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TARIFF P0E EE7ENUE, - : I l The excuse the Republicans have for patching up another tariff is that we mustnave a tariff that 'will brin in revenue enougn to meet j tne exi- penses of 4he Government, and save the Treasury from deficits. This Is - - - , , of course, greatly to be desired, but tnis is a mere pretext to higher tariff duties for, the of tlie manufacturers, like put on benefit Hanna and others who contributed their! money to the Republican : campaign fund last Fall, and previous to thai , iv uic unuua iuuu wuicu was usea to s:.uit iuc uuuiiucLliou OI yvllliam McKinley, the gentleman who wilj De luauguratea rresident next .Thursday. V ; -I . j They say we must have a tariff which will briug in annually from S'JJ.oaO.OOO to $100,000,000 . more1 than the present tariff does,. which m33ns that they intend to levy a tax of that much on the American people: 'and in addition to that about twice as much more which will go into the coffers of the J protected. We have" had experience enough with these; tiriffj to know that where the Gov- ernmeat gets, a dollar in duties the, protected get twice or three times as' ; mucn out ot the American 'people wtio.hava to pay a higher price for every protected article they buy, so that practically the people not only in ike up the deficiency in revenue, bat pay out a great deal more! to the gentlemen who are; thinking much , .more ot themselves tnan they are of Uncle Sim's Treasury. If it was their honest purpose to . prevent deficits, and supply the Gov. ernmeat with ths necessary revenue, ani they had 'no" other motive hid dan uider-this, they could very easily acconplih that by increasing the tax on milt liquors, whiskey; . cigars, tobaccoj imp rted wines, and other luxuries, and by an income tax, and thus raise the revenue needed without imposing hardship on any one. Tgere are none of -the articles here mentioned which could not stand an increase of taxation, while an income tax would be less felt than any that could be imposed, aid one that is the most equitable of all taxes, because jit isjevied in propor tion of . tne taxed to pay. The man wtth $100,000 income is af'well ,able toTay as -the man with a $1 000 ln corn j isthough his tax be 100 times as great. This is a tax imposed only in prop jrtion to one's ability to! pay, and is, therefore, the most rea sonable and just form ol taxation. -But it isn'tj so much a tariff for revenue the new tariff makers want as a tariff for protection, a tariff for the benefit ot the; men who have been contributing their money txv keep the Republican party in power and look for their compensation to -such legislation as this. It was men like these and others who had ac cumulated large fortunes who op-, posed the iacome tax provision at tached to the Wilson bill, and finally secured 'ar decision of the Supreme curt against it by a majority of ne, or four to three! and this bv the CQange of one vote which has never yet besn satisfactorily explained. If that income tax ha'd been - permitted to stand there would probably have been no deficit, Or a small one if any, for.; it would have yielded by this tjme abo.ut $40,000,000, and if strictly enforced more than that. This was .bunted on in estimating the receipts "ade the Wilsoa tariff, and the w'lure of this cahsed the deficit; from which the Treasury now suffers, a, hen incomes to taxing the people, Wever, the toilinir millioria not 0n'y to make good the deficit, but to P much more into the money boxes .ofthe prqtected favorite that is all rtght from their standpoint. iiut why hasn't it occurred to some these Patriotic statesmen who are 0 m,lch concerned about the condi- "0n of the Treasury and the financial . nonor of.the country that they would, ' J Senat9r Sherman said in the Sen ' tax the shirts on the backs . of ine People 'to preserve the national SSSSSSSS88888888 ca" .way, wc ask, hasn't 4t oc curred, to any of them to see if they can t aevise some way to cat down Government expenses and thus avert the necessity of raising more revenue by onerous taxation ? I That doesn't seem to have ever occurred to them. ior tney nave an idea that .this- is a "billion dollar country,? as Speaker Reed said in 1890, and : In" their ex- pendunres have "lived op to that. Dotn in theory and practice. They laughed at and ridiculed . men ,who protested against their extravazance then, and although they" were se verely rebuked for this extravagance oy the people at the two subsequent elections, they still look on it as ", billion dollar country" and make no honest effort to get below the bil lon dollar mark. ' y ' t This Congress nas gone 845,000 - uuo above notwithstanding the fact that ; Speaker ed,.who stilt has I Presiaeatial aspirations and hopes to succeed Mr. McKmley, tried to keep expenditures down because he feared the consequences of letting tbem run up." . ' ; ":';::- i - . .t-- ,. : It costs nearly three times as much per capita to conduct the Govern ment now as it did in I860 i It is true that this is partly due to pen sion and other expenditures resulting irom tne war, but deducting these it costs tuny double as much, j And yet there is no serious effort made to reduce expenses, but on the con trary the tendency is to steadily in crease them. Governor Russell isn't having the most enjoyable picnic these days, on- Mess he enjoys being In a stewi and lucre seems to De some one near him all the time to get him in a stew, on account of their own stupidity or