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DIVORCE IT FROM BAUXIHG.
There is. a growing sentiment in
this country that the Government
jjjould be divorced from the banks
and confine itself to its legitimate
sphere of coining the gold and silver
nh'c'i rmy be presented at the mints
,rc )inige. But how this is to be
& mi? o herwise than by the establish
, .,: :.f Sute banks has never been
s, iya rily stated. A divorcement
of the banks and the Government
presupposes the abolition of the
national bank system, or such a
revolution as would make them
practically State instead of national
banks, for while they are national la
their character they must be gov
erned i-y legislation national in its
charaurtr, and that keeps up the
connection and makes these banks a
factor in Congress.
While for a time the two systems,
national and. State, might work to
gether, it would not be many years
before one or the other would suc
cumb, that one surviving which
.came nearest to meeting the de
jnau isjif the people. In the rich
States where capital centers the
probabilities are that the national
ba .k system, which meets the re
quirements, might continue and have,
the field to itself without the compe-t-twn
of State banks, but in .those
S.ates here money is scarce, but se
curities available as a basis for bank
circulation ample, the probabilities
are that the State banks would in
crease to such an extent as to leave
little room for any ether. This fact
is one reason why the national banks
mil oppose with all their influence and
power the establishment of any other
' system of banks to become competi
tors with them. They will fight not
only to preserve the monopoly which
they have had in supplying the cir
culating paper, but also for the priv
ilege which they have long exercised
oWictatlng the financial policies of
the Government, a matter of inesti
mable importance to them.
1 LI . .
ADie as tney are to control tns
votes of the richer and more popu
lous States, through their representa
tives in Congress, we need not ex
p;cttoseefor some time any mate
rial progress made in divorcing the
Government from the banks. But
the financial question will nev- r be
finally settled until that is done, for
while the relationship continues be
tweerr the banks and the Govern
ment, the banks will be a power in
Congress and a potent and assertive
factor is our national politics. Be
fore It can be settled the bank must
be taken out of Congress and out of
politics. 1
In the disposition of the bonds
which have been issued since the
present administration came into
power we have had a pretty good il
banks exercise in directing the ac
tion of those who have charge of
our national finances. The first two
jssues of bonds were taken by the
bank?, which held off for some time
iinrl 0.-.11...J 1 .1 V- I
-.qumcu uctausc wicjr wcic uui i
employed and paid a commission for
Placing the bonds. But they were
placated in some way and- finally
took the bonds themselves, which
-they afterwards placed to suit them
selves and made a handsome profit
uy me transactions. , The last issue
w put in the hands of arsyndi
cate of bankers who managed
them
have
in their own S way and
since, in consequence of
some understanding with them, been
running the gold reserve until quite
recently when the syndicate dig
solved. When the withdrawals be
gaa from the Treasury the public
o'dn t look to see what the Secre
-toy of the Treasury was going to
do, but what the syndicate was go
lngto do, and the gentlemen who
naa charge of the Treasury felt easy.
in the belief that the syndicate
ould take care of the reserve and
maintain the credit of the "Treasury.
.hat wasn't a very creditable post
"n for this Government to be
, pkced in, but that is the position
jt was placed in by this partnership
ween it and the banks.
'here is but one way out ot this
Predicament and that tt hv aettinc
back within constitutional limitations
nd kt the Government attend to its
"osiness of coining the gold and sll-
T that may be brought to the
m'nts, as it dld;up to 1873, without
!
any discrimination against "either
metal, thus supplying the people with
the metallc money they may need,
and let the bank notes Je issued
under State laws as they were up to
the time of the establishment of the
national bank system, which in its in
ception was intended tot be only
temporary. This . . is : the . only
way of effectually divorcing the
Urovernment from the banking I
business, and; it the only way " of
effectually settling the financial
question, which wilt always' be a
subject of national agitation while
it remains m the arena of national
politics or national legislation. ,
Hut there is no prospect of any.
thing of this kind until after the
next Presidential election, for we
must aaye a congress ana, a
President who are friendly to State
banks and to silver, and the oniv
course the friends of this financial
.emancipation can pursue is to agi
tate for v this emancipation. The
effort should continue earnestly tor
the restoration of Vilver and the res
toration of the banks, for to this it.
must come at last before the Gov
ernment can be freed from its en-;
tanglement and the money question
be effectually settled. ,(
2SO50E MEHTIOiT.
Notwithstanding the revival in our
industries and the improvement in
business the business - failures
throughout the country are some
what more numerous this year 'than
for the corresponding, period of last
year, the liabilities being substanti
ally the same. This is according to
Bradstrtet's, which reports a decrease
in the New England States with a
corresponding increase in the South
and West. The New England States
are a manufacturing section, which
will doubtless partially account for
the decrease in failure there, but
they are also well supplied j with
money, wntcn goes further to ac
count for it. PeoDle who owed
money found little difficulty in; bor
rowing if their credit was good, and
hence could meet their liabilities.
while in . the South and West
the scarcity of money made
borrowing difficult and made it im
possible for " many, to pay their
debts. - In nine cases out of ten the
cause assigned for failures' in! the
South and West was "inability to
collect." . What better proof could
we ask of the unequal distribution
of money in this country than the
disparity in the number of failures
in the respective sections, notwith-
standingthe fact that the business
men of Che sections which report
larger number show quite as much
industry, energy and capacity i for
business as those in the sections i re
porting the smaller number, and
what stronger argument could; be
adduced for a change in the mone
tary system which operates so un
equally and so oppressively In some
sections.
