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slbeP: to-hight: r WILMINGTON. $1 .00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 8888888888888833 aqwojt st 888888S888iis8888 88888888888888888 SS8g8g5S838gg83C8 8888888888888888S .ft :W 8S888888S8S888888 888888SS8S8888888 182832882888888888 I t-o jj22S22g SS83 MS intered at the Put Office at Wilmtgton ) t ... , aecona ciaai iumner.1 . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. '1 The tabtcrlutlon price of the WooklT Star is u MIowa:. " Single Copy 1 3WP PM........;.......1 W . H a months .; ."! M 1 ;, THE SECOBD OP BLOOD. - There are peopte"who believe that the world Js growing worse, more ' wicked, while others believe that it' is growing better. In some respects it is growing better, in some worse. It is growing better in as far as it " becomes more enlightened, and with the development and education - of the brain also goes on the devek opmeot and education of the heart, which results in more sympathy of man forman and a broader and more . universal spirit of benevolence The cry of distress reaches over the world quickly now and. is qaickly t'e . sponded to, even from the farthest corners, and the same men who. would one day butcher each other in battle would next day fly to the succor of each other if calamity fell upon them. But with (all the en- , ligbtenment of the age, with educa tion of head and heart the blood record of last year, for - our own country, at- least, shows that the pdevil yet has a pretty wide range. . A few days ago we wrote upon the passion for wealth, and the de falcations within the past few years by men?n whose keeping trust funds were placed. That wis a pretty ugly record in the embezzlement line and was not calculated to sustain the; be lief that people are growing more honest than their fathers were. The , same writer in the Chicago Tribune who kept the defalcation figures and keeps a blood record for each: year1 -183838888888888888 SjKXXX-X:: . ,; .- - ' . : b. - 8 ' Li furnished also a record of the homi ff tides, suicides and lynch'ings in this IV lountry-last jear. which does not ii fttw -cijr vicuuauic vaapier in . our nisiury. a ntr were xu.ouu homicides- against 9,800 in 1894, an increase of 700, In 1893 there were 1 6,615, in 1892 6,794, in 1891 5,906. I The number . has almost doubled since 1891 and increased out of all proportion to the increase of popu lation. There must be a reason or riaspns for this,' and there' arej some of which are apparent: and some that cjo lot ifeow, at firsight,! The Trtbune. gives the causes assigre.d for these 10,500 homicides as follows: ; Quarrels 4.813 2.466 1,136 684 -441 269 . 232 Unknown.... . . Jealousy...... Liquor. .. .. . . , By highwaymen Infanticide .... ..... . . . f. . aaisi.iug srrcst. . , Highwaymen killed.'..;;...-. Self-defence D.t.V . ..... . . 159 104 Insanity ...... Strikes.1;,.'... Outrages..)- Riots......... t 101 i 18 49 28 We do not know now many of the "murderers In this list were appre hended and tried, but of all there were but 132 executions, of which eleven were in Georgia and ten" in Texas, tbese States leading. In the " South there were eighty-nine legal executions and forty-three in the North. Here is war of the reasons for the increase of homicides, the chances of escape being about sev enty to one, the , hand y gun and the hip pocket pistol being another, ; This not only goes to account for themany murders, but also1 for the large number of lynchings, where' the people have taken the law into their own hands" and executed it according tq their own notion with out waiting for the tardy preliminary l court formalities." In i'rojs th.r i were 171 lynchings, the smallest number since 1891, when there were 1127, of which 14 were in the South land 25 in the Nnrth Mi-i r r ---- - - v .iiujr-iuu( vi ..i. . . . .- auwc were m . six southern States, tTexas leadinc with 91- ai,k,. bllowing with 16 : Kentucky, with 5 ; Georgia, with 14;' Mississipoi. ithl3,and Florida, with 12. The isparity between the number of ynchlngs in the North and South is ccounted for by the freauencv of he outlawed crime in the Smith' c hich even .this swift retribution does not prevent. The following Jtable gives the number of lynchings an each year for the past eleven years . - . Year. . '' ' ' ;.V No 1885, , . . i, . ; . . . i or 1886.. i. .138 - 1887... . , . .Vi 1888.......;.., 1889.... ...... - 1890. .....122 .....142 w. 176 ...... V.... 127 , ..1...1Q9. . 1891. tanct A Ton . . . . .200 1894....... .........Y. ....190 1895 .... . . . . ..... . . . . . , . ..171 There - was a ' remarkable-and startling increase in the number of I Y UX' A"- Y . suicides, for which there must also g. I be a reason or reasons, for; this in crease is also, like the marders, oat of all proportion to the increase of population. ' They number S.75&, against 4,912 in i8944.43fr in 1893; 3,860. in 1892,, ..3,331V in 1891 and 2,040, in 1890. "Here is over double as many in 1895 as In 1890, which is out; of, all proportion to the increase of population. The following table gives the various causes assigned for the$e seif-murders: ! Despondency ...... '.2.877' ...... 1,427 unknown J. , Insane:... 447 Liquor.'...;. . .. . 4 . . Ill health. J. 7 T'. Domestic infelicity" . . . . . , . Disappointed love. . .. .. .. .... 