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The Philadelphia Ledger, an inde ptendent paper with Republican lean ngs, a protectionpaper but not ex treme, and a gold paper ot a pro- mounced type, does not like Hon. rVVm. Mckinley, principally because he straddfes on the money question and does not come squarely out for oId; It therefore pronounces him more' of a "politician than states man," which is undoubtedly true. It contrasts the Ohio platformy in which it sees unmistakable evidences of McKinley's manipulation; with the platform adopted by the New York Republicans, and holds, up the for mer as a disappointing straddle, and the latter as the ringing utterance of men who' have positive convictions on a great question and the courage to proclaim them; above the housetops and in the market places, and wherever : men do congregate and s'wap political chat. It is satis fied with the j .declaration therein made, and is disposed to forgive the "international agreement" fraud because "it may be regarded as harmless." - . :j i - .-' We haven't any higher opinion of $Jqn. :Wm. McKinley than the Ledge has nor, perhaps, as high, but we f ail tp discover wherein the Re publicans of Ohio can t measure up with the Republicans of New York and then have very 'tittle-to brag of. We see a great dealimore consistency and quite as little pandering to self ish .interest -in the Ohio platform, straddle though it be, than, we do inj the New York platform, which is a depaiture from the previous platj forms of the party and a departure taken at the dictation of the money combinations of New ; York, which have, been essaying lately-to run both of the great political parties on the money question, y Thelplatform adopted by the con vention which launched the McKin ley boom, which ; the Eastern gold men and organs condemn so strongly, is substantially a iciteration of the Republican national platform of 1892 and substantially a reaffirmation of the platform ' adopted by the con- vention Senator ...:J- i--..1: : ... Ji;-L last year, ovfi- wnicn Sherman, a typical ' gold champion,, presided, and it is said that Hon. John Sherman had very. much to do with the manipulation of that platform.- But that straddle didn't attract half as much attention as the last straddle does for the New J York . Republicans straddled pretty much In the same style, and both straddles were endorsed by the Republican voters'-: of those ; two States. The gold men of both of those States"Walked up to the polls like, little men and voted for the candi dates who stood on the Dlatforms -.- which thu3 straddled, and captured me otaies. vve ao not see witn wnat consistency the Repulicans who ac cepted these straddles then condemn McKinley and the Ohio Republicans fpr repeating the same old straddle now. ' ' ; ;v; 1'.;. ",-.' - ,Y.. v But as a matter of fact, notwith standing that the New York plat form is paraded 'as a model I of straight, candid talking and manly declaration of principle, it Is to all in tents and purposes quite as mucli a straddle as the Ohio platform is. Here it is : . "- '' . . "The agitation of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 18 to 1 seriously dis tiStbj all industrial interest and calls for a clear statement of the Republican1 par ty s attitude upon this question, to ; the end that the trade of this country at .home and abroad may again be placed : upon a sound and stable foundation; . ; We recognize in the movement for the free coinage of silver an attcmnt tn drgrade the long-establisbed sundard of our monetary system, and hence a blow to the public and private credit, annce -coiuy-to the National Government and narmiulto Our domeitic and foreign .ounnerce. ; J V- ' ) r "Until there fs a prospect of interna tional agreement i to silver coinage, i !'c R!d remains the standard of ice uoitcd btatesand of the. civilized world, tbexHepublican party of New York declares itself in favor of the ! firm ana Honorable maintenance of that stand ,araV ; - -A And here is what the Ohio sinners said; 1 ':1tI VOL. XXVII. j. ' We contend for honest moniey; for a currency of gold, silver and pep jr with which to measure our exchanges that shall be as sound as the Government and as untarnished as its honor and to that end we favor bimetallism .and de mand the use of both gold and silver as standard money; either in. accordance with a ratio to be fixed by an "interna tional agreement, if that can be obtained, or under such restrictions and such pro vision! to be determined . by legislation at will., secure the maintenance of the pirltles of value of the , two metals, so that the purchasing and debt-paying power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be at all iates equal." . ".'..; ' ' ' I The 6nly real difference between these two. declarations is that the Ohio one pronounces in favor of a conditional bimetallism and the other bimetallism in disguise' and with the same condition, which the Ledger says "may be regarded as harmless" (or the reason, we suppose, that it doesn't think they meant anything by it after ..what they said about "de grading our money," &c. Bat that's just where the straddle and the hypocrisy come in. They straddled m the outset by declaring that "the agitation for free silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 seriously: disturbs all indus-? trial interests," &c. .Isn't that a Straddle to ' begin with ? Why not Content themselves with declaring against the free coinage of silver !and leave the ratio tail off ? :" Simply because if the National Convention adopt that platform they canpgo silver people and say Deiore , ine they are not essentially opposed to the free coinage of silver if a satis factory ratio can be agreed upon, and that they are perfectly willing if the Republicans get control of the Government to bring about some satisfactory . arrangement of "that, and they straddle in the tail by the reference to international agreement as " to thef ratio, which would give them a chance . to say that the Republican j party would do its level best to bring about such international agreement. , That's the way they, would put it , to . the friends of silver in ' the West and South, while with the! gold people of the other sections1 they, would dwell on the gold, talk they sand wiched in between this 16 to 1 open ing clause and the international agreement closing clause. ' - ; Analyze this plank and it is .a straddle or it is nonsense, and the fellows who put it in the platform are not fools. They were accom plishing two aims by it; one to se cure the approval and co operation of the gold men of the country, and to score a : point against McKinley by framing1 a .platform more in ac cord with their views and 'demands than the Ohio platform, in which they doubtless succeeded, judging from the tone of" the: gold organs which applaud the New York job while'pondemning the Ohio straddle. But essentially one 3s . about as much of a straddle as the other. Please . pay your indebtednses, if any, to the Weekly. Star. - r msos MEHTioir. The Republican clamorers for more protection than the Wilson tariff gives' dwell upon the fact that the imports of 1895 were f larger than they were in 1894, and present that as a conclusive proof that the for eign manufacturers are making ter rible inroads in the American mar ket, and pi course at the expense of the American manufacturer. (They take the first year of the Wilson tariff and compare It with the last year of the McKinley tariff, a year of industrial prostration and busi-. ness depression, when imports, re gardless of tariffs, naturally fell off. But when we come to compare the mports under the Wilson tariff with the average imports under the Mc Kinley tariff the figures tell a differ ent story, and, put an estoppel on this clamoring of the McKinleyltes. The following table taken from the Treasury statistics shows the imports for, four years under tpe McKinley law and for the year 1895 under the Wilson1 law: . '1,:' - Free of Duty. Dutiable. $388,064404 $466 455173 ... 458.074,604, 855,526 741 .. j 444.172 064 400.282.519 .. .! 887,968 717 ' 257,645,703 1891 1893 1893 1894 Four years. ft 1,669,379.789 ftl.479 910.130 Ann'l av'ger $417,819,947 $869,977,534 1895 ..... 1376 898,100 f 354,a71,U These figures show that the im ports for 1895 are considerably less than the average imports for the four preceding years, and ; that the only year in which the 'imports of 1895 exceeded any of the others was 1894, when there was an increase of dutiable imports, but still nearly $50,(K)0,000, less tharln 1893. ;. i The lastjreports from Cuba an nounce that Gen. Weyler has ordered that the Insurgents' be treated as I bahas. This is in accordance with tarnations heretofore issued. This action of Gen. Weyler is en do'rsed by public sentiment in Spain, and presumably by the home gov ernments In the early stages of the discussion! of the belligerency reso lutions in Congress, Weyler held his bloodhounds in check, for he was somewhat in awe of public sentiment in this country, but when Senator Hale and others came to the front, became the apologists for and virtu- 7 ally the defenders of Spain, and Con gress began to vacillate as if not knowing what tor do or afraid to do it, if it knew, the Spaniards picked up ; courage, became aggressive and Weyler considered It safe to take off his gloves and.tnrn his bloodhounds loose. This is the situation, and this is one of the results of the dilly dallying, cowardly, shameful slink ing from manly action, after having declared In- favor of belligerency, and encouraged the struggling., Cu bans to believe that it was sure to come promptly." Better " never to have discussed the - subject at all than to trifle with! it in this way. Spain could restore ; peace to Cuba inside of . thirty days, with honor to herself and justice to Cuba, if she would grant the reasonable demand for home rule, which many Cubans would prefer to independence! Recognition- of belligerency would force Weyler to call his bloodhounds off and force Spain to exercise reason, rather titan .'a spirit of vengeance. The commercial past week, represent reports for the the condition as unsatisfactory and not, encouraging, which they attribute in part j to the difficulty in making collections, en forcing greater caution inj selling goods and in giving Credit. Contem poraneously with this come the re ports of scarcity of money in the .West'and in the South, which, as far as the sections are concerned, will account for the difficulty in mak ing collections. This complaint,' as far as we know, does not extend to the East, where the great bank's are centered, where money is plentiful and where it may be had at a reas onable, if riot a very low rate of in terest. This is suggestive, for the South and the West are the-great ag ricultural sections of the country which supply the materials for the bulk of our foreign exports, and it shows how dependent the business and the prosperity of the country are bathe prosperty of j the farmers of the South and the West. These same reports say that the most encourage ing sign in the, situation is the ad vance In the price of farm products, showing that as farm products ad vance in price business picks up, and and yet: many of the business men of the East insist on perpetuating the monetery system which keeps farm products down and keeps the farm er's nose to the grind stone, ! arid re duces, him to a condition bordering, on pauperism. Please pay your : indebtedness, if anv. to this Weekly St'ak. j , . - . . . Hon, Russell A. Alger says he isn't hankering to be President, for there is a good deal, of worry and vexation iq attending to the affairs of so many