The exports of manufactures
from this country are increasing an
nually, the increase being from $138,-
675,507 in 1889 to $183,595,743 dur
mg the seven months of this year
from December to July. The same
proportion kept up for the balance
of the year would bring the figures
up to $200,000,000. It is .a some
what significant fact that our manu
facturers have exported more during
this year of reduced protection than
they did in any one year under pro
lection, which bears out tne precuc
tion of tariff reformers that if the
protective duties were reduced it
would stimulate our manufacturers
to make greater ettorts to reacn
foreiga markets and to cease de
pending so much on the home mar
ket and "on the tribute imposed on
American consumers for their profits,
The articles Which show up most in
the list of exports are agricultural
i '
implements,
which amount to
$3,976,200: chemicals, drugs, &c,
which amount to $4,897,187; manu
factures of iron, which reach $18,
553,701; and refined mineral oils
amounting to $26,534,78o. These
were all on the protected list,, and are
less - protected now than they were
under the McKinlev tariff. Thes
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- . ' A- A.
are object lessons, wnicu put an
effective quietus on the contention of
high tariff advocates that protection
is absolutely necessary to the pre
servation of the manufacturing in
dustriesin this country.
Another pull ot $1,500,000 Friday
sent the gold reserve down to $92,-
706.067, the lowest figure reacnea
cino Anrii Since the middle ot
July last $32,450,000 have been with
drawn, but we are assured that wis
all in a "legitimate" way and notf or
speculative" purposes, although we
ar not informed as to how, the
Treasury officials keep track of what
is drawn for "legitimate" purposes
and what for "speculation." It goes
all the same, which is the main con
Blderation. and it will - con
tlnue' to to while there is a de
mand for it, and it doesn't
practically make any difference for
what it goes.' European Governments
have been hoarding gold for some
fiin and while thev hoard and offer
MUV) m w J
any inducement' -to ; bring it
them it will go, and that little $100,-
000,000 reserve will stand no show
If we should sell more abroad than
we buy some of it will come back,
to return later on.. While we try to
keep Upthe gold reserve the Treas-.
nry will simply be a convenient re
ceptacle of the gold it may pick up,
by borrowing or otherwise, for the
gold shippers to draw from as they
may have use for gold and find a
profit in shipping it. 73 '::' j;:;
There is a rich old Chinaman in San
Jose, , Canfd?nia, who is so desirous
of becoming an American father-in-law,
that he offers to take into
partnership any respectable Ameri
can who will marry his daughter.
How much respectability he requires
is not stated, but asv he is -worth
about $100,000 -Hip Sing Lee wil 1
not have much trpubleMn finding
some nustling orphan to go halves
with him. The reason he assigdsis
that he is getting old, , and if his
daughter should be: left without a
protector, the Chinese highbinders
in California might abduct her."
When a woman - makes up her
mind to marry she generally does It
even if it costs her money. .... So Miss
Umburger, of Muncie, Ind., skipped
with the boy she liked, and made
her pa so angry that he disinherited
her of the $250,000 he intended to
give her, and made a boy who was
no relation to him his, heir. When
the girl comes back, throws her arms
around him and plants a kiss under
his nose, the old man . will probably
reconsider, call it quits and restore
the former status. -
Professor J. J. McCook tells the
Washington Jlpst that the number of
tramps in this country increased
from .145,162 in 1892 to 85,268 In
1895, the cost of supporting them
increasing from $9000,000 in the
former year to $17,000,000 in the
latter. And they didnt iiave very
elaborate rations either. The tramp
is the progeny of Republican states
manship, but it has treated him as
aq outcast and never once owned
him.
One peculiarity of the Hoosac
tunnel, four and a half miles long,
near Notth Adams, Mass., is that no
telegraphic message -can be sent
through it. They all get lost al
though the attempt has been fre
quently made and with all kinds of
wires. Electricians are puzzled over
it, as they have failed to discover
mineral or any signs of mineral any
where about.
Theapanese are not having the
picnic in Formosa tnat tney, had in
China. They have to, fight for what
they get there and fight hard,
too. They have about 60,000
troops there, about 3,200 of whom
are orrthe sick list, worn out with the
hard work ihey have had to do.
The bicycle is humming along in
politics. The Republican conven
tion of Pennsylvania put a plank in
its platform for good roads, and the
Democratic convention at Syracuse,
N..Y., did ditto.
A hypnotizing doctor in Ogden,
Utah, says he can cure kleptomania,
&c, in the young by - hypnotism.
He should be encouraged to at once
turn his attention tothe rising gen
eration' of Republicans.
The railroad business is looking
up. rne Pennsylvania ranroaa re
oorts an increase of $340,000 in its
earnings on its various lines for the
month of August,
Joe Blackburn is confident of re
election to the Senate, which prompts
us to again remark that it is mighty
hard to down a man In Kentucky
who can call 25,000 citizens by name,
A Washington man on getting
married changed his name to please
his wife, and took hers.- His name
might have been Smith.
Minnesota has a Girl's School of
Agriculture where they teach the
girls to cultivate fruits, flowers, cook
ing, canning, sewing, &c.
Funeral of tbe Iitte Iionta H. Mjer.
The funeral services over the remains
of the late Louis Henry Myers were
held yesterday morning in St. James'
Episcopal Church, which was crowded,
The Wilrnincton Division Naval Ke-
ssrves. unaer command oi mcw-h.
