North Carolina Newspapers

.1 1 I , , W t L L I A. M H. BEEKAED, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Fi IDAY, Aprils, 1895. y In ritinj to change yoor addren mltmyt girc fanmtr direction as well u-full putkralan i where yoo wish your peper to be tent hereafter. Valeai yon do both change caa nt be made. - t- NotiCM of Marriage or Death, Tribntee of Re pect, Raolutkms of Ttaanka, c, are charged for as ordinary adrertiiements, bawmly half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At thii rate 60 eentt wtU pay far a umrjle announcement of Mamafe or Death. NT Remittance most be made by Check, Draft, 'oatal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmaa etawin register letters when denred. tr Only toch remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. ; far Specimen copies forwarded when desired. JINGO FEYE. James G. Blaine was indebted for much of bis reputation and popu larity to the idea, which he never failed to give prominence to, that he was intensely American and believed that in time the American flag would float ovef this continent and tlje islands adjacent thereto. While looking forward to the Presidency he added to Ithis. popularity by occa sionally giving! the tail of the British lion a twist (and then stroking the 1 ' I. . 1 1 .L" 1. growling annual to mate mm imn- e didn t mean it.) All the jingoism that Mr. Blaine eft behind him the distinguished enatoV Frye, from Mr. Blaine's tate, jha fallen heir to, and to this e has added a considerable stock of is own, so that with the combined Stock' Mr. Blaine as an "onward, friarch!"planter of the flag on the illtODS and battlements of islands .hat happen to be lying around oose in trie two Dig oceans !t." hold a tallow dip to Mr. Frye. We do not doubt Mr. FryeV ardent Americanism; he wouldn't let us' doubt it if we would, for1 he is constantly saying some "thingwhen half a chance offers, mak-it-g some spread-eagle remarks on the manifest destiny. &c. of this -1 . . - - ... . great Republic. According to the horoscope as read by the seer from Main it icHnwn in the manifest des- ihy programme that we should reach ut and take in the .Hawaiian group f islands, the half way relay station between this continent and the Orient, and then coming closer to home take in the islands in the At- lantic which may have any value in them for commercial or other pur poses. But Mr. Frye is not in downright earnest about all this, not any more so than the statesman whose read he is following was, but he is a politi cian and he is playing the flag racket for effect, and we are not going to dispute that under the circumstances there is something smart in it. He played it in the Senate while the Hawaiian burlesque , was on the boards, but they overdid that thing ' and the public became tired of it if not disgusted with it. But still the jingo racket if it be played at the right time and cleverly is a good one to play for there is a good deal of latent jingoism in the constituent makeup of the American people as a whole. From their English ancestry doubtless they inherited land grabbing propensities and the only ' reason why these have not ' been more conspicuously displayed is because we had a pretty extensive domain and more land than w: knew what to do with. But Mr. Frye has caught on to the fact that there is a good deal of jin goism in the American people and be' proposes to turn it to account polit ically, if he can. The tariff issue is hung up on a high peg for some time to come. We do not' think we will ever again bear of protection for pro tection's sake - seriously mentioned. When the Wilson tariff has had a couple years trial, its good effects will be so apparent that a two-hun dred horse power engine couldn't poll to the front a Republican statesman to move for a restoration of the Mc- Kinley monstrosity. The only thing in sight which may be worked up into a serious issue is the silver question, which is a harras sing one to the gentlemen who; have the Republican party in their keep ing, one that puzzles them so that they don't know exactly how to steer. The people will be naturally anxious to know before the conventions meet and act, what the position of the as pirants tor residential honors is on the silver question, a piece of infor mation it would embarrass the aspi rants very much to give public, even if they bad well defined views' upon tnat suDject. ine inventive genius who can contrive something to turn public thought away from this silver question will do not only the aspi rants good, but much good to the party itself, by turning popular thought from silver and concentrat ing it on the reach out and grab game. Therefore Mr. Frye rises to inform the American people that if they return the Republican party to power and keep it in for the next ten years, it will not only annex Hawaii, but cut the canal, through .the isth mus, unite the oceans, and carry the American flag and plant it on any piece of land we see fit, and noAman should pull it down.- He was sorry that Spain did not kick on the Alii anca incident and give us a pretext for marching in and helping the Cu bans out. It would be a glad frui tion if the attention of the American people could be diverted from the fi nancial issue and centered upon the grab-island game which Senator Frye is now laboring zealously to do. - Gen Weaver, of Iowa, has pulled out of the Populist party and joined the new silver party. Weaver is bound to be catching 00 to some thing new. KIXOB MENTION. It appears from Washington press dispatches that the Spanish Minister has received within the past few days letters from ex-Confederate soldiers offering their services to pain, to assist in suppressing the revolution in Cuba. This announcement is ac companied by the comment that "oddly enough the insurrection in Cuba is beginning to take on, as far as the United States are concerned, somewhat of a sectional and politi cal colony." If this comment were based to any extent on the letters at leged to have been received at the Spanish legation if would be interest ing to learn how many have been received. A half dozed or less, would probably cover the num ber, and there are by no means to be considered representatives, of Southern sentiment as to the racket between Cuba and Spain. They are simply