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- .V "y ivy er -.4 IT V j. - r ; r V tiusHai t- $1.00 AY EAft;iN AQVAfiCEl 88S338883S8S88S33 8S8g888Sgg8ggg- 88S8888S888388S8S fHwn 9 88888888888888883 SSagg83528Sggg83g. 88888888888888883 38888888888888888. rasai;g8as8S8888 8"88888S8828888883 8833S888888883883 0,""0"a)2S0,2SS28SSSS npoonS P K S Wit 83888SSSSSS8S83SS . , v w4 v-l f. I 5 '- a. it i.. f v'- y iKntmdat th PoOfflo tWOmtftoi, W.fctJ - . Second Claw MMr.V SUBSCmFTl6N,PfiICE. ' Tlw nbCTiptloe eric pf U Weekly BUr l Single Copy 1 year, WT:.V.........1 fr Smooth : S BUMUM : I. 80 TEE RICHEST NATION j , ; It is the proud . boast 6f thiscoun--try now that it is the richest country on the earth, bur national wealth being estimated at about $79,000, 000,000,000.. And yet ( in spite of this in spite of! our. unbounded wealth-producing resources and the universally ' recognized . ; business . genius and energy of our people-we are, according to the representations o( some, the most dependent nation upon the earth.. The marvellous thing under tke circumstances is how we became so rich, and within a cen tury! surpassed ,1ri . wealthy nations which were rich, before f the Xfiitted States - had an existence. Astill more marvellous; tiling is that, such an inte'.Beent, resourceful and iself- Teliant people as ours should ever have been led into? policies the in evitable result of .'which would be to handicap them and make them more or less dependent upon Other nations. and rival nations'at that ; The defenders of these policies and those' who still persist ia pursu ing them, 'will doubtless claim that i this great ' andt rapid : increase in wealth is in great part if not wholly due to these policies, as some of the advocates of a high protective tariff have claimed that the growth of bur ''industries and . the . development of our resources were the Result of the (jiuiw,iivc puiitj', i wucu as d juauci i of fact our industries prospered and juje-aeveiopineni went on in spue 01 i - '' : '- '- - - - r I that policy, which encouraged one whiler ithampered;, many, Under a tariff for revenue, with a mere nomi n?prxtection, we made such strides that we became the second maritime power on theearth, and. bid fair to soon become We firsts Our merchant marine grew (with marvellous rapid- tty,.ani Jife mbte years with the then rate of ytatrease would, have given' us ships enough of our own to carry every pouaa ot our exports thatvent upon the seas and to bring back to us the products of other na tions that we took in exchange for them. . - . J. '. ; '. '. 'r That was the situation up to the i time the internal .strife between the ' Northern and Southern sections of the country put the ' Government in the hands of men who instituted a . different policy, whfch soon deprived ' us of onr commercial prestige, drove our ships from the seas and made us ' utterly dependent upon other nations : r - for ships to bear! to other countries .the exports which we sent them and back to us the t nings tney sold us. It is the history of the world that it is commerce which enriches natioas. They may become strong and popu lous,1 they, may internally develop : , but they can never become : rich in the sense of having money to com mand unless they cau bring money from olfier nations by the trade they . do with them, by exchanging their products, natural or manufactured ior the products and money of other nations, j That s what made Eng 'land the money monarch of the world . to-day, an island in the seas but , mistress ofj the; seas, with, her 38, uuu.wu oi people controlling over 380,000,000. 1 , She is the creditor na tion of the world and we are her greatest, debtor. Her capitalists have, claims- ob us for $2,000,000, . 000. if, not more. Nearly all : if 1 not ..' all of ' this, has -been piled up - within -tie present generation, for previous to that we owed very little .Abroad. Mucf of this is for inyest ? meats in American enterprises in which English capitalists became stockholders,: and much of it for money loaned to build railroads and other works of internal improvement, - much of it for State and other bonds bought up and held. ! The question might be asked why n.was necessary ior a . young, pro- gressive, growing and naturally rich ly endowed country like this to, go " . abroad to borrow money, to build .' railroads, open mines or establish in- - dustnes, or to help States br other . communities to t meef their obliga ?ions, xr to carry on systems of im provement entered upon or contem- plated ? Whatever its peculiarities! or detects may have been, we had an American system of finance up . to 1873, when we took a European de ' parture and pot ourselves on the gold Basis ot England, j and the I - other European countries which fol lowed her TamnlA in ntin-fk.-. wjrea ner example in patting them- selves on a gold basis. When ire. .,.. -Vfy---,.V'- i " ( " J'";17 ''"V " i;tT- -T V .f r.' VOL. , ... U .K :,; did that we practically as far as they were concerned discredited and de monetized not : only : our. silver,, but. every form of bur money, save gold, which we thereby -voluntarily obli jfated ourselves i to pay to them; As bur population' increa'd and our en-, terprlses, multiplied ' and expanded,' requiring more money we contracted the currency, resumed specie pay ments and undertook to pay in gold which we didn't, have, and thus it became necessary fer us to go abroad and borrow on a gold basis and obli gate ourselves to pay in gold. This has made many of our railroads and other enterprises , mere tribute pay .rs to the foreign holders of iherf se-, cufities, and keeps them working to earn the interest to keep them out ofj the bands of receivers, into whose hands many of our railroads, arid among' them some of . our most ex tensive systems have gone. v; ' , Is that statesmanship which under pretence of building up our "infant industries" wrecks our . merchant marine, destroys our commerce an glicizps our financial-.