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POLITICAL CONFUSION. VUx .J - , Wl. tt ", V -. PUBLISH D AT- WILMINGTON, N. J1 -AT- $1.00 A.YEAR.INADVANC 888888S888888S8S8 aSgg888SS8Sgg V I", I; - i 8818T888888888888 88888888888888SSS SSaSSS$SS2S9SS3:8 Hjaopi f V v.. .ti C 88 qwH I ; " " fgfIWSSSS88S8SS83 8l8SllSS8S8888aS8j 8' :, in t 3s. (.Entered at e rOSt UrnCC HI nuimjuiu, vq Second CUM Maiter.i ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The .ubscription price of the Weekly 8tM htt - - v.m fti no " S months 80 We are again sending bills to our Subscribers. - la tbe aggregate they amount to a very large sum. Many of our subscribers are responding promptly. Others pay .no attention to the bills. These' latter do 'not seemr to understand that they .are under any legal or moral obligation to pky for a newspaper.; I TQO LITTLB MONEY :hat there is somethng wrong with this country, and ery much wrong everybody knows. That there is something wrong and very much wrong in our financial system, every ' iffmuM nf amnion as to where tne " trouble lies in that. v There are some who say we pugnt to nave uut ouc .' m ' ' '. .i j r i..i. ktna ot money -r-eoiu tor iuaw that th rnld standard means. That is to bef if ythe gold standard idea i prevails! the only! money of final, re demption, the only true money. There are others who contend that we should have two moneys of final redemption, of !equal debt-paying moneys gold and silver each standing upon the same plane, each being equal In law and having the same recognition in law. These are bimetallists, coosistent, - genuine Imetalhsts Th!e otliprs . are frauds, and ia the language j of . the compounders of sundry arti cles, "base imitations." There are ; still others.whb Relieve id (bot6 gold and silver, ' but contend that these ; should be supplemented "with a lib eral supply of ; pa1 per currency pos v messing in Jaw a debt -paying poer .eqiwl to either silver Or gold, which. ( woulosmake the paper dollar equiv alent, to" a metallic dollar, and much more convenient for Ordinary use. There are other?, but these three, leach representing its. own fi l nancial theories will suffice. - Of thes,e the first is radically wrong; the second right and the .third even more on the, right iine than the second, for they recognize - the necessity for r more money than ; we could command if we depended on ouf metallic resources, even with free "and unlimited coinage, ibis ,' country is to day and has for some years been suffering from a lack of currency to! mee the demands of. the people, for the increase of the cur lency has ' not! only not .kept pace with the increase of population, the "development 6f our resources anc the growth ' of our- Industrie?,' but has actually decreased withip the past three years and had been, decreasing for years before"" that. ' f . Our money is divided into paper of different i kinds, gold .and silver. Of this nearly $500,006,000 is in green backs and Treasury notes, and about $580,000,000 in gold. These notes1 and this gold, are counted as money "in circulation", when . the money count ers estimate the per capita circula- tion. But, as a matter of fact the - gold and a very large percentage of the paper money mentioned are Only " nominally in circulation. A cold coin is very rarely seen outside of the.banks, and there they are segre gated and kept for special purposes, as too valuable; to be passed across - the counter like other money. Gold, especially within the past threes-years, ha become a subject of spec- ulationsomething to hoard and the greenbacks and Treasury notes stand i also in the same category.f or they are - hoarded to be used when ' needed to , . Klraw gold from the Treasury. Prac w tically speaking, neither the $580, :000,000 of gold alleged to be in the I Country (but. riot visible) and the f nearly" $500,000,000 of redeemable paper are not In general !cirdulatioTi , in anything like tne amount claimed. If the figures could be definitely as-, certained we think it doubtlut H it . could be shown i. that there is ; as Mh as $l0o600 now in v.iuai circulation. . - i j . There is ho one who believes or V professes to believe that, we have money enough in circulation save the gold standard people,whoBeiieye in "dear" money, and that one of the greaten virtues of money is to be "dear," hard to get and too highly. . Prized to be parted with freely after ' 11 ,s secured. ; They predict all man nerof evil as the result of abundant, ; ,orwhat they 'call "cheap" money. B if We are. not mistaken these same gentlemen did some 'prophesy- ; . few i years ago. When they uQt repeai the Sherman law VOL. XXVII. and put a stop to the farther coinage of silver, because they thought it was giving us too much silver and mak ing money too "cheap," they said that we must get rid of that-law! because it was destroying confidence in our financial stability, and when that was out of the way the financial equilib rium would be restored, good times would return and everything would go. on smoothly and the -country would, glide along on the .way to prosperity. -They tugged along, and finally succeeded in having the Sher man law repealed, that portion of !t which aoolied to the Durchase of silver, and stopped the coinage ot silver. Had this law not .been re pealed we 'would have had an addi dition of over $100,000,000 in silver ,o our currency, to offset that much of the gold that has been practically withdrawn from circulation; I But have the good times predicted .come? Has the confidence of which J they talked been , restored ? If so, why all this gold talk now,, all this vigorous war upon silver,: these loud demands for , the destruction , of the greenbacks which have now, in the opinion of these prophets, taken the place of the Sherman law as con fidence shakers ? Why all this raid ing ot the Treasury for gold by the gold standard men ? Why all this if the repeal of the Sherman ." law was to restore confidence and bring back good times and lasting! pros perity As prophets they stand dis credited by events as they have panned opt.