people, when there are so many to do the bossing. He is pretty well fixed, and is having a pretty good time running his lumber business. Mr. Aiger has had some experience in -running booms and corralling delegates that wouldn't stay, corralled. , A woman in Kansas has j ust died from the bite of a' rattlesnake re ceived thirty years ago in Indiana when she was a little girl. Reme dies were applied at the time and, the wound healed and has since given her no trouble until a .short while ago when it inflamed and despite the efforts of physicians she died in great agony. :- !'",-: I ; While the Republican Convention engineers are crying aloud for pro tection to our suffering industries Mr. Carnegie is going right along shipping steel armof to Russia and steel rails to Japan, which looks somewhat like stealing a march on them and knocking them out. They should see Mr. Carnegie arid enquire why he does such things. 1 j It 13 said . that the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which has for some time been using some electric locoj motives,! finds 'that electricity as a motive power is more costly than steam But perhaps these locomo tives are not equipped for the ecc nomic production of electridtypYest-j inghouse says he can produce it loi a fraction ot the cost oiteam. An Indlanawoman thought her husband was too jealous because he slept witlTa razor, a revolver, a hatchet, and a DaCkaee of roueh on rats under his pillow, and a shotgun and a machete beside the bed, and that this was sufficient reason for ap plying for a divorce. Some women are very suspicious: lj ! j There Is a five-year-old girl in' De troit. Mich., who composes music. A bright little girl, no doubt! But we have known little girls who were not near as old as that who could keep a fellow dancing around right lively,, without composing a bit ot music. Xn 1874 Switzerland abolished cap ital punishment but; there has been such an increase in the annual num- erjof murders since then that there is talk of chopping off the heads of murderers as they iformerly did. - There- is great danger of the Mc Kinley balloon bursting j from too much and too previous inflation. ' f i - i x ai w ..- .- m - . i -f -. t- t . 'mm - j- w .t?- WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY APRIL. 3 1896. CAPITAL I CITY GOSSIP; SENATOR BUTLER DENIES SENDING ; .;. A SECRET -LETTER; v TJcIbc Fopnllaia to Vois wltn None of :t; tb Old PrUe BepnbUon County Convsntiona to jB Bald April Ilia " Dockery Kzpaotadlto Cany Vour Oat of ";;). Five.--v ' -r ;.r; f ;"; . '" . ' y-J -S;'. Star CorresPondenceY ' - Raleigh, N. C March 88. : I Superintendent Howells, of the Public Schools, has induced the book-stores to discontinue the sale of dime novels and the Police' Gazette, The small boy is hard to down. -; . l ',, ys Senator Butler denies that he sent a secret letter urging the Populists to fuse with none of the old parties. The letter, it was claimed, was sent to the chairmen of the Populist County Executive Com mittees.' My informant, who is a respect able and well thought of citizen, says be heard, the letter read in a neeting ot the Alliance last week. He says it was his understanding that , it was the chairman of the Executive Committee. 'This gen tleman is a Republican and has no love for Butler. . He says he would expect Butler to deny issuing a circular, be cause it would appear too much like machine politics, j , I t1 A few preliminary skirmishes have' oc curred since the opening of the Repub lican campaign, ; out tne real battle De- gins on tbe 11th ol April. Five county, conventions will i be held on : that day, and probably more. . It is the beginning cf the campaign which will giveihe su premacy to Russell, Pi itchard and Mc Kinley. or Dockery, Settle and Reed, in the Republican party of the State. Con ventions wilt be held that day in New IJanover, Robesoo, Richmond, Meck lenburg and Forsythe. Mr. Claude Dockery says that Col. Dockery will cettainly carry four of these counties. He is hopeful of carrying or breaking tbe other. !j To-day there1 is a meeting of one of the Republican Executive Committees in Franklin. This county, unlike any other in the State, has two Republican Executive Committees. ' - : A Dockery man tells me that Dock ery will carry every township in Union.' He says the resolution recently adopted favoring Russell was the action of a few followers of the Judge, and; that the man who signed his name as secretary of the committee is not recoRn zed as such. It is evident that there will be a great many contests in the convention. The Russell people are confident. Pineburst is a great success. Mr. Tufts has rented all bis houses., He will build more cottages, and also a larger and better hotel than the present one, "Hilly Inn." ,, Andrew Zacbaroki, a Pole, who got his leg broken the day before the acci dent at Cumnock mines, is here to-day. It is a sad and heavy heart this young man has.' He bad only been at the mines four-days when the accident occurred. His three countrymen who went to Cumnock with him were killed in the mine, and his life was saved by the acci dent to his leg on the day before. He cannot speak English and has no money. Coal at Twa Dollars Per Ton. : , The Langdon-Henszey Coal Mining Company,! with headquarters at Cum nock, are steadily increasing the product of the mines. About six weeks since the Star received a letter . Irom the President of the Company, in which he said: ':"'-!"' ' "We fully expect to put our coal into Wilmington for $3.00 per net ton of 2. 