-system, and makes us' dependent upon and trib ute payers to foreign money lenders from' whom we must secure the money to establish our great enter prises, and even to. maintain" the credit of our national Treasury? No other nation of the" world ever did anything like that, before and there is no other nation now in existence that would do it. If with all this we are, as is claimed, the richest na tion on the earth, bow much ! richer might we have been if thoroughly American, business-like policies had prevailed. And -yet there are so called American statesmen who with all this before theizupersist in; pursu ing the policies which have made us tribute payers to the nations which should be tribute payers to us MINOR MENTION. We haven't1 seen; Senator Hill's speech in' support of the resolution offered in the jSenate Friday declar ing that the bonds hereafter issued shall be made payable in gold or in standard fifver dollars, at the option of the holders; Under the practice of the Treasury the holders of bonds auu ututi. ; icwciuauic. paci uavc i. had this option, the Secretaries , of I xnc 1 reasury aeiegaung u tu iuciu, i i rr 1 T .1 i when the law vests in themselves, I The effect of this resolution would I simply be to take frora tna Secreta ries of the Treasury an option which they have never exercised and give it directly to the bondholders. Per haps this is a precautionary move ment suggested by the bond pur chasers to guard against any possible actiob favorable to silver. Of course it mens that these bonds shall be paid in gold, for they will be bought With gold, and it is perfectly natu ral that the purchasers should want gold when they Offered them for re demption, and it may also be ex pected that .the holders, whether they paid gold for the bonds of not. would demand the more valuable of the two coins, if. the option rested with them, It looks as if this reso lution was intended to , bead off the bills introduced by Seniors Mills and Vest providing for the ' coinage of the silver bullion in the Treasury and authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem Government ob ligations in gold, and in; silver if he didn t have gold for that purpose. The only practical effect, aside from this, of this resolution. as we - see it, would be the recognition it gives "to ; silver as money, when the practice of the Treasury has been to pile it up and hot recognize it as money at all. It isn't much of a recognition,1t is true, but, coming from the gold standard ranks, it is some. We saw a statement some time ago that a farmer in Forsyth county had shipped thirty-five bushels of hick ory nuts to the Vanderbilt estate, near Asheville, where they were to be planted. Thirty-five bushels of nuts will plant a pretty large tract of ground and give in time a royal forest. The fact that Mr. Vander bilt shows such a preference for the hickory tree indicates that he' carries b pretty level head on the tree ques tion,-for the hickory is-a very hand some tree, aside from its Value as timber or a nut bearer, either of which 'commends it, and either of which makes it. a tree worth cultivat ing. Mr. Vanderbilt's idea is doubt less to add to' the beauty and attractiveness of ;his . grounds by growing this hickory 'forest, rather than to make it a source of revenue, but the man who plants j these trees in sufficient number will find them a very profitable, investment when large enough to yield either nuts or timber, for there is always sale for the nuts, if properly selected, and with the decreasing supply, there is an in creasing demand for the timber. The hickory, the; walnut and the pecan .are trees that - the North Carolina I farmer should nurse. ! Those Republicans, in the House of Representatives who are - opposed to . retiring , the greenbacks ; saw .1 kJlu.i.L ; i im 1 k ' -v 1' t-wjn J through the trick in the financial bill "devised and forced a remodelling of .r..-f " i 't :- fc-ST.:;.: that clause, so that as thb hill now stands the greenbacks redeemed can not fee locked up, but, must be re issued as they have been' under, the law of 1878," which the framers of the House bill were trying to get around and practically annul.; That would have'? been the effect of the . bill if passed in its" orignal shape, for then all " the holders' of greenbacks who wanted them retired would have to do would be to gather up enough , of them v to exhaust the gold reserve; force another bond issue and repeat the operation until they had the bulk of the greenbacks locked up, no provision being made in the mean time to replace them with any. other kind ol currency. Practically this would mean an addition of several hundred millions of dollars to . the interest-bearing debt of the country, with a corresponding contraction of the currency, the volume of which is now too small. This 'again would mean more hard times,' a check on our industries and development, dear money for the people and a bonanza tor the money-lenders at the money centers.".;!; - .'.-.!- (. Th New York World attributes to ex-President. Harrison the remark that ' 2oneress acted like a set of fools in the Venezuelan business.' As a prospective I candidate f or the Presidency there wasn t much busi ness in that .kind of chat. But we don't believe he said It." . There is little doubt that if there were a conflict between this country and England, Uncle Sam could count on the .backing of Russia, a pretty good indication of which is the tone of the Russian press, which is outspoken against-England. - The Montreal Star is 'red hot. It hasn't declared war yet, but prom ises in the event 'of war with this country to raise a regiment and give a weekly allo wance to the support of families of any of the members of the regiment. ; This is Canada s shooting Star. - : ." !. 