. ! . TIT If
Atkinson, and the Wilmington Hook
and Ladder Company, under Mr. R. H
Northrop.' attended. The organiza
tions went to the residence across
tbe street from the church and formed
, - line, and . the Reserves presented
. 1 A M
i,rms as tne remains oi tacir octcascu
membeV were carried to the church
The -ceremonies were conducted by
Rev. F. W. Skinner. The Reserves led
the. funeral procession, and paid tneir
last respects to one who was buried in
their uniform by firing a salute. A
camber of ladies, ' friends of the de
ceased, at the grave sang two hymns.
Tbe mound was literally, covered from
view by floral offerings. .The. pall bear-
ers were (honorary) Clarence D. French
and Chas. R. Lewis; (active) R. Clinton
Bunting, Warren Johnson. R, F. Crow.
Jas. Theus Mundt. H. B. f escbao ana
R G. Rankin, Jr. - , - v
Mr, Alex. S. Heide, of this city,
succeeds his brother, the late Mr. R. E.
HeldAas consul , here tor Sweden and
Norway. - ' " ' " '
WILMINGTON, N. 0 FRIDAY OCTOBER 4, 1895.
BAD FOR DEMOCRATS
IS THE PREVAILING ESTIMATE OF THE
. SILVER CONVENTION.'..
PopulUt Eil i oua Be p abUeani BejoifilBS-
, Bplec Wjnukefs Bales-Ballet ' Cfcndi
: date For Oovernor Frptrauoo For the
BUM Flr--Illio" Distilleries Cipmref.
- Correspondence of the Star. -
t Raleigh,.N. C Sept,' 86.; "
A biz fizzle is the prevailine estimate
of the Silver Convention The"' scenes
of yesterday are a thing of the past, all
the delegates having left the city.
Chambers ' SmfthrJudge MacRae. and
the other Democrats who took part, are
not having much to say. AU the Popu
lists are carried away, almost hilarious,
to say the least.
The general opinion is that it was a
bad day for the Democrats who took
part. - A gentleman tells me that 'only
seventeen Democrats sat in the hall as
participants. Gov. Carr Could only
hstand the proceedings about fifteen min
utes.- . it was said that he stated that he
came as a spectator. Chambers Smith
left the hall before tbe proceeding; were
over. What his reasons . for, leaving
were is not exactly . known. The Re
publicans are rejoicing over, the result.
They say that fusion was only made
stronger, and that Marion . Butler evi
denced a disposition to put the Demo
cats in a hole all the while. He came
here with his sails set. Every move had
been mapped out before the Convention
met. ' I"" ;i, ' "I " .'J'y.ji
The duty of adiourning the Conven
tion when trouble seemed imminent was
given to Harry Skinner and how well he
did it is best known in the report of the
proceedings. ' I
Spier W hitaker had several roles to
play and he enacted them with tbe skill
of an artist. Spier has stated time and
again during the past few weeks, that he
never voted any other than a Demo
cratic ticket. He seemed to boast cf the
fact. Yesterday's proceedings seem to
put him in the Populist ranks, if he has
not been there lor some time. It is said
that Judge Whitaker threw out all his
sails yesterday for Butler's candidate as
uovernor. He is a very ambitions man.
He and Butler work well in harness.
A noticeable fact was the absence ot
Logue's fifty negroes. Not as much as
one "ntarer appeared in tbe ereat bod v.
wnicu is now a matter of history.
Boss Beckwith says he is well
pleased. , .-. 1-:
Mr. Cooke s action is applauded by a
numoer oi Democrats.
The opinion is that Butler out
generaled Smith and the Democrats.
He came here "loaded," while the Dem
ocrats trusted to his "fairness with
child-like faith, so to speak.
Dr. D. E. Eveutt is spoken of strong
ly as a successor to - Alderman Ivery,
who resigned. f '
There is a scarcity of eggs and
chickens : in the i market here. Few
farmers are bringing produce to the
city. The crops are scorching almost.
Kain is badly needed.
A request from: Atlanta has been re
ceived here by the police authorities lor
detail force during the Exposition.
The request will Lardly be granted.
Mr. Robert C Strong, a prominent
yoang attorney of this city and son of
ex-Judge Strong, was married yesterday
to miss Horner, oi uxiord.
Secretary Nichols is having an addi
tion of thirty stalls made at the Fair
grounds for the : accommodation of
cattle. Such an exhibit as will be here
will be the largest ever gotten together
in the State. A lot of Canadians will be
here. The Fair is less than a month
distant... Many preparations are going
on at tbe grounds.
Mr. Smith, of Stanly," and others have
been here, during the week giving testi
mony before the grand jury in regard to
the fraudulent enrollment of the assign
ment act. Presentments were returned
at tbe last term of Court against Satter-
neld and Brown, the clerks. It is likely
that tbe matter will take more definite
shape during- the week. Something of
interest to the public will no doubt
turn up. - :.-
Governor Carr has made a requisition
on the Governor of Virginia for Thomas
Gilmore, who is 1 wanted in Elizabeth
City on the charge of false pretence. He
is under arrest In Norfolk.
Two small stills of about forty gallons
capacity each, have been seized near
r rankunton. Another still was seized
at Myatt's Mills, this county.
Mai. Winder returned from Chase
City this morning, j-
Dettti ot Mr. Iioui H. Myers.
