wiliis started to give it a good cleaning out. As be proceed' ed with the work the startling discovery was made that it contained four pack ages of gunpowder amounting in all to about six ounces and that ammonia had been mixed with the water in the boiler. The position, of two of the -packages indicated that some one familiar with engines had placed them there. It is not generally considered tnat, divid ed as the packages were, that serious results either to the engine or parties near would have followed even had they became ignited. Graver apprehensions were felt as to the ammonia the fear be ing entertained that it might have gen erated gas and caused a boiler explosion. An investigation of the occurrence was held oetore the nre department committee of the Board ot City Council and upon their recommendation Mayor Ellis suspended the engineer, Mr. James Manwell. until the Board of council acts in the matter, and appointed Mr. Her bert Willis to serve in his stead until that time. Mr. Manwell says he has no knowledge of the rqatter at all. NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. Some Important Changes Made in Begard to Grading and Fees. The following important changes have been recently made in the by-laws of the New York Cotton Exchange: The amendment to section 64 was adopted by inserting after the word "cotton in the ninth line ot the nrst paragraph as follows : "For the purpose ot this question the term 'middling' shall be understood to be an averages of cotton not lower in quality than 'strict low middling,' nor higher than 'strict middling, the average value or grade ot which is 'middling. The amendment to section 81 was adopted by striking out the final para graph and adding the following : "Une half of the charges for inspecting, class ing and issuing certificates of grade shall be paid by the receiver of the cotton to the party making the delivery. lhe amendment to section m was adopted by striking out the first two paragraphs. 1 be change deals with the charge for inspecting, etc, which is fixed at 80c per bale. An additional charge of 10c per bale Will be made for the use of the Classification Committee, also a charge of 10c per bale on all bales that are osered for inspection and are re jected. The bills for these charges shall be rendered by the lnspector-in-Cbiet to the party by whom the inspection is or dered, and also to furnish a memoran dum of such bills to the Superintendent and Treasurer of the Exchange. Cotton Seed Oil Mills. The cotton seed oil mills in the South Atlantic States are represented to be in trouble. . The big storm put most ot the cotton in such condition that much of the seed is damaged and rots very easily. The mills so far have not made a gallon of prime oil and have not dared to buy the early seed in any quantity for fear of having them rot on hand. It was hoped the dry weather preceding the last storm wbuldvbring the seed into good condition, but the storm in the latter part of last week has set them back in the same sappy condition and many of them heat In the cars while in transit. The date for the Synod of North Carolina, to be held at Tarboro, has been changed from .October 21st to 24th, to October 27th to 81st. - 1 AR WASHINGTON NEWS. nominations Confirmed Bumofs as to Action ot the Administration on the Sil ver Question. : ' 7 i By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, Oct. 20. The Senate to-day confirmed the following nomina tions : -James T. Kilbreth, Collector of Customs at New York; George W; Levi; United States Marshal for the Western District of Virginia; J. J. Van Alen,! of Rhode Island, Ambassador to Italy; Sec-, retaries of Legation Stephen Bonsai.' of Maryland, at Madrid, Spain; Charles Denby, Jr., of Indiana, at Pekin, China. Commodore George Brown to be Rear- Admiral; Captain Edward E. Potter to be Commodore, and a large number of minor naval promotions; Archer Brooksi postmaster at Williamsburg, Va. ; j ii! Jivery variety of rumor is beard as td the action of the Cabinet to-day on the silver question. The meeting , lasted two hours, all the members being iff attendance.. -Two directly ODoosinc views, said to have been derived from; Cabinet officers, were afterwards put id circulation. The first was that the President had become convinced that it would not do to oppose any . plan of compromise which delayed the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman1 act longer than the first of i next July.' and that he was willing to approve this, plan. The second story! ran to the' effect that the President reiterated his intention to disapprove any bill which! did not provide for the immediate and! unconditional repeal of the Sherman; law. Between these two extremes the: gossips indulged In a wide diversity of statements to suit their individual tastes and wishes. None of the Cabinet when1 directly approached would say anvthine ior puoiicaiion as to wnat nad occurred, M 1. 