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S since the protective tariff polic was inaugurated the ad- vocat pf that) 'policy have farm believe been ers humbugging I the making them that protection was beneficial to them. by keeping down the importa tion of farm products from other countries and by giving he if armefs "home markets," when the 1 fact i is that our importations of the fatmfl products of other countries ; never amounted to enouglji tobei worth considering' as factors m competi tion.' We imported 4 small Quantity of wheat IronvCanada for seed pur-' poses mainly, some barley for brew eries some Irish potatoes yhen po tatbes'happened to J be scarce, and perhaps a few other litems in small quantities, but never' enough to in terfere seriously with our farmers. and then only when ithe home sup ply was short. Instead of the tariff on these being a benefit tol farmers it was an injury to jthe farmers in the j States bordering on I Canada, .who had to pay the tariff duties on grain, potatoes, etc., wh ch they bought for seed as well as for con sumption. . ' ' . .. j For a good' while he farmers were deceived by the j representations of the protectionists, but they j began at "last to see through jit, andj some of thern are - showing t;hat they under stand it now since the Republicans have gone to work io put up a new tarltf job, to raise the duties for the benefit of certain manufacturers, by which they pretend that the farmers will be benefitted, j- ' . 1 The first organized expression comes from the State Grange of Pennsylvania, a State which has been 'radically for protection, and' has always, given .a large majority for it. Atj the last meeting of this Grange iadopted a series of resolutions in opposition to an ncreas4 ot tariff duties, to which the following is the preamble, as we - find it published in the Richmond Times: I The prices af agricultural products as a whole, and particularly ot the great staples, are so reduced as to be often be low cis i of production, and jthat in no case do they effer a guarantee of profit. That this situation is not confined to this country, although intensified here by the more liberal mode and- higher cost of living of our people; in short, by their progress in education and advancement in civilization. That, unless! remedied. this condition muBt iceviably gravitate downward, until the level' of the lower and debased agricultural population pf the old world is reached; a Condi tion incompatible with the main tenance of our higher civiliation and even the perpetuity of Our free in s'rtution's and our self government. That we recognize a new; world-condition ' arising from the wonderful facilities of transportation by land and sea, which now brings together ' as in a scroll' the very ends of the earth; which outstrips even time itself in disseminatire intelli geace-thrpugh all the marts of trade. l flat we realize that by the introduction of modem automatic machinery the su perior efficiency of intelligent agricultur ists is in a great degree discounted, and toe educated - farmers of our land are brought into sharper competition with those who. but for the advantage' given sy their use of such machinery, : coaia aever-havi become i orj'cts of our con cern as rivals. That we are aware of the additional menace , which threatens us from the approaching completion cf the Siberian railroad and thej opening by Russia, as the bidder aeainst the world. of the most enormous continuous arable tract on the p'anet, which, when stocked with tbejatest farm micbinerv now man ufactured in Continental -Europe, will ul timately crowd all cereals and staples to a point lower than ever vet reached These Pennsylvania farmers are looking for more and niore form! aaoie competition than they ; ever had, not fa the home market, where they do not .fear competition, but in the foreign market to which they , must look to dispose of the surplus that cannot be disposed, of at home, hence tbey wisely coflclade that every restriction put upon tradeith those markets will be that m.uch against them Instead of a protection me nome jnarKet irom a competi tion that they have nothingtofear irom. j- . '. ! And they go further and say that an increase lot tariff duties will be unous to tnem because it will In crease the cost of agricultural .imple ments and machinery which they vol. xxym. must have to compete . with the growing foreign competition in for eign markets whether the prices be high or low. The only way they can successfully cope with" that is by pro ducing more cheaply than their for eign competitors can, and the only way they can do that is by the large run of labor-saving machinery.which they should be able to buy' at as ow a figure as the : manu facturer can make it, without any tariff duties tacked on. The manu- acturers oi agricultural machinery have nothing to fear from foreign manufacturers, tf or in the construc tion of this kind of machinery the American manufacturer eclipses the world, and therefore to give him a protective "duty is simply to give, him - a gratuity and unnecessarily Impose a tribute on the farmers who use this machinery. rT? hZ; "--V They contend, and consistently contehd, that' if they " are to cope with this foreign competition and thft-task of coping :js to be made more difficult by ' imposing extra duties, resulting in additional cost of ; the implements and machinery they buy from American manu facturers, then as ran offset they ought, to jhave a -bounty on the food stuffs and other farm products that ; they ship to other countries. That's bringing it down, fine, but' that is the. only waiy,tbey can have any protection tooffset the protection which theymust pay for' to the manufacturer and to enable them to holdjtheir own against this foreign competition. An export bounty is as locical as an import protective tariff, duty, and the farmer wno lurmsnes tnree-iourtns ot tne materials for our ! export trade are quite as much entitled to the favor able consideration of our tariff builders as the manufacturers are who depend mainly upon the home market,! ".'