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Me ! sa5 touching on the foreign rela- t-inns of the United States, when he tlii .re 'utli' European coormerce, EuruDeSS" pontics, curupna inuugui, European accivuy.aunoujja aciuauy A C... opining I0:CC. auu , liuiucau iuuucw- tions, alifiougb actualiy becoming more iniiiffate, will neveriheless relatively sink in importance; while the Pacific Ocean, psshores "its islands, and the vast re gi .n beyond, will become thechiel ihea t.4di events m the-world's great here after." The far seeing scope and the bold ness of this prediction will be the more reauzeu wueu u is iclucluucicu. that there was then little or no pro gress in that western world to which itreferr.d; that'we'inew but little of it, of much of It very little, and of some of it absolutely nothing. Our own country then contained a popu lation of but a little over 20,000,000, civilization had not advanced far be yond the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and beyond lay the vast wild erness that separated :our Atlantic, fromour Pacific territory. . - California ; was then a State ot mining camps, '.'and San Francisco a city riot half as large as Wilmington, with three brick buildings, two of these gambling j houses and one a theatre. ' I" ,: , ' Oregon was still the paradise of the fur hunter, and Alaska, which Mr. bswara aoout ten 4 years later bought for the United States at aoout, nait a .cent an acre, was a terra incognita to all save the stu dent of geography or the whaler, who pursued his prey in the waters of the North Pacific. Until 1850 there was not a mile of wilroad nor telegraph West of the Mississippi, and but little West of Alieghaoies. People who went to California crossed the "plaris"'in wagons and fought their waytfirough Indians or went by sea and crossed the isthmus. I ' Mexico, Central and South Amer ica were but little known, and the world had no conception of their re sources or commercial possibilities. - ine islands of tne racinc were then peopled ty semi savages, and were visited by few but missionaries or the occasional trading ship, while Australia, larger than .the United States (excluding Alaska), was so little known as to te classed as an island. T Then there were no vessels plying between Pacific and Asiatic ports save the ships that 'carried and dumped the Chinese immigrants upon California's shores, and there was not a steamship on the Pacific but two that ran between Panama and San Francisco to carry to San Fran Cisco the passengers who crossed the isthmus on the gold hunt. . I hen there were but few Chinese ports open to American commerce, and Japan's were closed to all the .world save Holland which by treaty had tli. :Xu . L'. r - ...v iiguu ui 'entry miu one ui mem. . -;- ' ' ' ' ihat was the I situation, briefly fetched, when ! Wm. H. Seward made this , remarkabfe prediction,- wnich has been fulfilled even beyond us most sanguine imaginings. To da7 the territory that borders the neatest oX the world's watery do ains, and the lands that lie within tare attracting : more attention than anr other part of the globe, anl the other pations ot the tn are reaching out to get better acquainted with them and to enter closer trade relations. ; The gold of California, the silver of Mexico, the gold of Peru and the Sold of Australia, which did so much 10 people the first and the last and J center European eyes on the other two, are' now the lesser of the at- ""uu5, ana are dwarfed in value Dy other products years ago were which twenty-five ittle dreamed of. California's fruit is worth more than '"gold and Australia's wool more the product of her mines. Cen cat 1 f a 8 Wheat CrP and the wie in her pastures are worth more hiir aJithe minals dug from her ' ; The magic power of the lo- bJw na the legraph have IHrTF BIHrrr 18 5 SinoW I S. - 'i . .u, ; w mere as in other parts of VOL. XXVI. the world, and these , are all be coming productive and commercial countries, whose possibiltiies have not yet fairly began to be developed. Who can follow up the prophecy of Mr. Seward and predict what they may, be two decades hence, when a trip by all rail from New York"or Portland, Oregon, to Valoaraiso. or even further South wM be no - a. more inougnt ot tnan ndmg by rail from New: York to San FranniVn now is. ' v I Take it all in alt the country lying on this side of the Pacific from Cali fornia to Chili is the most delightful portion of the world, rich in timber and mineral resources, and endowed with agricultural possibilities that have as yet been scarcely; tapped. Nature did so much for it lhat the people grew up in indolence and did as njarly nothing as possible. It was the alien element enticed by the prospect of gain that gave the stimu lus to whatever of progress there has been. ; - And on the other side are the 800,000,000 of people that until within the past half century had kept themselves pretty well locked in from the rest ot mankind, but even there the railroad and the telegraph has gone, and progress must. follow and old customs and the brazen srods must disappear. .. . Are we, the most enterprising and progressive people on the face of the earth, to look on this progress and development and not strive to reap some benefit from it? Is a narrow neck of land to continue to force us around fourteen thousand miles of land to enter the Pacific and put sour products down in its ports or pur chase theirs? An isthmus canal bad been thought about and talked about before Mr. Seward delivered this remarkable prophecy, and perhaps it was in his mind when he made it. ' 5IIN0JL MENTIOJf. We have Protective Leagues, "sound money" Leagues, silver Leagues, and a number of other Leagues in this country, but not until recently have we had ; a Manu facturers' Free Trade League, but we have one now, the objects of which, as stated in a convention re cently held in Washington ate: 1. To foster, disseminate and give ef fect in every possible way, direct and in direct, to free trade principles. 