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NOT THE RIGHT TIME.
There are some Democrats who
profess to be tariff reformers who
express regret that Congress under
took to reform the tariff at this time,
because of the general business de
pression throughout the country.
They don't think it was the right
time. ' -
There are other Democrats who
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the Bland seigniorage bill because
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discuss that question, or to add any
more silver dollars to the silver dol
tars that have been coined. Both of
these may be honest in this expres
sion of opinion or they- may not be,
but assuming that they are, if their
views prevail there never would be a
right time for the reform of the tariff
or for the consideration of. the cofh
"age or silver. Whenever it might be
necessary to prevent steps frombeing'
taken in either of these directions a
business disturbance would be
in order and it would . come.
This could be conclusively- shown
by the record of the tariff
and financial agitations within the
past thirty years, and it was strik
ingly shown in the present tariff and
recent financial agitation, culminat
ing in the financial disasters and
business depression which Republi
can statesmen and editors declare
were the result of these agitations,
It was contended by Democrats in
Congress that the business depres
sion ana financial stringency which
came upon the country early last
Summer were the logical conse
quences of that "cowardly make
shift," the Sherman silver purchase
act of 1890. The Republicans who
"favored its repeal, as nearly all of
them did, admitted that that meas
ure had accomplished its purpose, in
adding a couple hundred millions to
the volume of the currency, and as
there was no longer need for it it
should be repealed, but they were
never willing to admit that it was in
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VOL. XXVI.
any way responsible for the finan
cial, reverses or for the business de
pression which attended them. They
contended -. that the threatened
changes in the tariff system were
responsible for these. - : 1
If there be anything in the record
of current events it would be no
difficult matter to prove Jthat. both
the financial upheavel and the ; busi
ness depression which, as a conse
quence, followed close on its heels
was the result of a programme de
liberately entered upon by j certain
combinations, but which got out of
their hands and got beyond theirjron
trol. They struck harder and sunk
the knife deeper than they intended
or thought at the time they were
doing. "
As far back as 1892 when there
was a Republican President and a
Republican Secretary of the Treas
ury the money rings in the Eastern
money centers began plotting for aq
issue of Government bonds for the
double purpose of prolonging the
lease of life for the national banks,
and to forestall the agitation of the
silver question by adding to the
volume of the currency which
they could do with the notes
which they could put into cir
culation on the strength of the
bonds, and thus make it appear that
there was no need to coin more silver.
When Mr. Foster stepped out and left
an empty Treasury, the same game
was played on his successor, Mr. Car
lisle, and when he refused to acqui
esce, they began to put on the thumb
screws, presented their paper for re
demption at the Treasury, compelled
the Secretary of the Treasury to ac
knowledge the Treasury bankrupt or
to cross the gold reserve line and pay
out of that, which he did, until he
was forced to issue bonds and go
upon the market. They thus accom
plished the purpose with which they
set out over a year before. But in
doing so they brought disaster to
thousands. Many industries stopped
because they were forced to stop for
want of the money accommodations
which they previously had, and many
others stopped giving as a reason the
financial' troubles and the appre
hended changes that would in all
probability be made in the tariff, de
priving them of the protection on
which they were dependent for ex
istence. " i
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As the financial disturbance ran
its rounds and began to subside, and
some of the suspended industries to
resume, we find the protected indus
tries reducing the wages of their em
ployes, giving the old stereotyped
reason the fear of the coming tariff
changes They didn't know what
the changes would be but that there
were to be any changes at all was ex
cuse enough for them to play the
game which they thought would be
the most effective in preventing
changes, in which they were success
ful. The exceedingly conservative
tariff bill which was passed by the
House of Representatives and the
amendments tacked on to it by the
Senate committee gave proof that
they, had calculated well and did
not play their game of scare in vain.
While the money of this country is
controlled by a few men as it is, and
the tariff beneficiaries can get to
gether as they can, they can always
work up financial and business de
pressions when tariff or financial
legislation is to be staved off.
MINOR MENTION.
Hon. T. L. Wilson, Republican
Congressman-aMarge from the
yonng State of Washington is in dis
tress because he can't get for his State
what, he considers a proper share of
the appropriations for river and har
bor improvements. He is distressed,
too, because he can't even get a
Democrat who lives in his State ap
pointed to an Indian agency, while
there are lots of Indian agents from
Southern States sloshing around oiit
there, the inference from j which j is
that Mr. Wilson hasn't much influ
ence with this administration or that
the "Democrats" in whom he takes
so much interest are too streaked to
to stand, well at Washington. His
particular and howling grievance : is
that .the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers are absorbing a' good deal
more of the appropriations than they
are entitled to, while his State is put
off with a little 5 per cent. The rea
son he assignsfor this is that the
South has a pretty persuasive voice
in the appropriations now and
is taking care of these rivers because
she is interested in them. But I he
seems to forget that the people of the
vast area between the Alleghanies
and the Rocky Mountains are inter
ested in those two rivers as their
great highways of transportation,
and that it is only within late -years
that they have received half the
consideration they are entitled to.