for Some other reason. Not long ago he got Into a tangle with a colored re presentative in which he was charged with undignified abuse of his official position and Friday he was charged by a white solon from Yancey county with having atygmpted to bribe: him with "a bribe of the lowest order," too, not worth more than $1,500 a year, j And then he has got into a tangle with the bolting Pops by his failure to appoint hungry, , will ing and anxious WTR. Henry to the judgeship made vacant by the resig nation of Judge Meares. We under stand the worry that all this, supple mented by his efforts to break the lease of the North Carolina road must have caused him, but all this is no excuse for neglecting his duty in f ailing to appoint. a successor to Judge Meares. He knew that Hali fax Court could not be held until he appointed a judge. He knew the jail was full of prisoners awaiting trial, he knew that the county was at considerable expense in suDoortinsr these prisoners, and ytt, to placate hungry aspirants, to play politics as he saw it. he Dermits these nrisornrs some of whom may be innocent of the charges against themo lie in jail, and the county to be put to the expense of feeding them, that he might harmonize the janglers and find some way to placate and com promise with the factions behind the bonegrabbers. In thus playing poli tics at the expense of those prisoners and of the county of Halifax Gov ernor Russell has been guilty of an outrageous neglect of duty. The release of Sanguilly, the American citizen whose case has been subject of animated : discus sion in the United States Senate for the past several days, does not or should not end that incident. He was arrested two years ago on the charge of . being a rebel, and has twice been convicted and twice sen tenced to imprisonment for life. There was ho intimation that his' sentence would be revoked, or that he would meet with any considera tion or mercy until his case was taken np -in the Senate and a'reso lution offered demanding his r re lease. Then it was stated that a pardon bad been granted before this resolution was introduced. - He has since Ibeen released from prison.; It ; is . claimed by his friends that the : charere on , which he was convicted was not proven and that, therefore, be was unlawfully and : unjustly convicted and con demned. If he was guilty why was he pardoned if. not through fear of invoking the hostile action of this Government ? . That motive was cowardly. If not guilty what was there to pardon He was either guilty or not guilty. If guilty Spain has shown contemptible cb wardics in "pardoning". and releasing him. If he was not guilty she has made an exhibition of. brutality . in prosecut ing, and unlawfully condemn-, ing the man by ; courts that have no respect ' for law. In either event his release should not end the Incident and this Government should Insist on full reparation. ,lr- v . It is a somewhat remarkable fact that many of the leading Republi can papers of the East are severely criticising the Trust Investigating Committee of the New York- Legis lature, which has been, "pursuing its investigations for some time, and are showing their sympathy with and de- votlbn; to theTrustsi whicbi they seem to regard as benefactors of the peoDle. It " is not hard i to ; nnAr. stand this, for most of these papers are more, or less under, the influence of the Trusts if they are not . abso lutely owned by them." In addition to this the Trusts are the progeny of iac jepuDiican ; party, wnose legts iakiuu ass maue mem . possiDie and encouraged;them. They have become a mighty 'power, mighty enongh to control elections, legislatures and Congresses, and mighty enough to ignore or defy the .laws -that, are made to restrain them. They are to the detriment of the public because they are' monopolies which control the prices of the raw materials, the prices of what they sell, and the prices of labor, and thus have the public liji . their power and at Jheir mercy! A Trust was never heard of aattt the. protective policy was estab lished, and they will continue to ex ist while! that system lasts. ; Gen. Weyler may yet lose the dis tinction he has achieved of being the greatest of modern, human butchers The Eaglish army in f Africa claims to have captured the private execu tioner of the King of Ashanti, whose busmessj it was to dispose of every one that the King didn't like and wished removed. It is estimated that this old fellow has killed, with his own hand, somewhere between 30,000 and 50,000 people, from which it may be inferred that he didn't have much time to devote to serious matters. . '- . " y - : Addison Cammack,' who went from Kentucky to New York and struck fdr Wall Street, when a bpy couldn't earn more than $6 a monjth and had- the reputation of being a very dull boy. But he was smart enough to catch on to Wall street and rake1 in millions before he retired to take it easy.r Vou can't always tell whai. there may be in the "dull" boy whim he gets the f chance to whet up. ; I :" ' ; When Herr Hesinz is elected Mayor of Chicago he is going to em ulate the example of Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, in utilizing the vacant lots for raising stuff. But he is not stuck on potatoes like Pinzree. but will go fbr beans. He believes in the excellence and nourishing quality of the bean as firmly as any Bostonian. He is playing bean strong and promises if he is elected to stand by it figures North Carolina has the small est proportion of foreignborn resi dents of any - StatVjiT the Union. The proportionjn"Louisiana is 4 per cent, the lowest in the list except North Carolina, where the per cent. agetjrl890 was one fifth of1 per cent This makes North Carolina i . . , . the most distinctively American State in 'the Union. i One of the New York Legislators, who objects to having his picture in the papers, has Introduced a bill prohibiting papers from printing car toons without the consent of the person portrayed. With such a law as that now monotonous life would be to the New Yorker in political campaigns. - ; Great damage has been done by the recent flood in the Ohio river. Above Pittsburg it is estimated at $1,600,000, and ten thousand men were thrown out of work by the flooding of factories. Of course the loss below Pittsburg will be very heavy.' ' !"l;- --..!