soldiers of fortune who offer their services for a consideration re gardless of the merits of or the ques tions involved in the contention. They offer their services, to Spain on the same principle that European or American soldiers 'seek service in the army of China, Japan, or any other Government. Further than this there is no significance in it. The Republican journals in the North are trying to give it a political coloring, because this is a Democratic admin istration, and it gives the jingoists a good opportunity to flirt the Ameri can flag and make some political cap ital out of it. . The latest figures given as to the increase of cotton mills in the South show what rapid progress this indus try is making, and are suggestive of what it may become in the near future. There were in 1890, com pleted and under construction, and projected, 254 mills; there are now, complete and under construction, 372, and 36 projected, making 408 in all. North Carolina leads in the number of mills with 140, Georgia following with 66, and South Caro lina with 60. In productive capacity North Carolina falls behind these two States named, the majority of our mills being small, brace 1890 the increase in spindles for the South has been from 1,699,082 to 3,001,340, and in looms from 38,865 to 70,874, an increase of. nearly 100 per cent. This has been done with out any parade or trumpet-blowing, quietly, and mainly with the money of Southern men. At no time in the past five years, nor at any time be fore, have the advantages of the South so much attracted the atten tion ef mill men and capitalists of other sections as they are doing now, and it would not be rash to predict that the progress in the next five years will far surpass the achieve ments of the past five. .- , ' The Argentine Republic has not, only become a formidable competi tor of this country in the growing of wheat but is developing a meat growing capacity which may make it a formidable competitor of this country in the exporting of meats. too. This is a new business for Ar gentina but last year she shipped to England 1,675,000 frozen sheep, 90,- 000 live sheep, 29,000 quarters of frozen beef, and 28,000 live cattle aggregating in value over $5,000,- 000. This is is not large in compari son with the $115,000,000 worth of meat products imported by England, but it is significant of what this Southern Republic may do when at tention is actively turned to the bus iness of exporting meat. It is said that in no country in the world can cattle and sheep be raised and fat tened as cheaply as in Argentina, while the process of freezing makes it possible for the exporters, to carry on the business to any extent. Lewis Baker, U. S. Minister to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and San Sal vador, has been granted a sixty days leave of absence which it is thought may be indefinitely extended, for the reason that there was too much brevity In his diplomatic palavering. When protesting to Minister Madriz against the seizure of some of the property of the canal company he said: "You express to me vour friendship for. the United States, and your President does the same; and then you jump on us with both feet and spit in our faces." Minister Madriz got mad and his dander "riz" at that blunt American speech. An ordinarily trained diplomat , would have consumed about six sheets of official foolscap and a couple yards of red tape in saying that without saying it halt as intelligently. Governor McKinley, who passed through Washington on .his return from the South, told a Star reporter that he "enjoyed his Southern trio very much," and that "the South is a great country, and has a magnificent future. "I like the people." said he 'and they made my visit an enjoya ble, one. , When that country at tracts more capital, it will build up into a rich and populous domain, for the natural advantages of the land are almost limitless." We judge from this that Governor McKinley. travelled with his eyes and ears open and talked about other things as well as politics;, y--V r ' . . . , ; .. , A new process ot purifying water is to be adopted by Jersey City, in which electricity is the purifying agent. The current is passed through aluminum plates Immersed in the Water, which it is said, take up the impurities and perfectly sterilize the water. The Jersey plant will purify 80,000,000 gallons a day. Ifce Aturtmml Cm of B. B. Chain Co. Against Dririi 6 Zueller; ' The Star's informant was is error in the statement in yesterday's paper that in the attachment of the H. B. Claflin Company against Davis & Zoeller Judge Hoke had ordered the sheriff to with draw bis attachment. The appointment of Mr. F. H Sted- man as receiver was coafirmed and the receiver was ordered to take the prop erty of Davis & Zoeller, subject to the liens of any attaching creditors and creditors levying , oy execution before his appointment. . The following is the part of Judge Hoke's order in reference to the attach ment and executions in favor of the H. B. Claflin Company : "And it is further ordered, that the Sheriff of New Hanover county be and be is hereby directed to turn over the property in his bands to said Receiver, which said Sheriff may bold by virtue of an attachment in his hands in favor of the H. B. Claflin Co. against said Davis & Zoeller for the sum of $1.990 88 and interest and costs, and also by virtue of sundry executions in his bands in favor of the said the H B. Claflin Co. on judgments amounting in the aggre gate to the sum of $550 00, interest and costs, and that said Receiver shall hold the said property or. its proceeds in the same plight and condition and subject to sucb liens and priorities as the said Sheriff now holds the same." Messrs. Ricaud & Weill appeared for the H. B. Claflin Co.. and John D. Bellamy, Jr., Esq.. lor Davis & Zoeller. THE. ADVANCE IN COTTON. -. It Cannot Bo Maintained Unless a Msto Ul .Redaction of Aereago is Assured. The New Orleans Picayune well says the advance which has taken place in cotton cannot be maintained unless a material redaction in acreage is assured; hence a materially higher range of prices is not possible until there are actual evi dences of a curtailment of acreage. We quote the Picayune as follows : "From present appearances, every in dication