7; The Lumberton Robesonian closed its twenty-sixth volume .last weekp a good paper and one that has fully earned all the prosperity which has come to it. LiOog may it ana. its menial editor live and prosper. ... . , . - j . j . Morgan, a horse that Gen. Mor gan rode m 1862, died the other day in Kntucky, whr for om yars I he has been Isvlng in honored retire- i ment with a pasture all his own; He had reached the respectable age of 37 years." . ' J" ' ' ' Some one in Philadelphia has sug gested that the art of shopping should be taught in that town.; Isn't John Wanamaker's bargain counter school enough for the Philadelphian? Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who writes verse, believes in transmigration and thinks that in some former stage of her existence she "was a pussy cat. That mayj account, for her sticking to the mews. I A womin writing in one of the magazines asks 'Was Adam a wo man?" If be j was he wasn't one of your new women. He never wore bloomers. r ! Ball at Hooky Point. Mr. E. T, Pullen. of Rocky Point, was jhere yesterday.; He says a most enjoy able Christmas ball was given Friday night at the residence of Mr. Geo. Jones complimentary; to several visiting young ladies. The ball was under the manage ment ot Messrs. T. E. Hayes, C. H. Dur ham and W. A. Brown. About twenty- five couples were present and a. very pleasant time was had by all.' Dancing was kept up until a late hour mat mgnt. An eleeant supper was furnished at twelve o'clock by the ladies." ; ATLANTA'S FIRE RECORD. An Avenge of On Fire a Da touei for the Tear a Quarter Million. Atlanta had fifty-one fires from De cember 1st to December 26th, inclusive; but so efficient was the work of uhe fire department that the losses did not quite reach . 13.500. . The Constitution of the 27th savs of the vear's record : The year;-of 1895 has had more firei than any previous year in the history of. ill flnarmnt I rtr h lun a mtnanV MW - " 9 increase in the number of fires, as the city builds up. X&il yeir there were 889; fires, while this year we nave bad 845 si far an average of nearly a fire a day. Before the year is out we will nave ai average of a fire a day Ior; the wholi year of 1891V - "The record given for this year doei not include the Exposition fires, which are some twenty or more. The record of the Exposition Fire Department has been exceedingly " good . There have been only two fires on the grounds which amounted to any loss and 'neither of them entailed serious losses 4 - I "The losses for this year will amount to over i250.000, which is comparatively a small loss,, for a city the size of Atlan ta. However, these figures would have been brought down at least 175,000 had the water pressure been in order." ,: . Bat. there's lots of luck about fires. Next year Atlanta may lose tl.000,000 or more. stak. - - : - . AfSnpppaed BneascTfcief Ctngbt. Deputy Shentt flynn yesterday ar rested I Willie Gilliam, a colored boy, against whom there is evidence that he is one of the gang of sneak thieves who have robbed stores on Market and Front : streets ' recently. The ' officer found two bats taken from the show case in front of Mr. Hamme s store at a house on Ninth between Harnett and Swann. streets, where young Gillianr I I lives with liis mother. The case will be investigated Monday by Justice Mc- lives with "his mother. The case will be I Gowan.- mmmm WILMINGTON, N: C.,r FRIDAY,1 JANUARY 3, 1896. PROTECTION OP COAST CITIES. t A BUI Before CoograM cf Greet Impcrjno to WHmlnaton end CHhei Cltl on th SoQtll AtUntio Coatti ' j'.'r'' ' A bill was introduced la the U. S Senate last week to appropriate 37,-, 000.000 ior the fortiflcatida of ports of 7 the United States as recommended by a board of army engineers in 1885. The commercial bodies of several cities "on the Sonth Atlantic' coast have already taken ," action in this important matter : upon" the suggestion bf their represen tatives in Congress. J ;t r Hi The port of Wilmington isprobably the most defenceless of any city on the Atlantic seaboard, and it is suggested that she should tjet in line . with .he sister cities, and through her . Board of Aldermen - and commercial bodies the Chamber of Commerce and Produce1 Exchange call attention to the situa tion of this- port and the necessity of raaKtDg provision ior us proiecuo.; While T the chances of war wit5 Ene land ' .upon the Venezoelan . question are admittedly rather slender, yet It is none the less essential that .'something1 shoald' be done for defence. The; river and harbor improvements made by the general government-deepening the rater on the bar and in the channel for! the purpose of increasing the commerce; the port have made it possible for arships of any nation to enter the river md bold the city at their mercy. 4 After the expenditure by the government of the large amount of money required to. improve the river channel, it would seem; to be the height of folly to make no pro vision for protection and in case of need f orced to block the channel to keep nt hostile warshiot.'. -4- The Boari 'of Trade' and the City S Council of; Savannah at meetings held ist week, adopted resolutions urging pon Congress the passage of the coast defence bill : alluded to above; , and already, through the efforts of Congress man Elliott,; of South Carolina, steps pave been taken for the protection of the port of Charleston, S. C. It is an noanced that -Fort Sumter is to be re habilitated and , armed, batteries' are to be built on Sullivan's island, in the bar- bor there, and both places are to be garrisoned. - ' - :-V The bill, introduced in the Senate by Senator- Squire, . provides the j money necessary to carry out the recommenda tions bf the Board of Engineers of the i War Department made at . a previous session of Congress, which are based upon surveys made by the engineer corps under the direction of the Board. The plans based on these surveys pro-! vide fol the fortification bf every imporrt tant point on the whole coast of the. United. States. Senator Squire's bill provides