- Margereta Karalskaki is the name of a young Amazon who leads the Cretans in battle, and is said to be a fighter who has never lost a battle. As .she appears in the pictures we like Maggie pretty well, but we can't say we are stuck on the second sec tion of per name. An exchange remarks that Mr. Cleveland has not yet told any one what business be will engage in when be retires from the Presi dent business. Probably he doesn't consider his business 'anybody else's business. i T Hon. Mark Hanna is authority for the statement that Governor Brad ley, of Kentucky, will appoint a Senator when Senator Blackburn's time expires, and Mark knows. He and Mij. McKinley sent for Bradley and gave him a business talk. Amendlnsiiu to tfco Buadry uitU Bill. ; Among the amendments reported to the Sundry Civil bill, by Chairman Alli son were the following:' ' . For a new fence around the Marine Hospital at Wilmington, N. C. $400. For .York river, Va.. and Cape Fear river. N C, to get their portion of $300,-000-approprlated for eitablishing, up- plying and maintaining port lights, or a : lighthouse superintendent for the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina. Died in California. We Clip from the Chronicle, of Walton, N. Y, the following notice: . "John McPherson died of consump tion at Daggart. Cal., Feb. 7th. 1897. aeed 40 years. It .will be remembered that Mr. McPherson lived in this village for several years. He was a brother of Mrs. John Telford. of Walton. Mrs. Grant Laldlaw and Mrs.. Oliver Carson, of Oaeonta, and Mrs. Margaret Thorn burn, of Wilmington, N. C,- NGTON N. C, NEWSyFROM ;RALEIGl bh-U TO CHANGE. CHARTER OF RA LEIGH REPORTED 'FAVORABLY. Tus Alexnder-Hytt "Aff tHepreeDt t- tlT Banaook's Liv;offlN it Btv r.; hun Barnetf Pablto Prtnttnic CAnotherT Prdon fey th :. : 2 Special Star' Correspondence " ' y::- lmgh; N-C-.: FebV7; -AU interest is ' centred ia the Senate to-day, where it is expected that Sina tor Hyatt will arise to a question of per sonal privilege in accordance with fait announcement last evening. Old news paper men declare thai Senator Hyatt's statement is the "warmest njjmber" that has ever appeared in I North Carolina newspapers. ' -' , ' The Committee on Cities and Towns yesterday reported favorably the bill to cbange-the chatter of the -city of-Ba- leleb ..Itis probable that , all of t hese city bills wUl be -hone no" in the Raou Representative Howe's reloial to sap port the modified bill to change the charter ot Wilmington was surprising. Howe introduced the Original bill as it passed the House last nisht. - Perhana that is why he would not father the sub stitute, though he received several tele grams yesterday requeuing that he do so. . i , Sutton did not take op this bill last night until after bet bad- ascertained, Howe's position. . 1 -y -f-., - Representative Robert Hancock; of Newbern, received 1 a ! telegram stating that his law offics was de stroyed by fire -this morning. 'All his papers and effects were destroyed. The loss is an irreparable one. . The telegram stated that the fire was incendiary, j Mr. Hancock left this morning for Newbern. Speaking of the manner .. in which Losk gave "Little Billie Bryan" such a drubbing in the debate on the Univer sity appropriation. Editor Ramsay, of the Progressive Farmer, remarked; "When Republicans and bolters fall out, honest men will get their dues." - Next 1 uesdav is the dav reauired h law for letting the public printing. A big fight has been waged for the print ing as is the Case every two years. The contract held by Stewart Bros, does not expire until July. -" Governor Russell pardons Peter county, who is Haynes. of Madison serving a.two years sentence for assault with a deadly weapon. I la erantins the pardon tne Governor assigns the follow ing reason: "la this case the pardon is recommended by the trial judge. Ewart; by the solicitor who prosecuted, by Sen ator Pdtchard, by Senator Rollins, by Hon. V. S Luike and by Mr. Roberu. the member from Madison. It appears that the . man has . already; - suffered enough City Huktti. ;. I ; . : - - - i The country produce market wa well stocked yesterday. Vegetatles In par ticular were plentiful, of xhoice grades and in considerable variety; Shad were scarce and higher. Ejgs sold for 10 and 12K per dozens Prices of other articles were as follows : . " j-: Vegetables Lettuce. to 5c per head: radishes. Be neri bncrh- aninarh J l5 to 253 per peck: cabbaee. small. 5c per head; collards. i4 to 5c per head; turnips and rutabagas. 8 to 5c per bunch; kale. 75c per bushel; celery, 25s per bunch; greea onions. 56 per bunch; Irish potatoes. 25c per peck;; sweet potatoes, 12 to 20c per peck. ... Meats Pork, 10c per ponad; sausage. 