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PAYING THE PENALTY.; Before the election the gold stand ard papers, both the Republican and so-called ; Democratic, Iconfidently predicted that if Bryan and free sil-; ver were defeated "confidence would be restored," there would be a turn ing loose of locked-up money, an in flow; of foreiga capital .and good times would come apace. JQst after! the election when the manufactories went to work to fill the held-np orders they ' loudly and proclainied that these jubilantly predictions had been verified, that the industrial revival had already come, the money was. b.eing turned loose, more gold was going into the Treasury than there was room for, ' the railroads were preparing for an immense busi ness and were giving out fcig con J tracts for freight cars, rails, &c, and that we might now stand flatfooted anil look "cheerfully to the future. The spurt lasted about two weeks, or until the held-up orders were filled, and then the dead calm came, and we have had a dead calm ever since. - ' ' 1 . - - i! -l' But from time to time. some com forting prophet who supported Mc Kinley, the "advance agent of pros perity," rises to announce that the revival and the good times are not far off, just around the bend, as it were, and some of . the organs as sure us, .on : the authority of Mr. Carnegie and other gentlemen who look through telescopes and kalei doscopes and other devices that'edver things at long range or present them with prismatic hues, that! "the ; wave 'of prosperity is already in sight." We took occasion just, after the election to give our views on the . t i i . i r t i . ' ' ouiiook wnen mese juDiiam organs w.ere jollifying over the arrival of the long looked for gooa timeSj and to remark that the organs were . en tirely too previous, and j asked what was there to bring us any bet ter times than we had when we were confronted by the very same condi . tions that produced the pad times ? And so now, in answer to the assar- ance mat "tne wave or prosperity is in sight," ' we ask v what is there to' bring it ? The lyest and the Souti are like stjueezed lemons there is no money i them, and at present prices they , have nothing to bring money. The ' farmers of the West who had whtat tj sell old it, but thebuyers who had pretty well gotten possession of the marketable crop before the rise in prices came, ma'de the money. The farmers didn't make, it. The bulk of the cotton crop has been dis posed of at figures that have left very little margin for profit to the planter. Corn, oats, potatoes, apples, &c, are so low that it will not pay the farmer to market them; i With these facts in sight, what is there to warrant the assertion that "the 'wave of pros perity is in sizht?" We wish it was. We would like to catch a glimpse of it, as millions-of our fellow citizens Would. The business men of the Northern cities who are now moving for, urg? ing and demanding a reform in our currency system to relieve the coun try from the pressure do -not see the wave in.sight," for if they jdicf they would not be working jfor a change in the monetary system! and some of the men who are identifieditlrsome of tfieargest"m?ney-lending institu tions in the North do not see it either, because thev tlake a cool . headed instead of a partisan view of ' me situation present and prospec tive- - : 'I ' ' '. - A gentleman, of this fcity who re- ntiy visited New York- met and conversed with one pf the leading -"-ws oi one ot tne largest trust -uipduies in tbat cltV. a comoanv which handles many millions of dbl ,ars annually. In aswer to the in quiry as to what he thought.of the outlook for a business revival, riA -Ai . . . snooK bis head, and re plied: "We ; have j not : reached the bottom y et. ! The Condition that ontronts us is beyond ourj control sqiaow 9 There M a gorgeof money -in (our banks, for which in the general stag nation there is no demand. We have la ur own vaults $2,000,000 that we would be glad to lend.at if per.cent. on ood security, but we can't find takers. We have lent some at that rate on security that we have taken some cuances on, I am sorry to say it, but Ipannot at present see any thing encouraging ; i n the outlook. Mr. McKinleys supporters . have promised too . much; They cannot fulfil their promises." " ' That's the opiinioa of : aTcdoKheaded money handler, whose business it is to keep a close eye on the business situation and indications, and would naturally be disposed to recognize and rejoice in any good signv , ; Returning home our friend met on the train a resident of the State of Connecticut a prominent citizen and a capitalist of that Stated who jras going to spend some time in Florida. He is a Democrat and was a dele-; gate from his State to the Chicago convention. He was a gold stand ard man and like the rest of his dele gation bolted when the convention adopted the free silver plank. He went home and at the election voted; for McKtnley. . He said he thought he was doing what was for the best in supporting McKinley because Mc-I Kmley stood for ""aound money, but he was now satisfied that he and the rest of . the Democratic bolters did the Very worst thing they could have done. ' The good times didn't come and he now felt sure they never could come on the narrow-gauge gold standard He illustrated by saying that sev eral years .ago he and others of bis State had loaned to a land company in Nebraska $100,000 on landed se curity. For a time the Interest was paid, but as money became scarce in the West and prices continued to fall the company defaulted on the inter est, the value, of