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-I:. 7- . .eum AT . wILmington.:n.c A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. i.OO moil S SSSSSSSSS888SS88S fS88f888888888888' 91888288888888883 SS88SS88888888888 glgg8S88282888SSa fgf8888S882888S883 f828888l2888888S3 S8SS88S888S888S83 ., .he Post umce HUBipra, v, u P Second Clasa Matter.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. A Bitacriptioa price of the Weekly Star b as ff6pyye"ge,5,d " 3wj 6 months . Smonthi " .....k... ...... 00 M mmtmmmmmmm "V.--.K v"? VOL. XXVI ., ........ , . .. 1J ; - J NO. 48 I - - .... - move slowly, cautiously, and to build accordingrto their weans, and yet they have done wondrously ? well, much better, all things considered, than any other section of the country, f0.1 must be Remembered that our people were mainly '. an agricultural people and that they bad but little Opportunity before then to embark in manuiacturmg to .learn - anything down wrong. I never said I was forthe old standard, but that Mexico was not a very encouraging place for a free man, K&Ar-&.: R. D. Spalding ft . ...... . .. ; t.m-;m ;i.'i;4;.W.';. ,'-.T: I i nere . are many observant and thoughtful people, who have given attention to . the 'drift of the cotton movement, who believe - that i the South will in the near Mature be the center of the "Steamer tsoMMoboRE ::f? Samjdby -Tjv B. OffioiaU and tbe Uaatev i nd Crew Arrested ..JLiietyic:! : Under instructioni from the Depart ment of Justice, Washington, D. Ci to Mr. C: B. Aycock, U; S. Attorner tor the Eastern district ol4 North Carolina. the suspected - steamer . Commodort was yesterday -afternoon seized " by 5, r.u. . .y I m.aaStfT Of this World. .At the rate magter'and crew ;;oi ; the vessel were There is now in progress-1 -ine ciof Atlanta an exposition; which Blii eive m miniaiarc a prciiy gooa nresentation oi ine mausinai ae- K!opment and progress of the South jj,c. - he war, or rather since 1876, r it was about that time that the bdusirial progress really began. Up il, u !uue the people of the South bjJ .ih.ut all they could do to pro tect themselves from the horde of political vampires, alien and native, ihich fastened themselves upon ton. It took about ten years to iakethem off, but by a herculean effort it was done at last, and then the recuperation of the South began, Th?n the governments of the several States got into the hands ot their own people, the plunderers scattered jnd vanished, and there was some encouragement for our people to go to work and enter earnestly upon work of upbuilding, for they then felt that the reign of plunder was at an end, and that men might enjoy the fruits of their labor. Before that it' was merely a struggle for existence and subsistence, after that the efforts to accumulate began. There was some progress, of coarse, during the first decade after the war, for the industry, energy and enterprise of the Southern people could oot be wholly suppressed, but it is a marvel that under the discour aging conditions there was -any. Looking back and considering ail- that the South had to contend against, the progress she has made since the war, but especially within the past two decades, has been won derful. At the close of the war there tere a few cotton mills which made coarse fabrics and consumed about -25,000 bales of cotton; now there are over 400 mills, consuming nearly 1, 000,000 bales of cotton, making fine as well as coarse fabrics, and ship ping not only to the North, but all over the world, and supplying to a peat extent the home market, which two decades ago depended for near lj all its goods on Northern mills. There is over $100,000,000 of capi tal now invested in these mills and they are paying handsomely, yield ing dividends from 10 per cent, up to In 18T0 the South produced 100,- MO tons of pig iron. "Now she has i capacity "of 3,000,000 tons, and the can deliver pig Iron In Northern markets cheaper than the Northern furnaces can make it and in addi tion to that she has demonstrated ter ability to compete with the world in those lines of castings on the man ufacture of which she has entered. She has increased her cotton croo from a little over 4.000.000 bales in WO to 8,000,000, not counting one M two extraordinarily large crops were raised,. w 1870 she produced 2,000,C0O n" of coal, and this year will pro- 30,000,000 tons. 1870 we had a little over 13.- M miles of railway; now we have w 42,000 miles. - ' . "" ur towns and cities have grown, millions have been expended "pon their ' improvement. . Our hools and colleges have increased number and efficiency, our public oi systems have been fostered 'f the education of children of 'both and industries of various lD(fci Which were unknown amonir twenty or or even ten years ago, "c sPrug op and are flourishing. . As our farmers have been branch H out into diversified agriculture,so "eour enterprising business men "branching out into diversified "aoufactures, creating a demand for anes klI4s of crude materials and employment to skilled labor Jen respective branches. roH the excePlion of 'the rail a"s constructed most of this has n accomplished by the energy th !"lmoney of oor own people, v.u nas fatlroads. r ,roe. has 'act learned most ot them h ad to acquire by study and observation much of Which was done "after they had en tered nporrthelr' new'cainog But not i only ; they ut the help hey employed exhibited a capacity which excited the admiration of people who had been in the habit of looking on the South only as an agricultural sec. tibn, whose people had a genius for nothing' else- i; ; Considering what - has been ac complished with - the - limited means atJie-comtnand the r Southern people ftigh'tV asked what might they; not - have accomplished if money was as plentiful here as it is in.the Eastern section, where in con sequence of the money system money centers? Let; us ' provide