10c; steak, loin. 12c; round 10c; chuck. 7c; stew. 5 and 6c v ! Oysters Best New River. 75 and 80c; S.ump Sauad, 60c; Myrtle Grove, 50c; Soand oysters. AO;. Osters ia shell, 75c per bushel. 1 Clams, In shell, 75c per bushel; opened. 75c per gallon. Fish Shad, 60c and $1 00; mullets, 15c per bunch; herring, 20c per bunch; trout, 2Q to 80c each, j j Death of Mr. a. C. Wheeler. ; f-.; " The Star , is pained to annonocelthe death of Mr. Ed ward Clarence Wheeler, of Salisbury, which ocburred in this city at the residence of his aunt, Mrs. Wm. H. Shaw. No. 814 North Fourth street. yesterday morning, at 8.15 o'clock. The deceased was 27 years old, and' was a son ofthe late Rev. Joseph Wheeler, of the North Carolina Conference M. E Church South. H i mother was a daughter of the late Wm. Sutton. Esq . of this city, and a sister j of Col. Thomas Sut ton, of Fayetteyille. Mr. Wheeler, up to about three months ago', was bookkeeper of the First National Bank of Salisbury, N- C, when his health began to fail and he removed to this city. He was a mem ber of the Knights ot Pythias of Salis bury and; no doubt a large number of Pythias of this 'city will attend the fu neral, which will be held at Grace M. E. church this afternoon at 4 80 o'clock. The deceased leaves one brother, Mr. Robt. S. Wheeler, of Atlanta, Ga., and two sisters, Mrs. J. L. McKoy, of King's Mountain, N. C. and Miss Lara H. Wneeler, jof this city, all of who were at his bedside when be died. Daatb of an Old Cusia of Pandsr Cianty News reached here yesterday of the death of Mr. T. B. Croom. which took place at his home near Carrie, Peader county, at 8 ocljck yesterday morning. Mr. Croom was nearly eighty years old and had been ia failing health for some time. j . Twelve children, three sons and nine daughters, survive him. ; One of the sons, Mr. W. H. Croom, lives ia this city. Dr. J. D. Croom. a leading citizen of Maxton. is also a son of the deceased. Of the daughters there are Mrs. L. M. LeGwtn, ot Wilmington- Mrs. B. F. Mc Lean, of Maxtoa. and Mrs.- Daniel Mc Donald, of Fayetteville. ' ' Mr. W. H. Croom left yesterday to at tend the funeral. ; : V ; i Barber Btatlttioa Amnla tn Vebrcary. . The records of the harbor master ; Capt, . D. Williams', ihow arrivals of vessels of over 90 tons at the port ol Wilmington daring the month of Feb ruary as follows: J American Four steamships.: 8,158 tons; one brig,' 884 tons;: thirteen schooners, 4,174 tons; one dredge, 860 tons. Total, vessels nineteen; tons, 8,526.) -.i f f: ;-. :yf':- Foreign Five barques, 2.894 tons;tour schooners, 650 tons. Total, vessels, nine tons, 8.044. - i .Register of Deeds Norwood is ued marriage licenses the past week to our white and two colored couples. FID AYr MARCH 5, 1 89 7. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ILLS CONCERNING BANKS AND IN SURANCE COMPANIES INTRODUCED." 111. Giving "iaheTllle a Dbpenaary Puied the Houta Wilmington Chatter Bill in J - the Secate BUI to Amaad Charter 'i.::oi "' Xdenloa ..Tabled.- X "C-: ' Special Star Tele&amC W- Raleigh, Feb. 27.--.-Ia the House the lllowing bills, and .resolutions were 4n- oduced: To adjourn sine die March 6tb; p regulate fire insurance companies; to lake the salary of the Attorney Gen- ai s clerk (900; to repeal the tax. on pacticing physicians; to rv quire the tate. Medical Board of examiners f to rant license to physicians who bave racticed ten years: to prevent carrying ncealed weapons by employes ot de- five agencies; to amend the . Charter o&arsaw; to allow Wilson county to bond; toiacorporate Wake County Lii Stock Association, legalizing cock? Murphy,: to amend the insurance lawbf the State by providing that.no fireburance company shall do business in tl State unless it has $100,000 of acta cash capital paid np or assets invekd in bonds or stocks oty in ortges with double the amount for ch property is mortgaged, and all fJ companies shall deposit with the 3te Treasurer 420.000 of United States North Carolina... county or muhidal bonds, which are valid, and when&r any loss by fire occurs ! the loser,, secure recovery of insurance. to not) the State Auditor pending set- tlemenV f said loss and the -amount claimec i nd if there is not prompt set- tlement the loss he may ask for a re-. ceiver take charge ol enough bonds to satisi the. judgment after suit; to regulatelayment of wages to employes of mandcturing corporations which carry on lores in connection with their business, at re a aires such coroorations which ..caW on any store or mercantile business oVned by itself, or in which any officer of lid corporation is interested, to pay th laborers and emoloves of said corpdVisns at least once a weelc all sums 4e : aacb laborers and em. ployes in siia actual work. Bills passB to make stockholders of t every bank dartered by the State indi vidually liabk and responsible, equally and ratablyAd not one lor another. for all C5htrais. debts and agreements totae extentlof the amount of their krtock therein t par value thereof, in addition to thdamoant invested in such bank, and all ecsptions in any bank charter are replied, and to forbid any bank froA lendiW any one person over one-tenth pf itsczoital: to make it dis cretionary th the State Treasurer as to t i i mazing atate deposits in certain banks; to require aUbankers or officers and di rectors of raitvays and State banks, or other corporation, created or chartered oy tne juegisiature, to take an omciai oath; c:rum territory ceded . to : Qay county by the, b Legislature