000 pounds, and I hope it will not be very long before we shall be able to do so. ' It is "only a) question of how soon we will be able to produce sufficient ton nage, reducing the minimum cost of the coal, to iustify that price' The foregoing was written before the terrible disaster; that occurred at the mines not long since, and which, of course has delayed operations.' Now, however, work is going on again, and the output of coal jwill be constantly in creased until it reaches a point that will justify the price of 2.00 per ton deliv ered in Wilmington. ! Carolina Bcaoh. , Carolina Beach will not be open as a public resort during tbe present jfear. This information may be relied on, a it eomes from an entirely reliable scurce. Whether or not any of those who own cottages will spend the Summer there has -not yet transpired ; but it hardly seems likely thai they will, as there will be no railroad communication between the pier and the Beach, and it is a long drive from Wilmington over the county road. Capt. S. W. Skinner is now sole owner of af? that part of Carolina Beach heretofore used as a public resort, in cluding the railroad and pier, and his well known energy, it is hoped.js'la guarnfee that this, popular seaside re treat will be reopened nexfiyear on a scale commensurate witits importance. Funeral cf the Xte BIra. DeumeUndt. - The funerof the late Mrs. August Deumelandt took place yesterday after noon at 4 o'clock from St. Paul's Evan- . 1 1 ! 1 T . f.im'mA. i' A .Alia gregation was present at the services, which were conducted by Rev. K. Boldr. The Interment took place in Oakdale cemetery, beside the remains of her hus band. The grave was covered with flo ral offerings. Mrs. Deumelandt died in the fiftieth year of her age. She was not a-sister, but a sister-in-law of Mr. F. W. Ortman, Tbe pall-bearers were: Honorary Messrs. Andrew Smith and N. Meyer. Active Messrs. ! J. H. Reh der, Jno. Haar. Wm. Neistlie, F. Rich ter, L. Hansen and P. N. Ficjc " t Th9 Valr AaaoolaUon. . - The Subscription Committee of the Wilmington Fair Association has1 in vited every merchant, doctor, lawyer, 11 auor dealer, etc., to meet with them next Tuesday night to discuss the proposition of holding a Fair here next Fall. The committee says that it If very essential that every citizen of Wilmington' who is Interested in file future . welfare of the city be preseal. 5ome very plain nets will be explained and a number ofenter prises for the benefit of this section are to be discussed and it would be well for the members of the Gun Club and the Gentlemen s Driving Association to at tend. Those interested tn bicycling are also invited and tn fact everybody who can substantially aid Wilmington s busi ness interests are Invited to be present. A rousing meeting of representative business men is expected. - - A SERIOUS CHARGE AjslatV the President of tlx lngdo&- ?!;' Senot 9t Ccl Company. ' The Baltimore - Sun oi Wednesday publishes a dispatch; from Philadelphia concerning the charge against Mr. Sam'l P, Uapgdon (referred to Jn the Star's correspondence from- Raleigh), as fol- lOWS: .- V y.i. j ;. ; TJere is little doubt to-day that Annie McGrath, the girl who was found dead at 2938 Girard Avenue on Monday night, was enoer Killed as tbe result of a plan for double suicide with Samuel B. Lanc- don; the wealthy coal operator, whose mistress she was, or that she alone com-, mitted suicide. The evidence thus far adduced points almost conclusively to the theory that Langdon took her life and then attempted to commit suicide, but forsook this purpose and fled Irom : Professor Leffman. who Is analvzins the contents of the stomach of the dead girl, said: . . - - j' .-. -a. "Thus - far i have found, that the stomach showed v, ho signs of bilious troubles. The girl'a death might have been : caused "by j morohine or ether. There are no indications that she swal lowed laudanum. ,i I a the reeion of the heart there were several blood clots, but 1 canupt say at present whether these .could cause death.' : - r. ; ; She had 100 in her pocket when the body was found.' This afternoon Lang don' sent for his counsel. Albert J. L Moore, and requested him to send for a physician. Langdon is said to be quite HI, but the nature! of ' his illness is not known. Captain Miller said: f - "Annie McGrath came downstairs and ordered dinner for Langdon on Monday afternoon. She returned to the room, and she and Langdon were alone to gether. Laier, when - Langdon came down stairs, the girl was dead. He will have to explain that circumstance." It has come to! light that Miss Mc Grath was engaged to be married and that she wore a soltaire diamond ring which her fiance had given her. This' ring was found on Langdon after his ar rest, together with' other jewelry belong ing to tbe girl. 1 Police Lieut. Lyons admitted this af ternoon that a bottle partly filled with chloroform bad been found in the room, It bad come from a drug-store near the house. - ' . A- - -r A DIVORCE SUIT PENDING. Pittsburg, Pa. March 25. It was learned this afternoon that Mrs. Lang don, the wife of Samuel P. Langdon, who is held by the Philadelphia police authorities pending ' the investigation into the cause of Fannie McGrath's death has been living with her parents at Sprinpdale, AUeghany county, ever since .Langdon applied for a divorce. The petition was filed in Blair county last July, and was for an absolute divorce on tbe ground of! cruel and barbarous treatment. Mr. Langdon made a Com plete denial of the 'charges. The divorce case is still pending. TO GO TO ATLANTA. X .