for an appropriation of t87- 000,000 for carrying oat the recommen dations of the Board of Engineers of the War' Department. This appears to be a huge sura in the aggregate, bat wheA it js understood that the appropriation if to be spread over a period of twelve years it will be seen that no reckless ex penditure of the funds! of the Govern ment is intended. The bill contemplates the expenditure ot only $1,500,000 dur ing the present fiscal year ending lane 80, $5,500,000 for the succeeding fiscal year and $8,000,000 per annum for the succeeding ten years. This sum is in tended to provide not only for the build ing of fortifications, but for the purchase of sites for the same where required and their armament as well.. A New Method of Anasithla According to a press dispatch, the physicians of New York are watching with interest the new method of produc ing ansesthia. introduced in the homeo pathic hospital, Brooklyn, by Dr. John H. SchaU. who is a personal friend of the discoverer, De, H. I Northrop, of Philadelphia.. The system is simple. Chloroform has a depressing effect on the heart, while oxygen stimulates that orcan. Bv the new method oxveen and chloroform are administered together. .To accomplish this a tube is run from an oxygen tans into one bottle containing the chloroform, .The gas is forced into the anaesthetic and out of it through.1 a class cylinder, from which the mixed oxygen and chloroform reach the pa tient's mouth. Dr. SchaU has tried the new method on many patients and ways with success ' City Market. ' - With the exception of fresh meats, of which there was an abundance, supplies for the family market basket yesterday evening were rather meagre. The bad weather, probably, had much to do with this, and besides, since Christmas, ship meats from the country have fallen off. Prices for poultry have stiffened in con sequence, yet eggs have declined, dealers findine full stocks left on their hands notwithstanding the increased demand for the Christmas trade, There was scarcity of fish, bat oysters and clams were in supply Sufficient to meet current demands. ? . -:. Eggs sold at 18c per dozen; fowls'25c apiece; chickens, 15 to 80c; live turkeys 10c perponnd. ' .', v Cabbaee sold at 5 to 10c per head: tur nips. 5c per bunch; celery, 25c per bnnch; sweet potatoes, 15 to 20c per peck; Irish potatoes, 30 to 35c per peck; lettuce. 5c per head; apples, 40c per peck; oranges, 25 to 50c per dozen; bananas. 20c per dozen; cocoanuts, 5c apiece. No Flor ida oranges have been received here this season, the supply coming from! the West Indies, some of it by shipment from New York. ; - . A Pleaauit oooaaion. Mr. E. V. Richards, of this cityi vis ited the Odd Fellows' Orphans Home at Goldsboro last Thursday night and car ried with him his stereopticon. He gave an exhibition to the children and friends of the institution who were there j Mr. W. W. Yopp, of this city, and Misi Law rence, daughter of the superintendent of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, were pres ent. 'Superintendent 'Deans, of 1 the Home, the officers and -the children were greatly edified, and the little ones I .were anxious for Mr. Kich agaln.'' Mr. Richards ia were vnxioaa iur rar. xviuucuua w : i.uw a member of Wilmington Lodge No. 189. HRISTMAS Nd ACCIDENTS AND ONLY A FEW. MIS DEMEANORS. Many - Dliorderly Boenee on Paafeajter Trains Between Balelgh and : Oreens boro A Lady Member of the Bowery Company 8erlonly lojared A amber of Oanoelled ; Ooapo&a Cubed ar the State Treasnry-hrlatmaa Featirltiea at VanderbUfe Beeidenoa Hear Aahevflle. : ; JStar .' Correspondence , RATritl tj r n qa sThe State Convention of school su perlntendents meets here this afternoon. Christmas was quietly and generally observed here. There were no accidents to mar the pleasure and enjoyment of toe aay. uniy a few trivial cases were before the Mayor this morning. Nearly all the stores were closed, and worship was had at all the churches. The mer chants state that the holiday trade was the best In vears. - ' ; . fit is slid that the number of cancelled coupons casneq at tne Treasury uepart- raent was much larger than given out. Some say that $300 worth of coupons were redeemed.' K ' : I Raleigh is considered the likely place for the next meetings of the Teacher's Assembly. A gentleman on the inside says the capital will be selected by the committee. : v Mollie Beaman. of the "Bower v" Company, was hrtbn the head Christmas eve night by a person who has fled. She has been taken to the , hospital. Her Condition is extremely critical. , The action to annul the charter of the N. C. R. R., instituted by ex-Judge, Schenck, can come up at any term of court in any of ; the counties where the plaintiffs reside. The case will likely be brought up in February jA' Wake county. ihe Lnrtsttan Advocate of ureens- boro has sent their1 foreman North to purchase a new outfit for the paper. - There were some disorderly scenes On the passenger trains . between Raleigh and .ijrreensboro yesterday. Operatives from - the cotton mills at Haw River, wno always give uouoie, got aooara. They had neither money or ticket! and tried to intimidate. Conductor Pollard. They were, well armed and dared him to touch them. The conductor; was nervy. He stopped the train and threw the desperadoes off , with the assistance of the crew. When he train pulled off the gang fired a volley of shot at the rear of the train. Fortunately no one was hurtv . The : passengers were terror ized. :"T-"- '- ;v - Roughs were pat off at numbers of places,! One man's jaw was1 broken in beine thrown off. . - i:: White Judge Schenck is making every move within his power to invali date the lease of the North Carolina Railroad, a son holds a good position in this "unholy" corporation in its offices in Greensboro. : Such is life. it Mr. G. W. Vanderbilt opened his great mansion at Asheville Christmas day by entertaining a large number of members of his family and byi giving the em ployes of the. estate-f-numoering. over two bondred a Christmas tree and eol ation, Millionaire hospitality is a new feature in Western North Carolina Christmas festivities, but the employ black and white were delighted at the innovation. Mr. Vanderbilt ' madean address of welcome and present were. distributed to Of the Vanaereuts here .are-. Cornelius Vanderbilt, ' F. W. Vanderbilt and family, W. K. Vander bilt. Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt, mother of G. W.. Mrs. Bromley, aunt of George, Mrs. Kissam, Miss Kissam, W. Seward Webb and family and W. D, Sloan and family. The party will be largely aug mented in a few days by the arrival of New York friends of the owner' of Bilt- more and ten days will be -spent in Coaching, bunting and hshing. C. F. dVY.'V. RAILWAY. Ciroular to the A, B and O Bondholders tt Strongly Opposes DUmembarment of I the Syatem. 1 The Reorganization Committee have Issued the following circular: ' The result of the .meeting of the bondholders on December 28d devel oped the fact that the proposition of the New York committee, even if it could be carried out. which is doubtful, does not sive so much to the holders of A bonds as does the plan proposed by the Balti more committee and involves practically a sacrifice of the B and C bonds, which is not warranted by the situation. Nothing was decided at the meetuv. except that the New . York Committee, which had purchased a small maiority of the A bonds, would not concur in the plan of the Baltimore Lommittee, bat this action on their part bad long been foreseen and provided against. 1 The plan of the Baltimore committee has been accepted by more than a ma jority of the total outstanding bonds of the Company, and many ' bondholders including some A Donanoiaersi wno were in doubt as to their position before the meeting have - already signed the new agreement. j t " Bondholders who have not signed the new agreement are urged to call at the office of the Secretary, Mr. Frank T Redwood. 208 East German street, (or anv other member of the Committee,) and sign at once, - The . UDmmittee have no doubt as to the final result, and in this opinion they are sustained b thejr counsel, Messrs. Cowen, Cross Bond. 'f '- ' ' .:' , If bondholders will come forward at once and sign the agreement, the Com-; mittee feel sure that they can preserve the property and restore its value. Thi Committee has been acting in the in terest of alt the bondholders for tb ouroose of speculating in the bonds. B and C bondholders" are "advised not to sell their bonds at the prices which have been offered bv the New' York Commit tee, as they will be made much more valu able under the Baltimore plan. 1 here can be no reasonable - doubt but that this road can easily earn fixed charges under the,' plan proposed by . the Baltimore Committee, and, after some, necessary improvements in its condition, pay divi dends on its Preferred Stock, as the net 'earnings of the road In the past six months demonstrate. The statements which were made at the meeting should convince every bondholder , of the value of this property if reorganized and the control vested- in the owners 01 tne bonds as provided for.' , Wm. H. Blackford, William H. Perot, John a. Tompkins, Frank T. Ridwood, Basil B. Gordon, ' : ' . .J. W. MlDENDORF. Reorganization Committee of the First Mortgage Bondholders of the Cape !- Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway Com- Chance of Pnrohaaina Agent.: j". Raleigh Newx & Observer: ."Mf. W. J. Edwards. Porcbasing Agent o the Seaboard Air Line, will not be : longer in the service of the system after the first of January. The work after that will de volve on Mr. W. T. Reed, Superinten dent qf Motive Power. - Mr. , Edwards is a most, caDable and efficient gentleman. and has-a host of friends who will hope to see hpn remain in Raleigh.' SERIOUS CUTTING AFFRAY AT ;MII- BURNIE. r. i Idy Johnaon Bitten by Eia Bird Doc Chrutmaa antertainmemi-Tne A. St M. College-Bohool 8aperlntendenta-The Iieaie cf the North. Carolina Baflroad Baalneaa Portion of the Town of Liberty Ceatroyed by 7ira S ate Treaaarer Calls 'for Taxet. : a J. ' ' 1' ' " . -, Star Correspondence. I RaIjBigh. titC Dec. 27. " James Butler, a white citizen of Mil- bur nie, was severely cut last evening and it is thought he will die. The sheriff has sent a deputy to the scene! to take But ler's assailant. - A I .v ; -- Mr. Idy Johnson, a well-known d roe- gist, was severely bitten by bis bird dog last evening. '. 'r-' city- have given Christmas entertain ments. The Baptist Tabernacle gave a unique entertainment which was largely attended last evening. " if. ? Mr. fwhas. Newcomb. of the rirst Baptist churchy was invited to ing last evening at the Church of - the Good Shepherd. He expected to sing until he arrived at the church, but upon learning that he would have to wear a Surplice be declined. " ! President Holladay of the Agricul tural College has returned from Wash ington, where he went for the ouroose of securing a military detail for duty as military inspector at the college. , t The ' school superintendents of ; the State are in . session here. ! Thee is a good attendance. ' Many leading edu cators are 'present, including Dr. Win ston of the University. : ! ; r One of the best known attorneys in this State said this morning, in talking M a Press Visitor reporter: "I was op posed to the lease ol the North Caro lina railroad to the Southern when the deil was made. The contract was gone into and agreed by all parties. ' It was no child's play and it is a shame that any disappointed office seekeror politi cian should be allowed to cause such a great investment .unnecessary trouble just for the sake of . venting his own spleen. The Southern Rail way went in the agreement with honesty of purpose and have invested thousands of dollars, which they would not have done other wise. A few disgruntlers are trying to do a great deal of damage." ! . ; ' The gentleman who made these re marks is not an attorney for the South ern. - - 1 ' It can be stated with a certain degree of accuracy, though without official con firmation, that further improvement-on the property of the North Carolina railroad will be discontinued until this matter is settled. Extensive prepara- tions had been made for the rehabilitation of the shops at Burlington. This would have given employment to 1,200 people in that prosperous little town. t .'