our own currency by the re-establishment of State banks, give us again the silver currency which was demonetized in 1873, and the story of progress for the next two decades will read like a romance compared with the progress of the past two, as marvellous as that has been. ' '.z''- also been largely in-, the construction of our Some outside caoital. it been invested in manu- Urintr 3nr1 .U theK II uluc' enterprises, out col f f the caP'lal vested has -oi their own enterprise, indus 'lenergy. , P . ' Want of more money has been the chief obstacles In the way Ihifr6 and greater enterprises. "as compelled our people to : -KIXOB. MEHTIOH. - , The progress that has been made In marine architecture Is shown when the GjeaCEastern Is recalled, the launching of which astonished the sea-faring men of half a century ago. She was about twice as large as any steam vessel that had ; been con structed up to that time, and It was confidently predicted that she would create a devolution in ship-building. She was put upon the waters, but was a failure from the start She was too unwieldy, too slow, and drew so much " water that but few ports could give her entry. She was tried in .various ways, and finally was utilized in helping to lay the Atlantic cable, after which she was used for a while as a sort of excursion boat, and after that as a .trainiog ship, and then pulled to pieces, and the experiment of monster ships was pronounced a - failure. For about fifteen years there1 was no attempt made to increase the size of vessels, but with . the advent of iron ships the increase in size began, and has been going on ever since, until now vessels of the tonnage of the Great Eastern ' cause no surprise, and are considered slow if they can't glide across the Atlantic between Sundays. The improvement In the art of ship building,-: and the improvement in the driving engines, have done this. The larger the ship now' the faster she runs because of the more power ful engines she carries. Speed is simply a question of the power that creates it The Great Eastern had a capacity of 10,000 tons. A con tract has recently been made with a Belfast, Ireland, shipbuilding com pany, by the Hamburg-American Steamship Company, for a steamer of 30,000 tons capacity, which is just twice the tonnage of the Great East ern. According to the contract this ship must be completed with ten months. There are marine archi tects, who confidently predict that before? Vbng we will have steamers a thousand feet long, which is. nearly twice as long as the longest we have now, and which will cross the Atlan tic in four days which Is about two days less than the fastest time now made.'.-. . . , ; , " Dr. R. D. Spalding, of Georgia, who was a delegate to the Memphis free silver convention, and one of the strong free silver advocates of his State, some time afterwards went to Mexico where he spent a week or so and came back a thoroughly con verted man, - according to the gold standard papers of Georgia. They published the announcement under conspicuous headings, ;. and" com mented editorially on it with much relish. We remarked at the time that Dr. Spalding must have been i very easy convert or a very - quick student to have mastered that sub ject from a Mexican base oflobser vatinn within a week and to have made a complete change within that time, but it seems there wasn t any change at all. The New York Her ald being desirous of hearing from him wrote and asked him for his views, to which It received the fol lowing ' reply r ' ' -' V ,',-.': 1 "To the Editor of the Herald: am a bimetallist and a thorough believer . in h nnver ot ' the Government to use both metals as money of final redemp tion. I do not want gom or. suver, both. It it came to the. selection of one or the other I would prefer gold, tioo: estly convinced that the growings de mands of trade, commerce and manufac ture will absorb all our sold - and silver, I declare that the two precious metals can be kept at about the same value. Mexico may not be able to do this.' bnt who will sjv that the pledge of Mexico is to be compared in value with tne pledge of the United States? v . -Let the trial b made by restoring the monev function' to silver, and ir it be found that free coinage gives us too .,ih f that, metal follow the course rjursued by France and limit the coinase. The boys in New Orleans got me of progress for the past decade it wouia not take many years to iJq I tnat. mat some of the New Eng land manufacturers haye begun to realize this is shown by the fact that some of. them have changed their base, of operations and established plants in the South, , while others have put up branch plants to manu- j factuje' those lines of goods which can now be manufactured - to ' better advantage, and-more . profit in the i South i than 5 in New Englandh..A good many of the Northern editors, who are close and interested observ ers of current events In the industrial world, have come tJ this conclusion, too, among them the editor of the Philadelphia Prtsst which has no partiality for the South, -who thus ex presses his views:, "Such advance as we are making in cotton manufacture is all at the South. Northern mills consumed the same amount of cotton in the - last crop year wnicn iney aid 'seven years aeo. or about 3.000.000 bales. The : South has ! aonoied. it has consumed 60,000 bales then. It consumes 1.000,000 bales a year now. This is certain to rnntnn It is true that fine yarns are spun at the nortn. coarse at tne South, bat this will not be for long. For seven years 'all the growth in this industry is at the South, and as the 'market for coarse yarns is fitted fine yarns will be spun. Nowhere else are coal and. cotton side by side, and ten or "fifteen years from now will see the South doing the manu facturing of the world io" cotton, rival led by India, China and Japan. A ter rible liquidation is before