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MR. GARY'S POSTAL BANKS.
Postmaster General Gary's sav
ings bank scheme is mee.ing with
pretty general endorsement from the
Republican organs, which may feel
it incumbent on thum to endorse it
because it comes in the shape of an
administration measure, bat it is not
meeting with any favor from the
non-partisan nor Democratic pipers.
Ij writing on it yesterday we gave
some reisons why, in our opinion, it
, would not do, but only a few of
the many reasons why It should be
turned down without ceremony.
It is really a Populist measure and
if we remember correctly was first
proposed in Congress by a Populist
representative and is cut out of the
same piece of paternalism as Gov
ernment ownership of railroads, tele
graphs, etc., and sub treasuries. As
coming from a Republican Postmas
ter Gineral, who doubtless has the
approval of the administration with
which he is connected, the Populist
statesmen may congratulate them
selves on this eminent Republican
end jrsement of one of their meas
ures. The endorsement is somewhat
belated, for the Populist who sprang
that measure in Congress four or
five years ago got considerable start
of Mr. Gary, but it is en endorse
ment nevertheless. If the Republi
can party continues to hold Its grip
the Populists may yet find it stealing
their Government ownership of rail
roads and suo treasuries, the latter
of which the postal savings bank
scieme is a movement in the direc
tion ot.
If the Government is to play the
paternal role of running a banking
department in the interest of people
who lack confidence in the savings
banks of their localities, why not
run the railroads in the interest of
the people who clamor against the
extortion of the railroad companies,
and why not run sub treasuries in
the interest of money borrowers who
protest against the interest; the banks
charge for the use of their money ?
The reasons assigned for establish
ing postal savings ban-Its are as good
and logical for arty other paternal
istic measure yet proposed. The only
difference in the matter of the rail
roads and telegraphs is that it would
cost some money to buy them, but
that wouldn't matter so much, for
all the Government would have to
do, following the plan of those who
favor such ownership, would be to
start the Government presses to run-
and savings deposits can always be in
vented ai some rate in consols. Canada
has taken the savings and spent them,
and owes the depositors a sum of money
which it cou'd not provide im mediately
and could secure ultimately only by taxa
tion or borrowing on bonds. We expect
to redeem the whole of our public debt
within a generation, or half a century,
and if we spent the deposits on public
improvements we should simply by add
ing so much to our public debt. But Mr
Gary knows what to do with the money;
oooos ot states, counties and munici
palities and real estate furnish an illimit
able field.'
"They do, but we beiieve no govern
ment has ventured into such a field with
out disaster. Certainly the Postoffice De
partment cannot afford to enter tots field
without discrimination, and how much
discrimination would such a political or
ganization d.'r.i rnJ? ? So A a branch
of the Federal Government refuse to in
vest in the bonds of ihs State of Missis
sipp ? Shall it undertake to say what
country bonds it will invest in and what
it will avoid ? Will it refuse to invest in
farms in Nebraska and bur mortgages
on town lots in T'.cbma and Seattle?
"The public debt is the almost uni
versal investment of postal savings
funds. This is trus in substance, though
not in form in Canada, where the postal
leposits constitute a floating instead of
-t oonaeo ooiieauoa asMnst tne (uv-
eramenfc Mr. Gary admits, by suggest
ing these other investments, that it is
impracticable here to invest the postal
deposits in the public debt It Congress
is sensible it will wau a lang time be
fore it creates in ibe PostOrfice Depart
ment a general security and iaves:ment
ngency.
"The occasion for postal savings banks
hers is i?rei'.l o rru;sd, t: it rts oat
wbolly fictitious. In the Nor hScS'.ern
and wealthier part of the country siv
mgs banks have receive! etfbrmout de
posits and -enjoy the confidence of the
community. In the West, where land is
relatively cheap, savings have to a very
Urge extent taken the form of invest
ments in land. I a most of the Northern
States and some of the Southern the
building and loan associations have
been extremely successful. The States
where neither savings banks nor build
ing associations have yet taken much
root have very little savings for the
Postoffice Department."
We publish this in full because it
meets the salient points made by Mr.
Gary in his plea for the baaks, and
shows that these banks are not the
successful institutions they are rep
resented to be in other countries
where they are in operation, although
for manifest reasons they are better
adapted to those countries than to
ours. There the money is used in re
ducing the national debts which are
never expected nor intended to be
paid in full, and here, perhaps, it
would be invested In the same way
until the national debt is wiped out,
but by that time the money taken ia
by these postal banks would become
so large in the aggregate that it
would make a ( very large national
debt due the depositors, so that there
would still be a national, the only dif
ference being that it would be held
by a different class ot holders small
holders instead of large ones.