-. . -f;.; I v- --.t 'I:! ': ' The fact is the'gold "standard men; are trying to do business on too limited capital, not enough to do a' respectable and solid business on. And the kind of money they want to do business on they keep locked up. This country is too big to do busi ness on a narrow gaue plan. It must have, money enough to meet the demands of enterprise and busi ness j'ust -as a man must have food enough to be vigorous and healthy. Money is the blood and food of com merce and industry. This country is biood-tnm and hungry to day for money, and it will never recover its full strength and activity until there is an addition, and a large addition, to. the volume of currency, both by the free coinage of silver and a change in the banking' system which Will bring the banks nearer to the people.,) MLSOR MENTION. ; We ' have frequently referred in these columns to the progress and prosperity of Mexic'o, as. the result of maintaining the silver standard, and also as the result of the degradation of silver by this country. , In confir mation of. this we have quoted from speakers and writers, who have lived in that country, who were, when they wrote or sjoke, identified with it in business. We here present as fur ther confirmation an extract from a letter' of . Judge Walter . Clarke, of. bur State Supreme Court, which "we clip from ihe Raleigh News and Ob server'. Judge Clark! is now in that country! gathering material for some papers wnicn areto appear in one oi our leading magazines,!: and has splendid opportunities -for -observation. Spiating, of the prosperity of Mexico he says: ; -L. .;:'' . "This country ia developing more rap idly probably tnan any otner on tne Dlantt and could not help being' pros perous as matters stand. The dollar is exactly the same value as it was 10 or 15 doubled in value by legislation, as bas been the case with us. Consequently cotton is still 13 cents per pound and wheat tl per busbel. while fixed charges, as taxes, passenger and freight rates, public and private debts; etc , re main actually (a well as nominal! v) the same." With us in the . United States, by virtue of Jttae legislation in favor of 'the bond holders, these fixed charges, while nominally; the same are, in tact,' doubled, as it takes twice the amount of cotton, corn, wheat, etc., to pay them. One does not get a full idea of the enormity of this transaction till he gets here and sees the prosperity of this country and sees the very capitalists who, by securing this legislation, have doubled the value of their United States bonds, investing the principal and inter est of their enhanced value in this coun try at old prices, thus Securing $3 oi property here for 11 loaned the United, States Government that - is, they will sell $1,000 United States bond for gold, buy $2,000 of silver, which remains at the old value, and invest in $3,000 of prop erty here." : ;j .' :: ; Judge Clark is too well known -in this State to require any endorse ment as to intelligence ! or honesty, and no one who knows him: conld for a moment doubt ! the facts, and the pauses assigned for them, in the above extract. i i v m v , - The resolution adopted by tbeJ Senate -Friday appealing ?to the treaty powers to intervene and put a stop to the atrocious persecution.star vation and butchery of Armenian subjects of Turkey, expresses the sentiments of the people of this country as to these barbarous out rages, but it will have little influence on those powers, .which could have put an end to these atrocities, a year ago if they had said the word. Their common humanity would, perhaps, have caused them to say it, if their miserable suspicion of each other didn't prevent concert of , action or any one from acting Independently. If they could agree on the share that each one should get by lthe partition of Turkey, thev would : very soon f A HE come to an understanding, butcheries would cease in these short order and the Saltan would find him-' self without an avocation and take his place on the retired list of brutal despots and batchers. It isn't ,easy to add odiam to the rale of ; tbe Turks, but If there Is anything shameful in the heartless savagery with which these friendless Arme nians have been pursued and slaugh tered, these so-called . Christian powers, which are in treaty with Turkey, are as'tnorally responsible as the Turtish Porte. - , f A combine has been formed for the control of the iron oatpat of the Lake Superior district, including the won derful . Masaba range, which pro poses to raise the price of .-Bessemer Ores from $2.50 to $4.00 a ton There is no reasonable excuse' for this raise, as the iron miners were: making a. handsome profit oil their.ores at $3 50 a ton, the iron beioz so abundant and so easily worked that in some places it can be mined and put on the cars for a few - cents a ton, being shovelled with great steam shovels, the iron coming clear up to the sur face with little or no stripping. While this is going on, there is an effort in Congress to increase the duties on iron and steel about 15 per cent, to protect our iron miners and manu facturers. Wouldn't it" be better if they turned their attention to, these combines . which are putting the thumb-screws on the iron makers? 