-'(-'-"'il-'- .'r-.. ;:. ': These Pennsylvania farmers are quite right in contending that they are as much entitled to a 'bounty as the manufacturer is to a protective tariff. And they are showing, too, that they see through the fake of protection to the farmer by imposing a tariff duty on things that are but little imported, and that they under stand this business quite as well as the fakirs' who are trying to pull the wool over their eyes. ' : "When thieves fall out honest peo ple get their dues' had another illus tration in the break of. the steel rail pool which put rails down at a drop from $26 to $13 a ton, with some offerings as low as $15.50. As a re sult orders have been placed by rail roads for an aggregate of 800,000 tons and the rail makers were glad to take the i orders at $18 a ton ; or less.. How these combinations of the steel rail and other steel and iron manufacturers have affected the rail roads of the country and imposed an outrageous tribute upon them which- affected not only them but the coun try at large, Is shown by the follow ing, which we clip from the New York World; : 1 . . 1 I . ' . . ' ! On Monday the price of steel rails in Chicago was quoted at $26 a ton. Since then the quarrel among the members of the steel pool has culminated in open rup- ure, and the corner they have so long held on - the market has been broken. Yesterday the telegraphed quotation lor rails in Chicago was $18 a ton a. drop pi more tnan ou per cent. , 1 5..- - I "The lowest annual production of steel rails reported by the Government in ten years was 1,017,000 tons in 1891. On this total the 8 a ton representing tbe fall on the callapse of the corner would make $8,186 000 as corner profits in tbe worst year of the decade. On the highest- production reported by the Government since 1886 that of 2,197.000 tons in 1887 tbe corner profit at this rate would amount to $17,576,000, while for the 14 758,000 tons reported as the production of the decade the total corner profit would be $118,084 000 over and above the profit Irom competition in an uncornered market. This is on steel rails only, exclusive of iron. It is also on the home product only, and does not include the higher prices which the combination has forced American con sumers to pay on foreign rails through a tariff levied to support the borne corner. "As the. annual average prices re ported by tbe Treasury for the decade have ranged from $24 to $37 a ton, there is reason to believe that, large as these figures are, the corner profit at the ex pense of legitimate business has been larger." And wbea we remember that no longer ago than 1880 this same monop oly held tbe average price of rails for the year up to $97 a ton, it becomes possible to realize how the country has been rob bed right and left under the system which makes such corners possible. . "Yet these people who are now mak ing steel rails so cheap that.tney can un dersell Europe are joining in the demand for a Dingleyized tariff and higher pro tection! i : : . r. ,. . ' ;4 ::lr-',::lN It is estimated that the present famine in India will affect 70,000,000 of people before it ends. Seventy millions of people are a good many to be provided for wholly or par tially, especially when tbe food has to be transported long distances and by sea. Unfortunately - for these starving millions there are few who take any interest in them.. England being most directly Interested other European Governments do not' con-: sider any business of theirs and con sequently there . Is no organized movement outside :'of England ' for the relief of the suffering and vey little there considering the deplora ble condition of the suffering and the number that are daily .dying of starvation 4tnd of diseases . superin duced by starvation.- As .an illns- tration j of the " ravages of - these famines! in densely populated Asia, it Is stated : that the deaths from famine and diseases caused by it, as a result' of the crop failure in North ern Asia In 1877-78, numbered 9,-OOO.QOOl- In India, between 1875 and 18T8, 5,500,000 people died, and it is thought that as many rray die from tbe present famine, which ex tends over a vast area of ', country containing more inhabitants than there are in the United States. The completion - of the trans-Siberian Railroad will be a godsend to' these Eastern' countries, for it will open up a large food : producing i territory from which supplies may be speedily drawn when such calamities come upon them. ; .""i. -" - VC " f . (.., .--I , Ambassador Bayard has since his residence in London achieved dis tinction as a tribute payer to the English people, . never omitting an opportunity to :! pay high eulogy to the English character and to remind his English hearers that they and the American people areblood of the same blood, bonejoflhe same bone, and flesh of thesame flesh, notwith standing the fact that , there is no peopleTon the face of the earth, with J the possible exception of. the Irish, that England has less use for. Some of this might do very well as an ex hibition of liberality and Ministerial courtesy, but Ambassador -Bayard carriedj it so far as to incur the criti cism of being more English than American, j But Gen. Pat Collins, of Boston, our Consul General at Lon don, doesn't believe in that kind of soft-solder, and was blunt enough to talk in this style at a recent banquet in London : j . j t i ; Yod have so much time at your dis- ppsal as to bo able to devote much of it to the regulation of the affairs of other countries. You hold your meetings, ap point your commfttees and denounce ne gro lyqchings in America; yet vou kill more negroes monthly in Africa than we have done in