These are the natural outlets for the
great grain-growing region of this
country, whose . millions of - people
are benefitted by whatever makes
these outlets better channels for
commerce, while there .are but few
Southern States directly interested
in them or benefitted by them. I If
these improvements are to
charged tor any section it is to
tl
West rather tharr the,
should be charged.
South
they
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. When the ant-Mormon agitation-
was revived some . years ago and
Congress began to legislate with a
view to abolishing polygamy and the
pow.er . of c the -. Mormon Church,
Brigham Young began to look out
for new territory to settle his people
upon, and secured concessions from
the Government of Mexico for a
large extent of country in Northern
Mexico. They began" the building
of'a railroad through their acquisi
tion, intending to run it to 'the City
of j Mexico, but after about 100 miles
had been graded for some reason the
work was abandoned ; about' nine
years ago. Since then the conces
sion for the railroad has been turned
over to some Mexican capitalists
who propose to complete it.
In the meantime a 'number
of Mormon colonies were located on
the lands granted, and - these now
have fine farms and are reported to
be prospering. Recently the coloni
zation scheme has been revived, and
about 3,000,000 acres of land pur
chased, upon which it is proposed to
locate about 20,000 Mormons. It is
understood, however, that polygamy
will be discarded by the colonies in
Mexico, as it now practically is in
Utah. i
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If Hon. W. C. P. Breckinridge, of
Kentucky, has any enemies, who
would delight in his downfall, they
are having a picnic in the trial now
in progress in Washington which,
however it may terminate as to Miss
Pollard's claim for breach of promise,
will leave him a moral wreck.
Enough has been already shown
omitting altogether any statements
by his accuser, to establish the fact
that there was good ground for the
charges she makes, and although
he may succeed in besmirch
ing her character and showing
her up in a worse light than she now
appears this will not lessen the enor
mity of his offence nor palliate the
disreputable part he played with her
and the deceit practiced upon those
whose friendship he 'had and who
never suspected him of abusing their
friendly relations. ' The plan of the
defence seems to be not to protect
the reputation of the accused but to
blast the. character of his accuser,
which may serve him in the matter of
damages, but will not vindicate him.
There is a good deal of stealing
going on these days, but grave steal
ing is an unusual offence. That is
the charge made against a Bethle
hem, Pa., citizen, who was too poor
to pay for a grave - in the cemetery
for his dead child, but who entered
the cemetery at night and buried it.
He was arrested the following day
charged with stealing a grave. That's
the State which gave about 180,000
majority for Galusha A. Grow
long ago.
not
The city of Macon, Ga., has decid
ed to have a sewerage system and
has given the contract for piping to
an Anniston, Ala., firm, whose bid
was $13,000 lower than those Of
Northern and Western competitors.
Trains on the Southern Pacific
Railroad are now guarded by armed
men to protect them from the hustling
train robber. If this thing keeps on
we may expect to see iron-armored
cars some of these days.
When the Czar of Russia gets
right mad he plants his hand on the
top of his head. As the Czar is a
phenomenally muscular fellow this is
better than planting: it under the
other fellow's ear.
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Timely Bains.
There was a good shower here yester
day evening. Rain was much needed
to lay the dust and revive drooping veg
etation. Passengers arriving on the C,
F. & Y. V. R. R. train last night report
rains accompanied by thunder and light
ning all the way from 'Mount Airy to
Carrie. The Weather Bureau reports
scattered showers from Eastern Virginia
to tbeower Mississippi valley, in which
latter section heavy rains nave ianen.
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WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1894.
tfOLD DOWN THE ACREAGE.
Good Advice to Planter Ic la Hot Too
Lata to Heed It In Borne of die State.
The annexed article from the Augusta
Chronicle, embodying an extract from a
letter of : Mr. . A.-B. ' Sbepperson, is
worthy of serious attention:
It would seem that the low price of
cotton which has prevailed for the past
few years would be the strongest argu
ment against too much acreage in cot
ton, but thee is so much speculatiorrin
the fleecy staple, that even the farmer
catches the air of chance that seems to
bane about it, and feels every year that
he wHI try it just one more "time, and
that he ia bound to win next time, and
strike a year of high prices. He don't
want to be caught with a short crop on
a high-price year, so he puts in full-acreage
and probably a few more than the
year previous. Every farmer reasons
about the same way, and the result is
big crops and low prices. Referring to
the acreage for . this year. Mr. Alfred B.
bhepperson ss in a private letter
"Under the present conditions i think
it will be very unfortunate if the south
should plant this Spring an increased
acreage in cotton. Even with the com
parative moderate crop which is now
being marketed it has been extremely
difficult to hold prices even where they
are now notwithstanding the fact that
Europe is consuming more cotton than
ever before. I have no interest whatever
in the cotton market but I feel a deep
interest in all that concerns the welfare
of the South. The wisdom of the mod
erate acreage in cotton last year has
been made plain, and it is not likely that
any change will be made from the acre
age now in contemplation in the Gulf
States. With the other States, however.
there is yet time in which the acreage
contemplated may be reduced or ex
tended.