1 - A BICYCLE FEAT. One Hundred and Bixty-two Miles in Ten Honrs and Forty Minutes. By Telegraph to the Morning Star, Richmond, Va., Oct. 20,i A special telegram to the Dispatch from Staunton, va., says: This morning at 6.03: o'clock Guy Rockey sped out ot town on his bicycle bearing a letter from the: Mayor of Staunton to the Mayor of j Chambersf burg. Pa. At each block of five miles the bicyclists were relieved, and made a fining 0Sfr4.1 , M ! Jt T ' livering it at the top j speed j !tp another rider, who in turn bore the letter five miles further and delivered it to another and so on throughout the journey. The object of the trial was I to test the practical speed of the wheel : f 6jr courier service, and the experiment was made under the auspices of the League of American Wheelmen, the wheel used being the pneumatic tired safety. The Staunton League bore the message a dis tance, of thirty miles, five j miles below Harrisonburg, wheelmen of the latter town there taking uphe run. The first thitty mile block was covered by Staun ton men in two hours and fourteen minutes oVer a succession of hills. Ml As Frank Mernker. of this city, rolled through Harrisonburg at a Paul Revere gait the street on both sides was lined with cheering spectators. A telegram just received says the ast wheelman jde- livered bis letter to Chambersburg s Mayor at 1.48 p. m.. the 162 miles being covered in ten hours and forty-five min utes, or at a sixteen miles an hour CM DISABLED VESSELS. A Spanish Steamship from Havana Steamship fro: Charleston Ba: Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charleston, S, C, October 19 The- Spanish steamship Caidad ! Counal, ffQm Havana to New York with passengers and a cargo of sugar, is anchored off the bar. Her captain has ' telegraphed! to New York for a tug to tow her to port. f . -i Ihe bnglish barque Lotus, forty days irom namnurg, is at quarantine dls- abled. She has eighteen men on board taken' from the wreck of a Norwegian barque, MAXTOff MATTERS. Fayetteville Presbytery A Fatal Knife Wound Serious Accident Gin House and Cotton Burned by an Incen diary. ' j i; Star Correspondence. MAXTON, N. C, Oct. 2 Editor Wilmington Star: Fayetteville Presbytery met Here Wednesday at 11 a. m., and the opening sermon was preached by the retiring moderator. Rev. Wm. M. Eldridge. The Presbytery was organized by the. elec tion of Rev. W. B.! Arrowood modera tor. Rev. D. M. Mclver and Tohd Mc Lean, Esq., temporary clerks. There thirty-three elders. The usual reports of th. Prions rvmmirt- heinJ madi. the various committees are being made, and the most interesting report1 made was : that of the agent of foreign missions, and pending this report a very interesting address was delivered by Rev. T. R. Sampson, Synodical agent of missions. Mr. Sampson never fails to entertain and instruct his bearers. Dr. Currell, Professor ot English at Davidson College, was present! last night, and made a very earnest and in teresting address in. behalf of that noble institution, - Hit Presbytery . will probably close its business session this evening.!!! iThe Spring session will be held in Fayette ville, April 18th, 1894. OTHER NXWS ITEMS. Your correspondent regrets ; to: an nounce the deatb of Mr. James Purcell, ot Blue Springs, which was the result of a knife-wound received in a difficulty with a negro mail driver more than a week since. He was 'buried yesterday at the old homestead in the presence of a large concourse of people. Mr.Pur- cell was a young unmarried man about thirty years old. ! ii Mr. John McKoy got one ot his legs broken last .Wednesday afternoon. It seems he was standing: Ii on a platform not more tnanu'iour feet above the ground, weighing a lot of seed cotton for his brotherJ W. B. McKoy, near Floral College. The ; cot ton got too heavy and the platform gave way and Mr. McKoy was caught in some manner- breaking his leg. Dr. McNatt it j i .v . : ' A woe iuicu iu auu mc yaiicuk is uuw juu- mg welL !t ! Mr. J. K. UN ears gin and a .lot ot cotton were burned this morning about 4 o'clock, evidently the work of an in cendiary. Mr. O Neal will lose about $500, while Mrs. S. E: McCormaC who owns the plantation, will lose about $900 or f l.ooo. . mi We regret to see the fire-bug coming this way, as this is tne first we nave nad in the neighborhood in several years. Presbytery adiourned last night, and the Fair will open Wednesday next. M. Concord Standard: Some extra ordinary finds were discovered at the Buffalo mine in No. 9, on i uesday, and the stock increased in value 600, per cent, inside of an hour. The excitement ran so high that every Concord stock holder