the lands depre ciated and they would now be glad to get 50 cents on the dollar of the money, they had loaned. The only hope he now saw was in a speedy return to the double standard and an appreciation in values that would enable the Western people to pay their debts. If he had to do it over again, with the light of experience before him, he would vote for Bryan and the double standard. ,.. Here are the views of two Eastern men. both gold standard men, both money lenders, both supporters of McKtnley and both of whom would prefer to speak differently if they could -honestly do 'to. They both took their choice, took their chances, and are now paying the penalty. . MDIOK UBSTIOJr. The questiou of the lease of the North Carolina Railroad will come up in the Senate within the next few days. -What the result will be it is difficult to forecast, for victory is claimed in advance by both sides. Enough is known, however, to Indi cate that the majority either way will be small, with the chances rather in' favor of letting .the lease stand. It is proposed now by Senator Grant, of Wayne, who is said to be friendly to the leasing company, to investigate the lease, the object presumably be ing to ascertain whether jhere were any improper methods' employed to secure the 99 year lease. As far as we . have seen there has been' no charge of corruption and it is not likely that the investigation will de velop anything tbat is not already known to the public. In discussing the proposed investigation the Ra leigh Hews and Observer makes the following points : "1. That the lease was made fix yeais before the necessity of takiaz action. "8. That It was hurried ap in the face of a request from the president of the Seaboard Air Line statin e tbat bis. road would like to bid If the directors could turn over the road. "8. That no public notice of the pur ooseof the meeting at which the lease was consummated was maae. "4. Tbat no advertisement for bids was inserted in any newspaper, or other effort made to secure competition. "5. That the "directors were threat. ened that, if they did not accept the terms offered. - the Southern would oarallel the North Carolina road and desrtoy its value in so far as it could be done. Here are five 'statements of al leged facts, only one of which there is any question about, anyone- of which would be sufficient to demand and justify a - reconsideration of the action taken, but all of which corn- bind present an unanswerable argu ment in favor of reconsideration. If under these circumstances the lease had been made for 30, 20 or even 10 years, the propriety of the action "taken would have been questlona able - enough, but when the lease could have been made for 30 years, the period of the former lease, there is no apparent reason or justification for a 99 - year iease,.wnicn is iania mount to a sale, on the payment of a stipulated annuity. Mr. Hill, President of the North western t Railroad ; system, who claimed to be a life-long Democrat, but bolted the Chicago Convention, and nsed all his influence to secure the election of f . McKinley, as "sound money" man, declared just before - the election that prosperity was just two. weeks ahead, but after r waiting four months'for his predict tion to materialize, he has revised it, and now says times will not im prove till the people 1 begin to pay their debts. . This . remark applies especially to the West, with which Mr. Hill ahd his railroad system-are most closely identified, w Now if Mr. Hill will loom upland explain how people who .haven't - any money j to v pay their . debts can pay them he will doubtless confer a great f 4vor : not only on the people of the; West; but of other sections where they are scuffling mighty hard to get enough of the wherewith to meet their daily necessities. Tlr. Hill thought we had an excellent monetary system, and denounced as a heresy the demand for free silver, which would have added to the vol- .. .... umepf our currency , and .made it easier for people to get money to pay their debts. H was dreadfully afraid that money would thus be come too plentiful, but the proba bilities are that if he expressed his honest sentiments now he wouldn't object to at least' a small increase. Experience sometimes knocks out the theories pf even bigger men than Mr. Hill -.lo-morrow willlje the l65th an- niversary or f the birthday of "The I Father'' of His Coun try." " He hasn't been forgotten but unfortunately a rood manv of his I a . -. i ' teachings are, but for all that it. is a great) country; the greatest the world has evert seen, or paobably ever will see. Jve mav have our I shortcomings, but whatever they be, as Americans we all have reason to be proud of the Republic that Wash ington and his heroic compatriots left us, the grandest inheritance ever bequeathed to men. . MORE ABOUT .FRIDAY NIGHT'b FIRE. Qearge Ocx PeriJhed In the Flimet lionet nd . loiuraooe Mr. I. Bbrier Will Bebaild. ' It was stated in the account of the fire of night before last that George Cox was supposed to have perished. , A search in the rubbish and . smouldering timbers yesterday morning revealed his body- or a smoked and charred semblance of it. The arms and legs had been burned completely off and what remained showed small signs of having been a few hours before a strong, active man. The body was wrapped in a blanket and carried to an undertaker s shop on Second street to be oteDired for burial An inquest Was considered unnecessary. It seems strange that he did not make his escape in the same way others did. Bat it is supposed that he was dazed and lost his presence of