-.j Stedman Haa About Soolded to Be- Mj. ' move M that Cy. Aihevtlle Citizen. '.. i The Citizen to-day asked Maj. Chas. M. Stedman as to the truth of the story that he is to leave Asheville for Atlanta. The Maj. said it was not yet absolutely certain, but the probabilities are that he will go ia about two . months. , He will go to practice his profession, tbe law. He is kept in Asheville now by impor tant cases which he has in the State and Federal courts. . The decision on the I- part of Maj. Stedman to leave the city wilt be greatly regretted by every one of his friends here, and they are very many. He is an able lawyer. and a polished gen tleman, and will be a prominent acquisi tion to the Atlanta bar.1 KzpotUos: Stavea to Bdrope. Mr. C. M. Bails, of the firm of C. MJ Bails & Son, of Wilmington, exporters, came in Monday, says the Newbern Journal, looking after , a flat 'load of thirty thousand white-oak staves, which were procured up Neuse river and which will be taken to Wilmington by .the W. N. & N. R. R., and thence shipped to -Liverpool. England. They will form a part of the cargo of the American schooner SaUie I. Owen--"'The' firm will load her with from 150 000 to 175.000 of the staves, which will be used there in making barrels for liquors. --yy ayavi ' "ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST.", y - Newbern fournal. , 1 Tbe Wilmington Star closed its 57th semi-annual volume Sunday. For over 28 years the Star, has stood the storms incidental to North Carolina "journalism and stands to-day one of the brightest, most wide-awake papers of tbe state. Long may it shine ! i -ava Compulaor j Pilotage. A Washington correspondentsays of the bill to abolish cumpulsory pilotage: The minority report -on the bill to abolish compulsory pilotage on coast wise vessels was feported to-day. It is a very able pn&and insists that it is not the vessel, but the freight that pays the pilotage; that in States wjjere this pilot- ' age naa oeen aooiisoca n was Dyine ac tion of the pilot association-, which were rendered independent of it by a large foreien commerce, and that such legisla tion should be left to the States, which were more competent to deat-wttb. local matters than Congress. . lira. Pritohard'a ''Truok' Farm. J 1 ' Mrs. Dr. Pritcbard, says the Charlotte Observer, has a lovely little home and garden onHbe sound. She decided this Spring to make -the latter bring her in something besides vegetables. For a week she has been shipping asparagns to Washirgton and New York, and gets for it 51 50 a bunch. Mrs. rntcnard will ship other vegetables and fruits in season. ONE OF THE STERLING DAILIES. Charlotte . News.. . ' The Wilmington Star, one of the sterling dailies of this State, entered upon its fifty-eighth semi-annual volume to-day, under the management of Mr. William H.Bernard, its founder and continuous manager. 1 This Star still maintains its high standard of excel lence and its claim to "one of tbe best" has never been challenged. In entering its new volume, the Star has reduced its subscription price to $5 per year. "Conservative,' High - Toned and ; , Thoroughly iUe." ,- ; v : Biblical Recorder. ' .'". :' The Morning Star, Wilmington, ob served its 28th anniversary March 20, with the annonncement of a reduction of its annual subset iption to 25.00. a conservative, high-toned and It is thor- ongbly able journal. ' ; ; Secretary Hoke Smith left Washing ton, D. C, last ntght for points in Geor gia, where he will engage in a ioint de bate with ex-Speaker Crisp on the finan cial question, for the next fortnight. - The Portsmouth, Va., league team won the game of base ball : played with New Haven -at Potsmouth yesterday. I Score, 4 to 2. " HP -A ."O ' . t : - :r r MURDERIM0ST FOUL. A FORMER CITI2EN OF WILMINGTON ASSASSINATED NEAR FLORENCE " Mr. Watson Han Hardeied While BeadlDK - , Hlar BiDU-Tha Kvidonoe Points to Alexi ; .. ander Vcrrell aa tho Aacanln and He Haa Besn Arreated. ' - -' A special dispatch to, the Charleston News and Courier fiom Florence, S. Cv gives an account of the assassination of Mr. Watson Hall, an aged and hiehly respected farmer who lived near Mars Bluff. He was shot and killed while sitting alone in his residence by some unknown person from the outside of the house Thursday night last. The story of the killing is a horrible one. -. Mr. Watson Hall was for many years a resident of Wilmington. His first wife died here, leaving one son Mr. George Hall, now living in Manchester, Va. He then married Miss Lizzie Brick house, a daughter of the : late Capt. Brickhouse, who leit three children Messrs. James E. and Edward G. Hall and - Miss Athalia Hall all residing in this city. After the death of his second wife, about five years ago. Mr. Hall re moved to South Carolina, where he again married,; . , ; Coroner S. T. Burch. the account in the News says, went to Mars -Bluff yes terday morning to hold the inquest. The coroner's jury was formed, the inquest held and the verdict rendered was that ''Watson Hall came to his death from a gunshot wound at the hands ot parties unknown to the jury, but the evidence points to one Alex. FerrelL" The substance of the. investigation showed that Mr. Hall, who was 65 years old, had been to the depot that after noon with his wife, . who had come to Florence with another lady to attend the Holiness meeting which is now being conducted, here; that he had returned home and was preparing tp go to bed when he was shot. The negro boy who worked with Mr. Hall stated that' late in the evening be fore he was at the house and. had sepa rated the calves from the cows, and Mr. 'Hall then told him that he could go, but toXcome soon next morning; which he did. . ' - f - When he reached the 4 house he knocked but no one answered; he looked through the window and saw Mr. Hall sitting in a chair stooped over as it he was asleep. He knocked several times, but did not arouse him. The boy told bis father and some oi the neighbors were sent for, ' Mr. Flowers, the section master, and some others webt to the honse. Seeing Mr. Hall still in that positiqn thev raised the sash, when it was found that Mr. Hall had been murdered, the fatal shot having been made with Mr. Hall's own gun, but from from the piazza through he sash. v ' Mr. Hall, when he was shot, was sit ting with his shoes off and evidently reading the Bible, for it was found at his feet, where it fell ont of his hands, with his eyeglasses beneath it on the floor. '. In the room by his side lay the shot gun that was used by the assassin. The gun was placed there evidently -for the purpose of making it appear that it was a case of sulcrde, but the window sash showed that the shot was fired from the outside of the house. Tbe tracks of the assassin were found where he came up to the house, and where he went away, but could not be tracked further than a piece of woods near by. Mr. Walter Gregg, who lives about a half mile away, says he heard the gun. bnt it happened just about the time the north-bound fast mail passed that night. and he thought it was tbe explosion of a torpedo.