Manchester. A Riverhead, L. 1 "dispatch an nounces that an $8,000,000 will left by a former resident of that patch of ground will be contested. If the an nouncement were made that an $8,000,000 will would not be con tested it would be somewhat markable. re-. A Northern paper says the Chinese have decided to hang some of the fellows who took a hand In murder ing the missionaries. If this be so it looks as if the Chinese were . get ting the hang of thingsnd are de parting from the old style of chop ping off heads. ; . ; ' Up to September 4 there had been thirty-two cases of cholera in Hono lulu, twenty-six of which proved fatal. The authorities there say it isn't cholera, but poisonous fish. That's a fishy story, but whether or not the disease is contagious and kills just like the cholera. r Foreign immigration is on the in crease. .The arrivals last month at New York numbered 27,19V which was nearly 10,000 more than for August of last year. The total so far for this calendar year is 212,773, as against 166,581 for last year. ; . It is said that there are twenty four duels pending between Spanish editors, who seem to be oblivious of the fact that there is a racket going on in Cuba where they would have a splendid chance to slake . their thirst for gore. . ' . ' 7 !: ' The Cramps, of Philadelphia, say they could have secured that $25, 000,000 contract from Japan to build five warships if they could have equipped them with guns, but as they couldn't do this they had to let the job go to Scotch builders. Gen. Campos has at last come to the conclusion that the affair in Cuba is assuming a serious shape. Senator Blackburn's" friends are confident of his re-election, unless the Democrats lose the Legislature, and there is not much danger of that The Weather Beats the Beoord. -'. , There has been general complaint of warm weather, not only in Wilmington, but all over the country. Friday the maximum temperature in Wilmington was 04 degrees, and yesterday 95. The Weather Bureau at Washington, D. C has issued a special bulletin re garding the present hot spell, showing that it exceeds any previous records for the second ten days in September. An accompanying table shows temperatures of 104 for nine days at Concordia, La.; of 103 for eight days at Omaha, Neb.; of 104 for six days at Sioux City, and at twenty other points temperature rang ing from 90 to 100 forthe last ten days. Washington's - highest point was 96, which has prevailed for four days; New York. 92; New Orleans, 90. . ; Death of Bev. W. S. ConnincRim. - J A telegraphic dispatch from Raleigh last night announced the death of Rev. W. H."Cunninggim, father of Rev. W. L. Cunnlngglm, pastor of Fifth Street Methodist Church, of this city. He died in Raleigh at 10.80 o'clock. . His son leaves for that city on this morning's train. Basyolopaedle. Britannia. The Star Britannica Department is still' filling orders: for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. This is the latest and best edition of this great work. . Issued in 25 volumes, bound in cloth or sheep. ; For full particulars read announcement on bird page, or inquire at the Star office. ' Register Haar - issued . . three marriage licenses the past week, for one white and two colored couples.';;-; crew,, of the vessel ' were placed under arrest: pending an-' exami nation to take place this forenoon at 11 o'clock in theU, S. Court room' before y S. Commissioner R. H. Bunting..' ; ; The affidavit upon Which these arrests were made is as follows: .-- r. ' i ' United States of- America, Eastern Dis trict of North Carolina : . ; V r "Be it remembered, that on this day. before me, the undersigned United States Commissioner, in and for the - Eastern District of North Carolina.' came C B. Ay cock, attorney of the United -States for: said district, who being by -me duly worn, notn aepose ana, sav .that he is- iniormed and believes, that John G. Dil lonGeorge H. Martin, Frank P, Gram, Manuel Hendie, Jas.' B. Vavsve and Mack Reilly. late of New Hanover county, in said district on or about the 16th day Of September,": 1895, i did at Wilming ton. N. C, within the Jurisdiction of the United States, unlawfully and wilfully begin and set on toot a certain military expedition and enterprise, and did pro vide and prepare the -means for said military expedition and enterprise to be carried on from thence in behalf of the Cuban insurrectionists, against the terri torvr domain and people of the King of Spain, with whom the United States are now at peace, in violation of Statute 5286.:- - i . C B. Aycockt. , 'f Deponent Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th day of September. 1895. - R. H. Bunting. U. S. Commissioner, v The vessel, cargo, etc were seized for violation of section 5283, Revised Statutes of the United States; the penalty upon conviction being forfeiture of vessel and cargo to the United States. Capt. Dillon, the v master of the steamer,: was quite indignant at the seizure of his vessel and the arrest of nimseu ana crew. tie. said it was an outrage; high-handed proceedings more worthy of the government the Czar of Russia than of the Republic of the United States. He has engaged Judge Russell as counsel,' j . ' . .. The Commodore is a small steamer of 99 tons net register. She arrived at Southport last Monday from New Lon don, Conn., light, and the captain said she made the run from that port in six ty hours.- She cleared at New London for Cartagena, via Southport Tuesday Xht Commodore came up to Wilming ton to repair machinery and take in coal. Thursday two car-loads of boxes arrived by .Southern Express from New York, each package marked Chas. Ray mond, Southport N. C" The cases were taken to the wharf where the ves sel was lying, and the boxes, supposed to contain arms and ammunition, were placed on board the steamer. - Raymond is a stranger in these parts. - He was at Southport the first of the week and then came up to Wilmington. It is said that be has left town. i . ; : Capt. Dillon, the j master of the sus pected steamer, is a man of about fifty years of age, of fine physique, and is said to have been engaged in the revolution in Brazil. The others on the vessel are an intelligent, respectable-looking set of men.. - -'! The following dispatch in. relation to the matter came oyer the wires last night: ;;;.. . ",.