points to a smaller crop next year. The weather so far has been de cidedly unfavorable for farm work, and the farmers are known to be very back ward in preparing their land for the crops. It is also known that extensive preparations are being made to plant food crops, particularly corn, which will divert no small percentage of acreage hitherto devoted to cotton to other pur poses. It is also reported tbat the pur chases of commercial fertilizers are very much smaller than usual, and that the sales of farm supplies are not on a scale which would point to preparations for a large crop. - "It is to be hoped that all these signs of a wise curtailment of production will not prove misleading. There is not the slightest reason to doubt, that as soon as it is positively known that the acreage has been reduced to a good extent, there will be a material improvement in prices, in comparison with which the recent advance will be insignificant. There are all indications of reviving trade the world over, and should spin ners not be confronted with a super abundance of raw cotton for the next season, they will, without question com pete actively for supplies ot raw cotton COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES. Receipts here yesterday, 184 bales; same day last year, 196. . ' Net receipts at the ports, 19.967 bales; stock, 871,754 bales. Spot cotton quiet in New York at 6c for middling; quiet in Wilmington at oc. ! New York futures closed firm and one point higher than closing quotations. Tuesday. April opened at 6.23 and tlosed 6.26; May, 6.27 and closed 6.29; June., 6.25 and closed 6.28; July, 6 27 and closed 6 29; August, 6.27 and closed 6 81; September, 6.28 andftclosed 6.83; Octo ber, 6.83 and closed 6.87; November, 6 88 and closed 6.42; December, 6.44 and closed 6 47. Sales, 93,200 bales. The Origin 1 of .the Assignment Act It Was Sever In the Senate and Was Tabled In the Bouse. Special Star Telegram- Raleigh. April 2. The original of the Assignment Act was found to-day among bills tabled. It was never in the Senate, and was tabled in the House. Walser acknowledges his signature to the engrossed bill. Chief Clerk Satter- field and Enrolling Clerk Brown shoulder the blame, bat neither caa ac count for its enrollment. The concensus ot opinion is tbat tbe bill stands as signed by the presiding officers. LaFayette defeated the University team, nine to one. Hill pitched for the University. Both teams play in Chapel Hill to-morrow. Death of Mrs. 8. W. Westbrook. ' Mrs. Sam! W. Westbrook, (formerly Miss Florence Bowden) died last night at 11:30 o'clock at the residence of tbe family on . Orange street near Second, after a short illness of pneumonia. , Mrs. Westbrook was 24 years ot age. She was married in 1891, to Mr Sam'I W. Westbrook who with their two young children, are left to mourn the loss of a loving and devoted wife and mother. She was a member of Grace MT E. Church, prominent in all church work:, and was universally be loved. An excellent musician, gifted with a fine voice, her services were often sought and freely given at entertain ments for benevolent purposes. Her death will be sincerely mourned by many in tbe community. BUCK WILL BRING 8UIT. He Don't Want to Bo-Kept Out of the Pen itentiary, Captain W. H. Kitchin will bring suit to test the question as to whether or not the new directors of the ! penitentiary were properly elected. - If they were elected Captain Kitchen is to become manager ot that institution, if not, the Democrats bold It as heretofore. : He has - employed Captain W. H. Day. ex-Judge McRae. W. W. Kitchin, (bis son), of Koxboro, and Spier Whita- ftcr, oi RBi-ien. ...... . Tbe fight will be made, sa s the Roan oke Ifews, on the ruling of the President of the Senate. Only 77 votes were cast for the newly named directors when it required 85 votes to elect; Captain Kitchin's learned counsel will make a point that if a majority of the members present voted for the new directors that they were elected. I The suit promises to . be interesting I and somt nice legal points will be in volved. Criminal Olronlt Court. A special dispatch to the bTAR - last night from Raleigh, says: - Chas. A. Cook took the oath as Judge of the new Criminal Circuit Court. , before Judge Montgomery, to-day, and . wiU , make a big fight against Judge Meares, who has been appointed and commissioned' by the Governor. A STRAN6B BEHEFACT0R. Remarkable Story Bttw ' a K Roller SafTerinsr in Hclpea ondreoa or . Homes. From the Brooklyn, JV. Tn Standard- Union.) There is a curious cnaracter in- jjnssvme, the southern extreme" 'of Long Island City, who is .known to ' everyooajr, uciuaing children, as "the doctor," although his advice has always been gratuitous and he has bat one remedy. r'v ' ... Joseph J. Myers, tns aoctor," is .me proprietor of the Homestead H tel. where ft Standard Union reporter found r kirn last night. - ! - - "What is the secret of my remedy?" he smilingly observed, in response to a question. "There is no secret. Neither am I a doctor; and there hasn't been one in my -house for almost a quarter, of ft century. My doctor stands up there on the safe in the form or Perry Davis' Pain-Kfller, and under no circumstances would I allow myself to be without a bottle.' - ! "I was once afflicted by ulcerated sore thrn&t. and mr uosition became so critical that three physicians, who had been called in consultation, genuy crone rat yarn w me that my days were numbered. An appli- . cation oi rain-jsaiie-was sue I tried it. A week later I was back at my work. "A few weeks afterwards a neienbora wife was suffering from the same affliction. I sent a bottle to her, and in a few days she came to my house to thank me for having saved her life. -f - "My oldest boy, last winter, was attacked with inflammatory rheumatism. I applied Pain-Killer and drove every vestige of the malady out of bis system. -"Mv two boys were brought through a' siege of diphtheria, at ft time when the dis ease was widespread, and the Pain-Killer's success with them induced me to send a dozen bottles to neighbors whose children, were also prostrated. In every instance it effected a cure. That's why they call ms "Doctor" in Blissville." " Tan 9 tf we fri sat I 's ' ' COUNTY COMMISSIONERS- M Beftular Monthly Meeting Tax-Listers ,- and Assessors Appointed Other Mat ters of Interest. I i The Board of Commissioners of New Hanover county held tbeir regular meet ing yesterday, Mr. H. A.; Bagg, chair man, presiding. County Treasurer S. VanAmringe submitted report showine balance on hand. April -1st, $25,643.08. Register of Deeds Haar submitted re port, showine 13 marriage licenses issued daring the month of Match and $12.85 fees for the same collected and tamed over to the treasurer. License to retail liquor was granted W. H Stokelev. Wriebtsville Sound, and T. C Bowden. 