Cotton is very low and therefore there
is room for considerable advance to take
place between now and the time for
planting and such an . advance might
cause an increased acreage, which would
unquestionably result unfortunately for
the South."
The low price which cotton has
brought for the past few years, the earn
est appeals of the press, the advice of the.
Alliance leaders, and the demand for hog
and hominy, has in a measure checked
the mammoth crops that" were being
made, and slightly curtailed the acreage,
but there is room for further improve
ment, and the farmers of the South
should give more acres to hog and hom
iny, and fewer to cotton, than last year.
THE CHARLOTTe"GARETTE. V
The Prohibitory Tax to Go Into Effect
April 1 But the Dealers Will Try to
Show That The Law is TJnoonatitu-
tional.
Sometime since says the Charlotte
News, the Board of Aldermen of Char
lotte passed an ordinance imposing a tax
of $200 per year on each dealer in cigar
ettes. This ordinance goes into effect on
April 1. If it is enforced, such a thing as
buying a cigarette in Charlotte will be
out of the question, for the tax is pro
hibitory, and there is not a dealer in the
city that could stand it. The profit to
the retail dealer on cigarettes is about
$1.35 per thousaad, and any boy good at
arithmetic can figure up how many car
loads his favorite dealer in the deadly
cigarette would have to sell before he
could pay off his tax and begin making a
pront.
l he jsews learns that the dealers in
cigarettes do not intend to surrender
without a struggle. They have employed
counsel and will contest the ordinance
taking the ground that in imposing a
tax of this nature the aldermen exceeded
thejr powers and clapped an unconstitu
tional law upon the city, One dealer is
so confident of the justice of his cause,
that he says be will sell cigarettes ust
as usual, pending the settlement ot the
matter. In the meantime, the dudes,
not to take any chances, now buy two
packages where they formerly bought
one. Of these two packages, one is for
immediate consumption, and the other
is for storage for future use, so that by
April 1, you can find cigarettes in . every
nook and corner of the average dude's
place of habitation.
Fruit In Georgia.
As a large proportion of the peaches
and pears sold in Wilmington come
from Georgia, the annexed report from
the Atlanta Journal possesses some locaLl
interest:
There will be plenty of peaches and
millions ot melons this year.
This seems to be the general impres
sion of the people in the fruit and melon
district of Georgia, as expressed to a
representative of the Journal while on a
recent tour ot .investigation to learn it
the cold snap did any damage to the
fruit crop. !
it was nrst thought that the pear as
well as the peach crop bad been seri
ously damaged, as the trees were be
ginning to bud about the time of the
severe weather last week, but an investi
gation disclosed the fact that no damage
was done, and the trees are now rilled
with blossoms, j and if no heavy late
frosts occur there will be more peaches
and pears gathered in Georgia than in
any previous year.
Uailroad Earnings.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston News and Courier gives this
in connection with reports of railroad
earnings in South Carolina:
Mention has already been made of the
monthly report of earnings of several of
the railroads for the opening month of
the present year. To-day the reports
from three roads of considerable import
ance came in, and they make quite a
remerkable showing. The Columbia,
Newberry &' Laurens railroad shows, an
increase in earnings over the same
month of last year of $2,4fi651, or 84.56
per. cent. The Georgia, Columbia &
Northern shows the remarkable increase
of $24,259.82. or 61.55 per cent. The
South Carolina road, the Old Reliable,
makes a terrible showing. She shows a
decrease in her earnings of $28,058.43,
or 21.96. This is about the heaviest de
crease the South Carolina road has
shown during the past year.
An Interesting Decision.
The Supreme Court of North Caro
lina, in the case of the State vs. Austin
from Monroe, has decided that any town
or city has the right to pass an ordinance
making it punishable for any unmarried
person under twenty-one years of age to
enter a bar-room. So, the only way for
minors to get around this decision is to
get married, i
Death of Dr. J. A. Guion.
Dr. John Amos Guion, brother of the
late Haywood W. Guion, died at his
home in Newbern last Wednesday, in
the 78th year of his age. The deceased
.was cashier of the National Bank of
Newbern from 1869 to 1887; cashier of
the"Bank of Commerce before the war.
was at one time Mayor of Newbern
and throughout his life a prominent.
useful, and highly esteemed citizen.
THE NEXT COTTON CROP. .1
An Interesting Article But' It la Hot Al
together Consistent on the Question of
Diminished Production. . r .
Notwithstanding the apparent ' incon
sistency of . suggesting to - the cotton
planters the propriety of accommodating
themselves to the existing level of prices
rather than attempt to diminish the size
of the crop, and then urging them to di
versify their crops and produce their
own supplies to' a greater extent than
ever before, the annexed article from the
New "Orleans Picayune is worth reading:
As the time is now near at hand when
preparations for the: next cotton crop
are inaugurated, it becomes profitable to
carefully consider some of the leading
problems which affect the future jdI the
industry. It is a tact -well known that
the last few cotton crops have not proven
profitable to the producers. . The main
reason for this was the enormous
overproduction of 1891-92 and the sea
son immediately preceding. Although
the two crops raised since have been
small crops, the reduction in production
has not been sufficient to enable the
world to dispose of the immense sur
plus, accumulated.