267 283 166 806 86 Business losses.... One State, at least New: York has tried a uniqae)lan to reduce the number of suicides by passing a law making itit5cj)iaataivl suicide, the only effect of which can be, if it has" any effect at all, to causethe person who attempts self destruction to provide! more care fully againt the chances of failure,' that is if the person who contem plate ' suicide ever .; thinks of that iaw. j Of the number who thus went put of life, 2,173 took poison, 1,837 shot themselves, 449 drowned them selves and 703 hanged "themselves. Divided according to sex, there were .4,300 males and 1,459 females, about in the proportion shgwn for some years past. :jy.v:; i The large number of homicides is pad enough, &ut this large number of suicides, although hotf o large as the homicide?, is worse, for the mur ders were generally committed in the heat of passion or were quickly con ceived and quickly executed,! whether I inspired by anger, resentment, ven geanci or a desire for .plunder, and whij'e there may be stories behind some of them there is a life fctory be- t j - nina nearly every one of these, -suicides, some of which were marred by the victims themselves, while j others of the life-wearv .were vie tims Of circumstances and r footballs of relentless fate that pursued them until they sought refuge and rest In sleep land, at whose border fate ceases (to pursue. ; ; J i . Has the humanitarian or the mor alist ever thought of the connection between-crime and blood and legisla tion? How bad legislation may mul tiply the stealings, the murders and tbesuicides? There is a connection between them, and there never was a law passed which oppressed the peo ple and made the struggle for subsist tence harder, that didn't add to the' calendar of crime and blood, a fact that legislators seldom if ever take into consideration, but one that every one of them ought to., seriou isiy pon- der. We are again sending bill s to our? subscribers. In the aggregate they amount to a very large" sum. ' Many of our subscribers are responding' promptly. Others pay nb attention to the bills. These latter ; do not seem to understand that' they are under any legal or moral obligation to pay for a newspaper. 2LLH0R MEHTIOH" ' No more significant admission couia ne made of the straits to which the Spanish army in i Cuba is reduced ' than . the : practically en forced resignation of Gen. Campos, with the- insurgent ! army within a few. hours march of Havana. If at nearly the end of twelve nonths the Spanish army lias hot been' able to aeai a decisive blow or to prevent the insurgents from overspreading tne island and carrying their opera tions almost to the gates of Havana, which they have cut off f rom com munlcation with the interior, how long would it take to drive Gomez back to the other end? and conquer an army of determined men; which now numbers, according to the re ports, nearly 50,000 men, with whom the people of the island sympathize? This uprising has ceased to an .in surrection. ' It has put I on the form and assumed the proportions of a revolution with which the Span iards have shown their utter inability to cope. A change of commanders may possibly better the situation for them somewhat, but with any change of commanders they may make,- or any . aggressive demonstrations that may follow, thef evolutionists are in practical control of the island and can hold out for an indefinite period, because they are under skilled and bold leadership in which they have confidende,and because they have the sympathy of the masses of the people, who give them all the aid and comfort and material assistance they can. If the belligerency of these Cuban strikers for"self govern ment is ever to Jbe recognized by this Government it should be done now, and when the Chaplain of the House of Representatives prays for their success and the House applauds that prayer, it 4s about time it should be cpne, for tbatputs , beyond .doubt what the sentiment of Congress is. ;,, If the Senate resolution on the aionroe Doctrine,- reported by tbe Committee on. Foreign Relations, be as i clear-cut as Tnrntn it- it adopted, settle, in 4het only way Dy which it can be definitely ana anally settled, -: the' meaning of mat document r With the different constructions put upon rt,' gome con tending that it. means mnch, others that it means little and practically hothlnft;lt!jbnotC only prbpet;bot essenual that it should be defined by some recognized authority, and byan authority vested .with the power to: back that definition. Such declara tion by Congress need not increase the complications of the. Venezuela" situation, which stands just as it was before this resolution was framed, for all it asserts is that . no ' European Government shall acquire any w territory oathis .hepiisphere and if it be found tbarEagiand has adjust claim to' the;'ttTit0ry '&p yt& lan border that she claims, that is'the end of that matter; Jbul if 'not, then iheiemtory JWhichAihetms-With- out right wilt come under the'head of item territory, and thn the -il&ai-roe Doctrine will come in with its full sweep as defined by the Senate resolution. - - :i - u ' J Yr In connection with a notice of the progress of work on the "; farms of that section, the iFayetteville VOi server of last week says a stock trad ing firm has sold hundreds of mules to the farmers and expects the sates will number over a thousand before the season closes. WeTfrequently see similar statements by our State Exchanges,- noting he? nomber of horses and mules sold to the farm' ers. Horses are now cheap, so cheap that the farmers who buy them miy find it cheaper to buy than to raise them, but we think mules command a pretty fair price, how much we do not know, but probtbiy $100 a piece, if they are good mules. If. so much, then here is $100,000 .that the far mers in the