-whieh is used, on railroads, and never thought anything more of it until next morning, when he heard of the mur der. ; According to Mr. Gregg's statement the killing must have occurred 'about half-past 8 o'clock, as the train was late that night. - y . There is something very horrible about the affair and which may impli cate a woman who should have been very near and dear to Mr. Hall. Coroner Burch issued a warrant for Alex Ferrell, who the jury indirectly charged with the killing of Hall. Sheriff R. McLendon arrested Ferrell and he is now lodged in Florence jail. -P It is commonly reported that Ferrell and Mrs. Hall were very intimate and ha PVrroll hsit olrvaHir thratnrl to put a spiaer in tne oia man s aump ling." That is the term nsed bygone of the witnesses at the coroner's inquest. : H is also stated that some time ago a a . . . Old man Hall was after' Ferrell for be ing too intimate with his wife and had emptied the contents of a shot gun at him, but missed his mark. From all ihe circumstances ' ia the case it is a clear case of cold-blooded murder. ' LONG CREEK LETTER, Arrival of a Looomouve for the Hilton - Iiumher Company 'a Tram-Boad The Town on a i Boom Buaineaa Inoreaa- Star Correspondence. - " Long Creek, N.C., March 26. Editor of the Morning Star: At 8.80 o'clock yesterday evening, the citizens of this place were aroused by the whistle of the steamer Anna, of Wil mington, which had landed at the wharf with two large lighters, one loaded with log-tracks and the other with a beautiful new locomotive engine, No. 1656 from H. K. Porter & Co.'s locomotive works, E. P. Lord, superintendent, Pittsburg, Pa with the letters VJ.'A. C" repre senting and in honor of a courteous and highly esteemed gentleman. Mr. J. "A. Cavanangb, the general superintendent of the tram railroad; also, tbe words "Hilton Lumber Company of Wilming ton," are beautifully lettered on the engine. At about half past eleven o'clock to-day the engine was rolled from the lighter on the railroad track on Cherry's Slough, at Cherry's Bluff, about three hundred yards above Long Creek bridge. There was a large crowd of citizens, in cluding nearly all the ladies of the town, to see the first railroad engine ever landed at Long Creek. At about three o'clock p. m. Mr. John L. R. Wallace, of Wilmington, the engineer, took charge, and Mr. K. UIMcIntire fired np the en gine and sbe soon gave us the sound of the first railroad whistle that ever echoed at Long Creek bridge. Mr. Wallace moved it up and down the track several times, carrying myself and others on the first trip. It worked well and I understand Mr. Cavanaugh intends to commence hauling logs immediately. Every person seems glad that Mr. Cava naugh has -located his . depot so near Long Creek bridge. ' : Since this work commenced business of ' all kinds has Increased. Mr. Cava naugh has a large stock of general mer chandise and sells" at prices to suit tbe times. In fact, Mr. Editor, Long Creek is on the boom. We have a dally mail, six stores, two cotton gins and two grist mills, each run by steam, and one tur pentine distillery. - - . - ; The railroad is nearly complete about four miles and is made In a workman-like manner. Mr. A. Pearse, the foreman, deceives much praise for laying the track and pressing tbe work. L. D. Cherry.. '4' IMPORTANT FROM CUBA. THE STUMER 4? JL-ANDD HER MEN AND CARGO. 'y Kaoao Waaoia ' Bhor. Waiting tor tho Arms and Amrmmltton An latareattag ..ii Aooounr, WWt hil4IJetaO,rVisA.J : Several times it has been announced that the so-called filibuster steamer Ber muda bad reached Cuba inj safety, and. as often a shadow of doubt has been thrown around the news. I The follow ing, ; however,1 from tbe". Havana cor respondent of the New York Joimal so circumstantial as. to details as to at least encourage the belief that it is true. From the date line it seems that the cor respondent i smuggled the ' j account through by steamer to Key West.whence it was telegraphed tp New York1. Havana, March 85," via Kky West. March SO. The greatest -advance the : Cuban cause has made in months past was ' accomplished through the safe 7 landing I of the Bermuda filibustering expedition which leit new rorK unuer sensational cir cumstances about two weeks ago. The steamer .landed her cargo-neat the port of LaMulata, in the province! of Ptnar del Rio. It was done Monday night, before 13 o clock, 'while bpanish gnn boats were cruising in search of her not more than a league or two away. The cargo could never have been safely lanaed had it not been for t the intrepid daring of the famous blockade runner, captain .Hughes, who was in com mand. It was one of the most pictures que f eats.ever accomplished on the coast of Cuba. "The steamer had been hovering far out at eea for several days, waiting to receive news from 'the island when and whereit would be safe to land. . Tbe ocean swarmed with Spanish warships. whose sole purpose was to intercept tbe I isermuaa ana prevent the landing ot her cargo of war materials. ' j .Cubans on the island werej aware of what tbe Spanish authorities swere do ing, and by lights on shore kept Captain .Hughes posted. Things came lto such a pass, however, that it was absolutely necessary for Captain Hughes to take