Prom the showing here made by
the able journal from which we quote,
there is nothing in the scheme to
commend it to this country, and
nothing to excite much enthusiasm
in any country.
any paper asking it, but that wonld
be his speech revised, for no one
supposes that he "would incorporate
any such utterance as that in a
speech intended for publication. It
doubtless didn't appear in his speech
as prepared for delivery, but was
one of those impromptu sallies or
scintillations to which he is some
what given. j
But the truth of the charge does
not depend upon the authority or
veracity of the Argonaut, for it is
substantiated by the sworn testi
mony of reputable citizens who beard
Butler's speech and were amazed
and shocked at his slanderous utter
ance. Three of these reputable
citizens when asked as to the accu
racy of the report in the Argonaut,
answered with the following affidavit,
which we find in the Charlotte Ob
server, published by authority :
We, the undersigned do hereby make
affidavit that we heard the speech of
Senator Butler and that tbe aoove ex
tract in quotation marks is in su&stance
what he said.
'(Rev) B S. McKenzik
" F. J. Thorp. M. D.,
"J J Daughtry.
" Nov. 19, 1897.
"Sworn to and subscribed : before me
this, the 18th day ot Nov.. 1897.
John L. Arrington,
j j "Notarv Public."
How does this read, compared with
Batter's evasive denial But the Rocky
Mount Argonaut, in last week's issue,
referring to the possibility of denial
by Butler, thus defies denial:
"fie dare not contradict it; a s shame
(ul remark was heard bv too manv lor
anv denial of his to hold water If he
should happen to do so. we have the affi
davits of some of our foremost c.uzsss
that our charge was true. One of the
most prominent Populist leaders in this
section acknowledges that the man wao
is now at the head ot that pirty in this
State made this damnable accusation
against his fellow citizens. We stood
beside this gentleman when Butler be
fou ed himself, his State and his race bv
this utterance and noticed his look of
righteous indignation.
"Brave gentleman and soldier of tbe
lost causa' as he was, it was plain to be
seen that bis whole soul revolted at the
vileness of bis chief."
This ought to settle the accuracy
of that extract and fasten the slan
der on the slanderer, who may try to
wriggle out of it by evasions, which
amount to nothing when confronted
by such positive testimony as quoted
above. And that's the thing which
tbe whirligig of politics has floated
to the surface and which the combi
nation of spoils hunters has sent to
the Senate ot the United States to
worm around in a chair which men
had sat in.
UNKNOWN MAN KILLED.
Bun Over and Decapitated by a Vrgbt
Tram on tba W., o. & A. B. R ,
.Might Mil at from Wilmington.
An unknown white man was run over
and killed by a freight train near tbe
eight mile post on the W., C. A A. rail
road yesterday morning about 11.30
o'clock. The train was an extra and was
moving at the rate of 80 or 40 miles an
hour down a steep grade, when engineer
N. N. Wakefield saw about 900 yards
ahead an object on the track. He thought
at first it was a goat, but on nearer ap
proach could see that it was a man face
foremost on the ground with his head
and shoulders over the rail. It was sim
ply impossible to stop tha train, so that
all the engineer could do was to blow
bis whistle. The man was asleep or
dead, for he didn't move The fireman,
William B,-rd, colored, says he did. net
see tbe man until the engine was within
twenty-five yards of him.
When the information was received
here, yard master C R. Branch, Dr. D.
W. Buliuck. the Atlantic Coast Liue
surgeon, and Mr. J. N. Brand, stenog
rapher tr.r Mr, E. Borden. Superinten
dent of Transportation, boarded a shift
ng engine and hastened to the scene of
the accident, The decapitated body was
lying in tbe position described by Enti
near Wakefield and a few feet away was
tbe head. Tne back of the skull was
broken and tbe brains were exposed.
The man was apparently about 40
years of age, 5 feet and 10 inches tall.
and probably would have weighed 140
or 150 pounds. He bad light hair and
eves, and wore a thin, light mustache.
He had on neat clean clothing
There was absolutely no clue to the
unfortunate man's identity. Nothing
was found on his person except some
tooth -picks and cigarettes, and he was a
perfect stranger to the few people who
saw him yesterday morning prior to tbe
accident. Twenty minutes before the
train came he was warned by some one
passing that it was dangerous to be
sleeping on the track and was advised
to go into tbe 'woods and go to sleep.
He sat up on the end of a cross-tie and
said, "Yes, that's so."
The watchmen at Hilton and Navassa
report seeing the man pass early vester
day morning with his face covered with
blood and. bruises. He was spit
ting blood when they saw him,
and remarked at Navassa that he
believed he was going to bleed
to death He refused to answer any
questions about bis identity or the way
in which he received his injuries. The
presumption is that be got on a spree in
the city Thursday night and was beaten
and robbed. Tnis theory is borne out
by the fact that there was nothing ot
value whatever in bis pockets.