country tributary to Fay etteville pay out in cash for malev wntcn they could raise themselves and thus keep that much money in' their pockets and at home to help themand business generally This is simply for one section; when we add to it what is paid out by; farmers of other sections, it will be found that the farmers of North Carolina ' spend an immense amount of money for stock which they could raise if they would. '. We need money with which to pay our honest debts, and there are many subscribers to the Weekly Star who should pay their honest debts. Do you owe us f or subscriptions' ? If so, forward the amount without delay - . - , . i. . An English steamer sailed from New Orleans a few days ago with a cargo Of 203,622 ' bushels of grain, nearly 6,000 tons, which is said to be the largest cargo of erain ever shipped from this country, except one from New York, which has never been duplicated. The grain-ship-ping-tusiness of New Orleans is be coming immense and is growing rapidly.7' v- ' A contemporary ; says there are people living in North Carolina all the way from 100 to 160 "years of I agel There are people living in this State all the way from 100 ta'350' years, but none of them have reached this figure yet. There also people in this State who have been dead for at least twenty five years, but haven't discovered it. ' ; " : 4- t The tallest man in this country is "Col." Powell, of Texas, for some years in. the show business as an elongated freak. He stands 7 feet 7inclies when he is not tired. He .has retired from the show business and - is looking for a job- as floor walker in St. Louis. He womd stand a better chance as a sign-hanger. ; The growing of pineapples seems to be a profitable business in Florida. The Jacksonville. says the hundreds of acres, now. planted In pineapples will be increased to thou sands of acres in a few years. The plants are propagated from slips, and J increase very rapidly, as also does the product "of apples. ' ; ' i-, j j,-: - v As an illustration of the . way thei Government was sometimes swin-' died in the ';. purchase' of; seeds for free ' distributiori, 1 1 Secretary Morton told a Congressional .Com mittee the other day that flower seeds were bought for which as much as $128 a pound were paid. ' ' f ! X r ; ' - . . .;.;c.i'f4fr: A store keeper in Kokomo,' Ind., got as mad as a hornet when he went t0 his store and toand tnat a burglar broke a $100 window srlass to steal $10 worth of silver-plated ware. He says.it tne Durgiar man. will call at bis house next time he will give him the key. " 41 . ' The New York Financial Chromck says if the cotton planters keep their acreage within reasonable limits this year they will stand a pretty good chance of getting 10 cents a pound for the next prop. " , , It is said that the Cramps, of Phil adelphia, are looking for a; site in Virginia to establish a.branch shlp- yard.i They can find: lots of f sites alopgheiSduthemlcoast withont search llght ;.. 5.;. ;: WILMINGTON,. N. C;, FRID A Yv: JANUARY .24; &: Gomez labws Ijw td handle Jfte machete! . A Cuban ' letter says he IrasecentlyrabMhecIbjr Jthe Spaa. iards, - but , grasped - his a machete, dashed into their line killed .five of them and escaped without a scratch. - It is said that "Marble House' at Newrt whicli cost:$,000,000 and was presented by W,' K," Vanderbilt -tPhw then wife; is for sale.. Senatot Brice. has his jeyeoni, itii The lady has no further . use ;f or it Jor sue has; another hSsbaed and another house. .'. "-v - i-' :.- - - . - ' ' " .. , - The search makers yitf Wfecohsin, Minnesota and' North Dakota used last year three and a half million bashels of potatoes," frbmjwhlch thef got fifteen thousand tons of starch. V 'Vt- ' "'' ' . T "'.- 'h - Senator Allison doesn't consider Jt necessary to. conceal his boom any. 1 longer, bntadmttsthroughiMf friends- lBaT ne-13 ia it.-They say the boom has grown so large that he couldn't hide it. Anotherof4"George Washington's body servants" -died the otherday on Long Island, aged 111 years! He, like the rest of them, ,was colored. Senator ' Wblcott, of Colorado, silver, Says be and bis Republican silver colleagues will hot go into -the Republican caucus. ' That's "the kind of a cuss be Is. - i - . ; Please pay your indebtedness, if any, to the Weekly Star CAPITAL NEWS GOSSIP. TALK" ABOUT-, TOM SETTLE . JUDGE RUSSELL. ANO Spin Whttaratfl ; "Wondful Bceord ; (Wek S"or4rt. Collece Bewerda for Capture of; ' Morderer Courts Ad- Jaumed ItjaaetUm Cm. ;'" Star Correspondence " : Raleigh. N. C, Jan' 18. : Mr. T. R. Purneli tells me that Mr.. C. '; Sharpe. a . brotber-in-law of Toa Settle, stated while here last week, that his brother-in-law. Thos. Settle, did not speak to Jude RusseU while ia' Wil mington. He further said that Settle only taw Rasiell once and then they were both on opposite sides of f tbe sueet. They never spoke,' so Sharpe ays. Referring to Judge Russell, Mr. Purneli says that .Democratic newtpa-i per cannot separate good Republicans by misrepresentations. Spier Wbitaaer bad a wonderful re cord until Tuesday afternoon. He came off the bench ia August, 1894, and up to Thursday bad not lost a case. - Wake .Forest College now has 280 students enrolled, this being the largest number- in the history of the 'college. It is expected that the number wUl reach. 