all our history." This broad-gauged Americanism might probably have shocked 'the suave Bayard if he had been at that banquet, but It doesn't seem to have riled his English f riends j very much, for they doubtless realized its truth, and appreciated the candor that gave it utterance, in their presence. It Is said that President Cleveland I . . . : contemplates a tour of the world, and will be accompanied by several members of his official family. He should, by all means take Secretary Thurber with him. Thurber would be "quite handy, in keeping away peo ple he didn't want to see. L Hon. Wash. Hesing is so anxious that he says he would give his right arm to be Mayor of 7Chicago. But what juse would Wash's right arm be to anybody but Wash ? If he wants to be Mayor of Chicago let him put up dollars; they will do that kind of business better than sawed .off arms The, New York (Commercial Adver hser (Republican) rises to remark that jthe fierce quarrel of the bosses in Ohio to secure a United States Senatorship is unparalleled in Amer ican politics. It is a shameless spec tacle:" It is for a fact, a decidedly spectacular business. The city of London, with an area of of 688 square miles, has a population 4,433; ,018; the Greater New York, with an area of 359 square miles, has a population of 3,294,865, and Paris, with an area of 172 square miles, a po; ation of 2,511,955. Bourke Cockran . says ie wants from this administration nothing either for himself or his- friends. Bourke jumped his .friends when he boosted McKinley, the reward for which he had probably received in advance. ; - t ' Hon. Bourke Cockran has sailed for Europe. The country must scuffle and get along as well without him as it can. But we have Mark Hanna still with us. DEATH OF MR. A. R. MAYER A BfOther-in-Law o( Mr. A. Weill, Of this ' j City, Dies In FhUadelpbii. Mr. A. R. Mayer, of Spartanburg, S.C., but formerly I of Wilmington, died in Philadelphia on Thursday night last of heart disease at the age of sixty -two. He was a brother-in-law of Mr. A. Weill, of this city.! and lived here from 1854 to 1885, being bookkeeper for the nrrnj of Weill & Anathan. He was a member of the ; German Volunteers, enlisting : for the war at. its : begin ning In 1861. ; After the war he opened up I a business in Charlotte under the firm name' of A. Weill & Co. After wards he was for many years the trusted travelling man for Wittkowsky & Rin tels, of Charlotte. . Several years ago he established a business in Spartanburg, S. CX, where be has lived since. - -t Mr. Mayer was never married. The only member of 'his immediate family surviving " him is a sister, Mrs. Jaco Greenbaum, who resides in San Fran Cisco. His oldest sister.. Mrs. A. Weill, died eleven years ago. The deceased leaves many frlands and relatives in this city to mourn his loss. ; ; , : , The remains will ' arrive over ! the Atlantic Coast Line at 9 80 to-morrow morning, and the funeral win be con ducted from the depot to Oakdale cemetery. - - W1I,MIN(0N9GCFRIDAY- FEBRUARY 19,; 1897; GENERAL ASSEMBLY.. BILLS INTRODUCED, 5 PASSED AND 'i:y- . TABLED. ' ' .'"' .' BUI to Froteot ; ihs Oyttw ' Industry PiiMd tilt House To - Froteot the ; I Jjlvet of Batlway Fasten aers Tabled -t y -Detth Of Jas. ;H, ; Hol. ' : j :- Special Star Telegram..' Raleioh. Febrnary ;18. The follow ing bills were introduced in the House, To protect fish In Trent river; to tax cigarettes fifteen cents a package; to declare ordained ministers and magis trates public officers; to protect deer and turkeys in Pender; amend the charter of Lumberton; the: bill to repeal the charter of the Goldsboro & Morehead Railway was indefinitely postponed. The bill to provide : for and promote. the oyster industry in the State passed all readingf.v";.jHJ. The - following ;, assistant 'enrolling clerka, appointed .: by the Lieutenant Governor and SpeakerTwere' announced and fhe appointments confirmed r H. F jorjes, a. jwnier.jiv. rviaxwen. a. a. ByrdjAT C Lehman,' F. B.r Wimsh. ASpruill, D V. Carroll. V ' " Bills passed : To 1 allow Brunswick county to levy special tax; to incorpor ate tbe Commonwealth Insurance Com pany of Wilmington;! to tepeal the act allowing counties to vote 20 cents per $100 for public schools so for as Pender county is concerned; f or the relief of ex-Treasurer Darant. of I Brunswick;' to amend the Code so a petitioner may elect to file his petition in the Superior Court of the connty Where the indict-; ment was found upon which conviction; took place, or in the bounty wherein he is an actual and bona resident at the; time oi nung nis petition, wnicn appli cation shall be heard before tbe judge at the term; providing in tctions brought by heirs at law or minor children to plead statute of limitation in" case ex ecutor or administrator failed to make plea for them; to allow Sundav trains to carry express matter of all kinds; to al low magistrates, notaries, clerks of Su4 penor and Inferior Courts power to take and certify j acknowledgment of . all grantors and private examination ot married womeit (Onslow excepted); to incorporate Dreadnot H. & L. company; Kinstou; to give the Western Criminal Court - civil jaricdlctlon and to allow special courts, v BJls introduced, to appropriate $1 000 annually to L'ndley Training School at Asheville. r 1 By Sutton bill to brotect public water supplies by reqalring all companies sell ing water to take precautions to protect buddIv from I contamination and that in cases where supply comes from lakes or streams not over fifteen miles long sani tary inspection sbal be made weekly or oftener if board of health advises, i fail- nre tn'ila this betnr'nnniahahl hv 9S fine to provide for paving of streets around the Capitol Square.. , ' The bill to protect the lives of railway passengers was tabled. In the Senate a bill authorizing Rich mond county to issue bonds pasted. A bill was introduced to