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 yoa owe as for subscriptions? If so forward the amount without delay, The Washington Post Almanac and Encyclopaedia is an exceedingly valuable and comprehensive publi cation, containing within its 500 pages a vastj amoaat of useful and, solid information on a wide range of subjects. In addition to its statist! cal tables, political, financial, &c, it contains much matter not often found In such publications' facts in reference to cotton, 'the culture of tobacco, food materials and other things, which make - this a rare and valuable publication. The price is 25 cents. Address The Post Com pany, Washington, D. C, The New Vox World thinks Mr. Cleveland "shoo id not discriminate in j favor of the banks against the wtdows and the orphan?," but should give the Widows, and orphans a fair whack at the $100,000,000 of bonds. We think so, top. The widows and Orphans shouldn't be crowded out. when there are such plums , bobbing around. We, are interested in this thing because we are very much of ah orphan.' We wouldn't mind tak ing a hatful or, two if we found them laying around loose, with claimant handy.. . j no . Please pay yourt indebtedness, any, to the 'Weekly Star ' if James Rogers, a wealthy Old boy in California, aged 77, who bas chll-, dreD, grandchildren and great grand children, took4be whole colony by surprise the other day by marrying a fifteen year old! girl, when there Were older, girls around who would, not object to a joint interest in his for tune of $200,000. Noticing the assertion that there are forty thousand British subjects who have driven stakes fin the disputed Venezuelan territory, an American traveller in that country says if they were all coralled there : wouldn enouzh of them to man a fleet of a half dozen canoes. It turns out that a retired school teacher, Miss Halls, who was sup-! posed to have been murdered at her home near Mamamroneck, N. Y., a few days ago, was not murdered but died of starvation.' She got an idea that she could live on candy. Candy is nice, but It is not nutritious nor fillin' enough for a regular diet. The! Sultan of Turkey has d de gated to one ,of his clerks the an swering of . Queen Victoria's let ter. It she had put a postscript to it in forming him that if he didn't comply she would knock the stuffing out of him, he might have answered it him self. .' ,' "- ' I,- It is said that there is a clause in the Constitution of Venezuela which forbids the cession of territory to an other government,- so that England's claim to the disputed territory must be established before Venezuela can give her assent to possession. Associate Justice Fields bas be come indignant at the report that he intended retiring from the bench, and says he intends to hold his seat while his health holds but. We were afraid of this. --l Richard Croker, of New York; is said to be very fond of kurmiss and makes that his exclusive drink. This fascinating: beverage is jdistilled from the milk oi asses, mares, &c; which may account for. Mr. Croker's par tiality for the horse, j -i WILMINGTON, N. FRIDAY, JANUAUY 31, 1896. If Spain has any idea of trying to sell Cuba, as reported- the first thing she woald have ' to 4o would be to show that she' , coaid give a . good title, which as .things, stand now is very doubtful. The New" York Herate, Is, very anxious to have Ambassador Bayard recalled at once, if hot soonei and talks as if it wonld get real angrylf he isn't: :- ( When Paderewski appeared in Cin cinnati' recently he wore trousers woich were too short for him. - But what Fad tacks la trousers he makers Lup in hair. - ; The Louisville Courier-Journal says we must "stand pat on Monroe,' which means, pat-riotic. that we mast be Please pay your indebtedness, if any, to the Weekly-Star; ; beath, of Ir. B:ya DenBftB. 1 " The many friends of Father C. Den nen, of St. Thomas Pro-Cathedral, will regret io learn of . his brother's death, which occurred in this city , yesterday at 3 p. m. at the Catholic Parsonage. : Mr. Bryan Deonen, who for several years has 'beenf superintendent of a coal mine in West Virginia, came here about ten days ago for his health, and lived with his brother.. He gradually j grew worseT and died yesterday of heart failure. His remains were accompanied on the 7 o'clock train last night j by Father Dsn neat to the old family' homestead, at Sbamokin, Pa for! interment, arid where ibis father and several .brothers reside: The pall-bearers at (he depot were' Messrs.' Daril. Quinliva'n, M. J. Corbett. M. H. Curran. p. Donlar, John Sweeney, and Dr. T. B. Carrol. Mr.Dsnnen, during his short - stay, made many friends, who iare sorry to learn of his death. - t .'.-';' :-, Oonfedete Vetetan Acaoeiationa. ' Some figures recently given out by Col. George Moorman, of New Orleans, Adjutant-General of the United Con federate Veteran Association, show the rapid growth of that organization.. Ia the latter part of 1891 there were but 83 camps! and the outlook for & general enrollment was gloomy, f S'x months after, , at the New Orlea'cs reunion, General Moorman astonished the old veteran! by - reporting 17 camps. At the Birmingham reunion the gratifying report of 520 camps was made.-and one year later, at the Houston reunion, General Moorman reported 660 camps. He has now 787 camps upon the rolls, has upon file applications for 200 in addition, and is confident that the figures will reach 1.000 before the assembling of the veterans in reunion at Richmond ia Jane nest.- . , 1 Sftld.tobe nlmpottar. , j A rather nicely dressed young man, clean shaven and wearing kid gloves, was "going the tonnds yesterday posing as teacher of languages in hard luck, and asking assistance." He speaks German,' French and! other languages quite fluently and claims to have been a pro- fessorn a delunct college, and now on bis way home. . One of onr citizens who met him in Sumter a few years ago, at which place he secured about one , hun dred dollars, mostly from ladies and ministers, says be is a regular impostoi and told him he would . pat the author ites on him if he tried his little game here. "A word to the wise is sufficient." Tt Stw Cotton 8 Bed Mill, j : A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., says of the new enterprise, mentioned by the Star some time ' ago, that "Atlanta capitalists are forming a company, of which J. L.