-. : Washington, September 20. The Department of Justice is to-day in re ceipt of information through official channels that 450 boxes of ammunition and 20 boxes of rifles, in special car No. 5841 over the Pennsylvania Railroad, have been shipped to Southport, N. C to be transferred to the steamer Commo dore. The Commodore is the same steamer reported yesterday as being at Wilmington, N. C, and loading with arms for the United States of Colombia, It is suspected the real destination of the arms is Cuba. 1 Acting Attorney General Conrad telegraphed United States District Attorney Aycock and United States Marshal Carroll, calling their attention to the facts and instruct ing them to see that no violation of the neutrality laws of the United States is committed. The fact however, is that the shipment of arms is a legitimate traffic which can be carried on at the shipper's risk even in time of war, and no state of war has vet been proclaimed in Cuba. The enlistment of men for service against a foreign power is pro hibited, but no restriction is imposed, either by international law - or the stat utes of the United States, against the shipment of arms. Should an attempt be made to land these weapons in Cuba for use of the insurgents, and should the Spanish officials; capture them, that would be the shipper's loss, but no claim would lie against the United States for breach of neutrality. , THE LATER. H. LYON, Wilmington, N.C Sept. 20, 1895. , R. H. Lyon, a very prominent lawyer of Bladen county, died at his home in Elizabethtown, N. C on Sunday, . the 15th insu of a sudden and severe attack of bilious colic; aged about 60 years. Capt Lyon was a man of rare talent ranking among the j first in his profes sion. His place as an attorney will be dif ficult to fill, as he had a large law prac tice, and his services generally sought in his section. He served In the late war with distinction, beginning as a private soldier and rising to the rank of captain. He served his country in the State Sen ate one term, with credit to himself and his State. He left three children, for whose benefit he left a life insurance of $12,000. He also left a will in the in terest of his children, leaving as execu tors Mr. B. G. Worth, of this city, and others. He was generous and charitable to a fault ever ready to relieve the needy and suffering. His remains were in terred' in. the church cemetery, being borne from his residence by his friends. Xnvssticatloa of the Case' Assinn the Caput t - nd brtflr .of rt'e Vessel Testimony ( VaonM ot tbe WitneMee Taken An Ad- The preliminary, trial of the captain and crew of the steamer Commodore, charged with being engaged in afillbus tertag expedition-ia aid of the Cuban Insurgents,' was commenced - yesterday United States Commissioner's and again postponed, to be con Monday Y- (to-morrow) at" 1 1 in the Court, tinned O'clock f .Pursuant - to s adjournment .: Friday evening -Commissioner - R. H.' Bunting Opened hii court yesterday forenoon at II o'clock. ' Marshal . J. O. Carroll was tn attendance, and United States Dis-; trict Attorney Aycpck and -Assistant District! Attorney Weill were present to represent tne Government - Ex-Judge D. L. Russell appeared ss counsel lor the defendants. - ' Immediately after court was opened in due form by Deputy MarsharTi O. Bun ting, District ' Attorney- -Aycock, arcW and asked adjournment of . court until 8 o'clock jin the afternoon :tn account of the absence of important witnesses who had not yet been summoned. The court acceded to the request and announced that a Jrecess would be taken until 8 o'clock lp.m. Ay the hour, in the alternooa ap pointed for the resumption of proceed ings, the defendants with their counsel, the U. 5.. attorneys and the Commis sioner were present, but for some unac countable reason there was delay, and it was nearly 4 o'clock when the Commis sioner took his seat and announced that the Court was. ready: for business. A half dozen or mote Witnesses for the Government were then . . called ' and sworn. -- ----- --';' ; Mr. If. R. Williams; agent of the Southern Express Co., was examined. He testified that be delivered to Chas. Ray mo id 480 boxes or cases, some large and some small, weighing 26.000 pounds.' Part of the shipment came from New York i nd the remainder from New Haven, Conn.; it was re-billed at Rich mond, Va., where the express charges, amounting to (941, were paid. The boxes arrived on the 19th. addressed to Chas. Raymond; the original destination was Southport; but he got instructions to deliver at Wilmington. Last saw Raymond Friday, afternoon; had not seen him since. ; U. S. Marshal Carroll was called, and testifier that 'he and his deputies Had made a partial examination of the cargo of the steamer Commodore. The first box they opened - contained rifle car tridges the second, large cartridges about two and a half inches in diameter; another box contained swords or cut lasses, with belts. - Another large box about 8 feet long and 3 feet square, con tained something on the order of a can non, a swab, and parts of acarriage. On cross-examination he said he had made the investigation on Instructions from the Attorney General of the United States, who directed him to open and examine the boxes. Mr. I William Bonitz testified tliat Charles Raymond stopped at his hotel last Monday and left Friday night The prosecution tried to introduce as testi- what Raymond said, but on ob- by defendants' counsel