503 South Front street. The Clerk 01 tbe superior court, coi. John D. Taylor, reported as paid to tbe sherttt tbe sum of 18 00. inrv tax. The superintendent of the Board ot Managers of the City Hospital. : Col. Roeer Moore, submitted the annual re port, which was received and ordered to be filed. - Mr. P. B. Manning, attorney, appeared before the Board and asked to be re lieved of paying the costs in tbe case of a sale of property by the sheriff to tbe county, the said property belonging to the estate of W. H. lames, deceased. On motion, Mr. Manning was allowed to Day tbe taxes without costs. Register of Deeds J no. Haar stated that he was ready to compute the tax books, as required by law, and on mo tion he was ordered; to make the com putation according to section 8658 of tbe Code; and tbat the compensation for such work be the same as last year. $500. A resolution was adopted tbat tbe compensaion of tax listers shall be $3 00 per day for actual service; provided that tbe total amount paid snail not exceed $50 each for Harnett and (Jape fear. $45 for Masonboro, and $35 for Federal Point township. 1 The Board frxed tbe compensation ot the assessots at $3.00 per day for the actual time engaged in said work. The Board appointed as tax listers and assessors for tbe various townships: Cape Fear Township J as. Cowan. tax lister; . T. Kerr and R. W. Bor deaux, assessors. 4 Harnett Township las. N. Macum ber, tax lister; E. W Manning and Ger- rett Walker, assessors. Masonboro Township D. T. Fergus, tax lister; DN. Traskand H. L Home, assessors. I Wilmington Township M. Cronly, tax lister; M. S. Willard and Duncan McEachern, assessors. The compensa tion was fixed at $4 00 per day for assess ors, and tax listers $3.00. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Annual Meeting of Cape Tear Camp Offi. cera Elected, eto. The annual meeting of Cape Fear Camp Confederate Veterans was held at the Court House last night. Comman der W. L. DeRosset was in the chair, and Capt. Henry Savage secretary.' The Commander said he regretted not being able to prepare a report of the action of the Camp and Council for the past year. The following officers were unani mously elected for the ensuing year: Commander W. L. DeRosset. First Vice Commander W. S. War rock. I Second Vice Commander L. S. Bslden. Secretary HenryJSavage. ;. Treasurer R. F. Hamme. Members of Executive Council G. W. Huggins, Chas. H. King. J. R. Mar shall and P. Hiensberger. The following were elected members: Messrs. A. M. Baldwin, T. A. Williams, Col. John W. Atkinson. - A committee consisting of Dr. J. E. Matthews, L. S. Belden and Col. Jno. D. Taylor were appointed to confer with . Col. A. M. Waddell and other gentlemen to invite and ascertain when they would address the Camp, i Dr. Carmichael extended arrTffvitation to the Camp to attend worship at St John's Church at 5 p. m. Sunday, Jane 2nd. It was unanimously accepted, and tbe above committee was requested to try and secure Rev. George Patterson to preach tbe sermon on tbat occasion. Mr. Carmichael paid a glowing tribute to the North Carolina private soldiers as" well as tbe officers, and spoke most feel ingly of the Hon. Geo. Davis aiid ad nounced his sickness and moved tbat the following committee be appointed to express to him the sympathy of this Camp in his illness: Capt. E. L. Pearce, O. A. Wiggins, J. K. Marshall On motion of Mr. P. Heinsbereer the Hon. Geo. ' Davis, Attorney-General of the late Confederate States, was unani monsly elected an honorary member. on motion tne touowing was unani mously adopted: j; Resolved, That it is the sense of this Camp tbat an organization of tbe lineal male descendants of Confederate Vete rans should be effected and tbat the Commander be. requested to call them together without unnecessary delay and tbat the eligibility of each applicant be determined by tbe action of this or some other U. C V. Camp, certified by its adjutant. . On motion. Rev. Dr. las. Carmichae was unanimously elected chaplain of tnis vamp. ... On motion it was unanimously re1 solved. Tbat this Camp hears with sor row ol the continued feebleness of our comrade Col. E. D. Hall. Mai. Genii Commanding the North Carolina Di vision cf the U. C V. Association, and hereby tenders its sincete sorrow and sympathy. ; On motion the Camo adjourned '.' The IHodewa-Way Commends itself to the well informed, to do pleasantly and effectually what was formerly dope tn the crudest manner and disagreeably as welUJIo cleanse tbe system and break up colds, headaches and fevers without unpleasant after ef fects, use tbe delightful liquid laxative remedy. Syrup of Figs. A TEST CASE, TdUCHINCKTHE VALIDITY" OF .THE 'ASSIGNMENT LAW.' Bent TJp to the Supreme Court From Ba- lelgjh Ph Orialoal - Aot Cannot bs Toand-W.ny Prominent Ius!omats in Balelgh4A Biff Figfct to be Made Tor the Criminal Court Judgeship Governor Carr at tjoms WUla the Murderer to bo Hanged May 80th. -.