- Logan is pres.dent, and have leased property at Wilmington, N. C and will put in a plant lor removing lint from cotton seed.- The company calcu lates on getting twelve dollars worth of lint from each tod' of seed." ' . : Holloa to Mann rt. -. ,,-.-:'.J V . Tbe.Hydrograpbic office publishes the following: i ' 1 ' ' '.-.; ;. ' '-; ." ; North Carolina. Frying Pan shoals. Watch buoy removed. The red nan watch buoy, formerly just inside the' Frying Pan Shoals whistling buoy, off the southwest point of the shoals, has . been removed.-!- ::"- Delaware Shoal reported south of Fenwick Island lighthouse. Captain James H. Jones, of the schooner George Taulane, fr., reports that wlien in a po sition irom which Fenwick lighthouse bore about N. 5 deg, 80 min. W. true, (North: mae.), distance j about 7 miles, his vessel struck, on a small shoal with 18H feet of water on it and 4 to 5 fath oms close-to. ': . Approx. position: Lat, 88 deg. 20 min. 80 feci N.j Long., 75 deg. 01 min. 80 sec. W.:: " ; i - ...-.!'... : SENSATIONAL! SCENE At the TrUl of John Oram lo Murder in the . CtimioM court ot umotico. . By Telegrmplt to the Blonung Star. ' Chicago, January 85. There was a sensational scene in the Criminal Court to-day, when John Oram was called up to say why sentence of death should not be imposed upon him., for the murder of Jos. Cbnlan. As Oram arose his wife sprang to her feet ana cnea: "i xniea thatmanf . My husband is not guilty! He shall not suffer tor my crime!"' The court room was instantly, in an uproar. When quiet was restored the prisoner asked ; time to" consider, which ; was granted him, and he then pleaded guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. Mrs. Oram told the fudge that she committed the murder, but that her hus band's lawyers would not- allow her to testify. The Judge told her that her tes timony would be of no avail, as her pre vious contradictory testimony wouia ais 'prove it. She tben laintea repeateaiy. The ladies of the Confederate Memo rial Society of Richmond, Va., have de-j t.rmined to ODtn formally the Davis mnnainn as a museum on February 22d, tbe anniversary of the inauguration of Mr. Davis as President of the Confeder ate States. Tbe ladies who represented the several States at the bazaar to raise fiinrla to. restore the building will consti tute the reception committee on the oc casion. - - : CUKBESLANO COVST. Utny Cmn of lllno Iatetoat Two Mui . de Trlalt Oa of iho Dsfandsnts Bn .! teased to rive Tears in tna Pem , tentlary-Ths Marriage of Bev. Mr. Button ' and Mlsa Iiunb-Mr. Th. B. . Bedberry Wedf Miss Bound Oastar. !' HSiar Correspondence r! ' . . . a Fayettbvillb, N. C Jan. '23. Quite a number of cases of minor im portance, such as affrays, assault and battery just such cases as should have been disposed of in magistrates' courts have been occupying the attention of the Superior Court now in session here. In addition to these, however, the Court has disposed of the following jail cases, all except two being sentenced to work the public roads of Chatham county some of them for petty larceny, others to pay fines and costs. .. ; . ; . To Chatham county Romeo Tones, colored, three months; Jerry Penny, colored, four months; Will Perry, white, one year; Wi H. McAllister colored,, one year; Wm. Battle, colored, two years; Waldon Smithr colored, one year; John Smith, colored, four months; Wm. Mur ley, colored, one year; Sandy Bryant, colored, four months; lames Strander, colored, three months; Robt. McMillan, colored three months; Hector Pntch ard, colored, i three . months; Herman Wilson, colored, one year; Ed. Robinson, colored,; one- year; Henry New, white, eighteen months. ; . Carlton Watsoni white, a thief and burglar, and one who has given the jiil keeper , considerable trouble several times breaking' jail was sent to the Penitentiary for hve years. V - Duncan Me Eacbern, . colored, who Was arrested in Wilmington some time ago and returned to Fayetteville, charged with having killed another colored man in this county about twelve years ago,, was sentenced to five years in the Peni tentiary, his ecu asel having submitted to a verdict of marislaugtt;r. . McEch era, alias Lee Holiandprodaced wit nesses who proved him to be a man of exceptionally good character, and to this fact no doubt is attributable the light sentence imposed. - ' The Court is now trying the case of the State against Joe White for the murder of one James Gocdvin at Man chester last summer, i It is probable that no other case will be brought lor trial at this term.. . ' '! ... j-.- ,. ;. - Judge Greene will gofrom hereto' Lumberton to hold the term of Robs- ; son Superior Court next week. Hay Street Methcdist Church here was crow d.d to its utmost capacity yesterday afternoon by four o'clock to witness the marriage of Miss Mary Lamb second daughter of Mr. J. M. Lamb, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, to Rev. T. H. Sutton, pastor of Market Street Chuich, Wil mington., Dr. Moore, presiding elder of this district, officiated. The church was elaborately and beautifully decorated for the occasion. Mr. Sutton was for some years pastor of the church in lower Fay etteville, and during bis residence here ingratiated himself into the affections of this peopie, and bis union with one of the most highly esteemed young ladies of this community has endeared him to Fayetteville as one of its sons, and he and his bride; left' on the 4.45 tram for Wilmington, accompanied by the good wishes of otlr people for a long, pros perous and happy life. At night the parlors of Mr. W." D. Gaster's residence presented a