. ! ihisisthe week lor the removal of the Southern Railway's terminus at West Point to its new deep water ter minus at Portsmouth, va. , Special Star Telegram. r Treasurer Worth is addressing a cir cular letter, to all the sheriffs of the State, urging the necessity ef paying taxes as fast as possible.: There were $80,000 in the treasury at the ending ot the fiscal year, and with $140,000 due January 1st, interest on bonds and pension warrants there will be a deficit of ,$60,000 January 1st unless prompt payment is made, i The town - of Liberty was almost en tirely destroyed last night by fire. The business portion was wiped out. Wilmington at Atlanta Charaoterlatio of North Carolina Modesty,' ' f Bat a Model la Ita' Wax. , j : The Manufacturers' Record makes the, following reference to Wilmington s ex hibit at the Atlanta Exposition : r- - "Tbe Wilmington exhibit is character istic of North Carolina modesty, but It is a model, in the way of beauty and in struction. The frame is made of curly. pineland curly poplar, by Fore & Foster. One map shows the city, its harbor, and New Hanover county with its seaside re sorts; another map shows Wilmington's commercial connections, by -rail 'and water.witb the trade centres on both sides of the Atlantic. A set of fifty medium size and large photographs arranged- about these "maps and on -swinging irames show Hilton Park, the turnpike road, the lumber mills, cotton mills, fertilizer.- factories, the harbor, cotton compresses and other facilities for manufacture and commerce. Two statistical charts give the population, and foreign exports in lumber, naval ! Stores and cotton, and set forth the city's advantages for com merce and manufactures, un top of the frame artf two fine transparencies, one of Wilmington s chiet seaside re sort, Wrlghtsviile Beach, and the other of cotton - steamers loading at the Champion compress, one of the most complete plants of its kind in the United States. ..'I-.', FAILURE IN FAYETTEVILLE. Assignment of Frank Thornton Aseeta and UahlUtles Unknown. . Special Star Telegram. F ayettkv ills, N. C, Dec. 28. No event which has ever happened in Fay etteville is more ; generally - regretted than ! the assignment this evening of Frank Thornton. For years Mr-Thorn ton has been one of the leading dry goods merchants of the State. - He has always carried a heavy stock and has employed reguiariy aooui mrriy-nve lady and gentlemen clerks. While Mr. Thornton has always looked very closely after his own business, he has found time to look! after the interests of the town as welL He is strictly a public spirited man' and , the same push and energy which has characterized him as a merchant he nas always displayed as tne worthy and generous citizen. He has contributed largely to the building up of the .town, and now in bis misfortune there is but one expression upon the lips of all classes of people, and that n sym pathy. t i ;. . ' . Mr. Thornton s uaoiuues are not heavy, and It is thought thavhis cred itors will lose Only a small part of their claims. R. M. Nimocks is assignee. The assets and liabilities are unknown at this hour, 9 o'clock, v Tree Silver In the Senate. The New York World has made a canvass of the united states senate, which shows that at the lowest possible estimate of the free , silver strength the Senate now standr48;abolutely for free and unlimited silver coinage, 88 against, 8 doubtful and one seat Vacant (Dupont, of Delaware, ! claimant;.1 Utah will elect two Senators in January, which will give the advocates of free silver 48 out of 90 votes, with three doubtful. It is thought that two of these are- surer men; ana, u so, the number will be increased to 60.. The Seaboard ' Air Line will sell round trip five-day. limit tickets to Atlanta at the rate of $7.00 , ; ITiCkets on aJeto December 81st iaclusive NO. 10 DIVISION OF SPOILS. A PROBLEM FOR THE POPULISTS AND -v-.; REPUBLICANS. ;'' -,j Xjoge Harris Thinks BusaeU W1U Get the Qnbsrnatorial Peraimmon 8enator Pritoh- ! ; ard WU1 ; Saeeeed ; Himself Street Im- I , provemente la Ballb-The 8,' A. It, and Ita Employee. ;. - .-. , j j j . Star Correspondence , , ".-. ; j Q I -yU';'1 Ralkigh, December 28. The division pf spoils among Popu lists and Republicans isa problem which the co-operative forces have paid but ittle attention to. , v' , Loge Harris was asked to-day by a j Populist how the pie' would be meted cut. j While Loge does not profess to be able to solve the political mystery, still he has an opinion of his own' Loge thinks that Senator: Pritchard ' will suc ceed himself and the gubernatorial plum will go to Russell. He says that the Republicans are entitled to these two offices, which outshine all the others put together. Two Justices of the Supreme Court are to be elected and these, Mr, Harris says, can be divided or let the Populists have both. Anything - - for harmony, remarked the father of fusion. The other offices can be easily distrib uted, thinks Mr. Harris. Time alone Will tell. , i ..