A coroner icqiest. under the circum
stances, was not considered necessary,
and upon the advice and consent of
Justice of the Peace E. W. Davis, col
ored, preparations were made for tbe
burial of the man near the place where
be was killed, The coffia was sent ont
last night at teven o'clock on a freight
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PLEASURE YACHT REPUBLIC
WILMINGTON, It C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1897.
NO. 4
SOCIETY
WOMEN
USE IT.
LATE FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Irs, Kester Haines, Prominent New York
Hostess, Relieved of Insomnia by Paine's
Celery Compound
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THE STOCK POT OF INTERNATIONAL
POLITICS.
Busjis Demands Parmeat ot tha Basso
Turk We? Iademaity Aaetria Alio
M.ks: Demands Gj? many a fie b re
rf a C&lce Port B-gtrdd Prao
1 1 ell ? aa Annexation.
(.Copyright 1807 by the Associated Press.
London, November 80. Tne stock
pot of international politics has been en
riched during the last lew days by two
or three bones which premise to furnish
an opportunity for plenty of contention
hereafter.
Russia contributes the first, in her no
tification of November 18th to the Pone
that tbe arrears of the Russo Turk war
indemnity amount to 1 300.000 pounds
sterling, and that H Turkey intends to
apply part uf tne GtecK ludemcity to an
increase of tbe Turkish armament,
Russia will demand tbe payment of this
amount. This was followed by a second
note oa the same subject todav.
Austria furnithed the second bone in
her demand lor tbe payment of the
arreas.due the Oriental Railtoad Com
pany for transporting Turkish troops
during the war, this company being an
Austrian concern.
Incidentally the Turkish Government
is also said to have abandoned her naval
plans a-s the result oT tbe second note
of Russia on the sub j jcc ot tbe war in-
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HAVANA ADVICES.
With
SLANDEROUS BUTLER.
Marion Butler, who in the inscrut
able dispensations with which Provi
dence sometimes inflicts people, holds
a seat as a United States Senator from
this State, in a speech made at Rocky
Mount, achieved the notoriety of be
ing the champion slanderer of the ma
jority of the white men of his State.
The RockyMauot Argonant, a very
conservatively edited paper, quoted
him as saying:
"If colored men commit outrages tbe
Democrats oretend to be terribly shock
ing and print notes enough to pay J efj 0 public, but when they get behind a
for them. As for the sub-treasuries wall they laugn until tney grow wv ana
there Isn't practically any difference
at all. Iu as much as Postmaster
General Gary his gone so far to
meet the Populists it would be quite
unkind iu them not to support h-is
scheme, which was originally their
scheme, when it is proposed in Con
gress. In the meantime, however, the
scheme is being pretty well ventila
ted by the independent non-partisan
press, one of which, the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial
Julletin,hni pricks Mr. Gary's' toub
b!e and lets the stuffing out:
"Tne prime rei3on utgd by him for
thsei'.aolishment o' p)s:ai savings banks
is that 'manv millions oi dollars un
doubtedly are secreted by persons who
havs little or no conHsncs in tne ordi
nary securities and m oneur institutions
organized by private citizens.' We can
not proie that thai isn't true, but neither
can Mr. G iry p'oe that it is. There a s
Dsrsoas who board money because ther
do not trust banks and bonds, and we
know of ho reason for supposing that
this c ass is large, and still Itn
reason to suppose that it wou'd
put its trust in the pistoffice. It
may occur to some one that these
hoards pjMib'v ontaia the invisible
stock of gold ia this country, but
whether that gold is hoarded by people
who fear silver payments of Govern
ment notes, or by persons to whom ac
tnaj coin alo te' teems to be, money,
bank books and draits and securities
appearing to be only Qiper, tbe postal
savings bank would scircely draw it out
Jii its hiding p aces.
"Bat the question whose answer has
thus far seemed fatal to the postal sav
ings bank scheme is. Wnat will the
Government do with the money? Mr.
Gary says that the British Govern
ment made a small profit after pay
K per cent. Oa the contrary,
the Chancellor oi' the Exchequer
told Parliament last Spring that
the postal savings buslnets had in
volved a small loss, and the rate of in
terest would have to oe reduced or else
the taxpayer would have to be burdened
for the sake of the depositor. The
United States could not pay over 8 per
cent., and it is not certain that it could
pay even thn and cover expenses Three
per cent, is about the minimum rate
paid by savings' banks, but Mr. Gary
says that safety rather than the return is
the essential thing.