scene of beauty and magnificence, having been prepared for the' celebration of the nuptials between his second daughter. Miss bmma, one of tbe prettiest young ladies of the town, and Mr. H. Stiles Sed berry, second son of Mr. B. ESed berry, and .one of the most popular young druggists of, the town. At 9 o'clock the marriage ceremony was per formed by the Rev. J. T. Lyon, of Rock ingham'; quite a large number of the most intimate friends of tbe young bride and groom being present to tender their congratulations. Mr., and Mrs. Sed berry left on tbe 8.40 train on the A. C L., fora tour through the Northern cities, with the bt wishes of their friends for a pleasant tour and a sale return, . . ..j ' : . I mmm' M. EYE. Colored Man Seriously Injated. A coloirednan about 45 years of age, named Will laraPb il pot, ' was seriously injured while at work aiding in tearing down the ruins Of MrWn. R. French's house, corner of E'gbtfKand Market streets, which was burned a lew weeks ago. Phil pot and a fellow-workman, Wm. Weston, were standing, on tl annex to the .house on the Eighth street side, white workmen! on the - op posite side j i were pulling the roof off with a rope. As they pulled, the roof divided in the centre, and half of it swinging back knocked Philpotoff, a dis tance of about , thirty feet to tbeside-i walk; Weston, although pinned to the annex with the debris, came out unhurt; but Philpot,. who was knocked to tbe ground, was badly injured, his right leg being broken in two places,, the bone protruding through the skin. Dr. A. H. Harriss. who was near by, was called and gave such assistance as was possible. Philpot was placed on a litter, furnished by ladies in tbe neighborhood, and car ried on a dray to, his home, on Tenth between Mulberry and Gwinn streets, where he received medical aid. Last night he was doing fairly well under the circumstances. : Tne 8. A. In, j The Norfolk Virginian of yesterday, anent the retirement Of Gen. Winder from the general management of the S. !a. L. system, says: f I. The announcement of tbe retirement of General Winder as General Manager of the Seaboard Air Line, was generally a surprise, although in railway circles it was expected. It is asserted that other important changes in the officials of the svstem will follow. Vice-President St. John left last evening for the North pre sumably to confer with President Hoff man, in Baltimore. He will be absent several days, l .'.).' The following special was. received from Atlanta last night: "Public sentiment here was favorable to the Winder faction in the Seaboard fight. Atlanta resented 'the removal of the General Manager's office. It is re ported that a move is oq loot to capture the control of tbe system in the interest of the Winders and Tuckers. It is re ported that Superintendent McBee will be the new General Superintendent. He was general superintendent of the Central, of the Georgia system, when it was leased by the Georgia Pacific. " Death of an Old. Bealdenu . j Mr. Antonio Rush; an old resident of New Hanover county, died yesterday at 8 o'clock at his farm two miles from the city. He was a Portuguese by birth. came here when a young man and kept a . grocery , store on Front street near Dock- He was 83 years bid and leaves a. wife. : His fnneral will take place to morrow morning at 10.80 o'clock from St Thomas' pro:cathedral. nn v . SUPE&IOB COURT. Xnxbf BBlement oasea Btport ot the Orand Jary Baoeived-OMMs on the Civil Cal-1 , -r;j. endar Beard, j- ''; -; "f : -V. In the Superior Court yesterday two cases charging W. B. Larkin with em bezzlement were heard. A. iary was empanelled in each case and a verdict ot guilty renderedwith recommenda tion to the mercy of the Court. ; At 4 o'c'ock the grand jury came into court and submitted the following re port: ; ; y:: -His Honor futfee Henry R. Star buck, . Judge Superior Court. , We, the grand jary for the January term of the Superior Court of New Han over county, submit 'the following re port of our labors: . We have acted on twenty-five bills of indictments, resulting ia tbe finding of twenty-one true bills and four not true bills. 1 - ', . We have visited the county jiil and county home and house of correction. We found the j ill clean and the prison ers generally well fed and cared for. The prisoners inj the cell for males complain ed of lice and exhisitid conclusive evi dence in snbstantiation. The jailor ex plained that these insects were in the clothing of the prisoners when ad mitted ard it is impossible under existing- circumstances to prevent it. Some means ought to be adopted to rid the i ul of these pests. We would suggest that . facilities be provided for bathing the prisoners upon entrance and that they be famished with a suit of cheap clothing, to be worn during their stay in the; j til. This or a similar re commendation was made by a grand jury some time ago, we think, bat bas remained in a state of ; "in nocuous Des utude ever since. . In the department for female prisoners we found three colored women and one white woman in the same cell. . The white woman was placed there at ' her Own request, but we would recommend that such request be not granted. Tbe jiilor, Mr. King,! offered qs every opportunity for investigation, and from observation and the testimony of pris-( oners, we feel ! lullr satisfied that he does every thing in bis power for the care of the jiil and the comfort- of its inmates, f 1 h : li the bounty home we found the bed-clothes very unclean, on the whole, and .' the j bed linen f and covering rather scant. Some of the rooms wete clean and: neatly krpt, others in fair condition and a few htthy. We recom . mend . that the bed linen be changed weekly and the bedding and ! bed-clothing frequently aired.) The provisions were sound and wholesome, and we. heard little or no ' complaint