desperate chances. His provisions had given out, coal was running short, and there was as much danger ot the men on board the Bermuda dying of starvation: as there was of their falling into the hands of the Spanish. jk ' :j On Sunday last word was- sent ont to Captain Hughes' that he, bad better re main where he was for some time to come, because the coast was so closely guarded. The Captain, however, resolved to take a chance of capture. So, late on Monday afternoon, he got' up steam and; proceeded to a point just outside the! range of vision of Spanish ships. There! he waited till long after dark, when, witn all lights on his ship extinguished so that the Bermuda was in utter darkness, he steamed in dose to La Mulata.! Captain Hughes was favored by tbe night, The darkness was Egyptian. It was so black a night that a block of New Vork sky scrapers could not have been seen on the ocean if their lights had ben extinj gnished. and they had been floating at a j' . t . i '- r , uistauce oi a quarter ui a muo irom tne gunboats. . j ! General Maceo himself in command of his men was on shore, waiting for the landing of the Bermuda's small boats. The rest is a simple story. ' The boats made several trips between steamer and shore, the entire cargo fell Into the hands of General Maceo, the men on the Bermuda with the exception of the crew, attached themselves to the Tefbel forces, the Bermuda put to sea agaijn. and by this - time is no doubt a pong dis tance on the way to : New York, From the expedition there reached Gen: Maceo 4000 modern repeating rifles, one million rounds of cartridges, four Hotchkiss rapid firing guns, two Gat-, ling guns. 2,000 pounds, of (dynamite, thousands of machetes, hundreds of rub ber coats, designed to protecf patriots from the rains that have now set in, and money enoagh to pay to a grejat extent for provisions that the army takes from plantation owners. To night Havana is in a high state of suppressed enthusiasm over the. landing of this expedition. Ia cafes and on-the sidewalksthere are groups cf Cubans, who are rejqlcing over tbe success of the expedition nd pray-j ing that others now on the way will be -equally fortunate. They have) reason to rejoice, fpr the success cf the Bermuda and Three Friends expeditions places tbe insurgent army in position to fight all Winter without fear that their sup ply of arms anl ammunition f will - run short.-: ' ;, t'l ; The Three Friends placed in tb hands of General Laceret 500 000 rounds Oi cartridges, 150 cases of rifljcs.' a large quantity of medicines, plenty of dyna mise, and water-proof - clothing. I t is likely now that there will be some real battles fought, for the insurgents have no reason to fear exhausf'oa of their stock of ammunition, which has heretofore been the greatest impedi ment in the way of ; coming ont and boldly facing the Spanish troops. GOLD MEN WILL BOLT- Texts Oddites will Bolt-They Prefer ' Popnliat Government to frse Barer Xtanoetaer. ' ' " !.- : ( "4 ,: Dallas, Tex., March 27. jA. meeting of sound money Democrats was held here to-day, in which about two hundred prominent politicians took part. They practically determined to bolt the party if a free silver platform is adopted by the State Convention, which action appears to be a foregone conclusion. The meet ing passed resolutions favoring the call ing of a State Convention j of sound money Democrats to consider the situa tion. Chairman - Dudley, off tbe State Executive Committee, was bitterly de nounced. ; Resolutions were 'passed de claring in favor of the gold standard, and that a f ulUerm of Populist govern ment is preferable to free silver Democ racy. aw aJ ' 1 STEAMER COMMODORE Will Bo Seized on i Charge of tTiolating the Neutrality Iiasjrs v. By Tekgraph to One Monunj Star. . Charleston,' S. C.J Match 28. A prominent attorney stated to-day that the steamer Commodore would be seized by the United States Government, charged with violation of the neutrality laws. The evidence against the boat is that given by the fireman Owens the other day, when be told how the boat made a trip to Cuba and landed, men and arms there. . ; I f The annual - rowing I contest on the Thames, between -'Oxford i and Cam bridge Universities, was! won yesterday by the Oxford boat, by i a r quarter of a length. Oxford's time was twenty minutes and one second; distance, four and one-quarter miles. j ; ; j , " The Committee on Ways and Means have ordered a favorable report on the bill to allow . the bottling pf distilled spirits in bond. 'The bottling is to be done in the bonded warehouses under the supervision of the Government offi cers and without intermingling spirits of different kind, age or proof. IN8URQENTS TAKE THE OFFENSIVE Immediately After the IiandliiS of tfaa Bar- ' muda Jlzpaditlon Zmpcitant ,Cit ei and TewnS Attacked Nino Colomna of Tioop In Furautt ot Iftjufeo-Oatragea by Spanlah - TKOnt. ; " S'Z'yy: : r.- ' Br Cable to the Morains Star. :. 'I' Havana, via Key West, . March 28. Immediately after the landing of the , Bermuda ' expedition, Maceo, Calixto ' Garcia and other leaders, with a long string of pack mules, moved southwest jn tbe direction of the capital of Pinar del Rio.' Rumors have been curfentbere for. 1 two days that the city has been attacked and captured. It is impossible to obtain' definite flews at all; the wires are down. ; Gen. Weyler has sent nioe-fcolumns of troops, about 4,000 men. in pursuit of Maceo. Tbe latter bas 12.000 men, and arms and ammunition ' and rapid-firing guns landed by the Bermuda. The Gov- ' ernment . is still silent in regard ko Maceo's whereabouts. Other sources' locate him near the capital" of Sanu Clara province, which was entered by the rebels Monday. : No official report ' of the result of the attack has yet been made. ' " . '" .;. - During the week half a dozen ' impor- : tant towns and cities