The British public debt is permanent,
if tbe outrages are not frequent enough
they hire worthless negroes to commit
them."
We saw this at the time, but re
frained from referring to it or com
menting upon It because we thought
it might be an error. We didn't
think that Marion Butler was above
saying it, but gave him credit for
more discretion and more common
sense, a modicum of either of which
would have closed bis mouth against
any such vile utterance, even If he
thought It, which he did not. He
must have seen the report in the
Argonaut, and he had plenty of time
to stamp the falsehood, if it was a
falsehood, but he paid no attention
to it until he saw it In other papers
and then he published the following
evasion in last week's Caucasian :
We have noticed that several papers
have published a clipping from a Rocky
Mount paper whicb stated that Senator
Butler in bis speech at Rocky Mouat
charged that the brnte that committed
the oameiess crime in nicomuou
was hired to do so by Democrats to fur
nish them with political capital. In tbe
first place the speech was made at Rocky
Mount some time before tbe shocking
affair occurred in Richmond county;
in tbe next place Senator Butler of
course never said anything of the kind.
The papers that have been so eagerly
copying and commenting upon this
false and malicious report could have
easily ascertained whether or not tbe
same was true if they had desired; and,
besides, tbe statement was so unreason
able that it seems that any fair and hon
est editor would have attempted to as
certain tbe fact before, publishing the
same. It there is any paper that de
sires to know what Ssnator Batter said
in bis speech at Roc .y Mount and will
publish the same, he will take pleasure
in furnishing the paper with a copy of
his remarks."
This is not only an evasion, but it
is a deliberate misstatement of fact.
Reference to the extract from the
Argonaut will show that the Rich
mond crime was not mentioned, but
that the words applied to outrages
in general, and to "Democrats" in
general. Mr. Butler might furnish a
copy of bis speech, as be says, to
MINOR MENTION.
Bradstreets' report of the business
situation the past week states that
there is a slight improvement in the
West, but that the low price of cot
ton checks trading in the South.
This has been the condition not for
the past week only, but for several
weeks. For some time the Repub
lican organs on the other side of tbe
line attributed the small trade in the
Soutb to the yellow fever, ignoring
the fact that the yellow fever was
confined to a comparatively small
area. There is an object lesson,
however, in tbe low price of cotton,
and one in which the whole country,
as well as the South, is interested,
and this object lesson teaches that
State policies should be shaped for
the whole country and not for the
benefit of one or more sections to the
detriment of other sections. A section
with "20,000,000 or more people in it
cannot suffer from business depres
sion without entailing more or less
suffering on tbe other sections.
There can be no prosperity in the
true sense which is not general or
which is confined to any one portion
of the country. The manufacturer
or the seller of goods who does
business in the North cannot pros
per if their customers in other sec
tions are not able to buy their
goods. We do not mean to say that
the low price of cotton and the con
sequent depression in trade are tbe
results wholly of State policies pur
sued by this country, but those
policies are largely responsible.
Both the monetary policy and the
tariff policy, one by enhancing the
value of mopey the other by re
stricting trade, are having their
effect and a disastrous effect, too,
and not only the "South but the whole
country suffers from it.
Bob Lincoln objects to his new
son-in law on the ground that he
lacks social position, and the young
man is a boss base ball player, too.
We judge from this that Bob Lin
coln doesn't dwell much on ances
tral reminiscences, for that young
man has much more social position
than Bob's father had at his age.
But Bob's father wasn't a snob, and
elevation never gave him the big
head. .
It is hard to satisfy Ohio men.
They not only want all the offices
going, but some of them want big
chunks of the earth, too. A couple
of them have turned up as claimants
for 7,000,000 acres of land ont West,
embracing the cities of St. Paul and
Minneapolis. -.Anybody but an Ohio
man would be Satisfied with 2,000,
000 or 3,000,000 acres with one nice
town thrown in.
Mark Hanna at least hopes that
the statesmen he has bought will stay
bought.
Towed lot i Wilmington in a Dismantled
Condition.
The pleasure yacht Republic, owned bv
Mr. George Matthews, of New York, and
bound from Mobile, Ala., to New Lon
don, Conn., was towed up to tbe city yes
terday in a dismantled condition. Capt.
Randlette's account of the vessel's mis
hap is a very thrilling one.