mind. One report has it that he was drinking. A gentle man who knew him well, however, says tbat he was not a drinking man. He leaves a wile and two children. who were carried to the City Hospital Friday night. He was a patent medicine dealer.1 T me ipuowing tacts anout losses and insurance were ascertained yesteraay : The store on Front street owned by Mr. I. Shrier and occupied by Mr. C D. Jacobs and Joseph Lucas was valued at $3,000. It was insured for $1,500,! of which $1,200 j was with Willard & Giles, $300 with W.W.Hodges and $100 wi th Atkinson & Son. Mr. Shrier will shortly give tbe contract for the erection of a handsome two or three story brick store on the site of the one that was burned on Front street. The store oh Mulberry street, occupied by W. H. Moore,: stationer, also belonged to Mr. Bbrier. It was valued at $750," and insured with Atkinson & Son for $300. . Moore . had his stock insured for $800 with Dr. W. W. Harriss. He has moved to Water street, near Mul berry (next to Mr. Steljes' saloon). There was only $600 insurance on the entire property belonging to the estate of the latej John Maunder. The value of the property was estimated as being hot less than $3,000. Insurance with Col. Walker; Taylor. Sternberger Bros, bad their stock in sured for $1,200; $500 with J. H. Boat- wright & Son, $300 with Col. Walker ir, $200 with F. H. Stedman, $200 with Atkinson & Son and . $200 with Willard & Giles. This amount will hardly I cover the loss. The- firm has moved into Nov 10Market street. The insurance on furniture belonging to Mr. A. S. Holden was $600, with T. H. Boatwright & Sou. The property was so badly damaged that Mr. Holden thinks the insurance will not more than cover the loss. Mr. I. J. Clemmons, who also occupied rooms in the Caro lina Central building, had his furniture insured for $200, with J. H. Boatwr ight & SonJ '. - Death of Mr. Nat Qalnce ' The ' Star regrets to announce tbe death I of Mr. Nathaniel Hill Quince. which j occurred yesterday in Dublin, Ga. Mr. Quince was a resident of this city up to two months ago, when with his family he went to Dublin, Ga., to accept;, a position -with the ' Pritqhett Bros., dealers in'naval stores. Soon after his arrival in' Dublin he was taken sick with the grip, which afterwards devel oped into pneumonia and caused his death The, deceased was for many years bookkeeper lor Holmes & .Watters, Brideers & Rankin, Vollers & Hasha gen and other business firms in this city, and was for a long ime purser of the Carolina Yacht Club: He was a son of the late John Baptist ' Quince, and a brother of Mr. Geo. ; Quince, of. Florida, Mrs. Geo. Myers and Mrs. Geo. LeGrand, of this city. He was in the 89th year of bis age and leaves a wife and. two cbil- ' dren.r. : .v yVi;: ' ;'; ; The remains will arrive in the city to morrow, and the f uneral wills be held at St. James Church at p. m. iiuiiuiiHij .-i."ir, iti nil I - y. I i. - v " i. .. -. j.. n .... kii. mikm -:v rf---: ,, ;i .wiLa uii. naiui laviur . uuu tiuu wua .... . ; i i- i :. . . - -, - QUESTIONS OF PERSONAL, PRIVILEGE Bill Tba Cigarette tlaeitioa Bill to Amend Cbaitsr pf Baleiab lntrodnee-To Ap- ... point Board ' of 'VlDattoo 'Forvf-j New Banovar. Xjto. ' Special Star ' 7ifi.l Si .Raleigh, February O.-f-Bills intro duced in the House To make it discre tionary with the State Treasurer when to pay annual appropriations monthly. quarterly or annually; ltd provide a dis pensary for Ashevllle; td allow the Clerk of the Court of Bladen coonty to be Ab sent Mondays;; to pay solicitors $300 a month after January 1st, 1898.: ': ' By HilemanTo provide that the Treasurer shall collect 'from all persons or corporations doing a banking busi ness under State license one per cent, of the capital stock wblclu.hh. been -ccta-ally paid" in by the stockholders, and that he shall use this fund to pay guar antees against 1 any loss to the State,' banks which refuse for ten days to pay this one per cent, shall; be closed and a receiver appointed; to adjourn February 22d in honor of George Washington; to provide for working convicts on public roads iu Wilson and Wayne counties; to make an itemized statement of arrac coant properly verineo prima tacit evidence of its correctness; to incorpo rate Toseph B. Cheshire, Tr., W. A. Er- win, Robert Strange. W. J. Green, Thos, r. paviason ana oiners, trustees, oi at. Mary 's School at.Raleign or at such other wj T : i I . . place as may be determined; to pay sur yevors for surveying lands in dispute five dollars instead of two. ' i Rpberts, rising to a question of per sonal privilege, said the News and Ob server's charge that his committee acted on bills without a quorum was false, Sutton, of New Hanover, said the same. He said be bad at tbe committee meeting brought up a bill to change the charter of Wilmington and declared tbat it was not objectionable .and did not in jure the best interests of the city -and that the bill had been favorably ire ported unanimously. ; Walters said that he had never, read the charter of Wilmington in question; that a bill to amend tbe charter bad been referred to a committee of which Schul ken was chairman; tbat Schulken bad turned this over to him; that he was in formed by Sutton, of New Hanover, that Governor Russell wished to see the, bill; that be gave it to Scbulkeo-to hand to the Governor; that last night Sutton gave him a typewritten copy of the bill; that be be bad never read the bill before; that Fagan, Cathey and others had not read it Sutton, he said, when the bill was before the committee, asked tbat a favorable report! be made; that the bill was not . read because of his ' statement that ; it. .