- - Star Correspondence Ralkigh. N. C, April 3. . It is not generally known tbat Raleigh is a tooaccp maraet ot any note, yex breaks occur here nearly every day. The farmers good. say the prices paid here are The large shaft, for the Confederate monamenLj.which weighs twenty-six tons, was placed in position yesterday at sunset. Alter the shaft was placed on end, it only required two hoars to draw it up with the immense' derricks. The monument will be completed in a week's time. . j . .. ; . -. . Thos. Settle and Richmond Pearson arrived in the city yesterday afternoon. Settle must have very little business here, as he sqon left. Pcaisan is still on the scene,! bu be does not reveal tbe ob- iect or ms vistt. - The funeral of Mr. Montford McGebee. occurred thisialternoon at five o clock. He was a scholarly gentleman and a much esteemed man. Tbe Governor returned from his visit to his home in Edgecombe' county last night. He has set May 3rd, 1895, as tbe day of execution,-for George Mills, who cruelly murdered his niece and appealed td tbe Supreme Court from the Supetior Court s decision. Mills languishes in bis cell, and seems to be totally indifler ent to the fate overhanging bim. Tbere are ladles carrying a petition around tbe city for signatures, urging the Governor to use clemency. Certain papers in Raleigh were after Mr. T. J. Rogers, Register of Deeds for this county and'a member of the Board of Trustees of the Blind Institution by appointment Oil tbe Legislature, lor hold ing two offices, wbicb is in violation ot the Const tutjon. Mr. Rogers now comes out in I a card, in which he says Chief of ( Police L. D. Heartt, also a member of the Board, is equally guilty. Mr. .Rogers is a Populist, and Mr. Heartt a Democrat. IHe attributes it all to bis -politics. ! I The committee ot Massachusetts Man ufacturers passed through late last night without stopping bere. They will visit our city on tbeir return trip. Tbere is going to be a nig fight be tween Chas. A. Cook and Judge Meares for the new i criminal court Judgeship. Jndge Means has Gov. Carr's commis sion and Cook bas taken the oath as Judge before Jude Montgomery. Cook has employed as his counsel to contest tbe case Judge Dan'l Russell. Tbqs. P. Devereux of this city and Edwards. Auditor Furman informs your corres pondent that Ewart bas tried to get sev eral Superior Court Judges and many magistrates to administer htm the oath, all of whom have refused him. Ewart came here to the Legislature blowing his Senatorial horn for all he was worth was and heralded as a man of much force. After bis 60 days sojourn witb the solons," it was seen that he was the most overated of all fusionists. I wrote you Saturday that, a case was expected bere from Greensboro or Dur ham to test the validity of the. assign ment law. This morning one came from Durham. It was a controversy, before Judge Green without action, where both parties submitted tbe facts in tbe case.. The case is entitled G. U farthing vs. W. T. Carrington. Hiram Jones. It invol ves the loan of $100 to Hiram Jones by W. T. Carrington. and the loan is secured by a chattel ! mortgage. Hiram Tones was indebted, by note, to G. C Farthing in. the sum of $100, before tbe execution of said mortgage and contends tbat said mortgage is void. Carrington and Jones on the other hand contend that neither the letter nor the spirit of the new anti- preference law embraces a case of this kind, in which one person, however much indebted at the time, creates a new debt and seeks to secure the same by mortgage, trust-deed or security. Judge Green decided that said mort gage is as operative and effectual to pass title as it would have been prior to tbe passage of the anti-preference by the re cent Legislature. Farthing appealed to the Supreme Court. The case reached here to-day. This morning Zeb Vance Walser, A. F. Hileman. of Concord. Chief Clerk Satterfield, Engrossing Clerk Brown and Smith, of Cabarrus, all arrived here. They come to trace the assignment act. the original of which bas been lost. Richmond Pearson spent all day v ester - nay trying to trace it. Librarian Elling ton who has all original bills in charge says he searched for it a week ago and never could find lL Nobody about bere has seen the original. An engrossed ccpy is in the Secretary of State's office, but the original bill as stamped and signed cannot be found. Has it ever passed ? , Many believe not. - Mr. Satter field, chief clerk, informed me this morn ing tbat it bad been stolen and that he was on the track of it. The at semblage of so many prominent Fusion lights in the city has put the gossips to talking. 1 Beeelverahip Conflimed. His honor Judge Hoke, of the Super ior Court, yesterday in' Chambers, at Jacksonnille, N. C, confirmed the ap pointment of Frank H. Stedman as re ceiver for the firm of Davis & Zoeller, of Wilmington, which recently made an as signmentiand ordered the sheriff of New Hanover county to withdraw the attach ment against the property of the said firm in the case of H. B. Claflin & Co , vs Davis & Zoellen. Mr. Sol. Weill, at torney, represented tbe H. I B. Claflin Co., and Mr. Jno. u. Bellamy. Jr., Messrs. Davis fit oeiier. The New Assignment IAw. I The Ra.eigh News awd. Observer of yesterday says : . ; i Messrs. Fuller, Winston & Fuller have persuaded the Supreme Court to advance a case for them which will test the new assignment law in its bearing upon mort gages given to secure loans at the time the mortgage is made. . . . -r The case will be submitted by printed briels to-morrow, and in this way the construction of the law will be made at once, aa it is expected that the Court can iormulate its opinion of tbe case in a few .hours. ' 1 ."."i Cotton Beoeipts. j I . Receipts of cotton here yesterday 408 bales; same day last year 51. Receipts for the month of March, 10.831 bales ; same month last ; year 4,010.. Receipts for the cr p year to April 1st, 233,886 bales; to same date last season, 186 730 bales; increase this year so far 46.156 bales. !' " ' ' " Stock at Wilmington. April 1, 1895, 16,978 bales, at same date last year 13. 772 ; : - :v ' ' ' ' . " ' ' : Voir Over Fifty Yean . Mrs. Wikslow's Soothing Syrup hs been used for over fifty vears by millions of mothers for their children while teeth ing, witb perfect success. It soothes tbe child, softens tbe gums, allays all pain cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little safidrer immediately. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask lor Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup," and take no other kin 1. - l -ANOTHER F0SION MUDDLE. The new county ACT. GOVERNMENT Magistrates Appointed Cannot Qualify Ao- oording to Iiftw The - rinding pi tbe Assignment Aet Created Benaa'.ion In Balelgh. - - .