Tbe Republic sailed from Mobile on
the 8th, and met fair winds until
she reiched the straits of Florida, where
she lost her forestays in a severe gaie of
wind. After necessary repairs she kept
her course without further trouble
until 4 o'clock oa the morning
of the 16tb, when she found
herself off Frying Pan shoals in tbe
teeth of a strong northerly gale which
carried away both bobstays. The Cap
tain thought bsst to veer around and fl
from the wind. He passed inside of Fry
ing Pan light ship at 13 m. The wind
was still blowing and the staysail was
lost here. All the afternoon and night tbe
heavy gale kept blowing. At S.80 p. m.
oa the 17th Cape Fear light was sighted
and the yacht came to anchor in eight
fathoms water. She lay there that night
and next day. At 10 p. m. Thursday
night the wind had increased to such
violence that everything went before it
The masts were broken off al
most on a level with the deck
The vessel was spoken by the Florence
6 Lillian, also bound for New Lon
don, wbo advised Capt. Randlette to
abandon bis ship. He refused to do so.
saying that the men might go, but he
would stay. The men decided to stay,
and all hands were put to work cutting
away the wreck and rigging jury masts.
At daylight on the 19th two jury masts
were up. The vessel was towed
into Soutbport by the tug Isabel, infor
mation as to the yacbt'a condition being
carried into Soaihport by the Florence
& Lillian.
Yesterday morning the Republic was
towed up to the city by the steamer
Wilmington and is now lying at Skin
ner's ship yard awaiting orders from her
owners.
Tbe Republic is 100 feet long and 81
tons register. She i handsomely
equipped from end to end, the main
cabin being especially well furnished.
Capt. Randlette was in Wilmington
in 1878 on the U. S. steamship Ivey. He
is a nephew of Miss Amy Br adley, of
this city.
There exists among women who are
much in society a form of weariness re
sulting from overtaxed nerves, more in
tense and depressing than any known to
tired muscles.
v The overcrowded lives of such women
make themselves slaves of anxieties and
annoyances which they cannot ignore.
The following letter from one of New
York's busiest hostesses shows bow im
plicitly Paine s celery compound is re
lied on among tbe most intelligent, well-to-do
families as well as in tbe many
more humble households all over -the
country.
New York City, Oct. 9, 1897.
Gentlemen I think it but1 fair to you
that I bear testimonv to tbe beneficial re
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Two years ago I was almost a wreck
from nervous prostration, resulting from
overwork, mental and physical. I bad
lost my memory completely, and friends
feared I would never recover. After try
ing several remedies to no avail, my
physician prescribed Paine's celery com
pound, and within a few days there was
a decided improvement m my condi
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so much better that it was annecesssarv
for me to continue its nse. Since then
I have recommended it widely, and have
yet to bear that it has failed to do al
that I claim for it.
To any one suffering from any of the
ills attendant upon continued loss of
sleep I can and do heartily recommend
it. Very truly yours.
Mayme L. Haines.
In all cases of nervous prostration,
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ness, hysteria or incessant headache, the
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Paine's celery compound is to make
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puscles in tbe blood.
Paine's celery compound fills the ves
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Women and men who have lost flesh
and grown colorless and are subject to
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from Paine's celery compound. There
is hardly a family of any size where there
is not some member who is feeble, for
ever tired and below the standard of
health to whom Paine's celery compound
would prove of invaluable help. Not
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out the aches and distresses that have
accumulated because of neglected rheu
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us j, brings about better health in the di
gestive, assimilative and secretive or
gans; in other words, all over the body.
&n Unruly Prisoner.
Deputy Sheriff Wm. Gaion, colored,
had a lively fight with a prisoner last
night, but right conquered wrong, and
tbe prisoner was landed in jail, where be
now quietly reposes.
Fr several davs Deoutv Guion bad
been looking for Oscar Stamps, colored,
wanted by the county authorities on the
charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
Last night about 8 o'clock at Front street
market, Deputy Guiqn came up with
Stamps and arrested him, but be
(Stamps) showed a disposition to resist
arrest and the officer summoned Ed
Smith, colored, to assist him. Stamps
drew a kniie on Smith and threatened
to cut him. but Deputy Guion downed
Stamps and disarmed him. Stamps con
tinued to resist in a most violent man
ner, .so much so that the officer had
to club him. Deputy Guion and Smith,
however, managed to land Sumps in
jail, although he raised a disturbance
during the entire distance travelled and
attracted quite a large crowd of people.
THE BODY IDENTIFIED.
The Young White Man Killed Near Niytsaa
a Citizen of Wilmington Mr. J, D. Mc-Duffl1-The
Remains Bronibt to
WHmioston and Interred in
Oakdale Cemrtery.
The young white man killed Friday
morning by a freight train on tbe W.r C.
& A. railroad, near the eight mile post,
or what is known as "Susie curve," and
being unknown at that time Was in
terred a few hours later not far from
the scene of the sad accident, turned
out yesterday to be Mr. J. Dallie Mc
Dnffie, of this city.