875 before tong. A . c ' ;:r Ia addition to the $800 reward offered by Gov. Carr for the capture and con viction of the guilty pirty or oarties who murdered the old umbrella peddler, near Littleton, the county authorities' .have offered $30, and tbe town of Lit tleton, $35. making in all $275. Both terms of court have adjourned, The Federal term was a verv short one. Only two cases of note were tried.' The case of Edwards & - Broughton, against; whom suit was brought by Col. Shaffer for infringement of the. copyright of a map, was decided in favor of tbe former.! Four years ago the case was tried, and. tbe iury returned a verdict in favor of Edwards & Broughton. . Judge Sermour set it aside ; this time he lets it stand.. There will be a large attendance from.1 Raleigh and other points at the Opening' of the Piney Woods Ion in Southern Pines next Wednesday. ; ( ;"The Rainmakers'; Is the next at-i traction at the Academy of Music. - The Civil court b as come to a close It has been one ot tbe most noted Wake ever bad. Mrs. Arringtoo has quieted; down considerably since the court sat down on her. Solicitor Pou told ber that if he beard talk of any more libel lous articles emenating from her, he would prosecute her according to law. Strenous efforts are being made by the Chamber of Commerce and citizens t3 get the Army Post located during the present session of Congress. All of the North Carolina Representatives in the House are wotkiog-for the, bill. Tbe Senators have done nothing so far. The post will be located" a few miles from Raleigh. The cUv will offer the grounds, An injunction case was argued before Judge Timberlake at Louisburg yester terday. The case was that of Stern Brothers, of Richmond," against L Aus4 'tern, the Wilmington ; sueet clothier! whose store was recently shut' up by the anerin. -., . ., , . . Please pay your indebtedness) " if any, to the Weekly Star. 8. C. LEGISLATURE. Bill ta Abolish thaMiUtary Aoademv Killed BUI Xatrodaesd , la the House rfxlcg Fuwntij BtN on Btlbotdi. ' : i" By Telegtaph to the Morula Stmiw V.ii'' Columbia, S. C, Jan. 18.In the House of ; Representatives to-day, af ter a thorough debate, the bill to abolish tbe South Carolina Military Academy was killed by a vote of 49 to 46. A bard fight was made by the opponents ot the Institution to pull down the old acad emy, and until the last vote was counted there was every indication that they were going to succeed. -. ; . . -v v? ' (a the Honse to day a bill was Intro-' duced fiixing the first-class- passenger rate on railroads in this State at three cents per mile and the second class at two and one-half cents per mile, provide iog heavy penalties for the violation of the act, but allowing roads to Jsiue mil eage books of 1,000 miles or more at less rate. f '- - ' '1' BALTIMORE & OHIO R R. Boxaov Thst Jno. X. Oovn It to he '. f ' president of the Company." - By Telegraph to the Morning Bur. t- ' Baltimore. January , 18. It was rumored on the street late to-night that Congressman. John" K, Co Wen, chief counsel of' the Baltimore' & Ohio. Rail road, had i been selected as , the suc cessor of Cbas.. F, . Mayer, president of the company, "It is said that a special ' meeting "oL'.the directors of the company has been Called for Wed nesday tbe 22nd inst., and that the ap pointment of Mr. Cowen will then be . announced and ratified. It. is impossi ble to get an official affirmation or .de nial of the report to-night. . ; - , . GRAUD LODGE ; MASONS. OFFICERS .ELECTED ' AND : 11 APpbiNTEo. OFFICERS Tf410 ?fleitejdat in Om Case ef -TJoofc - . faattu DaTii BeoelTrr, sod O hers ? BfertdA-Brown TrialaZatariMl 4VMui-uisate-udav -Crsaa AdfcU Swindle. : , -V ar Correspondence : , Tt r RAtmp N. C, Jan. 18. The annual address f to the Grand Wge of Masons was delivered in Com. mons Ilall last eveniag : before a large and appreciativa audience by Grand Orator W. H. Snnunerrell,-; i " ", ""A't eleven o'clock the election of o ul cers began,' and ballotting continued nnUi 2 a. m. with but one remit, and that relctJ tjrand Master Mbye. Tbis morningr .baltotrng was re- sumeaand op to eleven am. only, one oScer had .been tbbseh. That was a4 Mat WtL-SammerrlL-.A, r - ; Jadge Mclver failed to pass sentence upon Mri. Arrngton this morning when court assembled as was expected, the. jury hung twenty-four hours, re maining oat all aigJst -on the result of one Indian game rooster; which it was claimed had been stolen. The case cost tbe County several hue dred dollars. i J Ur. B, S. Royster, attorney- lot en rolling clerk Brown, veaterdav rcwrf the receipt book, about which there was so much talk in the Satieifild and Brown cases.' Mr. Rovster tells m tbat there is no evidence of Brown's re ceipting for tbe assignment bill, in tbe book. The defence claimed that there was not during the trial, i - Peputy Collector Moffit reports the destruction of a 80 gallon stilt and fix tures in Montgomery, f Two Lucas brothers were captured, and are in jaiL Two small boys who were at the still were liberated. Fcur kegs of whitkev were seized in Greensboro for irregu larities yesterday. 