- was aU right. Fagan said j he had stated that he did not j know all that was in the bill; that it was not read, but that it was favorably reported as Sutton stated.- Cathey said he was not present at the meeting and did not know . any thing of the bill; that the use of his name was unauthorized and had injured bim. Freeman spoke in defence of the Com mittee on Counties. Cities and Towns, and said it - transacted' business openly and said the paper was hitting at Re publicans and "also thrusting their fire brands at Populists.' Eddins said be knew nothing pf ; that " charter of Wil mington; that once or twice he bad not attended meetings; that in signing a mi nority report he had simply done his duty : regardless ' of politics. Walters said no one bad made any positive insin uations that he bad not read the bill to amend the charter which was before tbe Committee on Corporation; that he did not believe two members of the commit tee would sav. they had . read the bill which wns before the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns, and if be was not correct he called on them to say so.-' No one rose.- The House took up the special order. a bill making it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to manufacture, sell or give away cigarettes of any kind, the penalty to be a fine or Imprisonment at the discretion of the court. . '. Sutton, of Cumberland,, its author, spoke strongly in its behalf. Blackburn said the law would hurt tobacco growers; that he opposed any prohibitory legislation. Hancock offered an amendment, that no smoking tobacco or cigarette paper should be manufactured in the State. Lusk offered a substitute,: making it unlawful to V give away cigarettes to minors or for any minor to make them, and making it a misdemeanor; also al lowing minora to be introduced as wit nesses when caught with cigarettes to give evidence" against the persons who furnished them with them. Eddins said, the cigarette interests had a lobby in the House. . Duffy said he did not believe the State had the right to enact such a law. White was applauded when he said he was a tobacco raiser and favored the bill. The vote on Lusks substitute was, yeas 46, nays 84. The substitute then became the bill and it passed third read ing, yeas 66, nays 28. -V r X Duffy, rising to a question of. personal privilege, presented a protest, signed by all I Democratic members, against tbe ruling of the Speaker last night in the bill appointing' cotton weighers for Wadesboro, Lilesville and Monroe:., Lusk, in tbe chair, refused to allow the protest to be spread on the journal, holding it was not in order. .The bill to amend the charter of Ral eigh, making election of all city officers by popular vote, was intfodned. . Senate bills Introduced, to authorize ale of standing timber for partition in common 'among tebants; for relief of sureties of J. M. Brown, of Bladen; to protect innocent - persons from misrep resentation; by 1 Cannon, bill to appoint Board of Finance of New Hanover; to prohibit sale of liquor within three miles of Tabor Methodist church, Cumberland county. . :--., : : v: 1 ; ; " l:.. - ' -t :- ; I Bills passed : To refund bonded debt of Cumberland; to allow express matter to be transported Sundays; for the relief of ex-Sheriff Demant, of Brunwick; to amend the resolutionof the Legislatare. ratified February 16, 1877. relating to Cumberland county; to authorize com-- missioners l of Brunswick and Duplin counties to levy special tax. j The "fellow servant" bill, prescribing liabilities ; of railways. - passed unani mously, and is now a law. j Bills introduced : To prevent dlscrim- nation in jury lists. , - . - By Mr. Butler, to improve the public school system, . The bill to investigate complaints of Mrs. Pattie B. Arrington,. appointing a committee, consisting of Senators Mc Caskey, Maxwell and Person, of the House, was taken up. Mr. Smathers favored the bUl,- while Messrs. . Parker and Butler . opposed it. A motion to table was defeated yeas. 17; nBys, 22. Bill parsed third reading. - FRUIT GROWERS' AND TRUCKERS' AS- i , SOCIATION. " New Xlambera .Admitted-Delegate As palmed to the Meeting to bs Held at -. Wallaoe Qaeatlona of Importance to Trabkera and 7rait Grow er Siieussed. . The New Hanover County Fruit Growers' and .Truckers Associstion met In the grand jury's room of the court house at 5 p. m. yesterday. In the ab sence of the president. Capt. E. W. Man ning, the vice president, Mr. G. W, Westbrook, called tbe meeting to order and asked - the secretary, Mr. Sol. J Jones, to read the minutes of the previ ous meeting. These were read and no corrections being offered were consid ered approved. ' On motion of Mr. Samuel Westbrook, Messrs., Geo. A. Woodard and CH. Heide were admitted to membership in the Association. Under the head of reports from com mittees, Mr. G. W. Westbrook reported for a committee, appointed at a previous meeting to confer with the railroad autnorities with reference to the reduc tion of freight rates. . He said that as yet the-committee ' had had no meeting. Mr. Westbrook then stated that the meeting bad been called to take action with regard to the representation of the New Hanover County Association in the meeting of the. Executive Committee and Directors, which is to be held in Wallace Tuesday next. He said, in this connection, that the members of this Association did not have sufficient no tice of the meeting of the general Asso ciation at Wallace some time ago to at tend. ' ' .