Among those who viilted the scene of
the accident Friday morning, being
transported to and from there on a spe
cial train, was Dr. D W. Buliuck, who
examined the body of the unknown man,
and when he returned to the city
brought with him a portion of the cloth
ing of the deceased and a ring, made out
of a horse-shoe nail, fonnd on one of the
fingers, to be used, if possible, in identi
fying the body. A wise act it was, for
yesterday morning Mrs. John Williams,
who resides on McRae street, between
Grace and Walnut; visited tbe office of
Dr. Buliuck and identified tbe clothing
and ring as that which her brother. Mr.
J. Dallie McDuffie, wore when he left
borne Thursday night.
Upon the identification ot the cloth
ing and ring Mr. Ed. Borden, Superin
tendent of Transportation of tbe Atlan
tic Coast Line, sent a special train, in
charge of Capt. Bob Branch, yard
master, and with Mrs. Williams and
Mr, Henry Bishop, sister and half
brother respectively of Mr. McDuffie,
on board, to the spot where tbe inter
ment had taken place and the body was
exhumed, and at once recognized by
Mrs. Williams and Mr. Bishop as that of
young McDuffie. As permission for
the disinterment had previously been
obtained from Ed. David, a colored
magistrate at Navassa, the corpse was
placed on board the special train and
brought to this city, reaching here
shortly before 2 o'clock p. in.
The body was carried out to Oakdale
r.emeterv. where the interment took
place, and where services were con
ducted by Rev. R. A. Willis, pastor of
ftrace M. E. church, and Rev. T. H. Sut
ton, pastor of Market Street M. E.
chnrch. ' The oall-bearers were Messrs.
J. M. McGowan. A. J. Marshall, J. J
Tharp, A. J. Yopp, John White and R.
B. Clowe.
Tne deceased was at one time a mem
hmr of the notice force and lately had
been employed by Mr. R. B. Clowe
Since the death of his mother, whicb oc
mrratH ahnnt tbree " weeks ago, he had
been very despondent.
VESSELS IN COLLISION.
Mr. P. Heinsberger has in his
possession, found on tbe streets a tew
weeks ago, several letters written in this
city during the war to parties in Charles
ton, S- C. t With the exception of one or
torn the ediatles are in a soon state oi
preservation.
B'rvwfsiin Barque V Sank Amsrlean
Sonooner Cn-. H. Bpraaue Damaged
No Live Lost.
The Norwegian barque Vasa, which
sailed from Wilmington last Monday for
Manchester, Eng., with a cargo of rosin.
collided with the schooner Chas. H.
Sprague, Georgetown to Boston, about
9 miles frcm Frying Pan Lightship Wed
nesday at 1215 p. m. and sustained dam
ages from which she sank during Wed
nesday night. The Sprague lost her rig
girg, but otherwise was not damaged.
Captain Terjessn, of the Vasa, and
Captain Harper, of the Sprarue, were
both up to the city yesterday, but were
unwilling to talk about tbe accident.
The Sprague it is claimed, had
the right of way as she was moving
on a starboard track, and it is further
claimed that the Vasa would not re
spond to the rudder, otherwise she wonld
have escaped disaster. Both captains
filed their protests yesterday.. Capt. Ter-
jeson with the Norwegian Consul, Mr.
Alex b Heide, and Capt. Harper with
Mr. W. N. Harriss, Notary Public.
The tug Blanche oi tbe Cape
Fear Towing and Transportation
Company went yesterday to trv
to find the Vasa. The Sprague is
undergoing temporary repairs and will
probably pass out from Soutbport some
time Wednesday.
Tbe cargo of the Vasa consisted of
4,908 barrels of rosin, valued at 8,078.20
and shipped by Mr. Matt. J. Heyer for
the S. P. Shotter Co.
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
Several Gars Smashed Near Fayettevllle
No One Hurt.
Special Star Telegram.
Fayetteville, November 18. At
7.55 o'clock to-night five gentlemen ar
rived In the city, having walked the A.
C. L. track for six miles, from a point north
of Fayettevilie, where the south-bound
afternoon passenger train is held by a
nortb-bound freight wreck. Tbe track
is torn up for many yards and several
cars are smashed; but no one is hurt. A
wrecking train has been sent for. but it
will be hours before traffic is resumed.
G one Jahnson Taken to tbe Penitentiary.
Deputy Sheriff W. W. King left yes
terday morning on tbe 9.35 o'clock At
lantic Coast Line train tor Raleigh, in
charge of George Johnson, colored, who
will be placed in the penitentiary to
serve a life sentence. Johnson is the
man who was sentenced to suffer death
at the last term of tbe Criminal Court
for feloniously assaulting Bertha Brew
ington. colored, bnt whose sentence
Gov. Russell so justly commuted last
Wednesday to life imprisonment in the
State prison.