4 : f At Elon College a still belonging to Thos. Whitesell , was captured. This was a unique affair, situated under a hill side and completely bidden from view. Two hundred gallons of beer have been taken. Tbe still was made of wood. Mr, R. H. Bradley, marshal of the Supreme Court, yesterday received a letter from Judge Walter Clarfc. who is in Meiico gathering information torn series of articles to be published in tbe Arena relative to the money question. Judge Clark wrote that he is having a very pleasant time. He has been through eight 'Mexican. States in the northern part ol tbe republic and. has not seen a fire or a house with a chim nCV to it on hS trin in that trritn The Judge says btra wherries and other lrui:s are ripe. He says he has about 800 miles more to travel. Judge Clark's articles, as they always do, will no doubt attract a great deal of attention. Martin Marshall, of Marks. Chant county. New York, has written to parties here stating that be wished to purchase a desirable farming site of from 200 to 40O acres near Raleigh, j ; One of the sharpest pieces of work ever done in the State was brought to a close yesterday. Two months ago J. H. Lambeth came here from Greensboro and opened a wholesale liquor' house. He appliedJor license from the board of aldermen nader Ore hrm name trf V H. Lambeth -& Co.. Lambeth . ordered liquor right and left, from every whole- sue nouse in tne country, asking gener ally for thirty days' time to make pay ment. He sold his goods as fast as he received them. He did this by cuiung prices. Case goods that sold for it 50 Lambeth sold lor 75 cents. The whiskey men got on to his game last week and tbe representative of Un & Son made him pay a part of his bill, tak ing a check lor the remainder. Last evening a number: Of Lambeth's credi tors swooped down upon him and Lam beth had disappeared this morning,-but tbe sheriff is telegraphing for him. It is said tbat he has made over $5,000 in two months. . . t. ' , ;i Special Star Telegram. h utner otneers elected bv the Grand Lodge of Masons to-day are: W. E. Moore, Senior Grand Warden; B. S. Royster, unior Grand Warden; Wm. Stmpson.Grand. Treasurer; J.C. Drewery, Grand Secretary. . Grand Master- Moye appointed the following: M I L. Winston, Grand Chap lain; Dr. H. I.Carr, Senior Grand Deacon; Francis D. Winston, Junior Grand Dea con; E. B. Neave; Grand I Marshal; AJ-1. Harrell. Grand Sword Bearer; W. H. Applewhite, Grand - Porsuivaot; 6.1 S.' Gurley and J. T. Reld, Grand Stewards; R. H. Bradley, Grand Tiller; B. W. Hatcher, Grand Lecturer;' I ; The Lodge voted a thousand dollars to tbe Duke f and. thereby bringing the amount to five thousand, the same as Mr. Duke's conditional offer Mr. Duke renewed his offer and two thousand dol lars were pledged. . Officers were In stalled and . the sessions' of the Grand Lodge come to a close. V : Judge Seymour charged the iary in the case against; Cook vs. Davis and others from Wilmington that upon the evidence of plaintiff he was not entitled to recover, The1 jury accordingly re turned a verdict In favor of the defend ants. The plaintiff will appeal.. ! The case of Rountree vs. Sharpe, from the Wilmington circuit, was argued be fore Judge Seymour and. decided in fa vor of tbe plaintiff. ' -.r Gov. Carr has made a requisition upon the Governor of Virginia for Bob Scales, who made a brutal" attack on a woman in Rockingham- county, and then shot her in the head. . r ; Raleigh, N C, January 14. Mrs. Pattie D. B. Arrington, wbo was con victed in the Superior Court here last week of maliciously libelling ex-Judge Spier Whitaker . and of , libelling tbe memory of the late Chief Justice W. N. H. Smith, was to-day fined $35 and costs. Barnes Bros,, printers here, who published her paper in which tbe libels appeared, were fined $45 and costs. All of the sentences are regarded as light. The woman escaped because of her sex. The Solicitor asked the Judge not to imprison Barnes Bros., as they proved such excellent character. "Abasias bv the Thousands" In Charlotte. I The Observer says: Dr. Wilder, the county physician;, says there haveteeu between 4.000 and 6.000 cases of measles In the city during the present epidemic, and that there will likely be that many more. He has. never known such an epidemic here before, he says." ' - The measles has attacked the Nor malities in Greensboro. One of the girls writes a Charlotte friend: The rooms are being quarantined, ' but it seems to be no usev The girls are tak ing it just the same." . j r r The British . steamship loyalist cleared yesterday for Bremen, Germany; with 11.014 bales of .cotton, the weight of which is 6.838,631 pounds,, and the. valne $428,000. Both vessel and .cargo by Messrs, Alex Sprunt a Son. 1896. I U. S. DISTRICT; COURT EFFECT:oF4THEDEC!8 NEW HANOVER BANK CASE. jwe-jaaa BnaaetTa QobeMieMrbi Z Iti 3Ue Psslsv A Btrmnw Cumnook--. Wake .lVrest CoUee.ifiocwtlonia r Odd " ItUows ;: O phaa- Aayltta. .: vpM ;:. 1 " ' ' ' l-SfiaV OnpoHdeiiu.J RaUUGH, N.' Janj;i7a88i: " Attorneys for the plaintiff in the case of. Cook "vs. Davis say that the Court decided that the mottgage was franda- ient and void." The effect of the decis ion is that la no event can the receiver of the Bank ot New: Hanover get the property;. . Tae Court also decided that the plaintiff. Cook, cannot get It, on the' ground thai he- did not bave.a legal title and should have gone; into equity. "Gov." Russell, who has beeoi In the city in the Cook-Davis jse for Several days, returned to Wilmington to day.1 - RusseU'a. boom, .which; y the way seems to be distancing Dckerr. Boyd and the other stragglers agreeswith the J ndge. His avrdupoi is 'increasing on the strength of it. ; 0- - W ' There is some doubt expresstd as to whether Settle and Russell entered into any agreement when he visited RusselL Settle is thought to be more submissive than usual, but did he make tbe report ed compact with rRuisell?. What are political'prOmises. anyway? ' ft . it is said tnat .U. H. Lambeth & Co , the Napoleons in liquor finance, never sold liquor in .wholesale quantities aiuouu iaicign. , ii ii claimed tbat they re-shipped mostf the liquor at the depot, never signing for it. Thirty three barrels are knowa to have - been shipped to Alabama. i These have been attached. It u likely that requisition papers win oe maae out today tor the extradition of Lambeth, wbo is known to be in the vicinity of Montgomery, Ala. It wrs a gigantic swindle, j -Federal Court will likely adjourn this afternoon. To-day, tbe case of A W. Shaffer versus Edwards & Brongh ton was argued. ! About 1883,' Shaffer made a map of Raleigh; Edwards & Brough- ton nad . Ju Harriss to make one several years later, and this was claimed to ne an intriogement on Sbaffer'a.