- Special Star Correspondence. . $ Ralkigh, N. C April 3. Senator Cook, of Warren, who thought he was elected Judge of the Eastern Circuit Criminal Court, was sworn i a by Judge Montgomery, mat which attracts attention and comment among tbe profession, is that a fudge of the Supreme Court would administer an oatb of office to a man who naa no com mission as the law requires; but more particularly knowing at the time be ad ministered the oath that the very ques tion of his title to office would come up before the Court of which be is a mem ber for decision.. Tbe test case in regard to the assign ment law which came from Durham will take the usual course of appeals, though it is thought the Court will give it prec edence. It is impossible to tell when a decision will be rendered. Logan Harris' idea of a citizens' ticket in the city election is meeting with con siderable opposition among Republicans, Nichols; Shaffer and others are in favor bf a straight Republican ticket under all circumstances. It was evidently intended by the new county government act that the magis trates should meet in June with the county commissioners for tbe purpose of levvinz the county tax and for other purposes. And in order to giye control to the fusionists in all of the counties of the State, three . new magistrates were appointed by the Legislature for each township in the State. But lo and be hold, by some fatuity, section six of the county government act repeals section 717 of the Code, wbicb was the only law tbat enabled ebe magistrates to meet and carry out their., purposes. There was a special law passed for tbe election ot tax collectors for every townsbtp in Wake county. This act virtually robbed the sheriff of bis prerogatives. But since tbe time of meeting for magistra tes bas been abolished, that act and sev eral others cannot be carried into effect. The same fatality 'has attended their efforts to increase the a amber of Fusion magistrates. The law provides that tbere should be three additional magis trates to every township in the State, making about 8,500 additional magis trates In all. It also provided that those additional magistrates should qualify on the first day ot April.- The secretary oi State failed to get tbe necessary blanks in time to commission these magistrates because of the distance cf the public printer from Raleigh. The commissions were not mailed until April 2nd. The question Is. can any of -them qualify. Can't the Governor appoint, because of their failure to quality. The receipts of tbe Raleigh postoffice for the fiscal year ending April 1st, show an increase of about $2,500. Over 200. 000 pounds of second class matter was mailed, which exceeds' the amount handled in any second class office and 79 first class offices. The report for the year shows; a decided increase every where. ? The Baltimore National League team arrived here to-day from Atlanta. They play Wake Forest to-day. ' The finding ef the Assignment Act created a sensation. Walser and Pear son and others found it. It develops that Hileman attached the amendment which has caused so much discussion. Hotr-yer. the rascality committed by one ul the clerks is what tbe people are looking at. Richmond Pearson tells your correspondent that it was an in famous piece of villany. Satterfield, as Chief Clerk Of the House, had charge of bills tabled. How did Enrolling Clerk Brown get bold of tbe tabled act and enroll it for tbe signatures of the presid ing officers? And further, bow did the bill get back in its original place among bills tabled, where it was found? These are the burning questions which need an explanation. Messrs. Brown and Satter field say they don't know. Who does if they do not? THE MORTGAGE BILL. Raleieh Correspondence Charlotte Ob server To-day Mr.- Pearson, State Libra rian Elliington, Enrolling Clerk Brown and others, renewed the search for the missing mortgage bill. They round it in tbe very place where it ought to have been; that is in tbe place where bills which were tabled or failed to pass are kept. There was the original bill, introduced by bmitb, of Stanly, with endorsements showing its reference to tbe finance committee, with its amend ment; showing in Speaker Walser's handwriting that the bill was made a special order at 8 80 on a certain night, after the monument bill. On the back of the bill was boldly stamped in - big letters -taoiea. jnow bow did the en rolling clerk get hold of this bill to copy it, ana now aia it get oack irom tbe en rolling clerk s office to tbe place where it ought to be? Enrolling Clerk Brown was asked these questions and replied tnat ne aia not Know. ! Following is the text of the mortgage Dili found to-day: " mat ail - conditional sales, assign ments and mortgages, or deeds of trust. which were executed to secure any debt. obligation, note or bond which gives preferences to any creditor of the maker, shall be absolutely void as to existing creditors except tnose given to secure cash advanced at the time of execution of tbe same, or to secure advancements for farming purposes. The finance committee amended ft by striking Out all after "existing creditors,' and as thus amended favorably reported tbe -bill, Hileman signing tbe report. speaker waiser tens me he asked bmith, of Stanly, if tbe latter had any interest in the bill, and Smith replied, no; he wanted to get rid otit. He and Smith had some talk and agreed to defeat the bill, Wlaser saying it was Coo late in the 8t ssion to consider -so important a meas ure. ne says ne Knows tne bill was tabled without debate and doubts that its title was read when it was enrolled. but be believes it was slipped in among the enrolled bills, as tbe latter were passed to him for signature. Judge Mesrea' Bight to Hta Office. Raleigh News and Observer April 3rd: Tbe following letter, touching the in cumbency of Judge Meares, was yester-' day written by one of the ablest lawyers in the State, and mailed from th:s city: I "The first term of the Criminal court will be held in Mecklenbnrg on the sec ond Monday in April, and as a matter of course every one expects him to hold it. He has tbe commission and tbe Sheriff will tecognize him as Judge, r Tbe prin cipal gioind of contention on the part of the Governor is that Mr. Cook was ap pointed fudge three days before the of fice to which be was appointed was cre ated. Tbe iournal shows tbat he was ap pointed on the 9th of March, and . that the bill was not ratified until tbe 12th. His appoiotment by - the Legislature is therefore void, and as soon as it adjourn ed without appointing any one after tbe act was ratified tbere was a vacancy which tbe Governor has a right by the terms of the act to fill. I think, there lore, that any lawyer familiar wuh the facts of tbe case is obliged to admit tbat Tuce Meares is the legally appointed Judge of the new Criminal Comt, and will bold his office at least urtilthe next Legislature meets. il ..;.