Mr. Louis Henry Myers, one of Wil
mington s most promising young men,
died last night shortly before 12 o'clock
at his home in this city. '
The deceased was the senior member
of the firm of Myers & Lewis, dealers in
stationery and office supplies. He was
20 years of age, and the fifth son of
Mrs. Lossie DeR.1 Myers, of Wilmington.
The funeral will take place from St.
James' Church to-morrow morning at
8 o'clock? J- " :
A. Fftn'ennan Drown d.
A colored . fisherman named Jerry
Macks was drowned in the surf -off
Middle Sound, not far from Ocean
View. Friday afternoon. Macks and
some of his companions were attempt
ing to get a boat through the breakers,
when it was swamped, and Maeks was
carried out by a wave. His companions
clung to the boat and managed, to get
ashore. The body of the- unfortunate
man was washed up. and found yes
terdav morning in front of Rev. Mr.
Rawling's cottage at Ocean View.
Coronet was telephoned for, and
down to view the body.
The
went
Macks was about 85 years old. He
was married, and leaves a wife and
children. .."
Students at the University.
The total enrollment at the State
University, Chapel Hill, is 505, as fol
lows: Graduates, 8; seniors, 40; juniors,
66: sophomores, . 67: .freshmen, 134;
medical. 27: law. 43: teachers in Sum
mer School. 140. Total. 515. Counted
twice, 10; actual total, 505.' '
Death of Mrs. B. 7. Mitchell. -
Mrs; Louisa Arthur Mitchell, -.wife
of r, Mr. B. F. Mitchell, of this
city, died yesterday morning at 1
o'clock, at the family residence on Mul
berry street.' Her death was ' caused by
a stroke of paralysis last Monday, which
left her in an unconscious condition un
til the end came. Her husband and two
sons MrT J. Arthur Mitchell and Mr. p.
F. MiicbelLJr. were with her at the
last. Mrs. Mitchell was born in South
Carolina, and resided in Camden, that
State, up to the time of her marriage in
1888 She was a lady ot- estimable
nnalitlea of mind and heart, and was
greatly beloved by many friends. ' Her
funeral will take place from the resi
dence this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER.
SUPREME COURT TO EXAMINE LAW
APPLICANTS MONDAY...
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Boalnist improriiia Criminal -Court Cases
Theatrical The SUrer . Convention
Her. C ixubam' and Ct Thorn won
The Btau Qaard. . - :
Star Correspondence
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 87.
The Supreme Court Justices examine
law applicants .Monday lor license to
practice law.; Already students from
various points have, arrived. The class
will not be as large as those heretofore,
jdtfging from present indications. On
Tuesday, the 1st of October, appeals
Mrom the First District will be called.
The cold wave . has at last arrived, or
at least tbe barometer has dropped. '
loe DT MM rnttnn h mail hni .
nes's good, 'and the farmers especially
nappyi r. mere is, a good deal of specu
lation! here. The losers have chanced
to the bull side. tOne broker remarked
this morning that he expected cotton to.
reacn is cer, partners are not hold
ing back, but are coming in remarkably
fast, ibis is cue to the fact-that most
of the small ctops are under mortgage.
and contract requires an early sale. The
market was almost taxed to day.
it is very nicely that the erand mrv
will find a true bill this afternoon
against Satterfield and Brown, the
clerks in the House, who are charged
with being responsible for fraudulent
enrollment of the assignment act.
A negro named Chas. Prince came in
the court room and went . to " sleep on a
oencn. wun a pistol exposed . to view
in. his hip pocket. The Judge fined
him $15 and costs. .
The case of -W. E. Stone, for embez
zlement of $1,800 from Knawicb & Beck,
was caned. , It was continued until the
January term, while Stone was placed
under a xauu bona.
Three low white people were sent to
the workhouse for terms of five, three,
and one yearfor perjury in a case be-
lore the uoort.
The "Span of Lite will appear at
tne Academy ol Music to-night. -
The afterciap of the Sliver Conven
tion has not yet died away. A gentle
man remarked this morning, in review
ing the situation, that it was evident
that most of tbe Democrats who went
into the Silver Convention did so with
the hope of creating a new silver party.
ne also said tnat Butler s love for tbe
Republicans was greater than his desire
lor a new party, v v
Une man said to-day in summing up
the fun, that the railroads and hotels
got the money; the Populists the glory;
the Republicans tbe experience, and the
Democrats the; black eye.
A general sistem which will tend to
improve tbe condition of tbe State
Gnard will prdbably be inaugurated at
an early date.:
It ts said tbtt Kev,C Durham wrote
a letter to a Democratic editor who had
ment of Dr. Cf Thompson, which would
make sensational reading matter.
A strange astronomical phenomena
was seen here yesterday about 1 o'clock
in tbe day. An object - shaped like an
arrow was seea to shoot in the sky, a
burst! ot smoke appeared and a number
of silvery stars descended in every di
rection. : - , - ' '
Bevlvtlists at Mallard, TS.C.
A correspondent writing the Star
from Mallard, N. C says that Revs. W.
H. Frost and W. W. Lewis, evangelists,
Id a series cf meetings continuing
thirteen days at that place, resulting in
sixty-three persons being baptised and
seventy-five accessions to the chnrch.
It was one of the greatest revivals ever
held in Jones county. The evangelists
go tol Jacksonville, Onslow county, on
the 80th inst. to hold revival services
there;, to continue some time. The
meetings will be held in the Masonic .
hall at Jacksonville.
SITUATION IN COTTON
Ba pot tod by Hubbard Bros. & Co.