was re stored to Cherokee. . -I The bill giving to Ashev.lle a dispen sary systemjpassed all readings. Black burn wantei to submit the question to a vote of tie people. The Bronghton- Yonng contest was made" the special order fotf Tuesday. , I Ssnate-The Wilmington charter bill was brought over to the Senate and Cannon made a motion to place it on the calendar.. Such strength developed against placing the bill on the calendar that the promoters of the bill allowed it to be referred ta the Committee on Cor porations. ISutton, of New Hanover, worked hepically to get the bill on the calendar. ,5rant said if the bill was re ferred it, would mean that it never would come before the Senate again. ' - :i. Bills. introduced,: By Clark, to pro vide for a( Code Commission to codify the laws f the Stats; to pay mileageMo assistant enrolling .. clerks; to amend chapter i55, Laws of 1837. relative to workingconvicts on public roads; to an thorizeln election in Duplin on removal of the ,ourt booss; to regulate pay of mechaaic. : laborers and other hired help; to change the name of the Normal and Industrial School to Normal and Industrial College; to prohibit persons from building dams to injure other per sons by backwater; to employ two phy sicians for the colored deaf, dumb and blind instition. : . 'I ' ' The bill ti amend the charter of Edenton was tabied , f The bill to 'prohibit the use of free passes oy puDiic omcers, oeing tne spe cial order, was taken up. Ray offered the following amendment: "That all rail roads in the State furnish free passes to all State officers daring their term of office, andto make passenger . rates two cents for first-class and one and a bal cents for second-class." Lost Yeas 19. nays 21. The original bill failed to pass. Yeas 22, nays 22. There being a. tie the Lieutenant Governor voted no. Boutnpart Iwmt. TheLeader, of the 2o:h inst:, says : Rev. J. J.Adams has accepted the call of the Baptist church, and . will be the : resident pastor here ior the next yearj -.'-.. --M;. -- . The Cape Fear Towing Company will soon open an office in Wilmington as an additional convenience to their business, and Mr. Sterling Craig will move there, so as to be near the office at that point." i-y- - ' I The repairs on the dock at Carolina Beach are about completed. The head nf h rinHr has Kfh' strpnort hfnr! with I piling, and the railroad track on the ap proach relaid, the old ties being re placed by new ones. " - - ' 1 V ; From Capt. D. S. Bender, in charge of the Government work, it was learned that it will require . ten to fifteen days more to finish the repairing of the New Inlet dam. The break occasioned by the storm is not only being made good, but the dam is farther strengthened and ex-, tended at the east end so as to extend well over on the sand reaches. . About twenty-five men are on this work. :l The Star learns that Capt. W. P. Craighill, of, the U. S. Engineer Corps.1 now stationed at '.Willett'i Point, has been-ordered to Wilmington. He is a son of 3en. W. P. Craighill, so well and so favorably known to the people of this city. i A DESTRUCTIVE TIRE. POLVOGT & CO.'S DRY GOODS STORE .. . , ' DESTROYED.- " ' ' Aejotnlns BaOdlnM in Imminent Danger r A. Iimrge Conflagradsn Averted; ts ' the Haroio Work of the iPiremen , r i ; XiOmm and Insnrenoe. - . ty. i r Again last night Wilmington was vis ited by a conflagration which at one time promised to : sweep the principal business portion of the city. Hardly had the echo of the fire of Friday night a week ago died out when shortly after 7 o'clock last night fire was discovered in the rear part of the large dry goods establishment ot,C W. Polvogt & Co., which is a two-story brick building run ning halt the length of - the square on Front street between Princess and Mar ket. , Attempts were made to tarn in the alarm, but for some reason now unknown the alarm system refused to work, and consequently the Fire Department ' was alow in responding. When they did ar rive upon the; scene the fire had gained considerable headway, and Messrs. Pol vogt & Co.'s handsome store was one mass of flames and . the- heavens filled with smoke and sparks, which settled upon the, different buildings in the neighborhood. . - - ':- . y'.--: BUILDINGS IN DANGER. ; v yTht Messenger QBict. Jacitson-Bell Ca, proprietors; Peterson' & Rolf's shoe store, across the allev from the burning building;- W. L. DeRosset's. and Josh T, James': job printing- offices, which joins Messrs. Polvogt & Co.'s- M. W., Divine & Co.'s paint establishment, containing oil. etc.; the old National Bank building, and other buildings near bv were threat ened, but through hard work on - the part of the Fire Department the danger was averted.. At one ' time it looked as j though the . entire sqaare ; would be i- destroyed bv the fire. : Messrs Jackson & Bell, Jo8h. T. James and W. L. DeRosset. Jr., removed most of their effects out of danger. By heroic : efforts on the part ofthe firemen, especially the .Phoenix Hise i Reel Company (colored), the Messenger, office, which at one time seemed doomed, was saved. - The fire communicated to the roof of the -old National Bankjbutiding, but was speedily pat out. . '. ' : , , iVtaE VNDXR CONTROL, i" TheFire Department, under com- aad of Assistant Chief of Fire Depart ment: Cbas. -Schnibben. succeeded in confining the fire to Polvogt & Co.'s building, and by 8 SO o'clock they had it under perfectcontrol. Now all that re mains of Pplvogt & Co.'s handsome store j is a mass of debris and charred walls.