2. To demonstrate to our brother manufactur ers that free trade would conserve and promote their own interests and not in jure or destroy them. 3. To demonstrate to the people, that the independent and self-supporting manufacturers of the United States, representing all lines of industry, have no need of protection, so called, but believes that such a policy entails unjust and burdensome taxation. 4. To create a national organization that will, upon all occasions, combat the monopolies and trusts which have, been made possible by the protective tariff system. Hon. Tom Johnson, of Ohio, one of the largest iron manufacturers in the country, who a few days ago started the wheels in a $5,000,000 plant at Lorain in his State, boldly proclaimed for free trade in the tariff discussion, and ridiculed the iron manufacturers who were asking for protection. Among the speakers at the Washington convention was a manufacturer from Burlington,, Iowa who said: 'Why should manufacturers have 'protection when labor has no 'protec tee?' -Free trade would protect - manu facturers from themselves. 'Protection stimulates them to overproduction for their home market, which is soon glut ted with goods, and then the factories shut down and work-people starve. Free trade would give this country a large ex port trade and steady employment just what working people need. All living exDenses would be much less and the whole country tne gainer. And another, from Bedford, Pa who said: "We are in favor of absolute tree trade, believing n to be the onl policy that is just to all classes; also believing that manufacturers as a class would be benefited bv an increase of commerce which would follow the freeing of for eign exchange. We beiieve that all who ask for protection on tneir product sees to rob . the consumer and. ask the Gov ernment to assist them in so doing. We consider protectionists as paupers seek ing to live oft ol others industries, ana to pront Dy otners losses. The position of these manufac turers is strengthened by the opera tions of the woollen "mills in this country, since the Wilson tariff, with its free wool, went into operation The revival in that industry has astonished the protection advocates, and the fact that they are now ship ping woollens to England and other European countries and successfully competing with European mills, shows what American skill, machinery and enterprise can do when they have an open field and a fair chance. I We trust that the attendance ol those U. S. officials at that Jackson- ville,'Fla., meeting to sympathize with the struggling Cubans; will not become a burning international issue between this country and Spain, for with the Alliarica affair still unset tied, the! Venezuelan, and on top of thMf. Smvma. Secretary trresnam has his hands full already. To pre vent any false impressions the afoie said officials wish it to be understood that they attended that meeting sim ply out of "curiosity," and that they didn't vote on the resolutions adopt ed, nor, it is talx.be inferred, make fcin hin-hoorab. nor .... I ... . , . : - ' 7, , . r r- , . anything of that kind. That ought to settle the question of "pernicious activity;" of which U. S. officials are T oupyuscdi ip carry , any surplus Stock. It IS not to be sntinosed that me average u. S. official didn't get his1 share of "curiosity" when-. it was being parcelled out and it isn't to be supposed-either that he wiH grab holofof that curiosity and. sit down on it, - and wait, untit : the Cnhan itmn-itt,i; ...:- ..j all that sort nf thin Me efc ut ui 0ut, for it is a good deal easier to have an amicable understanding with ' the aforesaid curiosity .and meandet right along to the meeting and take a seat in some sequestered corner where the curiosity may not be trans formed into enthusiasm and go to yeHing, which fortunately it didn'tdo on this occasion, bur behaved with becoming discretion. But it must be a severe, test .on. the self-restraint of the orthodox American to be present at a meeting to sympathize with strikers ibr liberty anywhere, to keep his enthusiasm down and not chip in some In the yotine. SDeakmer and yelling. On this particular occasion, however, the i Jacksonville officials seem, according to their statement, to have succeeded in doing this. It might be suggested, for their benefit, that if there be any more meetings, about the propriety of attending which there might be any question, they might put on a disguise, go in, orate, vote, "holler" and have some fun. Mexico and Guatemala have come to an agreement about the disputed boundary line, which wasn't very hard to do, as Guatemala conceded everything that Mexico insisted on. Another case ot the big dog and the little one. The Sultan of Turkey is said to be bent on reform. Just where he is go ing to oegin tne reform, whether in his female department or somewhere else Is not stated, but thefe is con siderable room for reform and econ omy there. WAR RECORDS. The Forty-third BegimoBt JS. C. Toops end the Dnplln Biflaa. A "Sketch of the Forty-third Regi ment, N. C. Troops," of Daniel's Brig- age, Koaes Division, Army ot North ern Virginia, compiled and pub- lishsd .by Col. Thos.-S. Kenan, (who ' commanded the regiment) a pamphlet of twenty six pages has been received by the Star; And with it another pamphlet of a dozen pages, a "Sketch of the Duplin Rifles," Company A, of the Forty-third Regiment, "compiled from muster roll and memoranda by Sergeant B. F. Hall," now a prominent citizen and merchant of Wilmington. Another member of the Company was Capt. W. R. Kenan, now Collector of Customs at Wilmington, who was in command of the s;cond corps of sharp-shooters of the regiment,' and was wounded at Charles:own, Va- in August, 186L The record ot the Dublin Kines is a remarkable one. The total on the roll of the company commissioned and non-commissioned officers and privates during the war was ISO.