By the way, Deputy Sheriff Flynn was
the man who captured Johnson after a
chase of twelve miles, but he received no
reward for the capture.
demnity arreas duetto at country.
Germany flivorcdfhe contents of the
stock pot witn sauce from Cbina in tbe
shape of tbe landing of her sailors and
marines at Kiao Chou on the Shan Tun
peninsula, ostensibly for the purpose of
insisting upon redress for the murder of
two German missionaries; but, possibly,
it ia intimated, in order to obUio a good
coaling station and harbor for repairing
her fleet in the far East.
Great Britain's patt in these proceed
ings remains to be developed.: Ger
many' swoop down upon Kiao Chou
Bay. China, has excited the chancelo
rics, and the advice from Shanghai that
two steamers has been chartered there
to convey stores and material in Kaio
Chou bay. coupled with the intimation
that the German occupation of that place
is apparently to be more than tempo
rary, color to which is given by the
fact that the dermas marines are now
engaged in building Winter b irracks,
leave little doubt that Germany has
practically annexed Kiao Chou bay,
which, next to Port Arthur, is the most
important harbor in China.
As a fait accompli is an almost unan
swerable argument in the East, it is dif
ficult to see what France, Russia, Great
Britain and Japan can do in the matter,
unless they et to work and grab other
portions of the Chinese empire.
Under these circumstances, tbe diplo
mats are asking what tbe United States,
whose interests in tbe East are advan
cing by leaps and bounds, says ol the
seizure of tbe bay.
The news from India is discourag
ing as it can be. The sudden re
crudescence of activity on the part
of tbe tribesmen, when it was thought
that the affair was about finished,
shows that whatever the British offi
cials may tbink the natives of the in
vaded country are not aware that
they are beaten.
The cost of the military operations
is already estimated at 2,500,000,
and this amount will probably be
doubled before the close of the campaign.
Mr. Wm. S. lelding, tbe Canadian
Minister of Finance, who is about to
return to Canada, in an interview with
a representative of the the Associated
Press, reiterates that Canada strongly
desired friendly relations with the
United States.
"Suan's Invisible World Displayed"
or "Despairing Democracy " is the sen
sational title of a sensational book deal
ing with the Greater New York which
W. T. Stead, the editor of the Review of
Reviews, will give to the public ot Eng
land and Anerica next month, as the
fruits of bis recent trip ccross the water.
This book is to be a companion
piece to "If Christ Ometo Chicago,"
the un.que dissection of tbe darker life
in tne Western metropolis wnicn intro
duced the versatile and Indefatigable
English editor to the United States in
tbe cap?citv of author.
"Satan's I a visible World" was, ac
cording to Mr. Stead, revealed by tbe
Lexow committee and "Despairing De mocracy"
is the moral which holds to
be a legislative declaration by the citi
zens ot their abandonment ot facing the
possibility of governing a great city by
popular suffrage,
8nanth B.ep?r a of Engagements
Ioaurent F -ro e.
By Cable to theMoroing Star.
Havana. Nov. 20 According to an
official report the insurgents during tbe
last ten days have lost 225 men killed;
among them a colonel, a major and five
other officers and twenty prisoners, and
109 firearms and 10 000 cartridges have
been captured b the authorities. In
the same time two insurgent officers and
thirty-four privates have surrendered.
The same tepurt places the Spanish
losses lor the last ten days at two officers
and thirty-five privates killed, and five
officers and 159 privates wounded.
General Pando started from Havana
to-day to take charge of tbe military
campaign. He was accompanied by his
staff and escorted by a company of military.
THE FUTURE OF CUBA.
Possible Union ol the IaUnd With tbe
M- xiosn Be public.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Mexico City, November 20 The
question of tbe future of Cuba excites
some interest, owing to tbe talk ot a
possible union of tbe island with the
Mexican republic in case of its gaining
ultimately its independence, which
would be pleasing to a large portion of
the Mexican people.
The Heraldo remarks: "Cuba should
become a part of Mexico, which will
eventually form part of the great tropi
cal republic extending to the mouth of
the Orinoco, making the Cariboean sea
and Gulf of Mexici the new world's
Mediterranean."
AN ANARCHIST LEADER.
Emma Oildman's Iietnri mt D tro t, tllob
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Detroit, Nov. 20. Emma Goldman,
the Anarchist leader, iec uredlast night
in tbe Peop'e's Tabernacle and boldly
proclaimed her infidelity, her disbelief
in law, her opposition to the custom of
matrimony, etc. Miss Goldman was in
vited to address,, tbe congregation by
the pastor. Rev. H. S. McGowan.de
spite considerable opposition. -To-day a
majority of the deacons and many mem
bers of the church declare tbe proceed
ings to have been outrageous, and wholly
without excute. They call upon the
pastor to resign, otherwise they say
they will quit tbe chuich.