- . i At that meeting Mr. G. W. Westbrook was appointed one of the directors of the General Association and now requested that the local Association confirm his ap pointment, so that he could go to the meeting at Wallace in a position to rep resent the New Hanover; County ' Asso ciation. Mr. S. J. Jones moved that Mr. West brook be authorized to go Jto the meet ing at Wallace, with full power to rep resent the New Hanover County Asso ciation. :v ; ... :' ' ; Here there arose an informal discus-. sion of the recent meeting of the General Association at Mount Olive. It was stated that at that meeting there was some disposition to object to the use of C F. T. cars. Mr. S. J. Jones said that in his opinion it would not be well for a sub-association to take final action in the matter, it being, more properly the busi ness of the General Association. ' - J- The chairman stated that the object of the meeting at Wallace was j- to de cide whether a shipping master should be employed, and a package j tag be used. He wished to get the opinion of the New Hanover truckets so as to be able to 'represent them intelligently. Tbe duty of the shipping' clerk, he ex plained, will be to so distribute ship ments as to prevent the glutting of the markets; to furnish information to any member of the Association desiring it; to see that cars are properly . cared for, and, in general, tp exercise an oversight oyer the interests! tbe truck farmers sox far as shipping and the choice of ommission merchants were concerned. It was stated that free transportation had been tendered to the shipping master, in case one should be appointed, as well as a committee to go North to select commission meichants. ' - (' The use of package tags was thought advisable, as by selling them to individ ual members needed fundi could, be raised, and, bearing the'name of the General Association, they will entitle the smallest shipper to the sameadvautages as the Jtargest. ; After a discussion, in which Messrs. C. H. Heide, W. A. Wright, Capt..S. W. Noble ' and others took part, it was moved to authorize Mr. Westbrook to exercise his own judgment in the mat ter. - ;; ) It was suggested by the chairman that if the different commission merchants had deposits in one or more of the Wil mington bank's it would save the small shippers, who have no bank account, the expense of collections. So it was moved that the secretary write tbe commission merchants requesting them to make de posits as described. ; v I '. After a vote of thanks tp the newspa per representatives and a few remarks by Mr. Woodard of the C. F. T. Com pany, thq meeting adjourned. ', N ' 'j Deatb of Capt. Allen, of Bladen County. I ': CapU R P. Allen, a "prominent "'mer chant and planter - pf Bladen county, died, after several days' illness, at his borne, ) Kelly's Cove, (last Thursday night, y Grip'' developing rinto pneu monia was the cause of death. ; He was about sixty years of age, served with dis tinction in tbe late war, and leaves a wife and five children. A few years ago be was a member of the State Senate. Capt. Dick Allen was universally liked and. there are numbers of people in this city and elsewhere who will be sincerely grieved to learn of his death. He was particularly known for the generous hospitality which he and bis good wife always extended." The traveller never failed to find a home and a welcome at Captain Allen's. - ; ' " ' !': ... . t ,- Several : Bartow 1 Eope Y.v M." C.:"Ai Buadlnci and; C. V.:6k T. V. Ware-' bona Threatened-uoaltiM : -r c - . iMiei and Inawaaee. , - ; Last bight, at lllO o'clock, the dreaded cry of ire rang, out upon. the still night' air; and the people living in the neighborhood of Front . and Grace streets were aroused from their slnmbers to witness one of tbe largest conflagra tions tbat has , visited Wilmington in years. -!,-. The fire 'started in the rear of B Marks' clothing store, which is a two storv wooden structure on Front ' street,' near Grace, on the western side of Front street. From Marks' store the " fire spread onward, until the whole of the northern portion of the . block was en veloped inflames. v ; THE STORY OF THE FIRE. - Last night at Mrs. Mary Williamson's dance ball, on Grace street between Front and Water, a dance' was In full blast. About 11.10 o'clock Rose King, colored, one of the dancers, left the ball, went into the back yard and there dis covered that the rear of Mark's clothing store was wrapped In flames. She im mediately gave the alarm and Police Officers R. L. Sailings. R. G. Holmes and J. F. Hugglns, who were on duty in that neiehborhood. started for the scene of the ! fire and to give the alarm. From one fire-alarm box " to another went' tbe policemen, but each in turn failed to send in the alarm. Officer Jas. Smith, who had arrived upon the scene; telephoned the alarm, to tbe "different engine houses. In the meantime Officer Sailings, with the assistance of a sailor, had been rendering valuable, assistance to the Inmates of the burning houses, who' upon being rudely awakened were dazed and seemed unable to help them selves. Adjoining Mark's clothing store is a; shoe repairing establishment, and above that is a boarding house. Marks and his family also lived above his store. All the inmates made narrow escapes. Mrs! Ann Anderson and two children were carried out of the burning build; ingby Officer Sailings and tbe sailor . A white man by tbe name of Cox is supposed td have perished in the flames. He boarded in one of tbe burning build ings, and upon being awakened, rushed to the window, looked out and started back into the room again. Officer Sai lings holloaed to.bim to come back and make bis escape while he could. The man paid no heed to the officer's warn ings, but plunged into the room and to his deatb, it is thought, as he has not been seen since.