make a picket fence four j feet high lawful fence; to establish a Normal School in Robeson county; to incorporate the town of Dad ley. Wayne 'county. j : ; - t Jas. H. Holt, largest cotton manu facturer in the State, died this morning suddenly. ' t " Under advice of Lieutenant Governor Reynolds, the locks to the drawers of the Enrolling Clerk's office were picked this morning. Swinson retained W.iC Douglas as counsel, and acting under his advice will likely push the matter! in the courts. J gOEMAL SCHOOL. Eatetulnment Olven hy the Students st GteensbOfo to the Iiegltlative Committee., . ;, , i IStdr Correspondence. Greensboro, N. C, Feb. 13. The Normal . School wai ' the scene of most interesting and edifying enter tainment on tbe evening; of February 12th. The occasion was the "County Fair," given, by thej student body to the visiting committee Jrom the Legisla ture. . j . j " -i : . The Fair Opened, with a chorus repre senting tbe three! departments of ithe school Business. Domestic Science and Normal. Each depattment received much applause, but the cooks in their dainty white caps and aprons seemed to win tbe hearts oi the gentlemen psesent, : Immediately following this the ore- sentation of the counties began, and none was more j happily represented than our own New Hanover. A beyy of charming sailor girls, bearing ban ners and various products, made Ithe hall resound with the rollicking chorus "A Sailor's Wife a Sailor's Star Should After tbe presentation of the counties a Legislative scene was given. Ia this supposed General Assembly of the State of North Carolina there were "thirty five young ladies, gowned as august Senators and Legislators. Miss Mc Caul!, ' of 1 Guilford, presided as presi dent oi the Senate, and a bill was in troduced and carried appropriating an nually $100,000 to the State Normal and . Industrial ' School. Some ' very good - points ' were . made in ; the ! dis cussion of the bill, and the speeches from both parties were received with much enthusiasm. The Fair closed with a most charming scene. Around a tableau vivant of the Great Seal of the State were grouped re presentatives from each of the eighty seven (87) counties whicb have sent del egations to tbe Normal during the! pre sent year; their charming faces ana Char acteristic costumes terming a most ap propriate background. Led by three young ladies the j entire audience arose and with true Carolinian spirit concluded the evening by making the: roof with the ; familiar strains of the North State." I ring Old - , I"..-. -I .- -V- - - -.!--: Invitation of Chamber of Commtrae to Y Property Owner on Ooean View Beaoh. It has been suggested that the prop erty owners ot Ocean view Beach pro cure corporate powers from the Legisla ture now in' session. .The Chamber o Commerce would be glad for all Owners of property on the beach to meet in their : rooms to-morrow (Monday) at 12.15 o'clock for a general discussion of the matter. , ! RALEIGH NEWS LETTER. A COLORED LEGISLATOR GETS OUT OF. HIS PLACE IN THE THEATRE.:. The MajaritT Pcoollite Caaou Beon. entat'T Jonea or Alleghany Bsoelvet TJopleatant Ltttsti From Hia Con- ' I ; stitaenta The 23orth Caroitra. ' : ; .S'ri-:Batlra4V-Leaie-. ryf. W-Zffy ?" s Special Star Correspondence. .; Raleigh. N. C; Feb. 13.Q The race qoestion crops out every once in awhile with the legislators, either - in or olit of session.'Last night a colored member ojthe Legislature j from . Edgecombe&ttended " the per- j formance itibe theatre. One side of ! the gaersTis reserved for -the whites andh'e other for the colored people. This cslored legislator deliberately went on the white side, though the colored side was less crowded. .When requested by a policeman to move' to the other side, the darkey said : "You dont know me, d6 you ?" The officer Confessed bis ignorance. The negro was made to leave under protest and he said be would bring tbe matter to the attention of the Legislature. . .r-v-;i The maiority Populists caucuied last night, remaining in session until a late hour. Senator Butler took the morn ing train for Washington city It was said to-day that Speaker Hileman and the jumpers,'' were expelled, but ; this proved not to be true. Senator George Butler said that the situation was gone over very thoroughly, and that' there was nothing to be given cut. The majority Populists are more helpless than, the Democrats, if anything, so far as legislation is concerned. f Representative! loaes is badlv both ered these days.l. His constituents are writing him letters by tbe dozen, which furnish unpleasant reading for the gen tleman irom Alleghany. The people of Alleghany are disgusted at Mr. lones' course in -the Senatorial matter. : Jones, it will be remembered, did not vote at all and the Republicans openly said that be bad agreed not to qote at all and that if it became necessary he would vote for rmchard. When Tones Democratic constituents began to write these letters Jones arose to a question of 'personal privilege, and now he is trying to get the newspapers to publish bis remarks, so that he can .send papers to - his con stituents. j : i All interest is centered in tbe lease of the North Carolina Railroad. , No one can tell what the Legislature will do. Railway people are mum, though they express confidence. Senator Butler savs the conditions have improved of late and be says it looks like the bill will go throngh. . ""'.!... Death of a Venetabla Lady BCra. X3UmaHar- rita Wilton. , j'-" Mrs. Eiizi Harriss Wilson, wife of the late E. K. Wilson, Eq , of this city, en teied into rest yesterday morning at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Joseph Hanby. The deceased lady was 77 years of age and was the daughter of the late Dr. Alford Guthrie and grand daughter of tbe late Christopher Dudley. Jr., both of this city. Ooe son, Mr. John A. Wilson, and a daughter, Mrs. Joseph H. Hanby, are left to