' Markets Over-ran Wllh Baying Or
der. '
I " New York, Sept. 27.
Dear Sir : Although the European
spinners nave been lorewarnea ot tne
damage to the cotton crop, they have
refused to pay any attention to the re
ports which have been daily and weekly
forwarded tothenf, until Mr. Neill is
sued bis circular, forecasting a crop of
7.000.000 to 7.250.000 bales. Upon the
publication of this estimate, the markets
have been overran with buying orders
from every source, and the course of
prices has been governed by the willing
ness of holders to sen. ibis demand is
not I based upon tbe prospective con
sumption of American cotton, but upon
the realization of spinners that they
would be obliged to pay higher prices
for their raw material.: We have often
called attention to the danger of spin
ners becoming alarmed, and stated tnat
when they did speculation would not
permit them to buy their cotton on a
quiet basis. . This is now proving true.
and the question wnen tne aovance win
stop can be answered by asking when
the spinners will be satisfied. At one
time to-day it seemed as though they
had stopped,-but at that time large ouy-
ing orders from the Continent made
their appearance and the markets again
became wild. Reports from the crop
are, 'if anything, worse than (hey have
been at any time during the season, ana
the favorite estimate, of the crop now
ranges between o,70U.uuu ana v.aou.uuu
bales. Either crop will cause a reduc
tion in the visible and invisible
supplies, estimated on the 1st of Sep
tember to be upwards ot s.uuu.uuu Dales
of 400 pounds each. Although the mar
ket shows every sign oi advancing still
further, it is evident the movement from
India will greatly exceed that or last sea
son' and while good prices for the Amer
ican crop are now assured, it is at all
times well to watch the movement from
other countries, especially, as Mr. Elli
sont in estimating the consumption of
American cotton at g,7vu,uuu oaies last
season, states that the increase was due
to the consumption of 600,000 bales more
of American in place of tbe cotton from
tion of American is normally 8,250.000
bales. He also states that a crop of 7,
800,000 bales will reduce the supplies
to the figures of ' September 1st,
1893. It is expected that the early
movement of the crop will be larger than
anticipated on account of the rapid
opening of the crop, caused by the ex
treme heat of the past three weeks, but
at the moment the receipts are no factor
in the situation.' as the demand to sup
ply future requirements is greater than
the movement of the crop. From Man
chester the reports of the condition of
the English spinners are very poor,
Thev are reDOrted as losing money, and
being in a very bad way. Certainly if
thev hedge their holdings of spots on a
basis of 6 cents, and then purchase
their supplies on a basis of 8 cents.
these reports must be true.
Yours, very truly,
Hubbard Bros, & Co.
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RALEIGH HAPPENINGS; :
GOV. CULBERSON. OF TEXAS. TELE4
GRAPHS GOV, CARR.
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Ha Wants to.Know If Prlaj righting ts a
. Misdemeanor or Felony in Berth Caro
Una House Clerki Indicted For Fraud
ulent Enrollment of the ; Assignment
Aota Bpler Whltaker'j ' Gubernatorial
Aspirations TJnlversliy Foot Bali Team-?
The Attempted Auasainatlon at Chapel
Hill Cotton Beport. ?
Star Correspondence. i :
Raliigh, N. C, Sept. 28.
Gov. Culberson, of the Lone Star
State, is up in arms against the scienti
fic exhibition of boxing as will be exemp
lified by Professors Corbett and Fitz"
Simmons id Dallas. He telegraohed
.Goy. Carr this morning to know if prize,
fighting was a misdemeanor or felony in
this State. A reply was . requested.
The ; Governor' wired back that prize
rfiahting was unlawful in North Caro
lina, the penalty being a fine of $500.
The law is very stringent.and makes' a
bettor or witness to the fight equally as
guilty as the participants. The law was
passed by the last Legislature. Gov.
Culberson had an object in obatining the
law in. this State. ? v "
A bill was framed and was about to
pass the Legislature , legalizing prize
fighting in the county of New Hanover,
but some of the fusion leaders called it
down. They thought it would "injure"
the chances of - confusion, in the next
campaign. It has cf ten been remarked
that while so much scheming and falsi
fying was done in the last Legislature, it
was a wonder that a bill legalizing prize
fighting was not forged through.
Tbe grand inry examined Mr. Batch-
elor, cf the Secretary of State's office,
and Librarian Ellington this morning, in
regard to the fraudulent enrollment of
&t I . . T . -l 1 t . . . -
ice assignment act. n is liKciy tnat
something will turn up this evening.
When it was first mentioned in-the
Star thaf the "Pops'' would likely
swamp the Silver Convention, a good
many people held up their hands and
laughed at the idea. I got the idea
from a far-sighted man; who is a Demo
crat. I asked Jndge Spier Whitaker yester
day for some insight as to his political af
filiations. The Jndge vis a man who
does little talking. He replied that he
was going to enter the next campaign
and he would then announce where he
stood. Probably be expects to enter as
Fusion gubernatorial candidate, as the
STAR said a leWdays ago. That is the
plan, so tbe story goes, with many good
lusionists. Butler is ror mm and. be is
Butler's choice above all others. This
news does not come directly, but then,
it comes. : -
The Republicans and Populists might
fall out on this one thing, as the Repub
licans ( are' over anxious to name the
Governor. Butler is under obligations
to Judge Whitaker. A great many peo
ple think he is really the power behind
the throne. .. - - -
An effort is being made to get" the
Baltimore and Philadelphia base ball
teams to play here while en route on
their Southern trip to tbe big "mill at
Dallas. , - - .--
Bishop Cheshire. Dr. M. M. Mar
shall and Rev and Mrs. A. B. Hunter
left this morning for Minneapolis to at
tend tbe Episcopal Convention.