-. Of this number . there were killed and died of wounds, 25; died of disease. 22; disabled by wounds, 10; discharges for disability, 12; transferred to other companies or regiments, 5; on roll at close of the war1. 66; number living at close of the war, 83. Of the fifty-six (56) on the roll at the close ol the war, twenty-one (21) sur rendered with the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, and the re maining thirty-five (35) were either in prison or on parole, or, on detail or fur lough. There was not a deserter from the company during the entire war. Captain Kenan and Mr. B. F. Hall were among those who surrendered at Appomattox. THE ASSIGNMENT LAW. The Foattion of The "SUi" Sustained by the Besult In the Supreme Court. Its careful and conservative treatment -cf all public questions has given the Star a reputation for reliability that has been a material factor in building up the paper to its. present standard. "Think twice before you speak once" has always been one Of its mottoes; and this was applied to the fraudulent assignment law which was unearthed some ten days ago. Although the opinion of newspapers and lawyers was almost unanimously the other . way, the Star promptly ex pressed its view of the law as follows: "The title of the Act seems to settle the question of intention, which was to regulate assignments and other convey ances of like nature. But many persons. among them some Raleigh lawyers, ap pear to think that all sorts of mortgages are affected. The Star does not be lieve there Is a court in North Carolina that will sustain this view. ' There is no reason to suppose that the law will in validate a mortgage given to secure a bona fide loan made at the time the mort gage is executed.' The decision of Judge Green, of the Superior Court, followed by that of the Supreme Court, delivered Friday, fully sustains the position of the Star. Judge Avery dissented, but this action was not based on the merits of the question, but on the point that the case passed as pre sented to the Court was not properly constituted. M. A. &B. B. B. ' A correspondent of the Star, writing from Maxton, N. C, says: Several car-loads of steel rails passed through here this morning en route to Alma. N. C. to be placed on the M. A. & R. R. between that point and Alfordsville, in place of the old ones taken uo bv the C C R R. a few years ago. J WILMINGTON, ; N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 124 1895. SUPREME COURT -DECISION. CONCERNING THE ASSIGNMENT ACT PASSED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE- The Xiaw Applies Ocl to Conditional AMlcnmenta and Seeds Made to Seoaia Fre-IziattOR , Debu. Special Star Telerant ; Raleigh, N. C, April 5. The Su preme Court .has rendered a decision in the case from Durham. Judge Montgomery delivered the opinion of the Court, wnich holds that the Act is limited to conditional assign ments, mortgages and deeds in trust, made to secure pre existing debts, and that mortgages executed for present con sideration do not come within the ope ration of the Act.) Judge Avery dis sented, holding that there was no prop erly constituted case before the Court. Judge Clark concurred. ' By Southern Associated Piets.l Raleigh, . N. C.,1 April 5. The Su preme Court of : North Carolina- has construed the preference law as only restricting the - right to execute assign ments, mortgages and deeds in trust, or make-conditional sales to secure pre existing debts. Contemporaneous obli gations may still be secured by such liens on sales. Farmers will be greatly embarrassed, however, by the fact that balances due for last year cannot still be carried by their commission merchants and secured with their notes for cur rency advancements.' The Chief Tustice. Justices Furches. Clark and Montgomery agree upon the decision. Justice Avery files a dissent ing opinion, holding that no properly constituted case was before the court. Justice Clark concurs with Justice Avery that the case ! was not , properly constituted. r .- This decision will, have the effect of putting a stop to the withdrawal of northern capital' which had been begun upon the pastage of the bill -just con construed. Mortgages will be valid as under the old law, except as to pre-existing debts. This decision puts an end to the total prostration of the credit of the State threatened by the Act. SLAUGHTER OF SQUIRES- Over Three Thousand Pop. and Kep. 'qnlrea Will Not Ba 'g.uirei. A law was passed by the last Legisla ture providing for the election -of three additional magistrates in each township, their terms to commence on April 1st, 1895. Few, if any, of these magistrates have qualified, and they cannot now do so. i. he offices created are vacant be cause of the failure of the persons elected to qualify before the term began. 