struck out immediately, for the mine, NO. 51 SILVER COMPROMISE. DETAILS OF THE PLAN AGREED UPON. Bepeal ojf the Purchase Clause to Take Effect ot. 1, 1894 Ail Silver Bullion in the Treasury to be Coined. IN Telegraph to the Horning Star. Washington, Ocl 21. Details of the forthcoming compromise on the silver questionj have been practically' agreed upon, and ' a few moments before 1 o'clock this afternoon Senators began to pledge themselves to abide by it. The compromise agreed upon provides that the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherjman act shall take effect Oct ber 1, 1894. and that the bond question shall be! jeliminated entirely. All silver bullion j Ji the Treasury, and all that may be purchased up to the time the repeal goes int effect, together with the seign orage, is.to be coined save the amount necessary to redeem the outstanding sil ver cerlificates. All greenbacks and Treasury notes under ten dollars in value shall be retired and silver certifi cates or coined silver dollars shall take their plafce. as soon as tne conierence committee reached. h is conclusion Senators on the Democratic side were sent for, and there was a steady stream of Senators wend ing their way to the committee room. Mr. Voorhees, who is in charge i pt the bill, was for some time closfeted with the committee. A paper wis drawn- up addressed to Mr. Voorheei in which Senators pledged themselves that if he would move to amend hjis bill in accordance with the outlines I feiven above, they would sup port it I and then vote for the bill as amendedf It was a noteworthy fact that the silver Senators signed this docu ment, although there were some who did it under the most vigorous protesta tions, looping upon the compromise as they expressed it, as an abject surrender of all that lor which they had fought these many weks. As soon as this paper has been signed its purpose having been previously discussed with the Chairman ot the Finance Committee, the amend ment will be prepared and introduced in the Senate. Up to 4 o'clock, when the Senate topk a recess, thirty-seven Sen ators had signed the pledge, addressed to Mr. Vborhees, to support the meas ure. This number included Mr. Martin, of Kansai, who has been counted by some as a Populist. Mr. Martin says that he is and always has been a Demo crat, andi while he did not acquiesce willinglyj pin the conclusion reached by the conference, he agreed to it because it was the best he could get. By the coinage of the bullion, and the substitu tion of Silver certificates for Treasury notes and! greenbacks below denomina tions of $l,0f it is estimated the volume of silver in circulation will be increased by one bpndred and sixty millions o dollars. If The terms of the compromise for the repeal bill! were not generally known in the Executive Department before the closing hour arrived. Secretary Car lisle way sanded the substance of the compromise, but he proved, as he has throughout this entire struggle, "a mas terly silewte as far as making public his views through the press is concerned. Others talked of the subject, however, and the fat that an outcome was in sight was received with general satisfaction. One of the! Cabinet officers (not Secre tary Carole), in conversation, subse quently expressed the belief that with out a clause in the compromise author izing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds to a fixed amount, say 150 or 200 million dollars at a rate of inter est that wuld really float them abroad and not have them returned in every little financial flurry, the bill would be unsatisfactory as a financial measure of relief. The claf se in the bill providing for the retirement of United States notes and Treasury notes below $10 was favor ably received in the Treasury Depart ment. Tte retired one dollar and five dollar notes, it is understood of course, are to be ionverted into higher denomi nations sof that the present amount of these two Classes of money in circula tion will not be affected by the change. m i . j- r tt;. i C . . . . i . i ne amount oi u miea states notes tnat will be reared if the proposed compro mise goespnto effect is as follows : One dollar. S3.669.195; two dollar, S2,- 994,892; fife dollar, $63,958,814. Treasury notes of 1890: Une dollar, (14,679,783; two dollat $12,893,592; five dollar, $38, 202,295. ! Silver certificates above $5 in circulation aggregate about 200,000,000 ooiiars, aaa unaer ana including nve about $100,000.000.The plan as now un derstood! contemplates the issue of smaller denominations of silver certifi cates for the large denominations now in use. if When the steering committee ad journed tqi-day with thirty-seven signa i",r" rTt:7Z four moreames. bringing the total up to forty-o?e, leaving only two more ne- cessary