js to the quality and quantity of food. We would especially call ! attention to- two rooms, one occupied by a colored imbecile, tbe other by a! sick colored woman. The stench from these two rooms was ;' so great that we could not' enter- to make an examination.. The excuse given tor tne condition ot tne room occupied by tbe woman was that she had been bedridden' for months; bad she been dead for the . samerrtth of time the odor could bardly-Ltvjs been worse. As we were told that disinfectants were freely supplied by the county, we do not lee any excuse for such a condition of things. Fael is plentifully supplied and we found fires burning in most of the rooms and hear little or no complaint bq this score. The beating apparatus in tbe main building, we were told, has never been worked, and should be put in order witbout delay. ; The prisoners in ' the house of I correction seemed wellsatia- fisd with their treatment and made.no complaint We think that branch is well and properly managed. Respectfully submitted. W. G. Farmer, W. N. Cronly, j Clerk. I ' Foreman. The grand jary was discharged for tbe term, and the Court ! at 6.80 p.m., took recess until 10 a. m. to-day. - CUMBERLAND COURT, Joe White Sentenoed to . Twantf-flre Tears in the Penitentiary Tor the Mur-r der ot jMcnea Ooodmn. . 1 Special Star Telegram Fayetteville, N. CJanTai After the examination of State witnesses this evening, counsel for Joe White, on trial I . a . ml ' J lortne muraer oi jamcs .vrroamaa at Manchester last August, made, a propo sition to Ithe solicitor that the defendant would submit to a verdict of murder in the second degree. The same was ac cepted, arid accordingly White was sen tenced to tne renitentiary lor twenty- five years. ' ;. . ; S It was an aggravated case ot mnrder and the penalty imposed is not deemed excessive. Defendant White was repre sented by MessrSvH.McD. Robinson. C VV. Bidgood and Oscar J. Spears. The : State and prosecutors bv Solicitor i Sewell, Col. Thos. P. Sutl j H. Johnson. ; i Death ct Mlaa Mary Jannlnaa Hanlaa. : (The death of Miu Mary iJei Harriss. !vonnffest dauchter of Mr. Geo. Harriss,jwas a great shock to many in this community. The sad event occurred about 1 o'clock in tbe afternoon. Miss Harriss had been ill for the past three weeks with typhoid i ever and was thought to be recovering nntil Friday, when she grew worse: and continued to sink slowly until death, called her to a better world. Her family and other loved ones were at her bedside, admin istering to her every want nntil the last moment of her life. . I . ' Miss Harriss was in the twentieth year of her age, a most estimable young lady, and much endeared' to the hearts of all who knew her. 1 ' ;' ' The funeral will take place this after noon at 8:80 o'clockfrom the First Presbyterian Church, and the interment will be in Oakdale Cemetery. Death of Caps. Thoe. 0. smyth S. Bevenue Marine Setvlee. of the XT. Captain Thomas S Smyth, of, the revenue cutter Colfax, died last night at The Orton, after a month of suffering. Since' assuming command of the Colfax, Capt. Smyth had endeared himself to the citizens of Wilmington of all grades and classes by his universal kindness, courtesy and open-hearted hospitality. His many friends, while expecting' tbe sad event from day to day, will never theless! be grieved to bear of his. death. The sympathy of the entire corrimunity goes out to his bereaved widow.- Capt Smyth came here from the cut ter Dallas at Portland; Me., in Novem ber, 1894. He entered the service about thirty-one years ago, and had been sent to all parts of the country; His mother and one sister live fn 'London, Ontario, and another Wster at Mount Vernon, New York.- i- -;tf '- The funeral will take place from St. John's Church Monday at U-o'dock. NO. 14 RALEIGH NEWS ITEMS. THE -FALLING - OUT . OF FUSION K:: LEADERS. mil Talk for Theatrioal Efraot Otvll ' Ber vtoe Xxtmlaatlon rhe Story of the Befor mtioa An . Alleged Murder : . Union 7. M. C. A. Barrios The South- - ern Railroad. . . ' 1 !' : Star Correspondence. Raleigh N. C, January 25. The recent announcement by Senator Lindsay that he was in favor of fusion with the Democrats, the circular letter of Senator Butler, and . the reply by Woods.ln which the executive com mittee of the People's party is arraigned for trying to ?,'embark ' into the bowels of the Republican party," the dare made by the Winston Republican that Repub lican principles protection and sound money wonld not be " yielded to any policy and the declaration that the next Governor must be a-Populist. have once more brought the' political situation from a s'umberingidieness to a place of prominence. - It would, seem that the fusion: forces are not compact, as has been thought, and that Butler's dicta torial : leadership' is to? be . rebuked if not . defeated. . This ' is the way the matter appears to some people, but then there are others and it may be said with,a degree of saftty, that they con stitute a majority of the i Democratic party, who think most of this talk is only theatrical stuff, for stage effect. Thatthe Populists and Republicans jwant to get together on a State ticket; it! not on the National, every One admits. They all say that fusion is necessary to keep the "unholy" Democratic machine down, and if they think it is necessary, j it is likely that tbey will repeat; their1 per formance of November a year ago. There is a chance, however, of tbe combination falling out over the matter of spoils. Al ready there is some Contention as to the Gubernatorial nomination, which for two weeks was not heard. The Popu- !tl . . .a at m lists win more man uaeiy maite an ei fort to get the big plum, though Butler says it is a secondary considerttion. A civil' service examination is to be held here March 7th, for grades of clerk, storekeeper, gauger, and storekeeperj in the Internal Revenue Service. 