1 he power to appoint magistrates, to fill vacancies caused by failure of those elected to qualify, is vested in the Gov ernor by chapter 288, Laws of 1885, and he appoints tor the lull term ot six .years. it is too late now for any clerk to qualify those appointed, and if they at tempt to qualify them their acts will be illegal. The failure of the newly elected mag istrates to qualify in time rids the people of the burden of 8.600 unnecessary mag istrates, and of about (35,000 lor the purchase of books,! eta. for the new magistrates, which j the legislators in tended to spend if they had known how. The people will have to thank the Lord, and not the Legislature, for rid ding them of this! burden which the Legislature voted upon them. Among; the Truekera. By a strange coincidence Mr. J. T.Kerr and Mr. F. J. Dempsey, both subscribers to the Daily Star, and both truck farmers living within a quarter-mile of each other, called at the office yesterday to renew their subscription. When ask ed about the crops they reported frost Thursday night, but no material damage to vegetables. - With favorable weather hereafter they expect a very fair return from their shipments of truck. A very large crop of all kinds of berries is promised, and prices on these will not , be remunerative when the season is fully ' open. Mr. Kerr and Mr. Dempsey both have excellent land for trucking pur noses, and are always in the van with early shipments. Tanners From Ohio.: . . - The party of farmers from Ohio (mentioned in the Star yesterday as on their way South on a prospecting tour) passed through this city yesterday after noon at 5 o'clock en route to Cbadbourn, Columbus county, N. C. There were ninety-three in the party, travelling in a special tram of three Wagner-Pullman coaches. They spent some time yester day at Mount Olive, on the Weldon railroad as guests of Mr. G. W. West- brook, of that place, and visited several farms in that vicinity. Mr. J. A. Brown, of Cbadbourn, was with them, and he, in company with Mr. Westbrook. will en tertain the visitors to-day in Columbus county. ) . No Frost Here Yeeterdey Morning;. Weather . Bureau Observer Graham said it was cold enough for heavy frost in this vicinity ' yesterday morning, but the wind and a few "clouds kept it off; light frost may have occurred in some sheltered places, but no report of it had been received at the office of the Bureau. It was thought that it would be cold enough for frost in this vicinity this morning. NEW ENGLAND MILL MEN Will ba Entertained at Weldn Monday. Star Correspondence. Weldon, N C, April 6, 1895. Dear Editor Our citizens met at the Town Hall last night to perfect ar rangement to entertain the New Eng land mill men, who will arrive here' at 4 o'clock p. ' m. Monday, and remain until 6. Messrs. T. L. Emryand Paul Garrett were appointed a committee to meet them in Raleigh, and extend to them an invitation from the town to remain with us and inspect our water powers. We have ! as fine as any in the State. - ! ' Exports Foreign. The French barque Georges Valentine cleared yesterday for Antwerp, Belgium, with 7,498 barrels rosin, valued at $10,971.86. Vessel by E. Peschau & Co., cargo by the Antwerp Naval Stores Co. The schooner Queen Lily cleared for PetifGoavies. Hayti, with 71,094 feet lumber, value $790.89, shipped by Jas. H. ChadbOurn & Co. Must Attend the Superior Court. . Solicitor Richardson gives notice that all witnesses and parties defendant, re cognized or subpeened to appear at the Criminal Court of New Hanover county, are requested to attend at the Superior Court to be held in this city Monday, the 15th inst. Magistrates are requested to return warrants to the Clerk of the Su perior Court by Friday, the 12th inst. THE TELEPHONE CASE. A The Grounds Assigned by the Supreme Court tor O ranting a New Trial. The following, from the News and Observer, t a synopsis of the decision of the Supreme Court (heretofore men--tioned In the StAr) in the case of D. M. Williams vs. the Southern Bell Tele phone Company, in which' a new trial was granted defendant: " I p . Duncan M.-William vs. The Southern Bell Telephone Comoanv faoDellant) from New Hanover county. Opinion oy tf urcnes, . 1. State Courts have no rieht to en tertain or consider a motion for removal based upon the ground of local preju dice. --- 2. When the term of the Court ended April 20th and the "defendant's petition and bond for removal were filed June 14th; Held. --'- - That by such delav the defendant for feited all rights it may have had to a removal, and the Court lost its power,io maxe tne removal. . ! iDistincuishincr Wilcox vs. Insurance Company, where the order of an Court extendedhetlrae. 1 3. where, in an action for damages caused bv tee neeheence of the defen dant s alleged servant the plaintiff testi fied as to a statement made by C, the general manager of the defendant com pany some months alter he received the injury complained of, that "I found out afterwards; Mr. C. told me that the darkey was one of the -company's ser vants, working for them at the time;" Held, that although C. was general man ager of the defendant, he is still but an employed, and not the defendant, and any statement of his was not a part of the res gestae butjhearsay and incompe tent. 4. As the admission in the affidavit of the defendant is not equivalent to the declaration of Cas testified to by the plaintiff, and where the Judge in charg ing the lury did not refer to the affi davit in any manner whatever, but called the attention of the jury especially to the declaration of C, Held, that the error in admitting the declaration of C was not cured, and the probable influ ence ot such.- charge and declaration upon the verdict of the jury entitles the defendant to a new trial. J&rror. Funeral of Mrs. Samuel W. Weatbrook. One of the saddest funerals ever seen in Wilmington was that of Mrs. Florence Westbrook; wife of Mr. Samuel W. Westbrook, yesterday afternoon, from Grace M. E. Church, of which deceased was a member. The church was crowded to its doors. .