Mrs. Arrington is very much exercised
over ex-Judge Wbitaker's gubernatorial
boom.; She was asked if she would take
the stump against him. "No," said she.
"I will take the streets."
Senator Mewborne, when he was
here, said that he was in favor of fiat
money. . -
Mr. J. H. Drake, general freight agent
of the Southern, was here yesterday.
Mr. Hoffman, of the Seaboard, offi
cially denies that Maj. Winder is to re
turn to the vice presidency. Mai. Win
der certainly has a railroad oner under
consideration, but just what it is can't
be learned. He is now at Milbrook, six
miles from the city.
The Southern will not enter Norfolk
before January 1st. It was the hope of
the officials to get in right away, so as
to catch some of the cotton traffic The
warehouse could not be completed, and
there is a great deal of dredging to be
done;'' . '' ' i
Judge Furches has arrived for the
opening of the Supreme Court Monday.
tiailots have been printed lor tne oono
election, which will be voted upon on
the first Monday in November.
The entire A. fit M. College will visit
the Atlanta Exposition en masse on the
last day of the week.
Mr. Whitaker, a member of the Uni
versity foot ball team, says the Univer
versity eleven will this year be stronger
than ever, although lighter than teams
of former years. The backs, ends, and
center are particularly strong. He says
that it is thought the team has a splen
did chance of defeating Virginia, and
attributes this to the sturdy, up-to-date
training the- team is receiving at the
bands of. Trenchard, of Princeton, rue
eleven's first game is with the A. & M.
College on October 11. -
The man who was shot by negroes at
Chanel Hill last week, was a Mr, Pen
derghast, who carries mail from the Uni
versity to Pittsboro. .
It seems that a crowd of negroes at
tacked -two students and pursued them
with sticks and stones. That night one
of the students "held up" a negro with a
pistoL This cansed much bad feeling
and the next evening the shooting oc
curred.
The man who fired is unknown, but it
is clear that it was- a case of attempted
muider, the would-be assassin mistaking
Penderghast for a student. The matter
was kept very quiet by the University
authorities. As is usual in such cases,
garbled accounts became circulated. V
. The cotton report for the week end
ing yesterday shows up in a yellow light
as compared with the report ot tne cor
responding week last season. The price,
however, is exactly three cents higher
than it was. last season. Here is the
renort. compared with that of last sea
son: Receipts to date, 1,264 bales; last
year. 2,217. Receipts for the week, 894
bales; corresponding week. last year,
2.217. There are 800 bales on the plat
form, and shipments for the week were
614. Strict middling. 8Kc: last
year. Sfic. '
True bills have been found against
S. P. Satterfield and John N. Brown,
clerks in tbe House of Representatives.
for fraudulent enrollment of tbe assign
ment act.
Special Star Teleeram.
The grand jury returned true bills
against J. U. Brown, enrolling clerk ot
the House, and S. P, Satterfield. chief
clerk, for corruptly, wilfully and fraudu
lently causing and and permitting to be
enrolled a law kdown as the assignment
act. The case comes np at the July term.
There are two separate bills with a num
ber of counts.
Thirty-one law students from the Uni
versity arrived to-day to stand examina
tion before the Supreme' Court Monday.
NO. 49
X0NSTITOTI0N MAKERS.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTH CARO
LINA CONVENTION.
A Betolution ot Sympathy for Cuban Pa
triots Offered and Belerred to a Committee
The DUpeata-y Queatfotv Under Con
sideration. '"'' '- ' ; ' .
- Br Telegiapti to the Moraine itai. '
Columbia. September - 28. In tha
Constitutional Gonventioa to-day the
first final action .on; any one article of
the new Constitution, was taken.! The
article on the- Executive : Department,
after having gone all through the tear
ing process of three readings, was
adopted at exactly 12.12 p. m- and was
sent to the Committee on Style and Re
vision, becoming thereby a part of the
new document. It has taken the Con
vention exactly seventeen days to reach
this stage of its .work, but the members
hope to push matters along now and
complete everything within the next
three years. 1" '!"-
Another important feature of to dav's
work was the adoption of an amend-
ment with the parliamentary clincher at
tached, changing the time of holding the
sessions oitne Legislature from Novem
ber to January, andT after tbe first four
sessions have been held, limiting tbe du
ration ot tne pay c t (be members to forty
daysr- This is a very radical change in
the organic law of the State, but judg
ing irom tne expressions made by many
members on the floor, it will meet with
much favor among the people. ; v-
An ettort wss made by Mr. Patton to
pass a resolution sympathizing with the
i,uDan patriots in their efforts for inde
pendence, but . it failed to get through
and has been laid over for consideration
on Monday. j. v
i lae matter oi DUttine tbe disoensarv
into the Constitution was called up. and
Senator Tillman was about to present
the following agreement provision, when
Jlhe matter went cviwy-jwing 'to the ab
sence ot the lather ol the scheme:
The General Assembly shall never.
however license any person or cor
poration to sell intoxicating liquors or
beverages by the drink, or except in un
broken packages of less than a Dint.
which shall not be opened or drunk on
the premises where sold, and not to be
sold between the hpnrs ot 7 o clock in
the evening and 5 o'clock in the morn
ing, and not except in a house that has
no door, or method of communicating
with any other house, and in which no
other merchandise is kept for sale."'