It is true that diminished consump
tion, due to financial depression and
other causes, has been in a great meas
ure responsible for the failure of the
two last short crops to successfully neu
tralize the hurtful effects of the pre
ceding bumper crops; but it must. also
be admitted that the failure of prices to
improve has been equally due to other
causes. - mere has been established, for
instance, a much lower range of values
for all agricultural products, and it is not
reasonable to suppose that cotton could
have escaped the general fate, although
it ( must be admitted that the fleecy
staple has suffered comparatively less in
price than most other products. - i
Under existing circumstances, there
fore, what course should the cotton
producers of the South pursue for the
coming season? With no evidence that
the world's consumption has materially
increased, or that the surplus ot raw
cotton remaining at the close of the
present year will be cut down to a
healthy basis, it is clearly not a pro
pitious time to increase acreage. On
the other hand, however, there is no
reason to .feel certain that a curtail
ment of acreage below that planted
last year would lead to a return to old-
time prices, hence the question arises:
Would it not be- better for the cotton
industry to accommodate itself to some
thing like the existing level of prices
than to attempt to diminish the size of
the crop? j
To do this, the further curtailment of
acreage would De less necessary than
greater economy in farming, greater di
versification of crops and a less liberal
resort to the credit system. If Southern
farmers would devote more attention to
growing food crops and producing all
possible supplies at home, than to in
creasing their cotton acreage, they would
una less cause to compiain ai mc pre
vailing level of prices.
During the past season Southern farm
ers diversified their crops and produced
their own supplies to a greater extent
than ever before, and the beneficial re
sults of this policy have been shown in
the comparative immunity of the South
from the worst effects of. the recent fi
nancial flurry. The new method should
be still further extended this year, and.
if it is, the question of price will be of
less vital interest . to thefcotton pro
ducers than heretofore.
The New "Wadesboro Bank. '
The Wadesboro Argus gives the fol
lowing additional particulars concerning
the new bank at that place: '
"The First National Bank of Wades
boro will open its doors for business
next week. The capital stock of $50,000
has all been taken except about . $3,000,
and there will be no difficulty in placing
this amount. The Comptroller of the
Currency has been petitioned to issue
a charter to the bank and as soon as the
other necessary preliminaries can be ar
ranged everything will be ready for busi
ness. As stated by us last week, Mr. Jas.
A. Leak will be president of the bank
and Mr. Chas. M. Burns vice president.
Mr. S. W. Norwood, a young man 22
years ot age, of Oreenville, S. C, has
been elected cashier. Mr. Norwood has
taken stock in the bank to the amount
of $20.000. ,
The following directors have been
agreed upon: Jas. A. Leak, Chas. M.
Burns, S. W. Norwood, W. P. Parsons,
W. C. Hardison, J. D. Home, W. J.
McLendon, J. J. Dunlap, Capt. J. T.
Bradley, and perhaps others. ,
Mr. S. W. Norwood is a near relative
of Mr, J. W. Norwood, President of the
Atlantic National Bank, of this city.
Star.
Fatal Accident at Fayettevlle.
Mr. Jerry Roberts, yard conductor of
f he C. F. & Y. V. R. R., was run over by
a shifting train and horribly mangled at
the freight depot in Fayetteville Wednes
day afternoon last, dying that night at
9.30 o'clock. The Observer, in its ac
count of the unfortunate accident says :
j"Mr. Roberts had just cut off some
freight cars from the train and signalled
the engineer to go ahead, which j was
done, and was standing on the track
talking to some one, when by some mis
take the engineer backed his train.
knocking Mr. Roberts down. The rear
car passed" over his body, crushing his
thigh and inflicting severe internal
injuries. Mr. Roberts was taken to
his house near by, where he was at
tended by Drs. McDuffie, McNeill and
Highsmith. Great sympathy is expressed
for the bereaved family. He leaves a
wife and three children."
! Postal Changes. -
Appointments of postmasters are an
nounced as follows: Antonia, Cumber-
Lland county, N. C, Margaret A. Mc
Duffie; Carlos. Cumberland county.
W. B. Ray; Haslin. Beaufort county,
A. P. Overton; Skinnersville, Washing
ton county, T. Marrass.
- The postoffices at Duffey, Robeson
county; Lumsford, Johnston county, and
RandalsviHe, Robeson county, have been
discontinued. . " - ' ,
Ploklng TJp Faat. :
The Greensboro Record says: "A
gentleman here to-day, who travels all
over the country and is engaged in the
manufacturing business, was asked what
he thought ofjhe business outlook. He
replied:
r "Evervthlne is nicking up fast and in
a year from to-day the people of the
United States will forget there ever was
such a thing as a panic, for I expect to
see things more prosperous than ever be -tore."