-The services were con ducted by Rev. Mr. Norman, pastor ot the church, assisted by Rev. Robert Strange, rector ot at. lames and Kev. A. D. Mc Clure, pastor of St, Andrew's Church. The music was by a quartette from the choir of St. lames' Mltses Minnie Schwarz, Jennie Cameron and Messrs. Alex. S. Holden and I no. Baker, with Mr. E. P. Boatwright at the organ. The choir sung, "I, Heard v the 'Voice of Jesus,'! "I Woulfi Not Live Always,' and " Asleep in Jesus." The floral I offerings' were profuse and beautiful, ranging from the single basket of flowers to the most handsome and elaborate designs, offerings from so cieties and organizations Mrs. Westbrook bad at different times assisted in musi cal entertainments. ' After services at the church were con eluded the funeral cortege followed the remains tb Oakdale Cemetery, where the interment took place. The pall bearers were: i Active Messrs. Charles H. Rob inson, Jr., J, D. Nutt, E. A. Hawes, Louis Skinner, Beniamin Tacobs, Chas. Foard; Honorary Dr. W.J. Love, captain j no. H. Daniel, Messrs. H. M. iimerson, w. J. Woodward. Criminal Circuit Court. Judge O. P. Meares. of the Criminal Circuit Court, will-hold court for Meck lenburg county in Charlotte next week, and the week following in Lumberton, for Robeson county. Mr. C A. Cook has brought action in shape of a quo warranto against Judge Meares, returnable to the next' term of the New Hanover Superior Court, Judge Hoke presiding, which . will meet in this city on the lotn inst. So, the case will be heard at that term and will then be taken on appeal to the Supreme Court now in session in Kai- eish. A decision will probably be ren dered by the first of May, ; next. Judge Russell, of Wilmington. L. C Edwards, of ' Granville county, and T. P. Deve- reux, ofRaleigh,are Mr. Cook's counsel, and Geo. Kountree, ol this city, and cur- well & Walker, of Charlotte, counsel for -Judge Meares. I The Hotel St. John. The new hotel to be built at Hamlet by Mr. John McK. Alford, of Maxton, is to be called the Hotel St. John. It will have the influence of the Seaboard Air Line, and is to rank in all respects with the best houses on the line. It will con tain forty sleeping rooms, and in addi tion to others tor hotel purposes, tour or five rooms on the first floor are to be nsed bv the S. A. L. for telegraph, ticket and freight offices, waiting-rooms, &c Mr. Alford will be commander-in-chief. with Mr. Neill Carter, of Maxton, as chief-of-staff. Work on the building will be ery soon, and the intention is to i te before September 1st. To Establish a Colony. A postal from Weldon to the Star. received last night, said that a special train with about ninety farmers, passed through Weldon yesterday from Cincin nati, Ohio, bound to Chadbourn," N. C, where they .were going to establish a colony. - From other sources it is learned that the party stooped at Mount Olive yester day, and will probably stop at other points on the line of the A. C. L. before reaching Chadbourn. They are on a prospecting tour, simply. ; ' The Torpedo Station. The United States Government tor pedo station which is being built at Fort Caswell, the Southport Leader says, is really an electrical shelter or casement from which to operate torpedoes against any enemy s vessel or vessels wmcn might try to enter the Cape fear river. This I torpedo casement will be 12x16 feet, and 10 feet high at the crown, and will be protected by fifty feet of sand or twenty-five feet of cement. A cemented trench will extend from the casement to the river to hold the cable which will ex plode the torpedoes. jMr. Bryan Merritt, -of Way- cross. Sampson county, N C who has been j a subscriber to the Star for twenty-four years, was a visitor . in the city yesterday. -He is a staunch Demo crat and enjoys the ripe old age of 78 years. A Raleieh. N. C dispatch says: Gov ernor Carr has applied for a mandamus on the Secretary of State suggested in Attorney General Osborne's letter. It will be served on Monday. RALEIGH HAPPENINGS. DEATH SENTENCE OF BILLY M'DANIEL CHANGED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. Beilgnation of an Offioial of the S. A. L. Ignorant Hep.-Pop. legislators Baae Ball Supreme . Court Decision Magistrates who Failed to Qualify April Fim. Star Correspondence Raleigh, N. C April 5th 1895. The ignorance of some of the mem bers of the Legislature is astounding. To-day your correspondent saw the name of our native State spelled Cato liny in a bill in the Secretary of State's office. The Trinity College base ball team was defeated here yesterday in a pretty contest with. the Wake Forest team by a score of 11 to 7. Horner, a Balti more League pitcher, remained over and Qlled that position for Trinity. The game was very exciting, . and it looked for a while like Trinity would come cut victorious Governor Carr has ' commuted vbe death sentence of Billy McDaniei the boy murderer, to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. McDaniei is t he 18 year old negro murderer who ktiied a man in Buncombe county. The Gov ernor took this action upon the recom mendation of the Judge, Solicitor and jury. He was given a respite a tew weeks ago. t Your correspondent Iearn3 that Mr. D. S. Hutchins, superintendent of the telegraph system of the Seaboard Air Line, will to-day resign. Mr. Hutchins is one of many prominent officials con nected with the Seaboard, who has of fered his resignation since the Vice Pres idency of Mr. E. St.'tJohn was inaugu rated. Machinery is being placed in the new ice factory, which begins operations May 1st.' It is equipped with all modern appli ances for the manufacture ot ice. The ca pacity of the factory will be fifteen tons. Mr. A. b. Lee, an old citizen ot Ka- Ieigh, who for thirty years was interested in one of the leading drug firms of this city and in Lincolnton, died yesterday. The Supreme Court has sustained the decision of the Railroad Commission in the case ot Leavell vs. Western Union Telegraph Company. Leavell com plained of the charge of buy cents tor the delivery of a telegram from Wil son to Eden ton. The company alleged that it was necessary for the message to go by Norfolk, thus making two connec tions. The commission decided that 25 cents was an equitable charge and in this they were sustained by the Court. Clerk of the Court for Wake county, Dan Young, says he will qualify the ad ditional magistrates appointed by the Legislature whenever they appear , be fore him. The law says they should have qualified on April 1st, as I wrote you, but their commissions