mourn her toss. The funeral will take place this after noon at 4 o'clock at tbe residence of Mr. Joseph H. Hanby. No. 720 Dock street.. , "-!!'" CITY MARKETS. I i Contry Frodaoe Scarce, with the Exception rot Vegetable! Shad Getting Cheaper. -The supply of country produce on the market yesterday was limited, owing probably to the exceedingly bad weather of several days previous. Vegetables, however, were more than usually abun dant, particularly celery, lettuce and spinach. Fish and oysters were in good supply at usual prices with the excep tion of shad, which were lower hy forty cents per pair than they were last Satur day. Eggs retailed at twelve and fifteen cents per dozen. Prices on other arti cles were as follows : I Oysters New River, 80c to' $1 00 per gallon; Stump Sound, 65c; Myrtle Grove, 50c; Sound oysters, 40c; oysters in the shell, 60c per bushel. - j i Fish Shad, 60c and $1.20 per pair; mullets, 10c per bunch; trout, 20 to 85c each, ; f , . :" ... Meats Pprk, 10c per pound; j steak, loin, lic; round, 10c; chuck, 7c; stew 5 and 6c; sausage,-10c. ; j :) Vegetables Spinach, 25 and 80c per p:ck; Irish potatoes, 20: per peck; sweet potatoes, 20c per peck; rutabagas and turnips, 5c per bunch; cabbage, 12) and 15c per bead; collards, 5c per bead; let tuce, 2 to pe per nead. 4 Faneral ot Mr. Mattie Willie Marahtll. Tbe funeral services over the body of Mrs. Mattie Willis Marshall were con ducted in a fittingly solemn and tender manner by Rev. Dr. Robert Strange, of St. James Episcopal church yesterday mornining at 11 o'clock, from tbe family residence oh North Eighth street. A choir sang feelingly "Asleep in Jesus, and Nearer. My God, to Thee." The boose was crowded, noticeable among those present being the officials and clerks of the Atlantic Coast Line. , 1 After the services at tbe house were concluded, the faneral party proceeded to Oakdale Cemetery, where the body wss laid to rest in the presence of a large number of friends Jand ; relatives. The newly made mound was obscured from view with floral offerings, three of which, comiog from the A. C. L. asso ciates of the sorrowing husband, were particularly beautiful. ; The pall-bearers were Messrs. F. H. Fechtie. W. uraham Farmer, Benjamin J. Jacobs Frank. Muse. Walter Thorburn, and William Neistlie. : i In naming tbose of the late Mrs. Mar shall's immediate family surviving her in yesterday's paper,: tbe name of one of her sisters, Mrs. Charles u. Jacobs, was overlooked. J PAINFUL ACCIDENT.; 70008; David Jemmiaon Has Hia Hand ' . Crashed at Faraiey'a Mill. A very distressing accident happened at Mr. Walter Parsley s mill, near Hil ton, yesterday between 12 and 1 o'clock. David Jemmison, a lad ol seventeen or eighteen years of age, who drives a wooa cart for Mr.T. P. Sy kes. who was loading his cart with dry-kiln wood, when his right hand was caught between a band ana wheel ot the. machinery which brought out the blocks and crushed almost into a jelly. He was hurried off to the City Hospital where he received speedy and competent attention from Doctors L,ane, Hairisaand liore. it was touna neces sary to tske off all the fingers except the thumb. Last night at 9 o'clock he was resting well. - i FOULLY; MURDERED. .. - Charlae 0one. a White BalUr Off tha Amerloan S r.st at.' C HaakeU fhTow tn ;. r Thto -Fott, Slain , in Dreea' Neek- Ben Smith, IColord, : AMaaed of Commtttloc the Crime Coto- aet'a Ieq.aeat The JTStory . j - ' 'i Between 11 andl2 o'clock Wednesday night Charles Jones, a sailor,, was mur dered o the tenderloin district Dross Neck and there is no donbt that tbe -deed was deliberately premeditated. : LastSandav. about noon, the Ameri can brig Mi C Haskell cm up the river and dropped anchor at . tbe Navassa Guanj Company's factory. 'Among tbe crew was one jovial, light-hearted fellow, Unas, Jones, an koglishman, whose only failing was a love for the cup and women. Wednesday morning the entire crew of the brig were paid off before United States Commissioner Heide. After re ceiving his salary, $45.20, Jones, ia com pany with two shipmates, engaged board at Mrs. Christian's, corner of Front and Dock streets. Then, as most seafaring men who have just come ashore after a long voyage wilt do. he commenced to spend bis money freely.:' At 5 o clock in the afternoon he parted with his two shipmates, - Christia Christian and L Hyneman,! and : went to Dross Neck,' flighily intoxicated. : " - Between 11 and 12 o clock two colored men, Moses tsroomheia and John ai brittain, wbo live on Second street, be tween Brunswick and . Hanover, heard the hurried tramping of feet outside their house and the dismal cry of mur der! murder I floated out : on the air. Again the cry sounded, and several licks was heard to fall upon some hard substance.! - Broomfield jumped ! out of bed and hollowed "stop, don't vou do that." and flung the back door of his house open in time to see a man disap pearing in the dnkness, 5 while another man lay on. the ground, about six feet off, groaning. Broomfield and Albrtttatn at once went in searcn of the police.. At tbe corner of Fourth and Hanov.