tolinsure the passage of the bill by Democratic .votes. Three Demo- crats who are said to be holding out against tie bill are Messrs. Mills and Vilas of tae repealers, and Mr. lrby of the silver! side. Messrs. Daniel . and White, of California, are absent from the city. Thq steering committee count upon the support of these two. There are others j of the extreme repeal men upon whofi the committee depend with certainty when voting time arrives. The committee is anxious to put the bill through as a party measure, without calling updjn the repeal Republicans for aid. The.Rlpublicans'reciprocate this de sire, because the bill does not commend itself to either the silver or repeal fac tion of tile Republicans. A similar state of feeling prevails on the Demo cratic . side! for this is preeminently a case that fifs the definition which some body bas given of a compromise an agreement by which neither party gets what it wants. The compromise bill will be offered in the Senate as an amendment! to ' the pending Voorhees bill, possibly on Tuesday. It will proba bly receive fne support ot the silver Ke publlcans ai an amendment, - while the bill as so amended will be opposed by them. Thfe will I1 probably make the passage of the compromise a certainty, because thehiltra-repeal Democrats will take iust t&e oooosite course, voting against the amendment and in favor of the bill when it comes to a final vote, as the best they can get. BANK OFFICERS ARRESTED To Answer, flndlotmenta in the United j j States Court. Br Tegraph to the Morning Star. StaRKviIle, Missi 6ct -19. The United States Deputy Marshal to-day ar rested the following named parties, all prominent; fcitizens, and : took them, to Aberdeen tb answer indictments against them on account of their action as offi cers and Stockholders of the defunct National Bank of Starkville : H. C Powers, F.f L. Terry, K. W. P. Chiles, J. J. Yates, T. E. Cottezeiltz and W. N. Dardwefl. :'- It is stated that the stock holders owe. the bank over $40,000, hav ing been largely in excess of the amount allowed by the law. '".- . , spirits ammM; Salisbnry nrfSThe farmers ; tell us that cotton is a little better than expected. It is opening rapidly and will all soon be gathered. Tobacco is not as good as usual. - - - - Rocky Mount Argonaut: - The residence 'of Mrs. Rebecca Arrington, who lives a few miles out of town in Nash county, was entered by burglars' last week and $60. a pair of gold eye glasses, table ware and other valuable articles were stolen. So far the thieves have not been apprehended. Sandf ord Express i It is re ported that work has begun on the new hotel at Southern Pines. - When com pleted it is said it will be one of the most handsome and substantial hotels in North Carolina, costing $175,000. It is being built by a number of Northern capitalists who propose making South ern Pines one of the leading health re sorts in the South. Morganton Herald: A rather unpleasant incident occurred in the ex- ' perience of the Rev. Mr. Ellington, of. ; this place, on his way to his appoint-, ment at Glen Alpine last Sunday. While attempting to cross Silver Creek, his buggy settled down in a bed of quicksand until the wheels were almost entirely submerged. He manaered to . I pull through at last, but with the loss of nis vaiise, wmcn contained bis Bible, hymn book, and some very valuable papers. - Oxford-. Ledger: Mrs. Ellen Overby died in Oxford at the residence of her son Wednesday afternoon after a lingering illness. She had been a suf ferer for a long time from a complication of diseases and her death was not unex pected. Some three weeks x aero Mrs. Bowden, accompanied by her four little children, came from her borne near Macon, Warren county, to visit her sisters in Oxford, Mrs. Geo. Critcher . and Mrs. J. B. F. Parham. And after spending several days in town Mrs. . Bowden went to spend some time with her mother, Mrs. Lucy Gooch at the old place near Berea. In a few days she was taken ill with typhoid fever and died on Friday last. Raleigh News and Observer: There was some beautiful stock on the grounds yesterday, and among that , which we saw was Maj. Tucker's superb Oxforddown sheep.' From the ram of the flock a fleece was shown that weighed 13 pounds. There was also displayed a lot of spring lambs of Oxforddowns. These were registered in American Ox forddown Record Association. . And they took the premium offered by that association. The other lot also took a premium, and so did a fine lot of Shop shire sheep displayed by Col. Carr from the Occoneechee Farm, and some dis played by Mr. Banks Holt. j Weldon News: A thiet br thieves entered the house of Bill Roberts here Friday night, while a fearful storm was raging, and robbed him of fifty-five dol lars in money, all his wife's clothes