- A strange and remarkable story just comes from Cumnock. "Last Summer Arthur Goff ' lost hie life in the ! mines. One of the pit bosses let a coal jcarrno back and it crushed GoffT It wa dear that the accldentjras caused bf negli gence, Goff bad"a brcther working for Pinkerton's Detective Agency ,in Chi cago. i Goff 's brother started for Cam neck the day before the recent disaster to institute a suit far damages against the company. When be arrived every witness of his brother's death was killed in the explosion.; He Is forced to give p the suit, f -i''r:--i- j There are now 860 students : at Wake Forest College, t This-is by far the greatest attendance lathe history of the college It is expected that the number will reach 875 before ahe season! closes. It would seem that a protection senti ment was being worked uo in this State. from the facts in Senator Pntchard's speech, which he delivered in Congress last week. A petition, with 600 names, from j : Newbern, asking , for. ' an increase of tariff - on lumber. was read. Most ot the 600 names were Democrats;! some of them well known. Other requests, for protection! duties were asked by North Carolina, i - i William Smith, aged nineteen and one of the miners caught ia the; Cumnock disaster, is dead. Smith was badlv burned and his suffering was simply awtuL His Xather wai lulled ouuight at the time of the accident. ' : Tbe directors of the Odd Fellows Or- ?han Asylum met in Goldsboro to day. 'bey will Consider the erectioci of the main building of the asylum at Go!di boro.;. - j ' Mr. Thos. R Purneli reoudiates the interview tit the News & Observer. He says he is for RnsseU.rst and last. COTTON AND WHEAT. & set Decline- or iiva Points in pruturee !' . ",l : Teaserdsy.- .. .. . ' Special Star TeUramA a w x u&k, j anuary 17. me cotton market to-dav ruled nueu. nvias iA promiscuous liquidation on the part of the bull element, wbo were only too anxious to accept trifling profits. Ap parently there was no outside specala- tion and toward the end of the day prices receded, the March option clos ing at 7.90; a net decline of fivefpoints as compared with yesterday's v figures. i uere. is aosoiuteiy nothing .sew to re port save that eottou should be pur chased on all coccessioos. 1; ,. 1 Wheat closes buoyant,' May 69&c Dia at unicago. dnort riDs. May, 5.88. we nave aqocated the purchase' of these eatables for some days and it Is barely possible that on - a further ad vancs of some magnitude the South will be free buyers. . f Croliits & Co. : '(' 1 ' e-a i ! ) . EM John C. Dans Ksospedr : t . The Raleigh News Observert ol the 18th ' says: Yesterday -morning it was reported on the streets here that John C Davis, the noted Wilmington embex-; aler, had again escapedlrom the Insane Asylum, It was said, that he had strayed away from the grounds at dusk Wednes day evening, . and had not oeea seen by the Asylum authorities since- r" The authorities at the Asylum denied the report and said that Davis was still safe in the Institution, i. j . - - It will be remembered that Davis es caped some time ago and went to Car teret county to visit: his mother's grave He got within a few miles of tbe ot when be Was captnred. He was brought back to tbe Asylum, and has not since manifested any desire to escapci . ; He has on two other , occasions taken excursions out into tbe open. ! One of these wasoulte extended. - : v a. Dr. (McGeachey ls saidTOKave de nied the report of - the escape yesterday afternoon j and to have said that.Davis was in the Asylum, well and hearty." . The Asylum was telephoned last night; but there was no answer to the call.' I- DASTARDLY ATTEMPTS io Assaaalnato Bnptriattadmt Fukn of fha Cumberland Cotton asjlla. r Special Star Telram J ' ; Fayetteville, N. Cannary At Cumberland Mills,- a factory town about fix miles from- here, at eight o'clock this evening, some one attempts ed to assassinate Mr. VT, Ki Parker So- penntendent and Tressurerof the cotton mills at that place, by shooting through' a window at him. .The baHet lodged in- mx. raraer s clothes but dblT no other damage, i It Is supposed that the parties thought Mr. Parker had enlarge snm of. money m .his office to pay his hands, hence the attempt at his life. mmmmmm"Mmnoi3 FAYETTEYIlLE SEWS. CualmUnd Ioda Klht or Pythlas he IBanncr 2)dge Sonh Cuellna iAaolcStut'to Promlne.nt Cidswa of Cfam ai:t1wUtooyjbtmThsj AttempCto AimuU ; t M. w; JK. Patke-iva, Harrow Ba, -;::'epnv;: ?M .j5:rf,-':f:r FXvETrEVij.Lv N. C, lannary 18. "" Editor. Star The report r in the Star onTnorsday morning last of the Knighu of Pythias basquet given in this town last week by Cumberland ' Lodge, was read with a great Ideal of pleasure, and the Knights of the town desire to thank ycu for; its " publication andj yonr correspondent for bis contribution and the accuracy' of his report. - Cumber land Lodge damns to be tbe, and prob ably is, the banner lodge of Pythians in North Carolina inipoint of. the person nel of lu membership, .Its numerical sircBgin, ana in its accumulations .' for benevolent purposes. The lodge has a membership, of 't over; two"' hundred ; .nas.atnree-atory building, conuining four Stores on the first flanr tiino . lortable. welMrentUated business offices Call occupied) oo second floor. a. large lodge room; banquet hall, kitchen, and two. ante-rooms on third floor. In cluded mjthc fend used In the purchase of the buUding . it between tour and five thousand dollars; accumulated by the lodge for the benefit of thm orphans ol deceased members of the lodge."