did not ar rive until the 8rd, because of the tardi ness of the public printer in Winston. A good many people are of the opinion that the offices of the additional magis trates are vacant. A prominent citizen informs your correspondent that the Governor is inclined to look upon the offices as vacant. Monday afternoon a supper will be given "1 o the men who did the work. These are the three gentlemen who came from Louisville to superintend the con struction of the Confederate monument, It is given at the instance of Auditor Furman and other prominent gentle men. There will be a number ol toasts, iThe Governor will be present. COTTON IN SOUTH CAROLINA. The Recent Bise Will Change the Sltua tion But There Will Still Be a Be duoed Acreage of 25 Per Cent, and a - Material Deoreaae In Production, The recent risejn the price of cotton, says the Charleston News and Courier, is having the expected effect on the many good resolutions made by the farmers two or three months ago that they would greatly reduce the acreage of the new crop. Our Greenville corres pondent says that sixty days ago it would have been safe to say that there would be a reduction of 50 per cent, in the cotton acreage in the country; that "cotton has advanced in price, and the olq song is be ing sung that cotton is the only thing that will pay debts." The result is that instead of reducing the cotton acreage 50 per cent, the reduction will not amount to more than 10 to -15 per cent, in Greenville county, and tt tne specula tors would raise the price a few more p&ints and keep the market "active with increasing demand for spot cotton" until the planting season is well over, we should not be surprised if the acreage will be larger than that of last year. The reports which we publish to-day from nearly all the counties in the otate, as to the probable acreage devoted to cotton growing this year, give a fair view of the situation. It is generally stated that there will be a reduction in the acreage devoted to cotton. The es timates vary widely. In some counties it will probably amount to 50 per cent., in others the reduction win not exceed 10 per cent.; 25 per cent, would probably be a fair estimate for the State at large. But whatever the reduction in the acreage, it is certain that there will be a large decrease in production, ine re ports from all the counties agree that T. ... . . . : .1. " tnere win ue a large reaucuun in ioc use of commercial fertilizers. In Aiken county for example, it is .reported that there will be a reduction of 25 per cent in acreage and 50 per cent, in the use of fertilizers; in Anderson county 16 per cent, less cotton will be planted and 23 per cent; less fertilizers will be nsed; in Newberry county there will be 20 per cent, less cotton planted and 40 per cent, less fertilizers used. In Kershaw county it is reported that there will be slight increase in cotton acre age and a greatly decreased production of cotton because of the falling off in the use of fertilizers. The situation is not as encouraging as it might be. But the weather has been so unfavorable that planting operations have been greatly retarded and the prospects will doubtless improve. MsBJ a aa . i la It Constitutional X The News and Observer says: , It is now learned that in the amended charter of the city of Raleigh, drawn by Col. Shaffer, the Republican high priest, there is a provision to tax all the churches, benevolent societies, and schools in the city. The following, is the section from Shaffer's charter, imposing this unwise tax upon goodness and benevolence: "Section 87. That all real and personal property, whether neio ano owneo oy churches, religions organizations or societies, schools, benevolent organiza tions or otherwise, shall be taxed as other real and personal property is taxed by this charter. But, under the provision of the Con stitution requiring taxation to be uni form, can the class of property referred to be taxed in one part of the State and exempted in another? Editor Star. A Vienniajdispatch from Stockholm to : the Jveue frets rresse says there is good reason to fear tnat an open rapture with consequent hostilities with Norway is imminent. I NO. 23 THE ASSIGNMENT ACT. is ir really a law of the state. Action Taken by Governor Carr to Deter mine the Matter Papers Filed In the Case of Stanford vs. J. C. EllinjttOD, State Librarian Petition for Commute- - i tion. of Sentonoe of MUla, the Con demned Murdsrer The Haw city Charter of BeleWch Baae Ball. Stecial Star Correspondence- Raleigh, N. C, April 6. A petition is being circulated about the city in behalf of George Mills, the condemned murderer, urging the Gov ernor to commute the death sentence. The petition has about I7OOO signatures. There is a constant demand! for it about the city; There are not fifty people in Raleigh who believe Mills to be as guilty as wimoeny. who goes lrce. The papers here made sport of the Wimberly decision. The Board of Aldermen held their rst .meeting for. several months last night. They decided to cor struct a "building for the Fire Departmental a cost not exceeding $1,000. There has been a game of base ball here every day this week except Mon day. Ths attendance has been unusually large. Parties here, from Durham and Wins ton are advocating the organization of a State League of ball teams. The oppor tunity is rioe. j ; When the new city charter was adop ted the old charter was annulled and so were the city ordinances. It was devel oped at the meeting ot Aldermen last night that the Mayor had been running the court without any ordinance. The Board adopted the old ones. Mr. N. B. Brougbton, .of the printing firm of Edwards & Broughton to-day, denied the rumor current on the streets that he would head an independent citizens ticket. A section in the new city charter savs that all real and personal property shall be