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IV:.
TAR.
THE SEIGNIORAGE BILL
PASSED THE
SENATE BY YEAS
NAYS 31.
44.
The Vote In Detail Committee Beporta in
!: the House The Sundry Civil Appropria
i tion Bill Diaoiufled. '
' - : By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
' .; .. SENATE. -" . ;
Washigton, March 15 A resolution
was offered by Mr, Gallinger. (Rep.,
N. H.) and laid over temporarily, call
ing on the Secretaries of the Treasury
and Interior for the names of all clerks
appointed, promoted, reduced or dis
missed in their, respective departments
since March 4th, 1893. with the State to
which each is credited.
I At 12,30 the Bland Seigniorage bill
was taken up and Mr. Carey (Rep., Wy
oming) continued his speech, begun yes
terday against' it. He characterized the
bill as the worst blow aimed at silver
since the demonitization of silver in 1873.
Mr, Palmer opposed the bill and
quoted Mr. Hewitt's statement that it
proposed to coin a vacuum. It was. in
deed, he said, a vacuum; for. it .was ad
mitted that if the whole mass of silver
purchased under the act of 1890 we're
put on the market to-day, it would bring
many millions less than the- amount ne
cessary to discharge the Treasury notes
issued for its purchase. ' He believed the
bill to be so defective, that the silver
which it required to be coined would re
main inert in the Treasury and that not
a single silver dollar could be put into
circulation under it.
j Mr. Pettigrew (Rep., of South Dakota)
had just begun an argument in favor of
the bill when Mr. Harris rose, and in his
most . impressive tones, said: "Mr.
President, the hour of two is recorded
by that clock (pointing to the clock over
the main doorway), and at that hour the
Unanimous agreement of the Senate is
that the final vote shall be taken on the
passage of this bill.- 1 ask for that vote."
The presiding officer (Mr. Vilas) de
clared the question to be "shall the bill
pass?" T v j
I l ne vote was taken and the bill was
passed yeas 44, nays 31, as follows:
I Yeas Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry,
Blackburn. Blanchard. Butler, Call,
Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Dubois,
Faulkner, George, Gordon, Hansbrougb,
Harris. Hunton, Irby, Tones of Arkan
sas, Kyle, Lindsay, McLaurirT, Martin,
Mills, Mitchell of Oregon,- Morgan,
Pasco, Peffer, Perkins, Pettigrew, Power,
Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Roach, Shoup.
Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vest, Voorhees,
White and Wolcott 44. r -
Nays Messrs: Aldrich, Allison, Brice,
Caffery, Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis,
Dolph, Frye, Gallinger, Gibson, Gor
man, Hale, Hawley, Higgins, Lodge,
McMilhn, McPherson, Manderson, Mor
rill, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Murphy,
Palmer, Piatt, Proctor, Smith, Stock
bridge, Vilas, Washburn and Wilson 3L
When the result was announced there
was much handclapping in the crowded
galleries, which breach of order was re
buked by the presiding officer. Then
the spectators began to desert the gal
leries, and the Senate chamber resumed
its air oi quiet languor and respecta
bility. The Republicans who voted for the
bill were Messrs. DuBois, Hansbrougb,
Mitchell (Oregon), Pettigrew, Power
Quay, Shoup, Stewart, Teller and Wol
cott. ' ,
The Democrats who voted against it
were Messrs. Brice, Caffery, Gorman,
McPherson, Mitchell (Wisconsin), Mur
phy, Palmer, Smith and Vilas.
The three Populists. Messrs. Allen,
Kyle and Peffer, voted for it.
Mr. Hill (Uem., JN. Y.) announced bis
pair with Mr. Dixon (Kep., K. I.)
After a short executive session, the
doors were re-opened at 3.20 andlegisla
tive business was resumed and coutinued
until 4.10, when the Senate adjourned
until Monday.
No business of general importance was
transacted after the executive session.
The Seigniorage bill cannot reach the
President before Monday, as it was not
signed by the presiding officer of the
two Houses at the time of adjournment,
HOUSE OF ' REPRESENTATIVES.
Up to the hour of 12.50. the time of
the House was spent in endeavor to se
cure the consideration of bills by unani
mous consent. Only one brll got through
and that was local to Oklahoma.
After several committee reports had
been made the House took up the Sun
dry Civil Appropriation bill in Commit
tee of the Whole, with Mr. Lester Dem.
Ga.) in the Chair.
Under the section "Department of
Justice," an amendment was offered by
Mr. Sayers (Dem., Texas) and agreed
to, providing that the law of
February 8, 1894, repealing the
Federal Election Laws should not
be construed to prevent the payment of
any claims for services under those laws,
legally performed prior to February 8,
1894, and continuing appropriations
previously made for that purpose.