! '. I -. .,. .. y: , With these facts In view, it not sur prising that we are jealous of our efforts to advance the interests of our lodse. especially, and the Order of ; Kh'ghts I of u r j &tut""' o wnen we open tne big blade and invest our .money to give an entertainment to several hun dreds of our citizens, wer do not do so simply for the pleasure of cur guests on tbe occasion, but with . the r.nrn.-,. ni calling attention to the beneficent ob jects of membership in our lodge, ar d the Order. Fpr these reasons, we de sire to give the Star- due credit for its assistance along tbis line. ; 1 We desire also to thank the ladies of the Society deoartment of th Fivmr. ville Observer and the local editor of the paper, woo were guests on the occasion; o unanoue Ubserver, for the com- pumentary notices which they I have given of tbe bar a uet We regret to have occasion to ' report accidents to stvral prominent citizens oi our county tnis week. 1 i - Oa Thursday evening last, the body of Mr. John A. GiUis, a prominent and aged citizen of our county, resident in Qjewhiffls township, was found dead in a swamp about twenty-two miles from town, and strange to say that the ap pearance of the body did not indicate that he had died from ether than natural causes. On Wednesday he came to Fay- eiievuie' and f was in bis usual health, which had been delicate for several years, and when his horse nd buggy reached home that night Without him, search was immediately instituted and was continued until Thursday evening. When bis body was found . in a swamp about sevent? -five yards from the wagon road.' j Mr. Gillis was about 59 years of age; 4 j , -. f-' i ,.,; On iThursday night last. Mrk Ki Parker, the popular superintendent of Cumberland Mills, about six miles from Fayettevllle,; (while seated in bis office counting mohey. was fired upoh by some one from the outside with a pistol. The ball passed through the window, through his coat and vest and the waist band of his psnts, and imbedded; itself in his side, making a sore bu: not very painful and ia no wis j serious wound. The ball was extracted by a physician of Fayetteville. j Mr. Parker will suffer but little, inconvenienca : from the There is no chie to the perpetrators. Mr. Duncan Shaw, a prominent farmer of thiscountrv. and father of rvn- grest man John G. Shaw, sustained a very serious hurt last night, his thigh-bone being broken by a fall..1 Mr. Shaw Is 81 years old and is a man of strong physical proportions and oi good constitution. Congressman; Shaw, who, was in Fay etteville. is now with his father. I ; Dr. Hoge's lecture on the Venezuelan question has provoked same discussion here; but your correspondent ;is of the opinion that the position assumed by the President is correct; that I the! prin ciple Involved in the dispute ts ot as much importance' -a it would be if Great Britain had attempted to encroach upon ail the posssssions claimed bv Ven. zuela. H Eye. COTfON AND WHEAT. No Ufa la BoaulaUon-I,tttl Chang In Special Star TeUerantV New. YoRi, Jan. 18. There was no life in speculation In the cotton 'market to-day, and f it was merely a case of swapping contracts for a point or so. The receipM at interior towns encour aged the local element to sell cotton freely, but there was no recognized ef fort to depress the market, and at the mdof the day March ODtion ruled at 7.90. 1 The situation is so mixed up that it will require good, support to work up quotations to any great extent; Tbe wneat market lor tbe week has ruled be tween CI and 59g, with a decided bull ish, tendency, although little credence was given to war rumors which ten dered to check any upward movement. The market has been sustained by good business and" outside buying il . -1 crolius & Co. , : The Winter cultivation of lettuce has become quite an Industry with truckers ia this vicinity. ' It is raised in hot beds. some of tne j beds requiring Tover ten thousands yards of canvas to cover them. Shipments to Northern cities are being made daily at the Wilmington and Wei don railroad; freight warehouse. Yester day seventy-eight barrels of lettuce were shipped to Philadelphia and Washing- ton, D. C So far most of tbe Shipments have;- beea made by Messrs.1 D. W. Trask. n. IA. ; Martindale. Wm. E. Springer, Mills, Kline, C. H. Hiede, Sol. tones and JJ F. GarrelL The prices re ceived range from . four to six dollars per barreL T:. ' Jfroshae XzptotMLl -iyt .MX .,..) - A-: freshet in the Cape Fear , rrver is expected, -Friday at 8 a. m.t the stage of waterlat-Fayetteville; was! five . feet, a'rise of one foot- in; the previous ti boors. Yesterday at 8 a. m, the' gauge showed twenty 'feet of irkter,' and the rrver still rising. ' J '-i- ; High water ia Cape ? Fear; nnd Black rivers pSf be of inestimable1 advantage to a oamber of people ia tbe up-country who have timber ! and - naval stores to tell and ae meant. of i getting;. either" to marxetjoecfusef the tow -stage of watet;that haa prevailed since last sum mer. NEGLECTED, SHABBILY TREAT ED NERVES THE CAUSE. 