-r streets Albrittain 'met Police Officers Louis Gey er rand Joseph Sharp, who were on iduty in that - neighborhood. Accompanied by the officers, Albrittain returned to the scene, of the crime and found the- happy, light-hearted sailor, Charles Jones, wbo bad entered Dross Neck a few. hours previous, lying un conscious! on the ground with two or three nglv bruises on the left side of his neaa. umcer ueyer teiepnonea to tne City Halt and a wagon, in charge of Sergeant Thayer, was sent to remove the injured man. but while on the way to tbe City Hill Jones breathed bis last. I -"Z- Yesterday morning about 7 o'clock Deputy Sheriff . P. Flynn; upon being notified ot tbe crime, set to work, accom panied by Deputy Sheriff W. W. King, to unravel the mystery. -The two dep uties went over to Dross Neck and there learned that two colored women, Alice Sampson; and Julia Moore alias Sing James, had been seen on the night of the imurder with Jones. Both women , were arrested ; and placed in jiil.' Deputy .lynn then ar rested a colored man,- Sirus Wright alias Bud Nixon, who said he saw aa other colored man, Ben Smith, strike tbe fatal blow, which deprived Jones oi life. The deputies immediately set out to look for Smith, and at one-time were talking to nim about the J murder, not knowing him to be tbe man tbey were after. Abcut 8 80, o'dockr after a j long chase. Deputy King ar ested Smith in a house on Chad- burn's Hill. Smith is described as a man j of medium height, about 28 years old, dark gingerbread color, with a small dark: mustache and a scar over bis left eye. Later Police Officer J. L. Sailings, who had been assisting in the "round up." arrested another col ored man also implicated in the crime. ! Coroner David Jacobs in the mean time viewed the body of the murdered man, and. had- it removed to David Evans undertaking establishment on Second i street, between Chesnut and Princess, where a post - mortem : exami nation was held yesterday afternoon by Drs. Shepard and McMillan, Dr. SheparJ informed a Star representa tive that tbey found an incisive wound about four inches long, on the head; also a contused wound with a fracture of the skulL and that death bad been caused bo cerebrum hemorrhage. The remains ot tbe unfortunate man will be interred to-day. !- -.. : j Charles Jones is from Philadelphia, Pa., No 216 Hanncck street, but is a native of Blyth, England. He was born on February 2, 1859, and about three months ago shipped on tbe brig M. C. Haskell, Capt. A. E. Wingfield commanding, at Portland, Me. The Haskelt thtn made a trip to Porto Rico, from Porto Rico to Panta Gorda. Flor Ida, and from that port, Charlotte Har bor, to this city, where she is how loading with phosphate rock at the factory of the Navassa uaano com oanv. Jones is five feet five Jnches in height, dark hair with light complexion, mustache and eyes. His shipmates de scribe him as an all-round good fellow. Coroner Jacobs telegraphed to Philadel phia yesterday morning but up to a late hour last nigbt had receivea no reply. We understand thot -Smith admits striking Jones but claims be did it In self-defence. Jones ..having struck' him several times. . ' i On Jones' person was found a knife, a razor, a small amonnt of money and a large collection of papers, mostly dis charges from different vessels. It seems also that Jones has been going under the name of Johnson,. as letters, etc, found on his person bear the name of Charles Johnson. ! CORONERS INQUEST. At 3 o'clocir. yesterday afternoon Cor oner jacoos emoaneuea me 10110 wing iurv: Mr. W. C. VonGlahn, foreman, and Messrs. M. B. Sbrier. FP. Howland, W. W. Howe, Ellis Patrick, and Joseph Mc Neill, jthe latter three colored, to hear the evidence and render a verdict ac cordingly. The Court House, where the inquest was held, was packed to suffo cation with both white and colored. Christia Christian testified: I .was a shipmate of Cbas. Jones, and identify the body now lying in Evans' undertak ing establishment as that of Jones. I last saw -. Jones alive about 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. He was some what intoxicated. , - ; L. Hyneman, also a shipmate of JonesV corroborated Christian testimony. Louis Gey er, colored, testified: lama police officer of tbe city of Wilmington. Wednesday night police' officer Joseph Sharp and myself were on duty over the railroad. About 11.15 o'clock, while I was standing on tbe corner of Fourth and Hanoyer; streets, a colored man, John Albrittain. came Up and said there was a sailor, lying down in Dross Neck wbo bad been -struck and that he didn't know whether he was dead or not. We went down, and on Second street, between Brunswick and Hanover, we -found a man lying on bis tack on . tbe ground. His face was covered with dirt and there was a large gash on bis head. . I tele phoned to the City Hall; a catt was sent out to us and we carried the man down to the City Hall. I then went after Dr. Harriss. but he was slckWe re ported back to the captain and were sent back to our beac Moses Broom field, near whose house tbe man was NO. 17 found, told us that he heard a man hol low "Murder I Help!" heard several licks struck, and went to his ' door, and saw several men running . off. . Police Officer Joseph Sharp, also colored, cor roborated Officer Geyer s testimony. John Albrittain testified: Wednesday night between 11 and ? 12 'o'clock I was lying in bed in my house on Second street, between Brunswick and Hanover;' about halt asleep.. . Same one came run ning by the house 'hollowing "Stop! Stop! Stop!": I jumped out of bed and bv that time ft voice on the outside hoU lowed "Murder! "; The cry of murder was repeated and I beard several licks struck. . About this time Moses Broom field. who has ' a room 'in the house. jumped up and hollowed, "Stop, don't' yon ao tnat, and knocked on the inside of the house. Those ' on the out side then . ran- away. .