Mr. Black (Dem., - of Georgia) read
from an agricultural bulletin to show the
technical character Of the language used,
and created considerable amusement by
repeating some of the terms, and sub
sequently explaining their meaning In
plain English. During the course of the
reading the members left their seats and
gathered about the speaker and in the
area of the chamber. Members in
terrupted the reading with jocular
remarks from time to time, and
Mr. Sickles at one point suggested
that a dictionary be furnished
to the Representatives in order that the
language of the bulletin might be made
more intelligible, tie explained, in con
elusion, that he had read these extracts
to show the flagrant and inexcusable
misuse of the people's money. -
Mr. Bowers (Kep., CaL.) answering
Mr. Black, said the publications of the
Agricultural Department, and especially
the one criticized, nad been of vast bene'
fit to. the people of his State and dis
trict. " The country was of vast propor
tions, and a publication that might be
of little interest or value to one section
might be to others.
. At 4.35 the committee rose and the
House adjourned until 12 o'clock to
morrow.
Dr. H. H. Johnson, of Macon, Ga.'
has performed two painless operations
in dental surgery by means of hypnotism;
A special to the Richmond Dispatch
anent the oyster war, says : "A fight in
the Sound, but no particulars have yet
reached us. r
A tornado swept over portions of
Texas, Friday night, wrecking buildings
and levelling fences. At Tnckham, in
Coleman county, W. D. Watson's house
was blown to the ground, , Mrs. Watson
, and four children were killed outright.
The City Health Board of Atlanta is
sues an official statement stating there
are two cases of confluent small-pox
there. The disease is under perfect con
trol and tere is no alarm even in the
immediate neighborhood of the infected
houses. .
At Tampa, Fla Fred Thompson, who
last week attempted to rape two little
girls, aged six and ten respectively, was
tried yesterday and sentenced to 20
years in Che State penitentiary. Thomp-
him from being lynched. '
NO. 20
DIFFERENCES SETTLED.
The Southern B. R. and 8. 8. Association
Cloeea Its Besaion-Batea Will be Be-
. atorod April 2. " .
m t elegraph to tM Morulas Sou.
Net York, March 17. Shortly after
l o apes: this atternoon the Southern
Railroad and Steamship Association
closed its session and adjourned sine
ate. fit was then announced that every
thing had been settled, and all the roads
which pad withdrawn from the Associa
tion had agreed to return on the old
basis. I The rates will be restored on
April f 2nd, This puts an end to the
prospects of a Southern rate war.
it was announced that everything had
been settled except the question of
differentials between Louisville and Cin
cinnati and Evansville. Cairo and St.
Louis, i This question was referred back
to the Committee of Arbitration, and
will be settled to-night. The Louis
ville 4 Nashville, the Chattanooga,
New t Orleans & Texas Pacific.
and the Illinois Central have agreed
to . cofne. back, into the Associa
tion under the old terms. The agree
ment as drawn up and signed this
morning before the meeting adjourned.
Most ostbe members ol the association
returnep to tneir homes as soon as pos
sible after the adjournment. They -are
well pi
ased .
with
the
result of the
meeting
TE FOREIGN NEWS.
British Premier's Policy Be
Irish. Home Bale The TJaiver.
t Baee Won by Oxford.
y Cable to the Morning Star.
LOND
N, March 17. Copy right J
Lord R
sebery's definition of his atti
tude towards the question of Irish Home
Rule, as given in his speech at Ed in
burg to-gigbt, certainly ought to be suffi
cientto defeat the purpose of the raalig'
nant misrepresentations pf the Premier's
remarks in the House of LordsNo re
pudiatiof of ;the meaning whiclrthe
Unionist? newspapers have succeeded
in attaching to Lord Rosebery's utter
ances nas oeen aeemeo necessary in
ministerial circles, except with a view of
dissipating the uneasiness in the ranks
of the Iiish Parliamentary party which
misinterpretations have created. Justin
McCarthy, Thomas Sexton and Timothy
Healy had an extended interview on
the subject with John Morlev. chief
Secretary for Ireland, on Thursday,
and obtained from him once more
a precise statement of the Home
Rule policy which the Rosebery minis
try intends to pursue. Morley informed
the Irish deputation that the policy of
the present Government in regard to
Ireland was ! the policy of Gladstone,
which hall not been altered and would
not be altered. Home Rule, he said.
was in tne loreiront ot the JLiDeral pro
gramme, pnd there was no intention to
deviate frbm the course which had long
ago been marked out.
London, March 17. The fifty-first
race between the crews of the Universi
ties of Oxford and Cambridge since
1829, wbeb the present series began, was
rowed this morning. Oxford won bv
three andj-a-half lengths, in 21 minutes
39 seconcs. .
fatal affray.
One Man Killed and Four Others Seriously
I j Wounded.
ByfTelegraph to the Morning Star.