- V ' j THE! PATH OF THE FIRE. From Mark's clothing store the fire communicated to a shoe repairing store, adjoining, j then to Breckinridge & Beery 's hardware store and on to a va cant store adjoining. From there the fare went to Joseph H. Lucas' (colored) bar ber shop, to C. D. I acobs' restaurant and Sternberger Bros, grocery store, on tbe corner oi Front and Grace streets. Next tbe fire swept around the corner on its voyage of destruction, and the marble yard of the late Mr. Jno. Maunder, the hews stand, of W. H. Moore, colored, Mrs. Mary Williamson's dance hall New bury's grocery store and several small wooden buildings were soon wrapped in flames, i AH the buildings mentioned were entirely consumed. -- The Seaboard Air Line building and a small two-story bouse in the rear also caught fire, bnt were finally put out after a hard fight by the firemen, At this writing.- 245 a. m.. the fire is still raging. Most of the furniture was saved out of the S. A. L. building. Mr. A. S, Holden and family live in the second story of the building, while tbe offices of the railroad and an office of Mr, Frank H. Blodgett take up the lower floor. The inmates of tbe other buildings, Mr. C D. Jacobs and family. Mr. B. Marks and family, Mrs.JV.nn Anderson and family, Mrs. Hart and Mis. Williamson and boarders all escaped safely. ; . At one time it was feared tbat Mrj. W. B. Cooper's store and the CF.&Y. V, depot would catch. Bits of burning wood and myriads of sparks were carried m the direction of these buildings but they were soon, cut off by a stream of water .and the danger in this quarter averted.. - . j Y. M. C. A. BUILDING DAMAGED. The heat from the fire was so great that the wood-work on the southern side of the Y. M. C. A building was several times on the point of igniting, and would have caught most probably but for tbe streams : of water . which were diverted from the fire and- turned upon it. The warping of the wood-work, the breaking of window lights and the soiling of the in terior with water constituted the damage sustained by the building. . ": j . . f. , CASUALITIES. i '- Kerosene or kegs of powder exploded in tbe Newbury store and severely in jured Mr. A. W. Rivenbark. He, man ages the: store, of Mrs. Newbury. -and was making heroic efforts, to save' the merchandise. At the time of the. ex plosions Mr. Rivenbark was trying to make his way to the safe. His face and hands were burned, and bis hair and beard pretty well singed, besides the shock from the explosion. Tim Washington, a colored, man, was standing by the Y. M. C. A. building when the explosions occurred, and had his hand badlv cut by a. piece of glass, the jar from the explosion together with the intense heat, causing nearly all of the lights in the building to break and fall." : T Sam Clark, colored, while assisting in removing furniture, eta, from the burn ing buildings, received severe cuts on tbe left hand, right wrist and in the right side, v, ! v- .! Drs, ewett and Bellamy were called in and dressed the wounds of the injured. . Four, horses, three in tbe rear of the Sternberger Bros.' store and one in tbe rear of Mr. W. B. Cooper's store, came near perishing-in the flames. I X iThere was great danger to the on lookers from live wires which the hest melted and caused to Jail. A message was finally gotten, however, to the Gas Works, and the current turned off before any one was injured.- Tbe electricity at the Power; House of the Wilmington Street Railway Company was also shut off. j . . Owing to tbe lateness of tbe hour and the general excitement, it was difficult to find out the insurance carried by the victims of the -conflagration, but below is given a partial list? . i B. Marks, store, $1,000, witlT Col. Walker Taylor; furniture, $500. with T. H. Boatwright & Son; Breckenridge & Beery, stock. $300. with ).H. Boatwright & Son; Jos. H. Lucas, store fixtures, $250, with Col. Walker Taylor; -1. Shrier, building occupied by Lucas and Jacobs insured? with Willard & GUes; C D. acobs, stock and fixtures, $380. with . H. Boatwright & Son, and $450 with Dri W. W. Harriss; A. S. Holden, fur niture, $600. with J. H. Boatwright & Son; John Maunder, building occupied by Sternberger Bros., and marble yard, $600. with - Col. Walker Taylor; Sternberger Bros.,: stock and store fixtures, $300, with H. Boatwright & Son,' and also insured with Willard & Gilesr-F A. Newbury, building $1,000 - . . r o KUTtu. -7- ... : - I aicunwo; . si. rauuis, uw wua if; KlUnl I " I L l M j l - ; with Col, Walker Taylor and $700 with J. H. Boatwright & Son, stock $800 with T H. Boatwright & Son. $500 with Col : Walker: Taylor and $200 with F. H Stedman: W. H. Moore, stcck $200 with Dr. W. W. Harriss; Mrs. M. C. William son,- household effects : $500, with J. H. iBoatwright & Son; T. " J, Kenan, 'building occupied ' by " Mrs. Williamson, $3 800; - Breckinridge & Beery also carried a policy witb Dr. W. W. Harriss.for $200. .. ;u - ; At 8.S0 o'clock this morning the fire men, who have been fighting diligently and bravely, have the fire under control, ; FIRE ACROSS THE RIVER. V; -4 Sparks ignited tbe rosin yard on the other side of the river, and it was feared that there, would be a repetition of the big fire of two years ago. -No attention could be given from this side,: but witb ' the aid of the steam-tug Marie the fire was extinguished before it spread to any considerable extent. NEW tfANQVER ; COUNTY. BUI Providing Tet the. appointment of a ' ';: " Board of