were attacked. The. insurgents have taken the offensive -since the Garci and Collazo expeditions . arrived. , . Weyler's recent orders declaring small bands of insurgents m Havana and Pmer del Rio provinces band ti is denounced by the Cubans, who say it opens the way . to wholesale slaughter. The three ' brothers, Ferrar, American citizens and owners of Estrella plantation near Al quizar, have filed a. protest with the Consul General, stating that their resi dence was bombarded with grape and canister, shattering the doors and win dows on Martli 21, while occupied by their , families only, the wife of one brother tnj( tnciente. Two small children Were in the house at the time. No insurgents were present. Tbe troops looted the wardrobes, and ; jewelry .and mbney were taken from j the houses. Workmen were searched nd laborers taken. were treated the same as prisoners of war and a summary court-martial was ordered. Ferrar claimed damage. Gen. Bernal, commanding tbe troops, made an official report next day describing a brUliaht victory. Domingo Betarte, a French citizen and owner of the Oyalita estate, has arr rived here and filed a claim with tbp French consul for the destruction cf hia property by Spanish troops. He de scribed the killing of thirteen employes, as previously reported. He says Duarte, manager of the " estate, was shot down while wrapped in jthe French flag. Another Frenchman named Drake, ' owner of the Saratoga estate, has filed a protest claiming that Col. Molina threat- enea to burn tne ouiiaings ana shoot all on the estate in case Drake failed imme diately to notify him whenever rebel bands passed through the plantation!. .. ' I A mob of 200 persons followed twpnty prisoners through the streets of Havana Wednesday. ' " The pinioned men were struck, kicked and stoned. Gen. Auhu mida dispersed the mob. V Yesterday 108 prisoners arrived from Sagua. Weyler has ordered all stores more than hve hundred metres distant from towns and hamlets closed and the goods removed. ' ;V : ' ATTEMPT TO POISON. A Beniattorai Affair In Burry County, Worth y-''" ' Carolina," .:' : .V . ' i S By Telegraph to the Morning Star: 1 V ' Winston, March 28. Dr. J. WRing,x a practicing physician and drnggist, and one -of the leading citizens of Elkin, Surry county, and several numbers of his family, have been critically ill for several days. It is announced to-day that-their sickness was caused by an at- 'c-. tempt of the doctor's 16, -year old son tfy poison bis father by putting artn:cff a prescription which the young dan x clerk in the drug store was given to- T fill. One of the State's leading physi- T . ; ' cians, who was summoned to Elkin to - see Dr. Ring and his fimily, says than cn ' overdose cf the poison is the only thing y. :. that saved their lives. Tbe son's excuse ' for his action was that be wanted tb kilt .., bis f ather beciuse he did not allow bim v' such ; privileges as he thought he de- '. served. To prevent his arrest the father gave the son money and sent him to the - ' far West. BATTLESHIP iOWA SuaoeHfaliy Iitunehed ' ITeaterdav from . j. Cramp's Hhlpyard. By Telegraph to the" Morning Star. - - Philadelphia, March 28. The sea going-battleship Iowa was launched at 1.14 o'clock this afternoon from Cramp's shipyard.. The vessel was christened by Miss Mary Lord urake, daughter of the Governor of Iowa, and, the. launching was w.tnessed by a distinguished repre sentation from the Hawkeye State, headed by Gov. Drake, and Secretary Herbert of tbe Navy. Iowa's Congres sional delegation, the members of the House of Representatives' Naval Com mittee, several members of the Senate Naval Committee, and the principal head ot tbe different Navy Bureaus. Besides tbe r party : eathered uoon the christening stand,: the "yard was opened to the public and thousands of people witnessed the event from various points of vantage. - The weather was delight fully bright and warm. , GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS Indicate a Dtfliit for the Fiscal Year of . T : About $27,000,000. - ! By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, March 28. With two , . i . . t. r.. uaya oi marcu icu, ac vrovernwnrc . coipts jor me muaiQ nave rcacuea oniy $24,000,000. They are not likely to ex ceed' 126.000,000 for the entire month. ' Tbe low receipts have been very disap pointing to Treasury officials, who have been trying to persuade themselves that business, which is reflected In Govern ment receipts, was materially improv ing. Tbe deficit for the year to date is $18,000,000. In April heavy interest payments fall due, and with- tbe present, ratio of receipts tbe deficit at the fend of. the fiscal year may .approximate $27, 000,000. Secretary Carlisle's estimate' was $17,000,000. . , f WHISKEY DESTROYED. Warehouses of Fl'eaaufo Bidge Siatillery j Burned Lota Nearly a Million Dollars. " j ' ' Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Louisville, Ky., March 28. Ware houses numbers 2 and 8 of, the Pleasure Ridge distilleryi twelve miles below this citv, were burned o-day shortly before noon, entailing a loss of nearly a million dollars'.1 The blais .started in warehouse No. 2 and communicated to the others. Engines were sent from this city, but did not get there In time to be of any service. The property is i owned by Bernbeim Bros., Block. Frask & Coi and N. Block & Son. of this city. Oqe million two hundred ; gallons of whiskey were stored on the premises; this was in bond. Tbe amount of insur ance on the property destroyed could not -be learned. ;i v, y.. ' Rogge it Kerch, toy importers, Bal timore, have made an assignment. Bad business and inability to make collec tions are assigned as the cause- Llabil-, ities are estimated at about $150,000, with minor assets for the same amount. j -V 7. ; r v i ! ' A
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