taxed as other property, whether held and owned by churches, religious organ-' izations or societies, schools, benevolent organizations or otherwise. This sec-. tion oi the bill has just been brought to light, and it is eliciting condemnation on all sides. ' The first issue cf the Outlook made its appearance to day. Rev. R. H. W. Leak, the negro political preacher, is the man aging editor. . Leak controls three- fourths of the negroes of Kaleigb. riis influence is powerful among the colored race here. The Governor this morning took ac tion as a private citizen against . Oct. Coke, in issuing a summons to the clerk of the court. As no complaint has been yet filed, it is impossible to tell just what action will be taken, it is, of course, presumed that he will follow out the in structions in Attorney General Os borne's letter.The object is to deter mine whether or not the assignment law is really a' law at all. 1 ' Hon. Thos. K. Purnell, counsel of Mr. E. D. Stanford, to day took action against J. C. Ellington, State Librarian. Mr. Purnell filed papers, with Clerk of the Court Young. Tne case is entitled, The Attorney General ex rel. E. D. Stan ford Vs. J. C. Ellington. The plaintiff. E. D. Stanford, complaining of the de fendant, J. C. Ellington, alleges : - 1. That on the. 13th day of. March. 1895, he, the plaintiff, was duly elected State Librarian by the General Assem bly of North Carolina. under the pro visions of an act of the General Assem bly, duly ratified on the 13th day of March. 1895. 2. That plaintiff has executed .'a bond as provided by law with "good and suffi cient security as such State Librarian, tendered the said bond to the Governor and Secretary of State, who refused to accept or file the same or to otherwise qualify the plaintiff or induct him into the office of State Librarian. S. That defendant's term of office as State Librarian terminated on the 15th day of March, 1895, but defendant re fused and still refuses to surrender said office or permit plaintiff to enter in, ex ercise the duties thereof, or draw the salary thereof, but holds over contrary to law. 4. That defendant has demanded a surrender of said office by the said J. C. Ellington before the commencement of this action and defendant refused and still refuses to surrender said office or permit plaintiff to discharge the duties thereof. This is Mr. Stanford's case and it will come up at the next term of the Superi or Court of wake county, which con venes on the 22nd of April, Judge Star buck presiding. Mr. Purnell, of course, says bis client will win. HON. GEORGE DAVIS A Tribute of Beapeot and Sympathy from Cape Fear Camp Confederate Veterans. The following is a copy of an address presented to Hon. George Dayis by the committee appointed for that purpose. in pursuance ot the instructions given at the meeting of Camp Fear Camp last Monday night: Cape Fear Camp No. 254, U. C. V., Wilmington, N. C, April 3, 1895. The Honorable George Davis, Attorney Confederate States of America, Wil mington, N.C.: Honored Sir At its annual meet ing, on April 1st, this Camp was notified of vour indisposition, which occasioned the liveliest thrill of regret, and prompted to the most profound sympathy. While organized on the basis ot honorary ano personal membership, tnat eacn mem ber should have been in the active army or navy service of the Confederate States, yet, by a unanimous vote of the Camp, you were elected an nonorary member thereof. This Camp, assured that it represents the. sentiment of all Confederates in North Carolina regards you as the pnre and personal incarnation of the principles for which they bled and suffered, and considers ttseii nonoreo in nresenting to you - their most cordial svmnatuy in your affliction, ana assure you that they regard you as the living embodiment in person and in character of that high state of manly, devoted and Christian integrity, which was demon strated so thoroughly in the Hon. Jeffer son Davis, President of the Confederate States, and which led him to incorporate you in his official family for the good of that dear Renublic as the singular and representative. Statesman of North Carolina. As the Confederate pride of our city, I. as the surviving monument in our be loved State ot -its loyai coninnntion to ConfederateTlife and liberty, and as a personality hich we reveae, honor and .cherish, we, as a Committee ap pointed therefor, "present to you the loving sympathy, the devout respect and the personal regard 01 our camp. xonrs in dear old bonds, - E, L. Pearce, Jno. R. Marshall, O. A. Wiggins, Committee. SPIRITS?TimPENTINK i inartotte jvews: Mr. jonni. Hunter, an aged resident of Crofts, died this morning. He was about 70 years UIU. . .1 . Columbus News : , Mrr Tohn 0. Elkins, a useful and prominent citizen of this county, died at his hoine near Elk ton. Wednesday morning. s : -Vfa.dit$oroMessengtr'InteUigen' cer; JEirnest Fincher, the. young ;man who stole old man Threatt's money in Union county, has been bound over to court in the sum of $1,500. Elizabeth City Economists The cotton factory is an assured fact. Our leading citizens are stockholders. Our folks have done it without outside aid. The capital stock is $100,000. 