'AH applications must be filed with the c erk before February 17.b. For farther in formation apply to N. A. Brown, secre tary. Raleigh, N. C. "The Story of the Reformation," pre sented at Metropolitan Half last night, was a grand success. Every seat was Sold, and standing room was at a- pre m um. More than 100 Raleigh people were on the stage. Dr. G. T. Winston, of the University.' acted as '-Luther," and E. Chambers Smith, as i the. "Cardi nal." Mayor Russ was a bishop. The performance will be repea!d to-night. : Some time ago the Governor of Ten nessee made' requisition on Governor Carr for three persons living in one of the border, counties on the Tennessee line. Tbey were charged with the mur der of one Delbert Hicks. Upon inves tigation Governor Carr learned that Hicks was an escaped convict, and that he was shot by three deput ized officers just across the Tennessee line. It seems that tbe wife of the dead man was posh ing the requisition papers, as she wanted to see her husband's slayers punished. Governor Carr informed, the Governor of Tennessee of the facts, and the, inci dent closevwithout further delay. ' . There wiirbe union Y. M. C A. serv ice of the Baptist. Presbyterian, i Chris tian and Methodist Churches at Eden ton Street Chuch Sunday night Y ' Through passenger trains will be put on between here and Norfolk by the Southern in a few weeks, so a railroad man tells me. , By the present arrange ment two through cars are used, being switched off at Selma. Two 'additional telegraph lines are being put up by tbe Southern from here to Norfolk. i Mr. John H. Winder is expected here, to-morrow. is said that he has been offered a position by the Southern. A sharp thief came to town yesterday and fleeced -all the gentlemen 'boarders at a boarding house He engaged board and went through every i room in the house during the day. He skipped at night. ... " A BAD WRECJK I On the Norfolk & Western BaUroad Traln men and Faaaenccrs xtjoiia a Colored Porter Scalded to Death. , j . " ' By Telegriph to the Iforainf Star. Richmond. Va.". Jan.) 25, A bad wreck occurred on the Norfolk & West ern Railroad last night about 10.80 o'clock at Crooked Run, one and a half miles north of Riverton, in Warren county, caused by the engine runnirg into a boulder! which had rolled on the trdck on a sbarp curve. The engine was completely demolished and the baggage car and the front Pull man car were piled upon the engine. I A colored porter on the j Pullman car, named Phillips, was scalded to death nd another porter named Kane was se riously injured. The engineer and bag gage toaster received painful injuries, but their Wounds are not Serious. Their escape from death was almost miracu lous. ' - - -X. " , ; ' I . Several of the passengers received slight injuries. ThewpnJer is that more were not hurtT The wrecked train was the first section cf a Raymond and Whitcomb excursion from the North. on the way to California and - Mexi and was composed ot a baggage car, four Pullman coaches and a dining car. The wreck eaught fire and the baggage Car and two 'Pullman (coaches were burned. A quantity of baggage was also destroyed by tbe flames, y The second section came up land the other cars were saved by being' pulled away from the wreck. ! The zaitroad company made thei passengers as com forUble as possible! and Doctors Hud son and Keller, Of Riverton, were sum moned and conveyed to tbe scene on an engine and dressed the wounds of the injured. The track was cleared to day about noon, and all but four of the ex cursionists resumed their journey. The four oersons referred to returned home. Long, the engineer, lives in Hagerstown, Md.. and was taken to that point. When the accident happened the pas sengers had retired, but all had time tor dress. ' Those in the forward coach bad hurry, however. The fireman was not injured. .'. ;. .1' - j : DRY GOODSJ MARKET Weak and -Quiet Materiel Improvement Zxpeoted Next IMonth. xderaph to the Mdnting Star. ' ' , ' NxW York, Jan. 25.-i-The dry goos market closes weak with a generally fiat tone' prevailing in staple cottons and with cotton 'dress fabrics and woollen arid worsted goods quiet throughout. Sellers are looking for material Improve ment In general boslneu next month, but meanwhile, without activity: break log prices, agents are quite easy to deal with in regular lines ot cotton goods and in many lines of woollens and worsteds also, -j ; -I 1 ' NORTH CAROLINA' POPULISTS AND REPUBLICANS AT LOGGERHEADS. A. Bentatlon Bprunc by Senator Butler u-nere van oe wo Failon Sepat)llon , Xieadere Claim to ba .Masters of tho Situation. n y' -,v By Telegraph to the Morninf Scar, f-.: - t Raleigh, N.C, January 24. It has been, astured for some months that ' fusion between jtha Populists and Re publicans in North Carplina was certain, but a great sensation is now sprung, in the shape of a letter signed by the Pop ulist chairman and Senator Marlon Butler, announcing that the Populists would support only electors pled sed to vote for no man who , favors a gold -standard, and stating further, that it is more important to have the elec- tors than to have . the- Governor. This statement has aroused one wine of the Populists, and the Populist State committee is to meet in a few days. The Republican.