it was not allowed. - : - : Mr. jno. Frank, manager of the West ern Union Telegraph office,was called to the witness stand and asked to produce copies of all telegrams that passed be tween Raymond and" Capt. Dillon be tween the 16th and 21st inst. Witness admitted that copies of all telegrams were kept in the office, but objected to producing them. , The Court decided that witness must produce copies of the telegrams, but upon Judge Russell's suggestion served a rule on witness to this effect and re- quiried him to answer to the rule at II o'clock Monday morning. This ended the proceedings for the day, and the Court took a recess until Monday at the hour named. -. - . - 8TEA1I TTJG COHKODORE- Busseeted of Betas: Cnbui - Vilibuater i 8b.ippinK - Boxes Tfconxht to - Contain fr Arms .ad; Anunonulon. r The steam tug Commodore, which ar i rived here a few days ago, bound from New- London, Conxu ;"; to Cartagena, United States of Colombia, is strongly suspected of being' a Cuban filibuster. Yesterday a number of boxes'were being" loaded upon the vessel, which 5 persons who saw them . said looked as though they might, contain rifles Or muskets. - ; The following . telegram' in reference ! to the matter - came over the wires last night:- ;. '. 'V-.' - ; I ' .: 1 Washtngton. Sept , 19J CoHectbr W. R; Kenan, -at-Wilmington, N.C; has telegraphed ; the . Treasury that the teamer tommodore.ot New York, arrived at that port last Monday. She is owned by Frank L. Arnold, and claimed to be from New- London, Conn bound for ports in the United States of Colombia. She stopped at Wilmington, her com mander John Gllton said, to coal and to make certain repairs. To-day 4 wo far loads oi boxes the "size and. shape, of which , indicated that they contained guns afid cartridges,' arrived - at Wil mington consigned to the Commodore, At the time the telegram was -sent they were being loaded on the vessel. The collector asked for Instructions. He was directed by telegraph to consult with the United States district attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The information - contained - in Col lector Kenan's telegram v was sent . to Secretary Olney and Acting Attorney General Conrad. As the United States are at peace with the United States of Colombia, , under our Jaw there can be. no overt act committed in shipping arms ana - ammunition there, it is pointed out that what becomes of such mer chandise, if re-shipped to Cuba or re tained in Colombia, is a matter forthe Government of Colombia to deal with. U 8. DISTRICT COURT. Jurors Drawn For the CTovember Term. The following jurors have been drawn for the United States District Court which convenes in Wilmington the first Monday in November. 1895, The ju rors are summoned to attend, on Tues day, the 5th day ot November: - New Hanover county R K Bryan, Ir., R C Orreli. R B Freeman. Tr Wm Goodman. J C Dunbar, John H Render, Elijah Hewlett W M Poisson, Charles R Davis. Pender county Hawley Jones, R M Croom, John R Bannermann, W C Keith, Wm Mclntyre. c Robeson county Alex McDonald, D Pullen. E E Shooter, A Nash. Sampson county W J King, Henry C Monk, D H Hayes. John F Owen. John A Beaman. Brunswick county T J Wescott, Tohn H Mintz, G M McKethan, S T King, Jackson Johnson; S W Lehew. . Cumberland county David Green, Edward L Clark, George C McDougall, Wm D McNeill. : Duplin county H E Blackmore, A F Williams. Allen Gillespie, G B D Par ker. Columbus county H H Holton, H M Blackman, H J Fore. J B Brinkley. : : Bladen county ohn C Monroe, John Rackley, G P Sntton, W N CampbelL Onslow county Valinza Sidberry, Isaac Lewis, W N Marine, John Everett A M Sandlin. PEARY'S EXPEDITION. mony jection Death, of Dr. Burbank'a I4ttle Son. - Roberdean Swift infant son of Dr. and Mrs. T. S. Burbank, aged 18 months, died yesterday morning, about 4 o'clock at Wrightsville, where it had been taken last Saturday after the death of its twin brother, Thomas Sparrow. The funeral will take place this morning at v o ciock from the residence Of the parents, cor ner of Fourth and Dock streets. .This sad affliction evokes the deepest sympathy of the community.for Dr. Bur bank and wife. -' f ;. Iatal A cold ant to a Colored Man. . : A special dispatch to the Star, from Fayetteville, says that James Morgan, a colored man, fell out of a caboose car of an Atlantic Coast Line freight train is that city Wednesday night last and was killed instantly; The accident hap pened within the limits of the railroad yard. Morgan was well, and , favorably known in Fayettevt lie. Died li Savannah. . t - Mr. ijhas. A. Jacobson, of Savannah, Ga, d ed at his residence in that city last Friday. He leaves a wife, formerly of this city. Miss Katie Beery, daughter ot Cap!. W. R. Beery, who is now in Savannah. - Mr. Jacobson has several relatives in Wilmington. He was a member of the Uniform Rank K. of P., Live Oak Lodge of Odd Fellows, and Berrubbabel Lodge of Masons. - WASHINGTON NEWS. Treaaorr Gold Beserve Burners of a TSSvw Bond Issue Minister .Hansom's Salary. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, September 21. The Treasury was advised that 175,000 in gold was withdrawn in New York to day for export to Canada. This makes the net reserve $95,634,720. - Conrad N. Jordan, Assistant U. S. Treasurer, at New York, arrived here this morning and. was at the Treasury to-day. He telegraphed Secretary Car lisle last night that he would be here, but as the Secretary had made arrange ments to leave for Marion. Mass., when he called at the Treasury, Secretary Carlisle had left. ' , Mr. Jordan during the morning called on Acting Secretary Hamlin and took luncheon with Treasurer . Morgan and Assistant Treasurer Meline. ; Mr. Jor dan's presence here gave rise to all sorts' of rumors in connection with a possible new bond issue or some arrangements for building up the Treasury's gold re serve.! It is stated, however, that his visit here to-day was on solely private business. . Mr. Jordan returned to New York this evening. ;' Secretary Carlisle has reversed the ruling of the Auditor -of the Treasury forthe State Department and decided that M. W. Ransom, United States Min uter to Mexico, may draw his salary as such under his present appointment. A draft of $225 on his salary account drawn by the State Department on the Treas ury, has been honored by order of Sec retary Carlisle. i; Laramie. Wvo.. was visited yesterday morning by the first snow of the season. The temperature ieu zo aegrees since midnight with a cold wind blowing. Betnrn of the Party Xu Work Believed , to bs Unimportant. , By Cable to the Morning Star. St. Johns, N. F September 21. The Peary relief steamer Kite arrived : here this afternoon, bringing Peary, Lee and Henson safe home. The Peary expedi tion party, endured much hardship last Winter, but, undaunted, started north ward again in April in an attempt to make a new record. They succeeded in reaching Independence Bay, where they camped. They, were unable to make any . pronounced : advance northward owing to the weakness of the party, both Lee and Henson being exhausted. A number of the dogs died from a plague common amongst them. The work ot the expedition is believed to be unimportant. The Kite reached Peary's headquarters August 8d and started to return on September 1st. They spent the intervening time exploring in the in terests of the Greenland Exploring Ex pedition. Messrs. Dibitsch, ' Salisbury, Dyche, Le Boutillier and Walsh, who are on board, surveyed many miles of un known coasts. They also discovered two large meteorites, which they brought home, and another weighing forty tons, which it was impossible to take away. They also found it impossible to bring home Peary's house. Many specimens of deer, walrus and northern animals and birds, flowers and lichens were secured, but the captures were not as ex tensive as had been expected, owing to the time for exploring being cut short in the hurry to return. The Kite visited Tones' Sound, Cape Sabine, and many ports south of Greenland. They had a pleasant and uneventful passage. NEWS DISCREDITED That Matter and Kate ot the Bteamer Maaootte Have Been Sentenced to Imprisonment by Court Martial la Cuha. :i---''-s Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, Sept. 21. The reporr from Madrid that the master and mate of the steamer Mascotte, plying between Kev West and Havana, had been tried by a court martial in Cuba, convicted of the, crime of carrying con traband ' goods : and sentenced to imprisonment is regarded at the State Department as unworthy of attention. It is now three days since this sentence is alleged to have been imposed, and not a word touching the matter has been received from the United States Consul General. The Department thereupon discredits the alleged news, believing that had there been any foundation for it Consul General Williams would have been prompt to cable the information, instead of permitting it to come from Madrid. The Mascotte is as well known on the doutnern coast as any oi tne sound steamers ..plying between New York and Boston, and had the reported action of the Cuban military authorities taken place a protest would have been promptly sent to Washington. . POSTMASTER ARRESTED Charged With Making XUse Betunw. : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Richmonb, Va, Sept 21. J, J. Trice, late postmaster at Fredlck's Hall, Louisa county, and T. F. Beckham, present postmaster there, were brought before Commissioner : Flezenheimer -. to-day charged with making false returns of the amount ot postage stamps cancelled, lor the purpose of increasing the compensa tion of the office. They were bailed to appear Tuesday. . 5. C. CONVENTION. - - The Day 'e Beseion Devoted to Diseuaaion of '; SUi v. the Patterson Besolutfoa. ':. -; i Bv Telegraph to the Manias Star. ;.-. p Columbia, S. C September 19. The Constitutional ' Convention to-day 'de voted practically its whole day's session to tbe'discussiof oi the Patterson reso lution to denounce the editorial state ment in the State, newspaper, and vindi cate. Gov. Evans, president of the con vention, from the charge of having wil fully .misstated the vote on a reso lution on .Monday last and there was another sensational, session in conse quence. Things were lively from start to finish, and particularly when Senator Tillman -made one ' of '. his hottest speeches, pointing his finger at Editor. Gonzales, who was . on the floor of the hair until the vjte had been taken - and the ' amended Patterson' resolution - , had - been . passed by a vote of 123 to 23. It, was a . matter of great public interest and the galleries were filled with spectators from the time the day's proceedings were opened until the final vote was taken about 3 - o'clock in the afternoon.. Aside from this mat ter, there was no ' other- feature of the day's session, though a great many or dinances and resolutions of more or less importance were presented near the close of the session. v-:;. Mr. Patterson presented a' substitute for his resolution .introduced yesterday, which concluded as follows : Resolved, That said editorial state ment is unsupported by facts, Senator Irby having announced upon the floor of the Convention that the announce ment of said vote by the president was Correct, and as said . editorial is a reflec tion upon the honesty and integrity of the president of this Convention and an insult to this body; be it ' . Resolved,' That the Convention de sires to express its entire confidence in the integrity, honesty and fairness of our president the Hon. John Gary Evans, and we do hereby declare the statement in the aforesaid editorial to be unsustained by the facts and untrue. Resolved, That we consider the edi torial in question an abuse of the privi lege granted to the press, in admitting its members to the floor of the Convention.