It was decided that the Legislature
meet on tbe second Tuesday in January
instead of the fourth Tuesday in No
vember. The following also passed:
"Members of the General Assembly
shall not receive any compensation for
more than forty days of any one session:
Provided that this, limitation shall not
affect the first four sessions of tbe Gen
eral Assembly under this Constitution."
Pending the settlemedt ot the ques
tion as to whether the per diem of legis
lators should be $3.00 or $4.00; tbe Con
vention adjourned until Monday. .
ATLANTA'S -EXPOSITION.
Prepaartlone for Beeep ion of the Liberty
Bell Formtl Opening of tbe Woman'
Building and Other Interesting Brents
Hex Week. '
By Telegraph te the Morning Star.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept 28. Great prep
arations are being made here for the re
ception of the Liberty Bell. Tbe day
set apart is October 9th, when a commit
tee will take charge of the bell and carry
it to tbe Exposition grounds with a mu
itarskcscort, amid great pomp and pa
geant. The military parade will be or
ganized with divisions of United States
infantry and tbe militia of Georgia and
other States. I
Monday, September 80tb, will be de
voted to the formal opening of the
Woman's Building at tbe Exposition.
Ah elaborate programme has been pre
pared. Addresses will be delivered by
Mrs. Joseph Thompson, President cf tbe
Association, J. Temple . Graves and
others. Music will be furnished by an
orchestra of twenty-five young ladies of
tbe Southern Female College.
The first. week in October promises to
be an important one at the Exposition.
Ua Tuesday, October 1st. tbe Texas
Press Association; the Southern Mining
Convention and the Woman's Con
gresses will be in session. On Wednes
day, the Minnesota Press Association,
one hundred and sixty strong, accompa
nied by the Governor of the State, will
arrive. The same day the Georgia Bar
Association wilt convene. . Friday the
Tennessee Press Association will arrive. .
On every day ot the week some section
of the Woman's Congresses will be in
session..-,' . . I
, To-day's attendance at the Exposition
was the largest since the show opened.
It was nearly 80,000. The show is only
just completed and in. shape for. inspec
tion, and the visitors are coming in Dy
the thousands. To night thousands of
people saw the storming of Wei- Ha i.
Wei, pictured in I fire at the . grounds-
The attendance is steadily increasing.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Two Men
Ruled and
Several Others
Injured- ; ' ;
' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
SanbtHook, ! September 28. The
breech-block of the 4 7-10 inch "Canet"
rapid-fire gun blew out this afternoon
while being fired lor test, Killing cor
poral Doyle and Private Conway, and
seriously wounding Private , Coyne,
while Private McDonara was slightly
injured. ' Lieut. Montgomery, i uncharge
ot the - gun, escaped miraculously.
The gun which caused the accident
was -mounted about ten feet away
from the -Hotchkiss mount, ' which
killed Lieut, Peck on February 19th
last. To-day a rapid firing test of the
Canet 47-10 inch gun. was in progress.
One shot bad "been fired. Coyne had
handed the second shot containing the
charge to Conway who put it in the
gun, and Doyle proceeded to close the'
breech-block, but he never finished it.
The shell exploded prematurely. .
After the accident it was louno tnat
the firing pin m the breech block bad
not gone back as it should have done,
and that tbis pin I must have struck the
cap in the cartridge when Doyle caught
it, ana cansea tne : acciuenc , lieutenant
Montgomery at the time of "the accident
was standing alongside ot tne 'gun
sighting iL He was not injured but his
hearing was affected somewhat.
WARM j Wl RELETS.
The village of Oberunsback; near Kis-
singen, Bavaria, has been destroyed by
fire and its inhabitants, 1,900 in number,
are camping in the fields. -' v" V
A fire at Duluth, yesterday.' destroy
ed the elevator of the Daisy Flour mill.
causing a loss of $100,000. -The loss is
well covered by insurance. . , , . , . r
The Inter-State Iron Works, one of
tbe largest manufacturing plants at Me
ridian, Miss was destroyed by fire yes
terday. The loss is estimated at $3,000,
with $6,000 insurance.
"Ii -postoffice 'at Buchanan, Bote-
t t county, VaJ, was broken into Fri
day a Jot. the sate dynamited and about
$400 in stamps and money stolen. There
is no clue to the robbers. ' v
CONVENTION! v
COMMITTfcE ON, CORPORATIONS RE. .
PORT AN ARTICLE y -
Concerning Corporations The Powers and
. Privilege of Bailroadf," Telegraph acd
. 3Exptea Companies The Dlspinsary"
Qaeetion -
Br Telegraph to the Morning Btar. , -
, Columbia, Sept. 27. In the. Consti
tutional Convention to-day the ". Com
mittee on Corporations reported an ar- '
Ucle covering that subject in 19 sections.
most of which are wholly novel in tbe
organic law of this State, the old Con
stitution having touched very lightly -upon
the. regulation of corporations.
The fit st section defines corporations
to be . all associations and joint stock
companies having powers and privileges
not possessed by .individuals or partner
ships, and excludes municipal corpora
tions. Successive sections show the fol
lowing provisions of general interest:
No railroad, express, telegraph or tele
phone company is allowed to make con
tracts relieving it from its common law
liability. No charter shall be gram ei by
special law except to institutions under
the control of tbe State; but the Legis
lature is required to provide for their
organization under general laws, and all
charters are . to be subject to repeal.