- and . ' Moses went to the back door of the house and opened it. Moses said to me "Why don't vou get up and see what is tbe matter? - By this .time some One on the outside " was hollowing "Oh ! Obi" Moses then replied "you lay down and let that man die out . there and we will all get arrested." I went out of tbe house, saw a man lying about six feet off, between our bouse and another; house. but went and got the police and brought them to the man. Don't know how many men were on the outside of the house at first, but judging: from the noise I think, there were twpr r; L r Moees Broomfield;. . colored, testi fied : I live p in - a house on Second; : streeL. between Brucs- wick and Hanover, same house that Al brittain, his sister and two other women live in. Wednesday bight, between 11 and 12 o'clock, I beard people tramping ontside of my house; and heard several licks struck. When he. first .lick was struck I heard a : man hollow murder, find I then hollowed,1 "Stop,! don't - you UK WU, dUU Llll. VIU; IDC W8U. 1 lUCU heard some one running off. I went out opened the back of the house and saw a slim built , man running irom Second street to Brunswick, j A man was also lying on the outside of the bouse, about six icet off, groaning: I told Albrittain to go get an officer. I went up to Fourth street, but by that time Albrit tain had gotten an officer, and was re turning. The man who was struck was lying between my house and another house. i i - ' i ' '.. , - " Sims Wright alias Budd ' Nixon, col ored, testified: Wednesday! night about 11.20 o'clock I left : the coiner of Filth and Brunswick streets. I was walking down Brunswick! street, , and when near Second ! street I saw a col ored boy, Dan Parker, standing by the fence of Alice Sampson's bouse. Parker asked me lof a draw off a c gareue which I was smoking. Tasked him what the door of the house was doing open, and a white man lying across the bed. There was a bright lighten the room, Parker said : the white) fellow bid drawn a razon on Ben Smith. About that time Smith came . across tbe street, and said the white man had tried to cut him. Smith had a large stick in his hand, as -did also ! Parker. Smith then male Parker go in the house and ran the man out. When tbe white fellow came out Smith struck him and the man ran, but fell down. Smith hit him twice moie, and the man hollowed murder I; I told Smith not to hit him again. Smith and Paiker ran off towards Secoad street and I walked on home. I know Ben Smith personally, and I never'ihave bad aquarrel with him. I was standing on tne edge ot the sidewalk when the as sault occurred. When Parker told the white (fellow to get out of the Houtfe, he said he would do so, but put his band in his pocket. The first time Smith struck at the man he missed him. Did not see Parker hit at the man. The bearing of further testimony was postponed until this morning at 10 o'clock. ; i- ' Death of Mrs. Mattie Willie maiahaU. Mrs. Mattie Willis Marshall, the wife of Mr. B. H. Marshall, died of acute laryngitis, complicated with heart dis ease, at i.6 o'clock yesterday morning. She had been ill for some time, and her life had been despaired of for weeks be fore she died; but her death is none the less painful to her numerous friends and acquaintances, especially ! when it is re membered that she was. only just mar ried last September. ! . Mrs. Marshall was a member of St. James' Episcopal Church. She is sur vived by her husband, her sister. Mrs. A. J. Marshall, arid her brother, Mr. Hardy B. Willis, now of Richmond, Va. . Tbe funeral will be conducted at 11 o'clock this morning from her late resi dence, 808 MacRae street. Mj-r W. b. Fern Faeaea Away. The death of Major Washington C. Fergus, well known to many of our older citizens, took place .-f rom a stroke of paralysis Wednesday afternoon at this home on Masohboro Sound. Major Fergus was born in this city, and lived here for a good part of his life. He was tbe third captain of tbe ; Wil mington Light infantry. In 1859 be went South, and when the war opened he was living in j Alabama. He joined an Alabama regiment and served the war ; through . with uncommon' bravery. . i ; ' - He leaves a son, who ' resides on the Sound, and several relatives In this city, among them being tbe daughter of the late Mrs, Samuel P. G.'use, wbo was a sister of Maj. Fergus. -; The body will be buried at the Sound at 11 o'clock this -morning. Out of re spect to his memory, the flag at the ar mory of the Wilmington! Light Infantry will be kept at half-mast to-day. Death of Mn. Caroline Greer. - -. Mrs. Caroline Greer, relict of the late David J. Greer, died at the residence of ber son -in-law, -T. C. Craft, yesterday morning at the advanced age of seventy-, five years. She had been suffering from attacks ot heart trouble off and on for a year or longer and bad been confined to her room for six weeks before she died. Her death was sudden, I though not un expected, as the doctors bad warned tbe family tbat tbe end' might come at any time. .-.-.' :j " H The deceased lady was born in New "bern on the 15th of April, 1822,? but by far the greater part of her life was spent in this city. She was a. member of the method 1st church, her j membership in the old Front Street and Grace Metho dist churches covering a period of over fifty years. . She was always very active in church work, was the oldest Sunday school teacher 4n the city and by her nu merous deeds ot mercy and sweet chari tableness, won scores of friends to mourn her loss,- . ,' " - j ' --1 " .'. She leaves one daughter.' the wife of Mr. T, C. Craft, and two sons. The funeral will be conducted from Grace M. E. church to-morrow morning at 9 80 o'clock. I;.; - , . : When I aay I enre I do not mean merely to atop them for a time and then bava them return again. I mean a Mdieal enre. I have made the disease of JITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a ttfe ionf atndr. I warraat my remedy to ear the wont owe. aeoaose other. hmTe teilod ia bo reaaon for sot now receiving a enre. Bend at once for a treatise and a free Bottle of my infallible remedy. QIto El and Foetomoe aaa; Prcl.w.H.PEHE,F.D.,iCarSt.,lts'flYcrt r v--,.