- ..- . : Col. Aldrich offered the following as an amendment to Mr. Patterson's reso lutions, to be substituted for the third resolution: "That the said newspaper. The State. has abused the privileges allowed to the press by the Convention, and that for the balance of the session its representatives be denied admission to the floor of the Convention, and that the Sergeant-at-Arms be charged with the enforcement of this resolution." , 4 Many were opposed to the Convention taking any notice of it. Mr. Aldrich's resolution was tabled. Senator-Tillman made one of his hottest speeches, drawing factional lines, and saying it was not a personal matter, where you could go frail with a stick. Pointing to Editor Gonzales, "but such things are. beneath the dignity of that gentleman over there. who has dished out more hell fire and damnation In this State than had come from-any mouth save mine." (Mr. Gonzales smiled and bowed to him ironically.) Factional feeling was there; it was cropping out on all sides. He jumped on the Conserva tive members. Gov. Sheppard later re seated the motives Imputed to himself and other Conservatives. A viva voce vote was finally taken. Tillman demanded the roll calh The Patterson resolution was adopted by a vote of 123 to 23, some ten or twenty members having their reasons for their votes spread on the journal. Later. Till man apologized - to the Conservative members for the language he had used in regard to their motives, saying that their arguments appeared specious to him. - During the day a petition was received from the State W. C. T. U asking the convention to raise the age ot consent from 10 to 18 years. , TOMATOES FROM CUTTINGS, Here la Bomethtac Worth - the Ttouble BTeeessarr to Make An Experiment. Mr.. F. C DuPre, cf the South Carolina Experiment Station, writes as follows, and the Star knows, by expe rience, that the. statement made in the latter part of the article is correct : ' : "At any time during the summer cut from the old plant, limbs or branches, say 12 to 18 inches in length: Trim off leaves, eta, to within six inches of bud end -and plant in a furrow or trench made with plow or hoe; lay the cutting down in the furrow with cut end say four inches deep. Cover all except six inches of the small or bud end, bending this end up and leaving it almost erect. Pack the earth firmly with the foot. Plant when the ground is In good plowing condition, but not when wet. Use no water unless the earth is very dry, but certainly none after planting. These plants will begin to bear fruit as soon as they start to grow, will be stouter and more stocky than the parent plant, and will continue to grow and bear until killed by frost. If frost should threaten, pull up the vines, tie and hang up by the. roots in some dry, protected place; take off all fruit not fully grown, and the remainder will ripen from time to time late in the winter. ' A FIST D2 SHCLS R02XABCX. y ? ':." .i "IWBl Mirry Him Wheal Am Eighteen." - Bald Pretty Sitae Alma Williame She . Kept ralth With Her XiOVtr-Thay Met, ! LoTtd end Parted to Meet and Marry on i Her Eighteenth Bi ihday. .... - , - Charlotte Observer , r This is mv eighteenth .birthdayand my wedding day," said Miss Alma Wil liams, the' pietty and accomplished daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wil liams, yesterday morning, as she opened her ees upon a day as bright and fair as she in fancy saw the future years of her life, as she scanned , them through the telescope oi youth and love.. - ; But all ' had not been serene in the course ot Miss Williams true love up to , yesterday, . There . had interposed be tween her and her love opposing parents. This is the story r - , j-! zBrf HtT llfCBMia " V I Two years i ago MWilhafes, father V of Miss Alma, who Is employed by the Seaboard' and Southern railways as in- -spector lor the Steamship Association, ' moved Irom Wilmington to Raleigh. ' " There Miss Alma met Mr. William O. : Gattis. It was a case of love at tint Sight, and Mr. Gatt.s con iuued to pay his attentions to the young lady, not withstanding her. patents not only did not encourage bim. but were opposed. They used every argument to dissuade the girl, but she only replied that she would wait until she was 18 years old and then she would marry the man of her choice-'Will" Gaitis. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Williams went. to Bir- ; mingham and lived for some months, 9 '; hoping to prove the truth of (he old adage which says that "absence con- quexs love." but their daughter "loved her love" and he her, and they were loyal throughout the separation, it being a firm compact between them that on . Miss Alma's eighteenth birthday her-, lover was to come to her and she wiuld marry him. - . ' : Several months- ago Mr and Mrs.-,, Williams brought their daughter m (his city, having faith still in continued ab sence lessening the fervor of the attach- . menu - They hoped in vain. . "EIGHTEEN TO-DAY." . Yesterday morning, when Miss Alms, who, with her parents, was stopping at her grandfather's. Mr. V7. 