- The Street Committee will at the next meeting of the Board of Aldermen re-, commend the curbing of the sidewalks on every street in' Raleigh. They..will ask that work begin on every important street immediately. The curbing costs about thirty cents per foot. A pave ment three feet in width will be placed in-the gutter lines when the curbing is done. 7:: : 1 j. i It is .expected that Treasurer Worth's appeal to the sheriffs will bring a good sum to the State's rescue. The effect of1 the notice will be to force sheriffs' to collect, even by distress. , The Seaboard Air Line did well by its employes. They were all paid up to date Christmas night. Vice President St. John Sent best wishes to the heads of the departments. - -,' j-: h I The letting of what is known at Star routes in Postoffice parlance is becoming to be a monopoly with big contractors. Star routes let in this city to-the rural districts are often btd in by persons' of a' different State as a' means ot specula- tion. - These contractors sublet the Con tracts to some local man. The evil can not be remedied, as the. contracts are always awarded to the lowest bidder. .' Mr. Chas. C McDonald ' is a shrewd advertiser. He got up a handsome little phamohlet as a Xtnas nresent. ' Tt con sisted of elegant tellographic pictures of piaces 01 interest in the city. A copy was sent to rresiaent Cleveland and that gentlemaawas so pleased with it that he sent a letter of thanks .to Mr. Mcponatd through Secretary Thurber. - i vice rresiaent Anarews nas neard no more of the rumored consolidation of the Southern and B. & O. railways than has been printed in the Northern papers. He was much interested in the reported deal. I ' : r.,;'.' Death of Cept. B. If. Iianadon. ' ' Capt, Richard F. Langdon, a well kaown and - highly esteemed citizen of, iMfagtoa, died yesterday at his buine in this eity after "anillnes; of a few weeks in the 68th year of his age, ! v Capt, Langdon was a gentleman of the bid school, refined in manner, genial and affable, kind-hearted and generous. He was born in this city May 12th, . 1828, brother to Capt. Paul H. Langdon. now of Augusta, Ga., Dr. WalterLangdon. of Stockton, California, nephew of Dr. Junius D. Young, Superintendent of the California Asylum at San Francisco, and uncle of Mrs. Tbos. D. Meares of Wil mington. N.C. In X349, he left" Wilimngton-foT Cali-- nrnia, ana. remained there some, years, returning as a delegate from that State to the National Democratic; Convention which met in Charleston. S. C, shortly before the late war. Coming to Wil mington he-entered the service of the Confederate States and served through out the war in the Third North Carolina Infantry, first as lieutenant' and then captain, until the .surrender at Appo mattox. ' Returning again to Wilmington in 1B05 he accepted a position in the audi- tor s office - of the W. & w. Railroad Company and held this place uptptec I time of hi4el! While in California ' Capt. Langdon was secretary to the late Admiral (then Commodore) Farragut,and had: a ring presented to him by this officer, which he prized very highly. The funeral of Capt. Langdon will take place this morning at 11 o'clock from St. James' Church- :' MAROinC INSTALLATION. I Iitnrlnbnrs Iiodge Addreaa hy Fast ! ,,. fy Master M fc. 8. Noble. A Star Correspondence Lavrinburg,' N. C, December 28. Prof. M. C. S. Noble, Past Master of Orient Lodge of Wilmington. N. C. In stalled the officers of Laurinburg Ma sonic Lodge last night and delivered the charge to the officera. ' After the rfistallation, for three quar ters of ah hour he addressed the audience upon the origin, and foundation of the fraternal brotherhood of "Speculative Masonry.'' Beautifully , and .impres sively he showed that the spirit of broth- -1 adopted tokens of recognition when the4in"f"' at the close of their seven years' of labor went forth Into the world: that while the highest form of art of that day was in the keeping of operative Masons, to day modern , inventions have changed the relation, but the principles are the same; and in the lodge room all "meet on a common level; teach men to act upon the olnmb and Dart upon the square." This is a meagre, outline.- His lan trnace is beautiful, manner impressive and his' recitation excellent, all of which .was arjoredated thoroughly by his audi- I . ... a . m. ence, and this appreciation mown oy me rapt attention which he commanded. Carried a Babbit Toot. Horatio be of the A. C L. left us last night for a visit to his old home in Indiana.! But he knows itbo much about railroads to travel without a mascot. So, In lieu of an accident policy, he provided himself with a :"dnlv certified'' ! rabbit foot from the Star office; and.-while Horatio is not superstitious. It Is a fact that he would not have started on his trip if he had not secured ' that Star rabbit footi ; Trains on. which he travels may be telescoped.'bead-on collisions may shake him up. and rear-end collisions may startle him and make ' "each particular hair t stand on end?' but Horatio will never b i hurt' so long as be carries that lelt hind-foot of ' a graveyard rabbit,, -Robeson county ! PANICIH THEATRE THIRTEEN PERSONS , KILLED ' AND" Tyj'Njuji. Cry of rire Batted Dnrina a Ferformanoo Mid ttnth For the Bxittr-People Tram- ld to D-ih. T: ' ' r " ' - : . "1 Jtpa to the Meraiat Stt.: ys:. Baltimor December 27ir-4Tbirteen bodies lie calm In death at the to-night and twenty persons' are in the accident wards of the' City Hospital, the result of a panic at Ffont?Jtreet Theatre. The United Oriental Ooera and. Dm- matic Company of New York was "ere- ' . . . to an audience of folly 3.000 ? persons. . ' V anoniy aiier ' tne periormance beguq v some one shouted ' fire," and the im mense gathering with .one accord began- a wild scramble far the' exits. Men and women and boys and girls fought for a ' vantage ground, and a scene of the wildest confusion prevailed. The street doors were Closed, and being hung' to open inward the struggling mass of humanity was brought to a standstill , Those in the rear climbed over the l heads cf the ones in front and trampled -1 the weaker ones beneath their feet. For ' several minutes the wild fight for liberty : ';- - -'K conttnusd. i s u , When the policemen arrived on the.