and some other articles of value. Roberts was asleep in the room at the time of the theft. He had two loaded pistols and two guns in the house andv a light was -burning in his room. The thieves broke open his trunk and strewd the contents Over the floor, taking things they were in : search of. His police uniform they also took and hung up on the back fence. There was a valuable gold ring .in his pocket but this they did not get. Greenville Keflecter: One day last week Sheriff R. W. Ring received a telegram from Sheriff R. T. Hodges, at Washington, to arrest Emanuel Slade, colored, for murder. Slade had killed his wife the i night before. They had been separated for three weeks, and about 7 o'clock that evening Slade went to the house where his wife was staying and tried to persuade her to go back home " with him. She refused to go, when he picked up an axe and struck her a blow on the back ot the neck that so near severed the bead from the body that it hung only by a piece of skin under the throat. The murder occurred twelve -miles in the country, and Slade was seen to pass through Washington early next morning before news of the horrible af fair reached there. ! Henderson Gold Leaf: Mr. James R. Davis died at his home near town at 10 o'clock Saturday night, aged 53 years. He had been in declining health a long time and during the past few months hand given way rapidly. After a brief sickness Mr. Mack D. Edwards, a well known citizen and farmer of Vance county, died at his home few miles from Henderson, last Friday morning. He had been in-declin-. ing health for several months, troubled with a complication of diseases, but his final illness was of short duration and the announcement of his death was a surprise to his friends and acquaintances here and in the neighborhood where he lived. We are glad to see our far mer friends going in more for their "sweetenm'." There has been a great increase this year in the quantity of syrup made, and we learn that the quality has been very good. S. & C. Watkins sold quite a number of cane mills and evaporators during-the season , and barrels' to put the syrup in have been , in great demand. Charlotte Observer: Mr.'J. M. : Perkins, of Concord, was here yesterday 1 with specimens of gold ore from the Dixon Mine in Yadkin, near the Davie line. This mine has just been opened and is being worked by a home com- 1,12. fift V, tA He brought some fi teen or twenty I pounds of tne ore and it was assayed at I the mint and showed a coin value of rn 99 fV nn nnM C9Q1 fiS st vr H(l cents. This is unusually rich and Mr. Perkins took great encouragement from the findings and expressions of Prof. Hanna. The vein from which ' this ore was taken is one of three feet six inches.' Jim Bratton, colored, is a new entry on the sheriff's book at the iail. He was brought here yesterday by Deputy Sher iff Griffin, of Marion county, S. C, hav-' ing been arrested yesterday at Waxhaw, about mid-day. Bratton was the mur derer of Jim Garrison, also colored. The " two men had a fight in Sharon-town- shm Anonist ' 19.91 fnrrisnn attaHrfrl . Bratton with a stick, whereupon Bratton picked up a rock and threw it at him, ' striking him on the head and killing him. Charlotte News: - Washington ;,. Sharne. who lived two miles from Statesville, was killed on the W. N. C. 1 railroad, about a mile irom the depot at Statesville, last night. He . had been to statesville and was returning dome and, while crossing the track, an engine struck him and killed him. It is real funny to see the may ways in which . whiskey, pure old North Carolina corn, sups into South Carolina. 1 he other day a keg of tar, an old rough-looking tar keg, with pitch over it jind the hoops into South Carolina-and the railroad papers callegT it "tar." It was nothing in the world but whiskey. A barrel of potatoes, supposeaiy so, was snippea down the road the other day. The barrel was a weak and- shackly aSair, and it looked as it would "not hold shucks." No one dreamed of whiskey being near that barrel. But in handling the freight, a part of one head was knocked but and a discovery was - made. . Inside of that barrel was another, barrel, a good, tight barrel ("tight" be cause it wasiulL) The inner barrel was filled withi good whiskey ano went through as potatoes. Of course there is a large amount of whiskey that goes into the Palmetto State billed whiskey,' but' there is also a large amount that goes as scrap iron, potatoes, peas, mineral water, Cll Ab tVUUiU Mtn.V ClaJ Saa Ui J V mwsw tors at the State line to hold up all trains and examine all freight to . insure, the "dispensary" of selling.aU the whis key in South Carolina. , ..... Vi have done in this line by a good deal. xi Xi'."' y" 1 " 'J.:" ' ;
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