FATAL AFFRAY.
J
Rob- Register Killed and' HI Brother
Wiunded by Nril ett-olalr, "Hear
Moaltrif, Oa.
' By Telegraph to the Morning Star,
Savannah, Ga, November 20. A
specu 1 to the Morning News frcm
Moultrie, Ga., says: Aoout three miles
from here last night at a party, Neil Sin
clair shot and instantly killed Robert
Register and wounded his brother, Lin
ton. It senis that tbe Regis ers were
attacking Sinclair with knives, causing
him to shoot. Ail are young mm ot
prominent families The Registers are
sons of cx Suer.ff John Reeister, and
Sinclair is a neobew ot D. Sinclair, a
turpentine operator of ibis
partner ol tt.
county ana
F. Bullard of Savannah.
Sinclair has not been arrested.
Register ot Deeds Norwood is
sued marriage licenses the past week to
four white and two colored couples.
FLOODS IN WASHINGTON.
Serious Damage Bepo ted Stock Drowned
and ICaoy Barns and Oranaries Washed
Away.
i Bv Telegraph to the Morning. Star.
Seattle, Wash , November 20 The
most serious damage done bv the recent
floods so far reported was at Mount Ver
non. Tbe dykes surrounding that town
broke last night, and within an hour tbe
whole town was under two feet of water.
Hundreds of snen worked liKs Trojans,
but tbe work was in vain, and tbe river
continued to rise until it reached a
height of two feet higher than it was
four years ago, when the whole Skagit
valley was inundated.
Hundreds of bead of stock were
drowned, and many barns and gran
aries washed away. The Great Northern
railroad track, j jst below the town, was
washed ont for a distance of 800 feet.
MISSING MAN FOUND.
Disappeared irom Chicago on the Day Set tor
His Me'iiage.
By Telegraph to the Morning Sut,
Chicago. November 20. Geo. A.
Bergman, who was to have been mar
ried Wednesday evening to Miss Mar
garet Perry, and disappeared on the
afternoon of the day set for his mar
riage, and for whom the police and his
relatives have been searching ever since
his disappearance, has been found and
is now in the residence of bis father, on
West Adams street.
The family refuse to say anything re
garding the disappearance ot the young
man or to permit anybody to see him.
He has no money and the family claim
he "may have been robbed."
He was fonnd this evening in the
depot of the Northwestern railroad at
Milwaukee, just as he was about to take
a train for Chicago, and was brought
home by his father.
The State newspaper, of Richmond,
Va., went into the' hands of. receivers
who have decided to suspend it publi
catton for tbe t.ms being.
Captain William PV Anderson died at
his home in Cincinnati. Ohio, of heart
failure aged 57. He was a nephew of
Gen. Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter
fame.
A FARMER MURDERED.
Shot Down at His Horn by Some One TJn
knrwn. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Elmira, November 20. John Den
mark, a farmer living near Van Etten, 25
miles from Elmira, was murdered to-day
by an unknown person.
Denmark and bis little son were sit
ting in their home at a table, when the
muzzle of a double barrelled shotgun
was poked through a pane of glass in tbe
window and at short range the murderer
blaz;d away at Denmark, killing 'bim
instantly. A party of fifteen armed men
are scouring the country for the crimi
nal. Late to night it is reported that the
posse have surrounded the murderer.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION'.
Tbree Men K Ued and Several Otners In
i it ed.
By Telegraph to the Morning Stat.
Ackermann November 20. News
has j jst reached here from Louisville,
sixteen miles south, of tbe explosion of
a boiler in John Woodward's steam mill,
which occurred at tbar place this even
ing, causing the death of Frank Wood
ward, Jim Hemphill and Fayette Nor-
ton. Several others were perhaps fatallv
Injured. John Woodward, owner of the
mill, and his nepbew Mott were badlv
scalded. Dr. J. C. Blair's two little
boys and leff. Hatbarne and John Cole
man were also badly burned.
NEW YORK HORSE SHOW.
Closed Li t Night with a Large Attendance.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star .
New York, November 20. The horse
show which opened the society season
of 1897 -'98 came to an end to-night.
Tbe attendance on tbe closing night was
large and it can safely be said that the
show was a success in more ways
than one. Financially it may not have
been quite as profitable as the other
shows, but the management appears to
be satisfied with tbe exhibition. The
last session began with a parade of all
tbe prize winners and the beribboned
eqmnes occupied the ring for half an
hour.
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