- .j - i ORIGIN OF THE FIRI-UNKNOWN - The origin pf the fire remains a mys tery. About 7 o'clock Mr. Polvogt closed his store, leaving everything all right, and accompanied by his wife and two or three of his clerks started home. When near the corner oL Fourth and Princess streets Mr. Polvogt heard the fire bell near the railroad ring, and after making some casual remark to his com panions went home, only to be notified by telephone that his store was on fire. - On account of the danger occurring! from the electric light wires, the Street Railway Company shot down until after tbe fire. pj ' 'V-' . : , LOSSES AND INSURANCE. .- ' a-Polvogt valued his stock at from 234,000 to 830 ,000 and is covered by in surance of about 829 000 in the foiiowine companies. I Liverpool, London & Globe 12,500, Hamburg & Bremen $4. 000, and 1 Pennsylvania $3 600, repre sented by . H.Boatwright & Son; Pam lico $2,000, Palatine $1,500, San Mutual 82.000 and Carolina 82.500. represented bv Willard 4 Giles; Queen (2 500. and New York Underwriters 2 500, repre sented bv Col. Walker Taylor; Atlanta Home 82.000, represented by F. H. S tea man. ;- - -j : : "-: The building occupied by Polvogt & Co. was the property of Mr. S. Behrends, and is valued at about $16,000, covered, by insurance in the London and Lan cisbire, $3 900. and Lancashire. $3 900, represented by Col. Walker Taylor, and $1,500 in the Scottish Union ; and Nat ional, represented byj. H. Boatwright & Son. - ! - REMOVING GOODS. The printing establishment of 'Mr. W. Li UeRosset, Jr., is just back of Polvogt'a. His type, cases and other articles were removed. Mr." Josh T. James was also compelled to move out of his establishment. - The entire stock In Warren's Vienna Bakery, was removed i to E. Warren & Son's candy store. Damage due to mov ing and ; breakage, $50. No insurance.' A good part of Mr. Robert R. Bella my's stock! of drugs was taken oat. Many of the bottles were broken and some of the goods stolen.' The damage was! probably $200. The stock was folly insured, t :;; :- All moved back into their places of business as soon as they found there was no danger of tbe fire spreading. , : j At one time the buildings on the east side of Front street were seriously threatened The wind was layorable fo carrying the flame across the streer, and those buildings would , probably have caught but for tbe prompt and timely taming on Of a stream of water diverted from the main col fl ignition. WHV THE ALARM REFUSED TO WORK. Mr. T. J. Mclihenny. superintendent of tbe fire' alarm system, called at the Star office and stated that at the time the alarm was sent in the apparatus of the big bell was being wound up, and that a plug bad been placed under the trip which holds the hammer, this being necessary before winding. ; ' WORK OF THE FIREMEN. - Nothing too good can be . said of the work of the fire department. The en tire membership white and colored, richly deserve ail the praise that was so lavishly bestowed on them by all who watched the progress of the fire. The de partment was handicapped from the start by the failure of the fire alarm to work properly, which de 1 aved the arrival of the reels and en gines, but this difficulty was soon over come by ! determined acd persistent effort. And the gallant firemen soon had under control a fire that at one time seemed destined to be one of the most disastrous in tbe history of Wilmington. Taneral of Mri. Jno. W Harps at Bauth- pcrfc.. -; j." :.-'':'.')-'':';' ':.: ::-:r ':!:'' TheTuneral of Mrs. Tno. W. Harper was held at her late residence in South port yesterday afternoon. ; The services were conducted by Rev. GsE Lloy, pas tor of the Episcopal church of South- port. The pall-bearers were Messrs. A. E. Stevens. . B. Roark, E. J. Ptver, C E. Gause. V. S. Stevens. R. W. Davis. .W. J. Newton, S. W. Watts. Wm. Weeks, M. Q. Craig. E. F. Davis and B. F. Newton. A large number from this city went down to South port yesterday I morning on the tug Marion to attend the funeral, returning in tbe afternoon. The Russian :; barque Guido, Capt. Blomvuist, cleared yesterday for London, England, with a 'cargo of 8,262 barrels rosin, valued at $5,938. Vessel and cargo by Paterson, Downing & Co. 1 NOIS FAYETtEVlLLEWEDDINes. -- - ; JCtjoc W. r.-'CaoapbeU and ICUe XjObU . Olorer Mr. O. B. Wtghtman. and : ., ?Mrffl f Belle. Pembanon.' j-i' $ 1 Maj. W F. Campbeir was united in marriage last night to Miss Louta Glover at; the bride's residence on Russell street.' M:;f;;t'ii-. -d At nine o'clock, in the tastefully deco rated parlor, surrounded, only; by their relatives and the groom's bnslnesi com panions.! the handsome,; couple r were united in marriage by the Rev. Isaac W- Hoghes l f Numerous ' handsome presents dis- played in,the parlor attested the popu larity ot the oeautaui young bride, j ' I- Maj. Campbell is one cf.Fayetteville's leading citizens, and is known all over the' State as one of its j best equipped military men. ! Maj. Campbell was long commander of the -famous ladependent Light Infantry, as his father had been before him. . ...: . j : ; "v: J v ' TtttDiserver extends its heartest con gratulations to Maj. and Mrs. Camp bell. :,'.i-- tnkw- i..' : At the residence of the bride's father, CoL J. A. Pemoerton, on Old street, at 8 o'clock last night, Mr. .Owen B. Wight mao, a popular young broker of this city, was married to Miss Belle Pemberton, the only one remaining unmarried of that handsome family of sisters. ! i , The ceremony, whichlwas performed by