- -v-.". r i ii was as esi i Pimpks, blackheads, moles, freckles, tan and sunburn removed by Johnson's Orliental Soap. Medicinal. J. H. Harp ing, ). Hicks Bunting. t CUBAN INSURGENTS, Tre&uest Skirmishes Wltu Grovernment Trocpe-Tho Oauce Apparently Gaining Strength. :' . . ... t ' ' - By Cable to the Morning Star. Havana, April 8. The Governor of Santiago province reports that the gun boat Yndia, while cruising along tbe coast, came upon a foreign fishing smack stranded on the beach at Duaba, a short distance west of Baracoa. The captain was aeaa. l wo sanors were captur ed and - taken aboard the Yndia. They reported they twenty-two insurgents. had landed There bad been trouble, tbey said. between tbe insurgents and had refusid to the captain because he land them at the point designated by them. When the captain refused to yieia to tneir tnreats tney killed him and threw his. body overboard.-'- -, ' ' " . After landing the insurgents met a small column of Spanish troops. The skirmish was almost bloodless. . The in surgents were put to flight without hav ing lost a man Killed or wounded. Une of them was captured in hiding an hour after the skirmish, but the rest are in the mountains. The prisoner would give little information. He is said to have admittea, however, 'that Maceo and Combret, the insurgent leaders, are with the fugitive band. Several com panies of j troop3 are pursuing the twenty-one men, but had not got within shooting distance of them at tbe time ot the Governor s dispatch. New York, April 8. A passenger on the Vigilancia, which arrived, from Havana this morning, reports that at Manzilla, where he had been staying. tbe sympathy of the inhabitants was all witb tbe insurgents, and if tbe latter would approach the city and make a demonstration, the whole town would readily embrace the revolutionary cause. There were frequent skirmishes between the insurgents and the bpanish troops, bat tbe former were too crafty to risk a decisive battle as yet. . l heir cause is apparently gaining strength daily. About ten days ago it was reported at Manzilla that the insurgent forces were about to infest the town, and for a time there was great excitement, but tbe rumor was soon traced to unreliable sources and tbe town again became quiet. " j " ! Kingston, Jamaica. April 8. The British steamship Ethel W. Red from Boston has arrived at Port Antonio, Ja maica. Captain Hopxins, who com mands her, sas that when she was off Cape Maysi, a Spanish gun-boat bore down upon ber. He hoisted tbe British flag ana-the gun -boat fired a shot across tbe Ethel W. Red's bows, i Sue hove to and tbe gun-boat steamed around with out . exchanging signals. -She then steamed away and tbe Ethel W. Red proceeded j on her voyage. sMaceos' band of insurgents landed in Cuba. Manchester. April 8. The Guar dian, in its commercial article, "says: The market has "been much hampered by a feck of workable business, though a strong and steady tone has generally prevailed. ! There is a fair Eastern mail inquiry, but it is mostly unworkable. Trade through the lesser Eastern outlets is moderate. South America has taken some goods actually required, -but at '"prices which-have checked business. Heavy goods are steady and the move-. ment is quiet. Yarns are strong bat the business is limited. MYSTERY CLEARED UP.- The Murdered Hegro Woman Whose Body Was Found In Hew York City. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, April 3. The mystery of the murdered negro woman ' found on Sixth avenue is entirely cleared up. The woman's name was Mary Martin, and the murderer is Wm. Caesar. She had abandoned her husband and had been living witb Caesar (or several months. In a quarrel on Friday night he killed her by choking. He left her lying on tbe floor and went to bed in the next room and slept soundly. Next day he was at his usual work, ts a poiter in a hat store. At night he borrowed a ! cleaver from a butcher, cut the woman's legs off, made the remains up into a convenient bundle. (she weighed only 100 pounds) and took them to a Sixth avenue car with the in tention of carrying them to the river. The car be rode only went as far as Waverly Place. He then took np his bundle and while deciding what to do next, he rested it on the iron rail in front of the New York Bank Note Company's build ing. Either he did sot hold it fast or was only tco anxious to let it fall any where. At any rate it overbal anced, according to the story of the detectives and fell into the space be tween the railing and tbe building. Cae sar dared" not attract attention by climb ing alter it, so be walked away from the - scene, . returning home. This was at 8 o'clock Saturday evening. Tbe bundle was not noticed until 6o'clcck. An acquaintance of the woman who knew of her quarrels witb Caesar, suspected what bad happened when the finding of tbe body was made public identified the remains at the Morgue and the rest was made easy. After bis arrest Ca3ar told tbe whole story. CASHIER ARRESTED. 8hoitige of $50,000 Discovered In His Accounts, By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chicago, April I 8. Frederick W. Griffin, assistant cashier of tbe North western National Bank of this city, was yesterday afternoon taken into custody at the' instance of Bank Examiner John C. McKeon by a United States deputy marshal. A shortage oi sou.uuu was discovered in his accounts during an examination of the bank books made by McKeon - last week. Griffin has a wife and two children, and has been in the service of the bank for ten years. Tbe officers of the bank decline to talk about tbe shoitage further than to ac knowledge the main facts. EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. COASTWISE. New York. Steamship Croatanr-1,- 000 bales cotton, 173 casks spirits. 184 bbla rosin, 402 do tar, 68 do pitch, 160 pKgs tncse. si.uuu it lumber. Norwich. Conn Schr B I Hazard 248 100 ft lumber. New York Schr C C Lister 802.- 000 ft lumber. 