-' Absolutely Pure, Celebrated for its great leavening;! E t : -i I strength and health! ulness. : Assures I f "; ,! the food against alum and all forms '. f r of adulteration common to the cheap M ' ii ' v ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co.," -:- ; , 1 ' New York. y r&M-- AT CASWELL. The Wcrk There Tha Outlook Plan of ; Detehoe Lieut.' Jadwln Located." ' -!; ri :' XSouihporiLeader? - ; : '' The work done so far on' the . battery g emplacements has neen only prepara tory, as nothing has been done on tbe actual location. . The track (rom the : dock is about finished and the raila laid," ; and work is being done on tbe trestles at tbe rise. ' j . About' sixty hands are being em . ployed, spiking downj tbe rails, on the - trestles and ia other work. Quarters for y those directing the work, loremen and others, are under way, and when fin-: . ished the men will remain on the ground during the progress of the work, instead . J of crossing to and from Southport twice - a day. r ; - !:. :- ' r j ' . ;:. " ' ' ''.:7v': The steamer Wilmington has brought: down lumber rjafiy ifor some time past,, . mainly long sticks of heart pine about twelve inches in diameter. Each stick weighs about 600 pounds. . Each day -tools, iron and other material are. brought also. -: - . There has been some talk about the number of men that) will be required to -look after the batteries when tbey are : . completed. A battery numbers sixty ; men, and it has been said that tbe force ' located here would amount to 180 men. j or three batteries. All that can be said : at tbe present time is that it is tbe pur pose of -the Department to have a force at each- port capable of managing the guns, and that an increase in the artil lery service, has been asked for, upon '. tbe granting of which will depend the cumber e-f men tbat will be available for each place. .... j ...... The strengthening of old fortification! as well at tbe .placing of new batteries" has been going on at all the ports on the coast. The plan, as outlined by Secre tary Lamont, is to place every important port in a state Of defence sufficient to . ward off one or two war ships that might, attempt to enter and, create destruction In case ot war with a foreign power our . ' white squadron would be relied upon to defeat a hostile fleet, but from such a . fleet one or more vessels might be de tached to destroy weak points on our ! coast and tbe first efforts of tbe author!-. ,-' ties are directed", to protect the ports. against smaller plans of attack. - . v f !' The steamer General Thorn was bfoug&t to this port last week from NewSern, N. C, and will be under the orders of Lieut. Jadwinof the United: -Stales Engineering Corps, for use on the river, carrying supplies, and for other service between here and Wilmington ' , and back and forth from Casvell. ' The Gcvdrnment building on tbe gar- : risonhas been put in good repair, roofs painted, with new gutters, and the out side back walls whitened. The interior" has been changed, a number of new -windows inserted in the walls for better liRht and air, and water brought into . the building-from the water tank.- ! . Lieut. Jad win has made his residence in the main building and western -wing and uses the upper rooms, .formerly oc cupied by the signal service, for bis offices. New desks, chairs and furniture. make the place look bright as well as businesslike. :' 5 ..." - Since the time tbat Mr. Henry Bacon moved the offices of the corps to Wil- , mington, there have been no headquar-V ters here, and it is quite a feature for i Southport to have an office re-estab lished. It has been otten said toat the offices would never have ' been removed - , but for some very unfortunate actions. P It would appear tbat tbe services of Mr. " Bacon and the advantages of the location . of the offices here were not fully appre- X ciatec. but Southport has grown wiser la . its day and generation. . 'J, .' ' 1 FOREIGN NEWS. . ao Probability of a j War Between Turkey and Greeoe. j Copyright 1897 by the Son Printing and Publishing Association.') .-. i- - , . -( - London, Feb. 13. It would be easy to present the array of authentic infor mation from Athens, Crete and Con stantinople in tucb a way as to indicate that war ii inevitable and close at hand. Thers are 'some observers in all Euro pean capitals, especially Berlin, who take that view.of the situation; and are alarmed accordingly. Even the stock markets, which ; are after all the ! best political barometers in ' Europe, indicated for a day or two that a storm bad been impending. There is no doubt that if the future de velopments depend solely upon those, directly concerned namely, the Turks, Greeks and Cretans, there would be fighting within a week on both sea and land.. Everybody knows, however, tha theprogrets of the quarrel is not with in tbe control of those actually involved j and that there will be no blows ex- j changed unless at least one of tbe great t Powers is willing tbat war should come. ,.j , The solution of the problem' really ' lies in the answer to the question. ' has tbe representative of tbe six great 6 ; Powers whispered In the ear of Greece, ''now is your opportunity; go ahead,'; take Crete and we will keep our bands' :,. on. same loud voices in France and many more in; Germany are accusing England ot having done lust that thing. No one of them, however,' has sug1'-' gested even a plausible motive wbich ; ' would lead Great Britain to adopt such j a course. On tbe other hand there are' overwhelming reasons why-Great Britain should be tbe most strenuous ot all in -suppressing a disturbance 'until the , . Powers had an opportunity of enforcing ' onjLhe Sultan the scheme of reforms ' which has just been formulated. : -, L T WARM Wl RELETS. . Gen.' Joe Shelby died at his home : near Adrian, Mo., at i o'clock yester day morning. J ; )-;... ,--r.yj-.;. - Hon. John Randolph IjTucker.ot Lexington, Va., died at 5 minutes after 8 o'cock latt night. He was conscious up to two hours of his death" and died " very quietly, j. v. - - - " Secretary Heibirt and Attcroey Gen eral , Harmon will leave Washington .Wednesday night next for Charleston: S. C, to witness the naval matceuvres I of Admiral Bunce's fleet off that port. 1:1 i If ' ' fn ft vly 1 " 1 r- I: . i, i a r
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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