Rev. Mr. Huehes, was a very auiet one on account of a bereavement in the family pi the bride, and! was witnessed j only by relatives of the young coupler Many, handsome presents bore wit ness to the popularity of the- bride aad groom. . . !:;,:. Li.",...,;! After the ceremony the' wedding par ty were given an elegant collation at the residence of Mrs. Archie B. Smith, the future home of Mr. and Mrs. Wiefctman. They both have our best: wishes for their future happiness. ; ' - . FIRE ON WATER STREET. Wnarr, Shsdi and Naval Score Destroyed Evidently the Work or an Xneendiarj. About 9.40 an alarm - was sent in from box 43. Front and Orange streets. tThe fire on Front street jwaa by this time perfectly, under control, so that the de partment could at onc respond to the alarm and located . the fire on the naval store yard on Water between Ann and Nun!, n:-. -:.- r-l-vr. This fire evidently had an incendiary origin. It spread rapidly, owing to the' inflimmability of the material. But the firemen had already got warmed to their work and soon ! succeeded ia getting it under control.! The .steamer Marion helped very materially m subduing tbe blaze. ' , j- A quantity of naval Stores, belonging to Mr. S. P.- McNatr , and -Messrs. Calder Broi., wss destroyed, in addi dition to wharf property and sheds be longing to Mr. F. A. Lord. Mr. Mc Nair's property was insured with i Wil lard & Giles for $2,000; and with F. H Stedman for $1,000. . Calder Bros, had insurance with: Willard & Giles amount ing to $1,800, and there was $900 in surance with Willard & Giles oa Mr.. Lord's property. I " : t - Attempt to See To to Btoce. Aboot 1 o'clock thislmorning Messrs. E. G. Parmele. C. H. Robinson, Jr., . W. Furlong, D. B. Holland and Robt. aaK8, wtiiie returning from the fires. noticed a light in the passage-way on tbe Princess street side of Mr. I. Shrier's three-story brick store on the corner of Princess and 'Front Streets. Upon in vestigating they found the matting and the paper under it on fire. The flames were put out without turning 'in an alarm. Three of the; steps leading to the second story were: found to be satu rated with kerosene oil. A colored man was noticed standing in the door-way of tne building just before the nre. WHITEVILLE MURDER TRIAL. Haynes Fonnd Ooilty and Bentenoed to ba Hang April 22-amt Aeqaltted. Special Star Teleeram - Whiteville, N. C., Feb. 36. The trial of im Haynes and Alex. Grist, col ored,; fot the murder of Jno. Lee, a white boy here last August, ended to day, having consumed three days. The case was given to the iary about two o'clock and after an hour's deliberation they returned a verdict of guilty in the first degree as to Jim Haynes and an acquittal as to Alex. Grist. Jim Haynes is sentenced to be, hong April sand, next. : . -'r : .::;:..-;' Criminal Cum t Juror. The; following is a list of the - jarors drawn for the' Circuit. Criminal Court which convenes in this city on the 8th of next month : I - i- R I. Fitzgerald, Albert M. Pate.J. R. Guthrie. W. H Flynn, H U L. Borken haeea, T. A. Price C. H. Westbrook, Archie L. Freeman, ; Isaac N. Burriss, A. W P. Dickinson, David. J. H. Pad Samuel Northrop, rick. I. G. Wagner, Paul Gary. T.F. Darden. Thomas Mc Donald. W. K. Vann William Watters, R. M. Murray, Walter F. Melton. James F. Canaday, "M. E Keathley. J. C. Lash Jev. John T. Hawkins, C. H. Thompson, C W. Stewart, Silas Sneeden. R. J. Strickland, . Ir., W. J. Penny. W N. Falls Fred. Koonce Lewis J. Cottle." J. W. Kerr, C. S. Jarreil and David J. George. f.. :':; -' Seotsooed to Be Banced. , "s, ' L Hal ton Perry, alias; Allen Robeson, the colored boy who was convicted in Washington,! N. C, Monday, for crimi nally assaulting a young white girl, was sentenced Tuesday morning to - be hanged on the 28rd . of next i month. The counstl for the defence made a motion for a new trial, but the motion was oerruled, and the-counsel then gave notice of an appeaL Perry is the boy who was arrested in this city on a warrant from Washington by Chief of Police Melton last July. . ?;i '? a WImb I tap I enra I do not maaa manly to atop them for a time aad then have them re tars again. I mean a radical cure. I hare made the disease of FITS. EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life long etndr. I warrant my remedy to emra toe wont caeea. Decarue otben have failed ia no re on for not now receiTing a cure. Bend at once for a treatise and a Free Bottle of mi infallible remedy. Grre E. pre and PoetofBee addreaa. '- PirjI.W.B.imF.Ll,4vStJraT01t NOTICE. i Wanted, Furs ; fjf AH Kinds. . Highest New York market prices. Express and freight charges paid. Returns made the day goods are received, j : "f i Quotations furnished upon request SAITL BEAR, 6r.f - o . 12 Market Street. 1 t?v:--'c32S frV, -. Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening' strength and healthf ulness. Assures the foo.i against alum and all forms;1 of adulteration common to the cheap brands.: .Sv-- f ROYAL BAKING POWDER Coi !' J t; - -:. V-if'-i ' & New York. " : : ; ; , MAXTON , NEWS ITEMS, if i s. Afaxtm Letter to Robesmian ) 5 ; Mr. W. A Lowe, a prominent co operationist of . Maxton, is disgusted with the present Legislature. He says it Is worse than that of 1863 y ; ;,The Maxtoa Cotton Mills are; adding to their - machinery and preparing to - ..: ' -raise the tide of prosperity -In spite -of . : " rMcKinley's election. ' i;!.;:.;-;-f:.