inanoa. The following bill. was introduced in the Senate Saturdays by Senator 1 Geo. W. Cannon, of Brunswick : ' j An Act to appoint a Board ot Finnace for the county of New Hanover. ' The General AssemWy; of North Caro lina do enact;1 - "vt r i First. That J. W. Norwood,' . De Witt C Love, J. G. L. Gteschen, John S.. Armstrong, Henry C. McQueen, Will iam H. Chadbourn, Samuel Bear, Jr., D. L, Gore, and John L. Divine; of tbe city of Wilmington, be, and they are hereby, appointed special commissioners, who sball constitute and be styled "The Board of Finance of the County of New Hanover." i. ' ; :-) Second. The three Commissfoners first above named : shall continue in office until the 81st day of December A. D. 1893; the three next thereafter named nntil the 81st day of December A. D. 1900, and the three last above named until the 81st day of December A. D. 1902. j 1 . i ' Third J The members of said Board shall not; receive any compensation for their set vices, and shall not be or deemed to be regarded as holding an office of trust and profit, within the purview of tbe constitution or law of the State of North Carolina. . : Fourth. Before entering on their du ties the members of . said Board sball, before some justice of the'- peace, take and subscribe the oath .prescribed in section four of Article VI. of the Con stitution of North Carolina. Fifth. That -the Governor of the State shall fill any Vacancy occurring among the members of said Board dur ing their term of office, and shall, at the expiration of the terms of the Com missioners herein appointed, appoint from among the electors of the county of Newj Hanover -discreet and proper persons to fill their; said places, who shall hold their 'offices for six years, thence next ensuing their appointment.' . - Sixth. Tbe Board of Commissioners of New Hanover . county - shall levy no tax whatever for ': coun ty purposes -on the real and per sonal property of said county, unless an estimate and the rate of-assessment of the taxes so to be levied shall be first submitted to the said Board of Audit and Finance and approved by at least, five ol the members. The said estimate, shall specify the amount required during the fiscal year for each and every pur pose whatsoever, and the amount Which will be required, so nearly as can be esti mated, to meet the necessary expendi tures of the county government. Seventh. That said Board of Finance shall prescribe tbe compensation ot the chairman of the Board of Commissioners of New Hanover county. Eighth. Tbat whenever a tax shall be levied for a special purpose, the amount collected tberetrom shall be applied to no other purpose, and shall any amount re main after tbe special purpose for which it shall: have been levied has been met, and paid for the current year, then such surplus sball be held by the Treasurer of . New Hanover county as a sinking land to be only used for and exclusively ap plied to' the payment of tbe principal and interest of the bonded debt of the said county of New Hanover. Ninth. That all laws and parts of law in conflict with the provisions-of this act are hereby repealed and tbis act shall" be in force and take effect from and af ter the ratification of the same. DEATH OF A FORMER CITIZEN. Mr, Hays White iBeatly, of Bladen County. ': . The' Star regrets to announce the death, at bis home in Bladen county, of Mr. Hays White Beatty.in the 85th year of his age. . . . Mr. Bea'tty. was the son of Win. H. and Sophia Gibbs Beat ty, of Bladen county, and was brought up in the lux urious and hospitable home of his par ents, with every indulgence tbat could be accorded to tbe youngest child insuch a household. , , He lived in , Wilmington for many years and was one of its most popular and highly'esteemed citizens. He mar-, ried here his. second wife, Miss Cathe rine McLaurin. His first wife was the daughter of Dr. Benjamin Robinson, of Favetteville. where Mr. Beatty also had many warm friendsJ Many troubles came to him late in life, when they are harder to bear, but no word of bitterness escaped from his lips. Brotherrand bisters and children died and the old home of his youth was consumed by the flames, with all its precious memories! and relics of the past, bat for all he found consolation In the promises. - He was an elder in tbe First Presbyterian church of Wilming ton and afterwards, knd until his death in that of Black River chapel. His wife and four sons survive him and they have tbe deepest sympathy of friends in their affliction. ! ... . i . X HON. A. Si bEYfVlOUR f Diet in New York. Where He Had Gone for . j - '' Treatment. :;. . Special Star Telegram. : - Newbkrn. N. C, Feb. 19 News has reached here of the: death of Hon. A. S Seymour, Judge of the District of Pam lico, in New York this morning. He re sided here, but had gone North fOrireat- menu His family were witb bim. -, By Southern Associated Presi.l j i -v" New York, Feb, 19. Judge Augustus S. Seymour, of the united states uis- trict Court for thd Eastern District of North Carolina; died at 6.15 o'clock this morning in this city. " " : ' Judge Seymour'e death was ' caused by a cancer of tbe stomach., from which he had been a sufferer for some time. He was 60 years of age! and leaves a widow. His body will be shipped to bis bome at Newbern, N. C; for, burial. , f v " ( ' Whan I aay I enre 1 do not mean merely to atop them lor m time and then hare them return again. I WMn . njud mm.. I' haTe made the dimiaaa of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life !, lonn atndy. I warrant my remedy to enre the wont Aaaaa. Beeanae others htm failed ia no reason for netnowreeeiTingaenre. Bend at onee for a treatise and a Free Bottle of my Infallible remedy. Otre x- mmm mod Poatof&O I I maar PC.W.B.rmF.D.aCaiSt.,l(SWTca Absolutely Pure. , ' -. - : -; ;-- -- s ; Celebrated for its great leavening strength and healthfulness. - Assures the food Against alum and all forms ' of adulteration common to the cheap " brands. ' ' : -iM:;.'4.