'p--' y : Loses No lore Sta Unbroken Rest . Natural Jo i; Fully Nourished Bralnr i - a Paine'a .Celery; 7ompoxmd y Never .Failed, to Cure. ; Has Fromcbildhood to old age health Is very much a matter of scund. refreshleg ' No one can digest well, work wen, feet 1 well, or be welL who is night after night deprived.of good sleep? It is physically t Impossible tor any brain to keep on orb- vlding nervcus energy unless the nights are devoted to nourishing its used un pace i Protracted j sleeplessness, where no effdrt is made to feed and calm the' Irritable nervous system, ends in nervous prostration and insanity. . fcS To-day there are far more neuralgic headaches, far more. rheumatism. sleep lessness and nervous prostration than ' during tbe last generation. h t To combat this crowinc evil. Prnf Edward E. Phelos. . M. DJ LL n nf " "Dartmouth college, made nervous dlt- eases his special a uJy. Thelruitful ojbt come of his long years cf professiohaf investigation was Paine s celery com", pound. Difficult nervous disorders that i had pert V.ed despite long treatment, at 1 once yielded to it. Men and women who had suffered for years from hroken and i', anrefreshing sleep, from headache; rbeu- L' matism and neuralgia, found that Paine's t: celery compound hot only speedily cured : tbese trcubles, but that they worked bet ter and ielt more enccuraged than had been possible tothem tor years.,: I neglected. shabbilytreat. &i- j As a practical instance of what ; this w ! remarkable remedy ia doing all over the vf !i wm. A. am ith, one of the best known aivines in southern New Ensland. de. serves careiul reading. Dr. Smith is to day 88 years of age, yet enjoys better health than ever in his life, and ntvpt loses a single good night's sleep.He writes: ;.--, j' . j' I ;-:-;" " , Grotbn, Conn, i "Dear Sirs In my earl davs, bygreat ' and prolonged mental suffering, I broke down ia health and became a dyspeptic.- ociug ooiigea at one time to give op my work in the ministry on account ot ill-' health. Iam now 86 years of age, and during my long life have suffered greatly from dyspepsia, torpid liver, constipation and insomnia, at times thinking that I sbonld die for want of balmy sleep, and it is a wonder to me that I am alive to day with all, tbat I have been through. I am a wonder to myself, and to those . who witness my habits and ksow my -agev Itell them that I try to obey the laws of nature, and that I take Paine's celery com pound whenever I need it. J - By the use of several bottles of Paine's celery compound, I have so far recovered my neaitn as to consider mi self a well man for n bm. Tt mmliin ik.i iiu.' stomach and bowels, without any quss- ' i ' tion. My appetite is now good, my sleep -is refreshing, my. liver active and bowe'i . '.v regular, and my crutches not needed, as t- fj v can walk without a- staff, ', - People '-are :; , surprised at my-lmproved appearance :M' l .vuiit;, uiaiciuilT y Ours, " r. i . ' 1 A . . ' n. n. aMimr ..ii-.- '.-' m. Paine's . celerv conoaund rinn nn - stop its restoring work till; new; healthy : tissues have taken the place of the old, shattered portions. There Is not the deepest, mosV minute - portion of the body, whether it be nerve or brain, or . some vital organ, tbat escapes tbe reju- venating, strengthening power of Paine's celery compound. In cases of severe neuralgia, rheumatism, ; heart palpita tions,, dyspepsia and nervous feebleness, ' Paine's celery compound is the only remedy that goes to the root of the trouble, fortifies the weakened system against tbese disorders and builds up a ' airoDg, ncaitny uoqy. j ; SER1QU8 CHARGES Acalnst Taaehan In the Des', Dumb and Blind Asylam at Btaunton,; Va. j . Br TelegiaphtoUa Morning Star.; . v Richmgmd, Va January .18. Chair man Hathaway, of the House Committee -on Prisons and Asylnms, suted at the meeting of that committee tbis morning v that he had received several letters peg ging him to larhefore his committee the fact, that things were not as they ougbt to be at the Deaf, Dumb and -Blind Institntion at Suunton, Va. One- , letter on the subject, which Mr. Hath- ; away bad fust received, (he read to the' cammittee. ' It i was n from a . man' named Randolph, in Norfolk, who" suted that he had i been a student at tbe institute. - His wife ; had also ' received ber education there, i Mr. Ran dolph's letter. In substance, stated tbat ' tne writer was aware of cases where tbe sending ot girls to tbe - institntion baa meant their ruin. He made very seri ous charges, but none specifically against " teachers in the institution. Mr. Ran-" dolph further said that ho was prepared to give testimony as to a very bad state of affairs, which he alleged existed at1 the Suunton Institution. ,.u , ; j A special to the DUpatcklxom Sunn- ton. received to-night, says the people of-that place were surprised at the news -that such charges had been- made,' and . the authorities of the institution, court the fullest investigation.. : -fX f The British I steamship Govlno, Capt,. . Aldersod, is ashore off Caps Point. . about a half mile north pf Cape Henry v life saving sution. ' She is resting easy and tt is thought she will be gotten off s after a portion of her ; cargo of iron ore. nas been jettisoned. ;:: j. - : ;. .' !-.''A." Frankfort, ky., ' dispatch says a. Vr movement is on foot among , prominent'"( Republicans taget Hunter: to agree to ..; withdraw bis name if alter ; the first few j ballots for Senator it becomes evident f tbat be cannot be elected. - I f he agrees i f-' . I - T t m V t -i r . - n udio vi j. .-1 vts9 or. wrt oraq-, mm - r.' K 4- icy wm ne sprung. .. m . f..-,c 1 X'A:. XX fx
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 24, 1896, edition 1
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