-:-'-- Messrs. Carter &Alford have bought 7-''- ot Loi. r. wK.ercnner tne oia pic Cormic loton tbe corner of Patterson street and the Public Square. .. They . wilPefcct a store thereon.' ; , ; Mr. H. C. Allord, of Floral College, has bought the fine lot west of McCas kill s venue, between Mr. C A. Hol land's residence and the new dwelling"; being erected by Capt. G. B. Sellers. ' Mr. Alford will build a handsome resi dence there. !-:-' ':: t Mrs. J, F. L. Armfield and Miss Ethel went down to Jacksonville last Monday to visit Mrs. W. C Wishart. ' Mrs. Arm-, field will, visit the Newbern Fair and re turn home Saturday. Miss Ethel has made many friends in Maxton who will always be glad to welcome her back. ' Mr. W. S. McNair has returned from Yulee. Florida. He and Mr. Frank P. Wooten have told their turpentine busi ness at that place at a very handsome! profit. Mr. Walter W. Smith returned home Saturday and' Mr. Wooten will re--turn later. - : . : ij V.- ,: i WARSHIPS, FOf HAVANA. Thpuaht Probable Soma May Boon Be Sent :;:;- ;': ta Onb. ,.- 7 l': ; - , ' Baltimore Sun . ':'' Washington, Ft b. S3 It is already considered probable- that the. reported friction between the State Department and Consul General Lee, together with the warlike utterances of Senator Sher- 1 man, will necessitate' the sending of war ships to Havana soon after Mr. Mcfin ley has been inaugurated, and from this preliminary movement to an open rup-; ture with tbe Spanish authorities be cause of some real or fancied offence Is. but a short step. ' - . : J?. "s It was rumored to dav. that the Sec retary of the Navy is keeping war ves sels in. Southern waters in order that they can easily be sent to Havana in anticipation of uch a step bv the new administration, tut no confirmation of this statement could be obtained. ' It is, however, beiieved to be almost certain that unless Mr. Sherman, as Secretary; of State, is overruled by Mr. McKinley, he will. urge such a step. - Fl LI BUSTEKINQ S TEAM ERS.V Treatory aod NTy OffloUli B eklog to Pre- vent a Combination of the Bermada - ' ; '. v t and tbe Daantleae. V ' By Telegraph to tbe Uoraisg Star. .. - ; ' WASHiNGTON,Feb. 87.--A sharp look-, ." out is being kept by vessels of the navy. : and revenue cutter service for the fili bustering steamer Bermuda, and the ap- :' pearance of the battleship Indiana off y the St. John's bar. Florida, Is only an- ! other evidence of the . precautionary 1 measures adopted. 'Whether tbe Treas- . ury Department has any information or '. not on the subj :ct has not been ascer-; tained, but it is certain that the officials .there believe that another filibustering , . expeaiuon is ia contemplation u it nas , not alieady been planned.' r : ; K ' Instructions have been sent to the col- lector of customs at (acksonyille with reference. ' to the -: renewed : ap-' ' plication of the detained steamer Dauntless for permission logo toFer- " nandina on a wrecking trip, that the De- ' partment . stands on the -grounds pre- ' viously stated, jn effect that . unless the : . owners of the Dauntless make there-:' quired legal affidavit that the vessel does' not intend to engage in a violation of , the neutrality or navigation laws, the,: vessel must remain in tbe collector's cus tody. ! This affidavit the owners of the- ' Dauntless refused to make, althongbi. agreeing to proceed to Jacksonville io custody of an officer ot the United States.-' A combination of the Bermuda-; and the Dauntless is what tbe Treasury ; and Navy officials are seeking to pre- ., vent. All tbe available vessels of the ' revenue cutter service are now engaged in nuonsrering . patrol work and the " Navy Department has increased its force , by the assignment of the Marblehead. ' the Vesuvius and the Iodiana. - - BUILDING COLLAPSE. ' Hish Water TJodermiaca a Fle-Story Ware-.; house One Perwnj Killed Several Others . ;;. Make Barrow Xtcapea. . . ;-"7.' ':; 4 By Telegraph to the Morning Star; ' Cincinnati, L Feb. $7. The first fatality attending' the high water oc curred at 4.15 o'clock this afternoon. Three of thc: floors - of the five storv stone front warehouse on Front sreet near Vine, owned by H inkle, .Wilson & Kreies, grocers, caved in at that hour, . The building is surrounded with several feet of water. About 1,000 barrels of ' sugar went down with tbe . wreck and i carried with it several men. All of tha front and rear walls and part of the side 1 wans are still standing. Eleven men s were at work in the buildine. but all es caped serious injury by jumping from winaows into, tbe water except Jacob ' , acomaipacn. aeed btiv. ol Cov nston. . Jiy-, who . is .missing- and douhtUss ; cmshed to death under the -" ruins. - On account o! tbe danger from the." tottering j walls and the surrounding .: flood it " is. impossible to , search.!!: for the body. Mike Coleman, another : of the men, was struck on tbe head by a ? jailing joist.. Mr. Wilson, one of the proprietors was in the front of the ' ; building when the collapse came, -and ' ' was thrown into the cellar. ' He was not C strnck by-any of the debris, and sue- ceeded in swimming to safety. The . high waters doubtless weakened the foundations and let the floors down. , The loss is about $55,000, f ; , - j . j:; I A dispatch from Madrid1 to the Lon-; don Central News sys Among the , filty-five prisoners taken by the Spanish -troops in the uprising at Manila - on ' ' Thursday is a man who claims to be and undoubtedly , is an American citizen. -All of the prisoners will be tried by court-' martial ana tmrty oi tnem will doubtleai -be shot. ,X. iff. 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