St. Loijis. March 18. A special to
the Post)ispatch from Prattville, Ala.
says Moses Thomas and Henry Atwood,
two well known young men, had a quar
rel last night about a debt the former
owed the latter, Knives were drawn
and theylcame together. At wood's two
brothers ioioed in the melee to help him
and ' Wnt. Thomas gave help to his'
brother. I Knives, pistols and razors
were freely used for ten minutes and
when th4 constables stepped in the fol
lowing damage had been done:
M. Chcyene, a bystander, cut in the
arm ana shot in the head, died this
morningi Henry Atwood, both ears cut
off, shot In the head; juglar vein exposed;
will die. I Will Thomas, cut about arms
and shoulder and shot in the hip, may
die. Gilrnore Atwood, shot in the right
side and jcut in the neck; wounds dan-
gerous.
IMnw Thnmoa rnt inh lftt
breast at
d head.
THBUAKE SHOCKS
ig Severity Creatine Excitement
10 Muuuui ut louiuuwimv.
3r Cable to the Moraine Star. '
:o, Mexico, March 17. Ad
vices were received here to-day from the
Isthmus! of Tahauntepee, stating that
there i great excitement among the
people qf that section over the repeated
and severe earthquake shocks that have
occurred there during the past ten days.
The diiturbances have occurred daily
and are growing in severity. Some of
the shocks lasted twelve seconds and
caused kreat damage I; to buildings in
some oi the smaller towns on the coast.
A DESPERATE CONVICT
Kills Him sell After an Ineffectual Attempt
1 to Xaoape.
iy Telegraph to the MoniiiiK Star.
Nashville, TennI March 17.-
special from Birmingham, Ala., says:
Thisfonenoon a negro, Charles Fleming,
a city convict, attempted to escape from
the street gang. Street Commissioner
Burkhatter overtook him on horseback
and ordered him to surrender. The
negro snatched the omcer s pistol irom
his nann and hred one bail into BurK-
halter'sf body, another into the horse and
put a third through his own brain, dying
instantly. Burkhalter's wound is not
serious! The horse died.
WARM WI RELETS.
Percy Trueblood, a 14-year-old son of
James jjTrueblood, a prominent citizen ot
vaaiauuuga, uieu yesterday oi injuries
received from playing , foot-ball. An
antagonist's knee struck bim in the
groin, causing a rupture. He sunered
intense agony lor twelve hours.
ThqCity Council of Fredericksburg,
Va his invited President Cleveland and
Mrs. Cleveland, Vice-President Steven
son. Qiief Justice Fuller and members
of the; cabinet and their ladies as well as
other! distinguished persons, to attend
the dedication ot the Mary Washington
monument on May iu.
Isaac Prouty & Co., boot and shoe
manufacturers ot Spencer. Mass., have
made! an assignment, i The firm employs
2,000! hands when running full time.
The concern was the largest boot and
shoe firm ! in the world. The nominal
assets are tl.500,000 and the liabilities
are said to be about $1,000,000.
A 1 Jacksonville, rla.. dispatch says:
Senator Zeb. Vance, of North Carolina,
reacted here last night from Suwanee
Spriags, where he has been for his
health. The Senator: was quite unwell
when he reached the city, but was feel
ing some netter to-day. tie will remain
here until he becomes stronger.
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SP1BITS TURPENTINE;" '
i Moonre Journa-.i Near Wax-
haw, lat Saturday, Mr. James Richard
sou died of typhoid fever. Mr.
Jane Walters, wife of Mr. Phillip Wal-'
ters.oi Lanes Creek township, died of
paralysis, Saturday, the 3d.
Concord Standard: Billy CuId
and son George have found a new gold
mine, which is said to be very rich. It
is in Morgan township. Rowan countv.
about four miles east of Gold Hill. The
ore is exceedingly rich and the vein a
very wide one.
Winston Sentinel: Lum Sprin
kle, a white convict, who hrnk nnt nf
the Davie county iail and was recaptured
several weeks ago. made his second
escape last Sunday. " He managed to
get the cell door open, and while the
assistant jailor was feeding the other
prisoners, Lum escaped.
Rockingham Rocket : In con
versation with a prominent farmer of
this county the other day he remarked
that the prospect for a large small-grain
crop was better than be had ever known
before, and that more acres were given
to these crops and less would be given
to the cotton crop than had been- given
since the war.
Goldsboro Headlight-. The death
of Mrs. William Reeves occurred of
pneumonia Saturday night, at her home
in the Webbtown section, aeed 85 vears.
While chopping on a log Saturday
Mr. Robert A. Boyett. "of New Hope
township, had the misfortune to let the
axe strike his right foot, cutting off
three of his toes.
Wilson Advance;' Mr. W. Cor-
bett, one of the largest merchants .of
Wilson, made an assignment for the
benefit of his creditors Saturday night,
March 10th, to Mr. W. P.Simpson. We
learn that the liabilities are about' $18,
000. and 'assets are net known. Mr.
Corbett was the proprietor oi three
stores and a beer bottling establishment,
and did a large business here.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: Min-1
ing matters are come right ahead in
Nash county. It won't be long before
we will have one of the hustlingest min
ing camps in America in this vicinity.
Bob Kicks-says that farming is well
advanced in his section, that the tobacco
acreage will be about the same but that
cotton will be cut considerably.