Every corporation doin&ousiness in the -State
shall maintain at least one public
office in it for the transaction of business
and the exhibit ; of the holdings of
stock, etc.
'All discrimination in charges or facili
ties for transportation and all cbarges of -.
higher rates for shatter than longer dis-
tances are" prohibited. Any railroad
may connect with, cross or intersect any
other railroad. No railroad or transpor
tation company shall control or consoli date
with parallel or competing lines,
and juries are to decide the question
whether lines are parallel or competing. '
The Legislature is forbidden to grant
-any foreign association or corporation a
license to build, operate or lease railroad
lines in South Carolina. But in case of
Inter-State lines the Owners must be in
corporated under the State laws. No
general or special law shall be passed tor
the .benefit . of any foreign corporation
operating a railroad in the State. .
The Legislature is forbidden to grant
any charter for banking purposes, but
corporations- or associations tor such
purposea may be formed under general
laws. Stock watering is expressly pro
hibited. Tbe Legislature is required to
provide for the election of officers cf
corporations by the cumulative plan.
Corporations shall engage in no business
except that specifically authorized by
their charters.
The Legislature is required to piss
laws against all 'trusts, combinations,
contracts and agreements inimical to
the public welfare, and lo prevent
abuses, unjust discrimination and extor-'
Ltion, and shall providefor tbe super
vision and regulation of such companies
by commission or otherwise.
' A Railroad Commission is established,
its duties to be regulated by law, tbe ex- ,
isting commission to continue in posses
sion ot all present powers until .other-
wise provided by legislation. Every
employe of a corporation doing-business
in the State shall have the same
rights and remedies for any injary suf
fered by him from the act or omission
of such corporation or its employes, as
are allowed to other persons not em
ployes. AU waivers of this section shall -be
null and void. All charters under'
which organization in good faith shall
not in good faith take place and busi
ness commenced within a year of the -adoption,
of the constitution, shall be
thereafter void. Stringent provisions
are made against any legislative mani
festation of these provisions.
The report of the Committee on Mu
nicipalities left it optional with the Leg
islature to license liquor selling, prohibit
or continue the dispensary system. A .
-motion was made to amend by prohibit
ing tbe granting of licenses for tbe sale
of liquor. There was a long, debate
upon this, the conservative members and
some reformers declaring that there was
a general understanding during the
campaign that this . question should be
left open. At the last Tillman said that
he had pledged himself to leave it open,
and while be did not want ever to see a
saloon in South Carolina, the dispensary'
might have to be abandoned for the
Gothenburg system, so it would be un
wise to prohibit all licensing. On his
motion the debate was adjourned until
to-morrow to enable himsaif and others
to prepare an amendment which would
meet the difficulty. ;
: After other work of no general inter
est a recess was takan until evening.
, The night session was one of the
stormiest the Convention has ever held. '
Colonel Robert Aldnch offered an
amendment which-denied to the negro
the I right . to hold any office in
the State, and for an hour and a half
argued from decisions from the Supreme
Court and the Congressional records
containing the story of the passage of '
the 14th gud 15th . amendments that
the right had never been given the,
negro to hold office by tbe United States
Constitution or amendments. . He
seemed to impress many members to
such an extent that Senator Hill jumped
on him with both feet and a stormy hour
followed. Tillman's influence controlled -the
situation, and despite persistent ef
forts' to adjourn the Convention laid
Col. Aldrich's scheme on tbe table by a'
vote of 102 to 26, - .
UNABLE TO AGREE
The Convention ot Southern Bailroad
. ., . Men. -
. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New -York,-Sept. 28. The conven- ,
tion of representatives of Southern
Railways and connecting lines, at the
Waldorf Hotel, broke up in confusion
to-day, and was hastily adjourned until '
October 15th, at the same place. " There '
was tbe liveliest kind of a gathering. .
and tbe proceedings were anything but
harmonious. The meeting was held be
hind closed doors and there was a hot
debate when the new agreement came
up for tbe signatures ol the members.
The representative of the Georgia and
South Carolina Railroad refused to sign -the
agreement, and no' amount of pres
sure could change his decision. This .
blocked all the business and in the in
terests Of harmony it was decided to ad
journ until October 15tb, when it is
thought tbe objections be offered may
be overcome. '
The new agreement affects the freight
rates of almost every railroad in the
South. The tie-up of the new agree
ment also postpones tbe election of a
successor to Commissioner Stahlman ot
the Southern Railway and Steamship
Association, and Solomon Haas, assis
tant to President Spencer of, the South
ern Kauway. line question oi re
brganlzing . the Southern Railway &
Steamship - Association is also post
poned.. . - - - -
The members have been in session
several days and frankly adknowledge -.
that they have accomplished nothing,'
neither in the way. of untangling the
present muddled condition of the
Southern roads or filling various vacan
cies existing. . The former commissioner
(Stahlman) said at tbe. conclusion of
the meeting that there were many am
bitious, men anxious to take his place
for the emolument accompanying it.
Sol Haas, the retiring assistant -to
President Spencer of the Southern rail
way, said that the former commissioner
(Stahlman) might be elected to succeed
nimself. . . '
A Paris dispatch says that Prof. Louis
Pasteur, the distinguished chemist and
discoverer of the Pasteur treatment for
the cure of rabies, is dead.
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