-;v ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co., - New York , RALEIGH NEWS LETTER. 4 MARSHALL MOTT OPPOSED TO PRO-' -POSED CHANGE GF WILMING- 'p . -: TON'S CHARTER. Bar. B. H. w. Leak tbe VtoUm of a Pa8r. tiaal Joke Minority Fopnllsu to Dl- , v ! vide the Omoea Allotted to Them .i, - - i-Qen. Bansom Bpskea Of a ' ' , - a Sueoeeior to Jadga Sey . ' mom. ' ..- ' ' special StariQtrrtspondence '.t 1 : Raleigh, N.;C, Feb. SO. V Rtv. R. H. W. Leak announced from ' his pulpit last Sunday that he had been :' invited by. President McKinley to be of his escort from ' Canton; to Washing-, ton. ' Rev. Leak was for the next few days the recipient of much newspaper - -advertising.'' Jas. Young, Rev. Leak's deadly political enemy, was of , course' set back for the time being,: but to-day v Jim Is exhibiting a letter from Ma j. Mc- ') Kinley which states that Parson Leak, has been the victim of a practical joke ; and that no such Invitation has been ' -sent him. 1 . .. i - :-::y'?:::'; ' The minority caucus will meet Mon day and 1 nominate candidates , for the' various offices allotted them. " . Marshall Molt is violently opposed to the bill introduced to change Wilming- ... ton's charter by givipg the Governor the appointment of five aldermen.' "If says Mott, "there Is one thing the Re-" publican party is in favor of it is local self-government. For twenty-five years we denounced the Democratic party for . electing 'magistrates by the Legis lature, but the attempt to - throw tbe cities and towns -ol tbe State into Republican bands by Executive force la ten times worse than the election of magistrates by the Legislature. It is the most outrageous attempt at political . tvranny ever attempted in the State. You can say for me that I do not believe ' the Governor is a party to it and believe that it will meet with his unqualified disapproval."' -i" Jim Young has given up the idea of introducing a bill to give Raleigh a police commission. His idea is to. have ' every officer elected by popular vote. ' ." Special Star 'Telegram. : - . It is rumored oh what 'seems to be ' good authority, that President Cleveland will appoint Minister Matt Ransom judge, to succeed Seymour... It is be- -lieved the Senate would confirm Ran som's appointment. ',.. I ' - AN ELOPeMENT. Mr. Jaoob Battle, of Boeky Moact, and Mlaa ' ' Matiie Naah Wright, of Peteraburg. " Special Star Teeeram. Petersburg,. Va., Feb. 18. Mr. Jacob Battle and Miss. Mattie Nash Wright eloped to Washington last night, where they were married this morning. The groom is a son of Judge Jacob Battle, of Rocky Mount. N. C, and is about 21 years of age. - The bride is a daughter of Mrs. William Wright, of this city, and a granddaughter of Mr. Richard T. Arrington, a prominent mer-. chant of: Petersburg. .The elopement v was a great surprise to the relatives and . friends of tbe couple here.. . BODY SNATCHING. ' Superintendent of tbe City Cemetery, ' 4 Iiynohbnrg, V., Arrested on . ' . the Charge. ' ,;" T ' : ; ' By Telegraph to the Homing Star. ' " - Lynchburg, Va.. Feb. 20. N. J. Farmer, superintendent ' of the city cemetery, was arrested to-day on tbe ' ' -charge of disinterring a dead body, and was released on $500 ball to appear for a ; freuminarv bearing next rriday. blla amieson, a woman of bad repute, who committed suicide,. was buried at the city's expense on Friday morning. ' On account of rumors that bad reached them the police determined : to keep a lookout to see If the body . was disturbed. Early this morning, . Policeman Adams saw a wagon drive " up to the railroad station with a big : ' ' black barrel aboard. On . inquiring of , the driver what it contained, be replied that It was the body ;of Ella Jamison. The body was sent back to the ceme tery and reinterred by order of the Mayor, and Farmer was arrested, as ; also were two negroes charged- with being accessories. Farmer additted that he had shipped a number ot bodies, all s, paupers, to the University df Virginia, ' but that the State law authorized such -disposal of bodies of persons burjed at public expense. , . -- A NASHVILLE SENSATION. Suit for a DIvoroe Bronaht by a Prominent . ;- :. "" "Society Idy. " .' - -. : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nashville; Feb. 20. A sensation was created here to-day in. Nashville select. -: society by Mrs. . Sallie T. Sawrie filing ; a bill of legal;; separation from her hus-H"", band, W. S. Sawrie. The defendant is a. ieaaing wholesale grocer in this city ana r is now at ms oranee erove near ur- ji lando. Fla. The wife charges tbat her hosband drove her from their magnifl- .1 cent home in East Nashville more than :, two weeks ago and then left the city. The deserted wife charges , that the step-i children Were the cause of the estrange- j ment. - . ATTEMPTED SUICJDE. Domeatte Troubles Said -to Have Been the i; v. 'j-j'-:;'-y"--- Cante."K,.---:-.":: '''.j' :'-:'i:t- f..'f. : .. f : : By Telegraph to the Morning Stat. ' :ir:t.j:;,V ninnimUT. 4 T i ' - flTU.' oft tlT:l11-l- .' L' ivi,Liuiun va... zjkm . ill I ilk occccr, an ciccviciaa irom miiauei-' 7 . 'nfiio ahnnl tw.ntv.liM v.4,a rtf an o( . f - - -- M "V j w - tol Square bere.at I o'clock to day. 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