-- -r ;; scene they found a mass of straggling W 'J t r-- humanity , five feet deep in. the small i j , foyer of the playhouse. - One ot the '"' ; : doors was forced open atfd the work of I 4," pulling out the dead and injured was l; f - commenced. An alarm of fire was turned' l in, followed Immediately afterwards by an ambulacci call. - Patrol wagons were also pressedintp service and were tscon ' hurrying to the city hospital with one or ' two of the unfortunates." None of thi if dead have been identified up to 10 p. m.-s Ampng the dead are two men of 22 and ' ' 85 years respectively, a woman -aged, about 25, three girls aged 4, 7 and 18 re-, A specdvely. and three bovs whose ages range fiorh 2 to IS years. . Among the iojared ate two girls aged 18 and 14 rt1 spectively. two women of 88 and 60.r years, boysoll4, 5 and 11. and t Wo men ; aged 23 and 80. .;;'."v i: -'..-!'. y A FARMER MURDERED. ;r Boots Cnrrle, of BtohoHond County, Aaaaa- alnated by font White Men The Mnr--dereie in Jail. ' --',. Br Telegraph to the Morning Sutr. r k ' :. " Raleigh, N. C Deeemtxr 27. In, Richmond county, near the South Caio-!. Una line, : Scott Curric, a white farmer. was atsisimated by four white men Rob'tWilson and Alex. Wilson," broth ers, and iPeter L. Pate and his son Wm.': Pate. ' Currie left home at night to visit a neighbor and did not return. His t wife next morning at daylight went to the house of the man' her husband had" said he would visit. She found her hus- ; band's body within seventy-five yards of , the house. His brains were beaten out I and he was shot through the ! head and afm. The coroner held an inquest and .. evidence quickly' developed against the four men named above; Theif arrest followed and! the Wilson brothers con fessed that all four were guilty of way- laying jCurrie. and that Wm. the shooting.! All are in jaiL; fate did 7 EViS. t .... . . j -T -"r ' Bnmore that 1 an" ArnngenuDt Ea Made fpr an juene of Four P 1 Cent. Oold! - " w . Bonda Treaavfr Beceipta-The QoldBe-' '-f f ry?.i :j j.i y :" fj, , ' . . By Telegmph to the Morning Scar. . , , Washington,; Dec. 2& There is a well authenticated- rumor in circulation at the Capitol to-day that the Treasury Department is now preparing a contract, presumably with the Morgan-Drexel eradicate forlhe sale of 80-year f out per cenL gold bonds, tt is ocldhat contract will be signed within thenext-TW,;-'? few days. : If this report be true. supposes a knowledge on the part of the administration that the bond bill new under consideration in the House will fail in the Senate. The administration is reported to be strongly inimical to the pending measure and, it is stated on high authority to-day that an Intimation to that effect has-been sent from the .Exe cutive Mansion to all the Sound Money Democrats both in the House and Sen ate. 1 .. r ' ' 4 ': The Treasury receiotsTor December will probably exceed the expenditures about 5500,000 and leave the deficit for : the half year at about $15,500,000. So y far this month the Treasury has ex- V changed $18,000,009 in gold for legal ten- f ders and for the half year to date, about J $74,000,000. i j .. ; . . The Treasury gold reserve at-the close of business to-dav stood at $83,717.- 997.- The amount withdrawn at. New u York to-day was $357,000, stated to be r. uesxic iprr. , atne past lew days witnorawais ot gold ior domestic use nave aggregate ed more than $1,000,000 and the belief is entertained that it is withdrawn to en-r able the holders to be In a position to pay gold for United States bonde when a new issue, as is shortly anticipated, is' made. ' ' ' ,. -:'. , y. RAILROAD RATE TRUST. The Joint Tariff AaeooUtlon'e Agreement la Violation of the Ioter-Suue Comoieroe Iw. y - i, r: - ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.' New York. December 28. United States District Attorney Wallace Mac- ' iarlaner acting under instructions from Attorney General Harmon, will institute . proceedings in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, to restrain the Railroad Rate ' Trust, styling itself the Joint Tariff As sociation, from operating under an agreement which is designed to go into effect January 1. - The r Association in- -dudes twenty-nine of the. largest railroad corporations of the country. - Attorney j General Harmon in nis letters oi . in structions to Mr. Macfarlane, encloses a letter from Chairman i Morrison of the Commerce, Commission. Morrison's Tetter covers a eopy of the Traffic Association's agree ment, witn a comment max me commia sioo. believes that it Is "in conflict with the art to regulate Commerce. and can not be tarried into effect without viola ting the provision of said act." The commission, therefore, acting un der section 12 of the act, requests the. Attorney General, to take steps by, in junction or otherwise to prevent the carrying into effect of the agreement and for the punishment of all violations of the Inter-State Commerce Act. . ; ; ATLANTIC COA81; LINE, t BpeeUl Veatibnled Tlo Serrloe Between Hew York and Wlorida te Commence Jaa ' vary Sixth.- " Y : ' 'V,' .By Telegraph to the Momiaf Star;:' Washington, December 28 Com mencing January 6th, next, the Atlantic Coast Line will again put in service for. the season their world-renowned - New York and Florida special Pullman yet-, tfHniM . train, with manv sneclal im- nfQYCDlCUlVeV til i,uiptuvu anw wiohvi schedule, leaving New York daily ex cept Sunday at 4.80 p. n and this city at 10.48 p. m arriving n jkiwhyuio h 6.80 and St. Augustine-at v.ao ine ioi- j lowing evening. This train will connect ; at Waycross at 5.80 p. m. with a 'special . fast train of the Plant system for Tampa Bay, arriving there.at 8 o'clock; next : mornicg. ' ; ,. "-7 W. K. Ryan, a wealthy citixen of Charleston. S. C 4ied at his home la that : city Friday night,: ,lf;.f.',;.ls-jf tjvii&r? I) .i" v e,it pre-'i'K: ;y., 1 ' - r ? : i yiy' :-:'.'; - :i : y"-C rC ;y.!'. y j ' v y. . mm y
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 3, 1896, edition 1
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