'Raleigh, News and Observer;' The Governor yesterday commuted the death sentence to Bill McDaniei, now confined in the Asheville jail, to life im prisonment.' McDaniei was setenced to be banged on March 12th. He was re prieved until April 12th. He is a colored youth, 18 years, of age, and murdered Charley Irvin (colored) in a trouble over a sable damsel on the 22nd of October, 1894.; Newhern Journal : The first day of April was a good day for young rabbits at the Riverside Pet Stock farm of F. E. Heee & Co. There were a hun dred and one born that day. There ' were nineteen broods of them. The smallest number in any brood was two, the largest- nine. This rabbitry is the largest and most complete in the United States, and Mr-Hege does a large trade in the abbitt, as well-its other stock he raises, in every partftj the Union. ' Clinton Democrat: Mrs. Henry Godwin died recently at her home in Westbrook's township. She was aged about 35 years and left three children. -- Mr. Herbert Herring, son of Mr,. O. L. Herring, of South Clinton, died on the State Farm in; Halifax county, where he was employed as a Ruard, on last -Sunday, of pneumonia. He had been sick only three days, and was with in a few days.of twenty-five years of age. . ; Mr. C. A. Daughtry, of Westbrooks, shot and killed a large grey eagle last Saturday. It measured five feet, nine and one-half inches. friom tip to tip. Durham Sun Deputy .Mar shals T. W. Jones and J. C. Rogers, who left the city on Tusday even ine and went to Hunts' old field, about 18 miles north of Durham, with warrants for tbe arrest cf.Hhcit distillers, returntd yts er- dy afternoon with their &me. Sam. Hopkins, colored, was given a bearing before Commissioner Whitaker lait evening, and was sent over to Couit un der a bond of $100. He gave the re quired security. James Weaver, white, submitted to the charge of illicit distil- ng this morning before Commissioner Whitaker and gave a bond of $100. Several of tbe revenue ' men went off on another raid to-day. IN THE RAILROAD WORLD. The War Batweenlthe Southern ;nd the ' Seaboard Air Line Who UiMa the Business. - s Since the Seaboard Air Line made its sweeping reductions in passenger rates to and from Eastern points, not many , weeks ago, it has been disputed as to i which of ths rival lines caught the bulk of the traffic. . ! i Tbe Southern Railway officials, savs the News' and JZourier, were loud in , their claims the first few days that the 1 Southern had lost nothing by the Sea- I board's cut, the claim being that they had tbe old and reliable line, and there fore caught the business in spite of the reduction to nearly half price tickets on -the part of the Seaboard.! The Seaboard people, on tbe contrary, claim that there is no comparison in the traffic handled by tbe two companies and that the Sea- . board is tbe line that the people are patronizing. There never was such a diversity of opinion on any one single question of railroading, j The rivalry is intense and the soliciting men of both roads, the. Seaboard and ths Southern, . are working like Turks for business. it is claimed by the seaboard people that they are hauling thirty, forty, fifty, sixty and as high as sixty five passengers each day out of Atlanta on through tickets. This claim, the soliciting agents say. needs nothing but a glance at the cars as they go out side by side to verify the Seaboard's and the Southern's. The two last trains of the two systems depart from the Union Passenger depot in Savannah at exactly the same hour every day, and it is an interesting sight to see the enthusiastic railroad soliciting agents hurrying to and Iro with, their passengers. - 1 he Seaboard folks say that it is lunny to them that the Southern should apply to the Inter- State Commerce Commis sion for the privilege to cut through rates without cutting local rates in order to compete with their recently reduced rates to and lrom eastern points, un less the Southern is feeling tbe loss of business brought on by the Seaboard's cut. The Southern people, on the con trary, will say that they have suffered nothing in their business from Alanta and from the East in consequence of tbe Seaboard s action. TEE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. 1 Evidenoea of Benewed Activity A'Qrad- ual But Steady Improvement Pre dicted. The Richmond correspondent of the Norfolk Landmark furnishes the fol lowing indisputable testimony of im , proving business in the former city: "One of the best j evidences of re newed activity in business is found in the increased and increasing demand for money. Several of the Richmond bankers were seen to-day, and all agreed that the money market was active.- One of these was president of one of the largest banks of Richmond, as also of several other large institutions whose business is to lend money. He said, that his information was that most' of ' the banks in the city bad lent to the limit of their reserve fund, and as for himself his bank was even borrowing money to supply the demand of regular customers, while the other institutions represented by him easily found custo mers for all their funds. He said he accepted this as additional evidence of better feeling and of business revival. He spoke particularly of the advance in the price of cotton, i and felt confident that the advance would continue." The Charleston News and Courier says:.- ' j "All the reports from the great com mercial and financial centres ot the country agree in the view that 'business frow this time on will be gradually but steadily improved.' The iron and steel manufacturers, who were swearing by all tbe Republican prophets at this time last year that the repeal of the McKin ley tariff law would drive them out of business, 'report a decided increase in , the demand for their product.' The traffic on the railroads is growing at an altogether "satisfactory rate, and the bankers say that investors have recov ered confidence, especially in the South.' And the Democratic administration at Washington still has two years to run. The Democratic prospects are brighten ing with the brightening prospects of j- the country, and the plain people who carry elections will vote the Democratic ticket as usual i when the Republican panic has fairly passed away." The Bellaire (Ohio) steel plant was ; closed down at midnight last nightt pending a settlement of the cut of from ten to fifteen per cent. In wages. It is believed a compromise will be reached and the works will start up within a week. I '5 !.-' ' S-