20.000 shinoles. esron h Peregoy Lumber Co, vessel bv Geo Har- .139, dUU UL VU. Philadelphia Schr Thos Clyde 240.068 It crossties. cargo and vessel by ueo narriss. aon x m. . - FOREIGN. Port of Spain Schr J F Coolidge 0iv,7iv leet lumber. Aguadilla Schr Roger Moore 2U9.071 ft lumber. i State of Ohio Citv of Toledo. ( Lucas County. - f ! Frank J. Cheney makes oath tbat hef is the senior partner of the firm on r. J. Chenny & Co, doicg business le the City ot Toledo, county ted Sut aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum oi untriu?iUKliu DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannotbe cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure f i PRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in mv presence, this 6ib day of December, A. D.. 1886. I j ' - j seal A. W. GLEASON, - - Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on j the blood and mucous surlacescf the system. .Send for testimonials free. -i y F.J. CHENEYACO., Toledo, O. EsT" Sold byTJrnggists, 75c. Cigarettes toiikwiJuiAfii ice Sons ft.Co.'T TUEAMER1CAN TOBACQD DURHAM, rCO. U.S.A.1 r MADE FROM, High i Irade Tcbaes ABSOLUTELY PURE dec!4tf ft W i 2p SPIRITS TURENTLNK - Wilkesboro Newi;. On Tuesdav night of last week some unknown oartiii went to tbe home of BoTBauguss, near Trapbill. and sst fire to his b3in. Tbey iook out an tne cattle except bis horse wuiku was uuiucu iu usaiu. it is lot Known wno ine aastara;v perpetraters are, but tbey are supposed to be moon shiners, who thought that some horses belonging to tbe revenuers were in tbe barn. The revenues were in that neigh- oornooo, out some aiswnce from that point. Charlotte? News a Messrs. H v . j TTT : I ' t"v : j ' i t U9QU w uuicr Lraviuson woo last vear conducted a factory for canning toma toes, on a small scale, have decider! m go into the business this vear n earnest. rneir larm is locatea on j the Catawba, ana tneir iactory is, Known as the "Fall ing Waters Canning Company." Tbey nave arrasgea to piant ioj acres in to matoes tbis vear and will equip their factory with machinery for canninp This is becoming quite an industry in MecKienourg, Concord Times: Last Monday maiui uwtn udu uciuuc aim. on a charge of peddling without license, a man and a wom&n, who came here the same day and who are strangers to our people, rney.were selling soap, which tney claimed was made lout of snake grease. They sold it to quite a number ot gullible darkies at 90 j cents a cake. bacb purchaser-was to receive a nrc mium later, consisting o( 4 pair ol shoe made of shake skin, and each woman was to get a cape also.; Of course a number of people bit. Mayor Crawford fined the man $35. j . Moreanton Herald: Last Wed nesday, March 20. Deputy Collector Ford and Deputy-Marshal Sid Cofity went down in tbe South Mountains about fifteen miles, to the Brivecs' s-tt tlement on Rich Mountain, and foucd a DlocKsae still. I he place was vacant; no moonshiners in sicbi The cfficeis cnt np the stilland left it. The "plant wes supposed fo belong to cue Brivers. The revenue men, Sid Coffey and Som ers mde another raid last Mon day night. The time they wti.t in a southern direction into tbe South Mountains about fourteen miles, to Baker Mountain, and captured another illicit still. Like the . former, these operatives were j'out of sight and no defendants were captured. Ail tbe beer and whiskey on the premises were spilled and the ji still taken to Hickory. The proprietor of the still n unknown.' Tbe officers are earri.g their pay now, as they" are capturing a "blockade factory nearly every week, Raleigh Visitor: All the pris oners in Johnston county jail, three in number, escaped night before last. They were in a steel cell, bnt shook open the door, the lock of which was defective. One prisoner was white and two were colored. After they got out of tbe cell it was quiteeasy ior them to cut through a brick wall. Tbe trial cf James S. Wilcox at Elizabeth City-for the killitg of John E. Brothers last October cre ated much interest. Wilcox was found guilty of murder in tbe second degree, and after a sentence of fifteen years in the penitentiary had been passed upon him bis counsel moved for a new trial and bond fixed at $10 000, which was given, and bcis now at home with bis family. The outlook for the Mate public schools is said by State Superin tendent Scarborough to be bad Tbe new school law is tbe work of bunglers. Never was one more out of shape. He says tne new law was "just whacked put." and is disjointed. It takes away all tbe leverage used to arouse enthu siasm on tbe part of teachers. Raleigh News and Observer: Senator Charles A. Cook, who declared when tbe bill to create the new insiern Criminal Circuit was before tbe House that he would not and could not accept the office if tendered him. and had not personal interest at stake, yesterday took the oath of office before lustice Montgomery. Capt. Cook had no com mission whatever, for tbe Governor alone can issue a commission. Judge Walter A. Montgomery, "nqn parti san member of tbe Supreme i our'. swore in his fellow townsman, Mr. Cook, The United Investment Company. hich is composed of capitalists of New York, have contracted wuh Darby & Brown, of Washington, D. C, for toe buildine of a spinning and k nut ine mill of Roanoke Rapids, six miles Irom Wei don. N. C. to cost in tbe neighborhood of $200 000. Under the contract it is to be completed by the first of next August Tbe mill will give employment to some 400 or 500 hands. A spinning and weav ing mill to cost about (500 000. is also shortly to be erected at1 the Rapids, which W141 furnish employment to over ow people. Tbe capitalists for whom tbft mill is to be built, are residents of Massa chusetts. Petersburg and Weldon. . - Allred Williams and Co, tbe largest firm of publishers and booksellers in tbe State, are in the hands of trustees. Yes terday a deed of trust was filed in the Register of Deed's office, naming A. v. Haywood and T. M. Pittman trustees. The Supreme Court yesterday baoa- ed down its opinion in tbe case ot George Mills... Governor Carr fixed tbe date of his execcution for March tbe 3d. 1895. ; William Holt Foust, Esq, prominent citizen of Randolph county, died near Ramsuer March 29th. He was about fifty vears of age and bad : been magistrate , and postmaster for a tnumber of years. Cure for Beadmeke. 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