1. Eddios', on East Ninth street went to the breaklast table, she said to her mother: ; "Mother, how old am I to-da ?" ;1 "Eighteen," her mother replied. ; "Well, I am free; as free as you are. and I am going to marry Will Gattis 1 this morning," .. , -1 She then told them that Mr. Gattis had arrived here the night before she had not seen him, but they had had an understanding that he should come for her when she was eighteen, and she knew he was here and that they would be married before noon. Her parents remonstrated, but even . while they talked a carriage drove up to the door. Mr. . Gattis stepped out, and in a few minutes Miss Alma had stepped in and :. was driven off . IN SEARCH OF A PREACHER. The young couple, accompanied by .' Mr. C H. Gattis. of Raleigh, brother of 1 the groom-elect and Mr. W. C. Pace, also of Raleigh, drove first to Dr. Pres- . ton's, but he was not in the city. Dr. " PritChard and Mr. Hoffman were called - upon, nut the former reiusea to marry -them, and the latter was just leaving the ' City. They then drove quickly to 'Squire Maxwell's office, and stepping inside locked the door and drew the blinds, and then explained to the 'Squire, who had already caught on, what was the occa sion of the visit. Mr. J. K. Wolle was m the room, and Mr. G. C Devereaux also got in, and they .with Messrs. C H. Gat tis and Pace, constituted the witnesses. The 'Squire performed the ceremony with dignity and then offered bis ' congratulations. - After speaking to him, the bride kissed Mr. Chas. Gattis, and then turning quick ly to her husband ' said, " Why! I have kissed Charlie before I did you," and kissed him. She seemed somewhat nervous, but was self-possessed and cool. She : wore a black crepon skirt, red shirt waist and white sailor hat From 'Squire Maxwell's the bridal party repaired to the Central Hotel, where they were called qn by a number of friends. The Observer found them "at home" in the afternoon and . had a pleasant -talk with them. They both talked freely of the marriage. The bride said she was sorry to distress her parents, but she had told them when she was eighteen she would marry "Will" Gattis, and she had done it She looked happy and contented, and parti cularly pretty in a gown of dark blue cloth. Mr. Gattis buys cotton in Fayetteville for Mr. C E. Johnson, of Raleigh. He is zo years oia. nas crown nair anu eyes, a pleasant face and address, and yester day bis eyes fairly beamed with love when they rested on the true and faith ful little woman by his side, in the win ning of whom he is indeed to be con gratulated, for there are lew more ac complished, talented or brighter girls in the State. Mr. and Mrs. Gattis leave this morn ing at 5 o'clock over the Seaboard for Fayetteville, their future home. -. X CORBETT-FITZSlMMONS, The Governor of Texas Will TJts Foroe to stop the Slant. Governor Culberson, of Texas, was asked for his views regarding Judge Hurst's opinion, which Is favorable to glove fights. The Governor refused to express an opinion, but from his actions it is evident that he will use force to stop the fight, notwithstanding the deci sion. He will probably order out the ranger force, which is at his command. Ji. meeting will be held at the office of a New , York sporting paper at 10.80 o'clock Friday morning to select a referee for the. Corbett-Fitzstmmons fight, : Managers Vendig, Julian and Brady wdl represent the Florida Athletic anb,FitzsimmonsandCorbett respectively. "-'""f :" President Stuart, of the Florida Ath letic Club, has put two hundred mechanics and laborers at work on the arena at Dallas for the Corbett-Fitz-simmons prize fight- The contractors say the building will be finished by October 20. ' I Death of Mr. A. J. Topp. Mr. Andrew Jackson Yopp. a well known and highly respected citizen of Wilmington, died lastnigntat nis resi dence in' this city, aged 67 years. . Mr. Yopp had been sick for several months with a complication of ailments, and his death was not unexpected by his family and friends. He was a good man, and it is doubtful if he had an enemy in the world. He leaves a wife and two sons, M s. W. H. and A. P. Yopp. Lodges oi i. c Order of Odd Fellows and the K i h.s of Pythias, of which he was a m Vuucr.-r will attend his funeral, which will take place Sunday Morning at 9 o'clock. i , 5. C. CONVENTION " Beady for Heal Hard Work With Important Beports Before It. -; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Columbia, S. C Sept. 21. The clos ing session of the stormy . second week of the Constitutional Convention to-day was ot little public interest, although considerable work was done in the way ot practically killing a good many reso lutions and ordinances. There was some little discussion, but the session did not last more than an hour and a - ball. There were not more than six specta tors in the gallery -at any time during the day's session, less than at any time during the progress of the Convention thus far. Mrs.Neblett and Miss Clay, . the woman's suffrage advocates, were on the floor of the Convention during the day, and Senator Tillman was back In his seat whitf Gov. Evans took occa sion to thank the Convention for the resolution of confidence in bim which was passed on Thursday in a brief speech. ; . There was barely a quorum present in the hall during the session and things moved along very uninterestingly throughout ' The most important resolution' intro duced during the day was one by Mr. John McMahan, providing that while no divorces shall be granted tn this State, divorces granted in. otner amies snail be recognized. -The Convention la now ready for real hard 'work with all the important re ports it has before it and by the middle of next week all other committees will have reported; up to this time nearly all the work done has been confined to committee rooms. - A communication was received dur ing the day from the General Secretary of the National League for the Protec tion of American Institutions, trans mitting a memorial which asked the Convention to incorporate the principles ot the organization In the Constitution. This has already been done by the committee handling the subject. Among the resolutions and ordinances unfavor ably reported was that prohibiting inter marriage between whites and negroes or Winks "What makes you look ... . .. - BO oiub r . . ; i m Jinks "I have six daughters, none of them married, or likely to be." Winks "And vou are blue over it ? I have six daughters, all married, all have children,' and I have to - support the whole crowd" JVw York Weekly. X'"- .
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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