- State organ to-day creates commotion among the Populists by declaring, "that the next Governor of North Carolina will be a.Republican, is certain. The fact is, that the Republi cans are .masters of the situation. With ' anything like harmonious action they will sweep the State. ' When it comes to tbe qoejtton of surrendering to Populism' or free silver, or keeping in toucn with ' the principles of the National Rrpubli- can party, protection and a sound rjnan clal sys'em, quertions of policy must yield to principle.' THE WAR IN CUBA. 4 ACTIVE OPERATIONS OF THE INSUR GENT FORCES. Daily Kooountere With Spinlth Trot pi SliRht IaOaaea Many Spaguh Sjldleia i Slok Hoeplula Crowded. By Cable to thMomiogS r. ' ' Santiago Db f Cuba, Jan. 18., ; via Key Wrsti Fla., Jao.S, To day the de tails werej learned of the engagement that took place on the 11th instant on the sugar estate, '-Las Chivas." near San Luis, between a Spanish column, 800 men in number, under Col. Sandoval, and 400 rebels under 'Colonels Pancho Sanchez jand! XJemetrio Castillo. The Spanish, jtrobps left San Luis early in the J morning, conveying 100 mules laden kith movisiona and ammunition, and when tey reachecTthe sugar estates were suddenly attacked by the insurgents who, after a severe fight. succeeded in taking from the Spaniards 63 mules with both ammunition and pro-" visions which ' they took to tbe sugar . estate "Hatxllo," where Jose Macei was with the larger part of his army. San doval's column was reinforced later by' the battalion Constitution acd a number of guerrilos commanded by Pando and ' Tejeda. .They only came In time Id help ' Sandoval to reach Palama Soriano, be ing conscictly attacked during the re treat. The Spaniards had nipe 'killed and fifty-four wounded. The rebels loit three killed and eleven wounded. iv Great alarm - prevailed in this city last night. A party of rebels belonging to Cebreeo's forces appeared in Puntai. Desol, on the other side of the bay. and si set fire t6 the old station of the Cobre 1 Railroad rand to tbe houses there. On the 16th inst. General Pandoleft this city with' 400 soldiers onboard the steamer1 Estengerj . " 1 .'. , - - . ' .. On the same evening the steamer with j tbe General and his soldiers came back and . brought with him 21 soldiers i. wounded! by the rebels, who" in great numbers fired at tbe steamer from the sea beach while &bc was trying to land . -i . troops. The fire was kept up until two gunboatsl which accompanied tbe ' steamer (began to- throw shells, drivinjg. the rebels from the beach. - ' 'f"" Oa the 15th fifty soldiert of tSf bat- n taliOn Lucana left San JoseAb protect . the men j grinding cane on the sugar estate of j Soledad. They were suddenly ,. i attacked wjth machets by a rebel party ; ei one hundred men under : Capt. WiU son. ' Alter a severe fight the Spaniards , ran away in great conlusion, leaving ten killed and twenty-four wounded.- . There are so many -.soldiers sick in, i Guantanamo that the hospital is i crowded! and they had to bring some here. The consequences of Gen. Pan do's visit to Gibara and Holguin have been the imprisonment of several promt- , nent persons. In Holguin they arrested all the family of Jose Ramon Mandueley. composed ofL the father, mother, four' daughters and three sons, who have all i t been exiled from the country, as well as 1 . Dr. Benjamin Seayas, Felix Hernandix and others. On the lltti, a rebel party of 200 men , under Col, Lora, bad an- engagement I with a spanisu column ot l.ouo un-. der Gen. ' Casco, in Calabazir and Custro Camlnos, Manxanillo. The. troops pursued the , rebels to a place called Cacao, where tbey ' met Rabl who was on his way uo Camaguey, ; with' a ilaree convoy of ammunition. Rabi, with 700 mea, attacked tbe troop. destroying twice tbe square formed bv . the Spaniards with his cavalry, while 400. ' infantry fired from all. sides. As night was approaching and his force disorgan ized, Gen. Gasco ordered his troops to stop, and' began to bury bis dead. In this encounter the Spaniards had two officers 1 and eighty-seven soldiers wounded. - Nine .Spaniards deserted and joined the rebels. The insurgents bad,, five kilfed and sixteen wounded. Tbey captured 16 mausers, ; 80 . Remington ' rifles, and 6,000 rounds of ammunition. Barcelona. January 25. Gen. Wey ler, the newly appointed Captain General of Cuba; sailed from this port to-day for Havana, together with a cavalry force one thousand strong. A large crowd .witnessed the embarVation of the Gen eral and the troops. They were enthusi astically cheered, i y j MARINE DISASTERS. The Amerloan Liner from Sourhampton Wreaked on the Jersey Coaat An Old . ominlon Xitne Steamer' Damased. I sBr Telegraph to the Mornlns Star.. ; ! New YOrk, Jan. 25. The American liner St j Paulrom Southampton to New- York, stranded about 1.80 this morning opposite the East end that is, between Long Branch andxNew, Long Branch. All of tbe first j andsecond class passenger were transferred safely to the steamboat George Starr by , o'clock in the afternoon and then that vessel steamed away for New York. The tog C. E. Evarts stopped at Quarantine at 7 05 p m. with the balance of the St. Sanl's passenger about a dozen in num ber. Capt Phil Dick, of the Evarts, savs tbe stranded steamer lies broadside to -tbe beach with very little water aboard. There is only seven feet of water on her (starboard aide. She lists slightly to port with five tables out and four wrecking boats i attendance. An . attempt will be made to pull beroff during the night at high! water, but it is feared that tbe I effort will be fruitless. : :; . J The steel steamship Jamestown, of the Old" Dominion Line, running: between this port arid Norfolk, Is lving at her pier with fifty feet of her starboard rail stove just aft ot the bridge, and her upper joiner work full of holes. - The damage " was caused by a big wave, which ooarded tbe steamer yesterday afternoon off the highlands of Havesink. Some of the j state rooms were flooded, but none of passengers or crew were hurt. ..-. The Treasury gold . reserve at the dose of business yesterday stood at H,-" 801,961; The reported, withdrawals of gold tor the day were $68,000, f-- it f I i ... . ' . -- .'.'-VI. r )
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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