Sanford Express : Mrs. Duncan !
Nicholson, of the St. Andrews commu
nity, died on last hriday. Alter an I
illness of several days, Mr. William Mc- j '
Weill, ot this community, died at his
home on last Friday night of heart fail
ure. - It is said that there is a prob
ability that the Rackle Brownstone
Company near here will be re-opened ,
tnis coming summer.
Charlotte News: Mrs. Thos. B.
Keogh, of Greensboro, died in New
York city yesterdajKafternoon, after a
few weeks suffering with nervous pros
tration. Messrs. F. . Faruabau
and W. W. Burrell, of Chicago, have per
fected all arrangements for a bioom man-!
ufactory in this city. They nave ordered
the necessary machinery which will ar
rive here in a few weeks.
Welddh News: We are sorry
to learn that Rev R. T. Vann, while
out hunting a few days ago with a party
oi mentis, near Scotland Neck, had the
misfortune to receive a stray shot over
the eye from the gun of one of his!
friends. Mr. Vann has no hands, and
uses a wire and a strip of leather to fire
his gun. He is a splendid shot. We
are glad to learn that Mr. Vann's injury
was not serious.
Southport Leader : -Ephraim
Hewett, a farmer who lives near Shal-i
lotte, in this county, was brought here
and lodged in the county jail Tuesday.
Hewett has been acting strangely for a
month, and during the last week the
greatest care was .necessary to prevent
his attacking and injuring those about
him. His mind has become affected
from several causes and his friends
brought him here until he could be taken ,
to the State Asylum where he could re
ceive proper and necessary treatment.
Maxton Scottish Chief: MrJ
Z. T. Fulmore, father of Judge Fulmore,
of Texas, who resides near Rowland, in
this county, died last Friday evening.
He was abdut 86 years of age. We
regret to learn that last Thursday night
Mr. Rod McLaurin, of John s Station,
had his barn, with a large lot of forage,
corn, fodder, cotton seed, and also one
horse, one mule, a cow. wagon and farm
implements destroyed by fire. Loss
about one thousand dollars. The fire
was discovered shortly after midnight
and is thought to have been of an incen
diary origin.
- Raleigh News and Observer:
Commissioner of Agriculture John Rob
inson has received a letter from Mr. H.
T. Chandler of Nebraska, who states
that he intends to come to this State
and will probably settle in Wilkes
county. He says he will also bring sev
eral families with him who will also
settle. Besides raising fruits and other
agricultural products, Mr. Chandler pro
poses to breed stock and will bring with
him a number of Clydesdale,Englishshire
and French coach horses and also im
proved poultry, hogs, etc. Mr. Norman
Astley of New York, writes also that be
has bought a farm in Burke county and -will
locate there, Both of these gentle
men were attracted to the State through
the medium of the "North Carolina
Hand Book." - i
Fayetteville Observer : Col.
Calvin Pemberton, the youngest brother
of our esteemed townsman. Col. John A.
Pemberton, died at his home near Little
Rock, Arkansas, on Tuesday, February
27th. Mr. Green, who so badly cut
Mr. Herring in the fight near the Mile
Branch Sunday before last, and was
lodged in jail to await the result of the
wounds, has been admitted to bail,
and is now free. We learn that
Mr. Herring is improving slowly.
- Mr. James Pate; in shooting at, a
wild turkey last Friday near his bouse
at Gray's Creek, riddled his little daugh
ter's head with shot. The child, who is
about seven years old, was sitting in the
window of the house when the turkey
flew between it and Mr. Pate who fired.
He was so excited that be did not see
his child until after the shot was fired.
Dr. Marsh was immediately summoned
and found that, besides the child's head
being filled with shot,- several had en
tered the brain; notwithstanding all this.
however, the little child is reported as
doing well.
Charlotte News: Crab Orchard
is at present greatly stirred up over the
mad dogs. Three haye been killed in
the township within the" last week.
Yesterday afternoon a genuine mad
dog was found on Mr. Mc. Davis' farm.
He was having fits and biting every
thing he came across. He bit a good
many sheep and several dogs, all of which
have been killed. The dog. however,
got away and has not been killed yet.
Last Saturday Mr. Ross, from Sha
ron township, brought a bale of cotton to
the city to sell. A pointer dog came
along with Mr. Ross. When the cotton
was delivered at the platform the owner
and the dog became separated. The dog
ran about town trying to find Mr. Ross,
but failing returned to be platform and
laid down beside the bale of cotton.
The dog is still . there. The plat
formen feed' the dog, but he
cannot be persuaded to leave the bale.
The train from Columbia last night
had on board a South Carolina negro
giantess. Her name is Alice Shannon,
and she was on her way from Columbia
to New York to join a dime museum.
The woman is 25 years old and stands
exactly seven feet and three inches in
height. She weighs only 175 pounds
which would seem rather light for a wo
man of her length. She has lived in or
near Columbia all of her life, and, hap
pened to attract the attention of some
Northern tourist who offered her a place
in a show.
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