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interest alone, tbj standpoint at t boat, the plans o which he
dollars (which in Ihis cage means hijJ 8ltbtaitted to the Navy .Depart-
toil and sweat) and the following will ment at Washington, which will
show why the Cubans should sarins al-Q be a snbmanne boat, ana wim
which he claims he can go wuu n
nnaity amidst hostile ships, so sub
merged as to be out of reach of guns,
and destroy the most powerful ship
he claiming: tooi
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WILMINGTON, N. C.
Friday,
April 1, 1898.
2T In arritloa to change your address lvy fv
foironrptotawrthreft. Unless yoo
do both chauaes can m be mad.
BT Notice of Marnage or Death, TrftoteiofR
,Jct Resolutions of Thanks, C, are charged for as
oKiaarvercUeraenta, but ly Wf"1.
?orxlctly In advance. fSv
for a simple announcement of Marriage at "tat.
Remittances most be made bTjJ";
Postal Money Order or Regitjered UtW. Poetmat-
er. will register letters when desired.
ear- Only inch remittances wffl be at the risk ol the
Babliaher. . '
gy- Specimen copras lorwarded who desired.
from again putting themselves under
the dominion of Spain. We clip
from Harptr's Weekly, which is dis
cussing the proposed autonomy,
with which the Spanish Govern
ment hopes to cajole the Cubans into muchj but there were a good many
who believed he was claiming
h wham he said he had a boat
submission:
"The financial prospect under the
. t ! o OA linOAL
new lOrm OI goveruuieu. t n Tr
isfactorv that it can naruxj
and
fail to
develop-
which he could float or sink atw"i
and which could remain under water
THE CTTBAJT SITTIATIOH.
The Star can see nothing in the
outlook that warrants the conclu
sion that there will be war between
TTinrt Sr.at.A9 and Spain. The
vaporings of the Spanish newspa
pers deceive no one. Bombast is
their stock in trade, and their abuse
attracts no attention except among
the rabble in Spain whose appetite
craves that sort of food, but who
have no "stomach for the fight."
The war talk in Congress simply
shows that public sentiment in this
country prefers war to dishonor,
and is a strong hint to the Admin
istration that Congress will not in
dorse a policy of delay and inac
tion. The destruction of the Maine and
the murder of her crew through
Spanish treachery having been side
tracked for the present, the only
real issue now is the complete inde
pendence of Cuba and how it may
best be secured without a resort to
war. If the Cubans are willing to
buy the island, and can make satis
factory terms with Spam,, tnat win
bring peace at once. But if this
should prove a failure the Cubans
will be satisfied with a recognition
of their independence by the United
States, and they will continue the
struggle until they win their free
dom from Spain.
Whatever else may be doubtful, it
may be accepted a3 a certainty that
Cuba will become absolutely free
from Spanish domination, and this
because the American people are
practically a unit in their determi
nation to be satisfied with nothing
less.
It is true that armed intervention
by the United States may come as a
last resort; but even this, if a prob
ability at all, is a remote one, and it
is by no means certain "that it would
provoke Spain to war.
INDEPENDENCE A NECESSITY-
There was a time when Spain
might have .secured peice on the
island qf Cuba, stopped all this
butchery of innocents, all the loss
of life and treasure which she has
suffered," and saved what there
might have remained of her claims
on civilization by making reasonable
concessions tb the Cubans who had
risen in revolt agaiust her plunder
ing, oppressive rule. But that day
has gone by. When she recalled
General Campos and sent in his
place the blustering butcher Weyler
it sealed her fate as far as holding
sovereignty over Cuba is eoncerned.
Whatever of technical rights of
sovereignty she may have had were
forfeited by the endorsement of Wey
ler's brutality and barbarity, and if
there ever may have been any doubt
as to the right .of-. 4ho Cubans to
"rebel" that endorsement and sup
port of the butcher removed it all,
and justified every step they took
to break the chains that bound
them to such a heartless monster
of a sovereign.
Like our own colonies, when they
rose in rebellion against British op
pression, the Cubans who raised the
A 1 ,-, nil nAiVMM9
ment, even if peace could be assured . nt br nine hours.
UUUlUUUtU v,uuow -r.
TT 1 svf th
to the home-rule constitution the pub
lic debt of uuoa, mcmuiug -penses
incurred for past and future
military opejauona, - -r i , . , nt his dallying, wavering,
and UUDa in sucn " J " t- - ,
If Mr. McKinley had any doubt
as the view the people of this coun
n'Low Ka liorAflfter determined. The
debt before the revolt broke out was
$170,000,000 in round figures. Up to
the end of 1897 the mflitary opera
tions cost $240,000,000. At the present
time the expenditure, is between f,
000,000 and 19,000,000 monthly. The
total arrears now owing are about
$70,000,000. At the close of 1898 the
debt will be, therefore, not less than
$580,000,000. The total service for in
terest and sinking fund can be calcu
lated at $35,000,000. If Spain is con
tent to assume one-half of these ob
ligations there still remains a yearly
payment of $17,500,000 to be made by
Cuba. The maintenance of the rights
f f Via Sna.n ish crown has to be pffld
for by the Cuban treasury, and to day
this is costing, as has already been
stated, a sum equal to $100,000,000 an
nually. This cost could, of course, be
very greatly reduced if peace were
established on a permanent basis; but
as the prospects of peace are more
than doubtful at present, this sum of
$100,000,000 annually must be al
lowed in all calculations or the next
three years if Cuba remains a Span
ish colony. The cost of the ad
min istration of the Colonial Gov
ernment is estimated at some $15,
000,000 yearly, and no doubt can be
carried on for that sum if conducted
on prudent lines. To meet all this
heavy disbursement there is only a
colonial revenue of $20,000,000, or
thereabouts. Previous to the out
break of the insurrection the revenue
was a little less than $25,000,000 ; but
Cuba was then exporting five times as
much produce as is now the case, and
some years must necessarily elapse
before the trade of the island recovers
frnm ita nresent state of chaos. To
sum up the matter briefly, the finan
cial condition for the next three years
under the new constitution is this:
Annual charge for service
of debt ;....$ 17,600,000
Maintenance of the rights
of the Spanish crown.... 100,000,000
Cost of colonial adminis
tration 15,0W,WU
Total annual expenditure. $132, 500, 000
Total annual revenue 20,000,000
Annual deficit. . . $112,500,000
"At the end of tUtee years the ac
cumulated amount5pf these deficits
will reach $337, 5000 clearly an
impossible position 63maintain for the
colonial exchequer, '-f
"If Spain remain";: with Cuba this
sum of $337,500,000 what she will be
called upon to pay &tween now and
1901 in order to hol&her colony. Of
course, the service a4 i the debt may be
allowed to go intoluefault, and the
army stationed in Cgba for the main
tenance of the riehRi of the Spanish
crown may be kept Unpaid for a very
:..ovinfa pnnrsft on the ouDan
festion toe epioBwu: Ui. vuv
the several resolutions offeree
Tuesday; tne expresmuu .
ference of Republican! Representa
tives who are opposed to further dal
lying, and the expressions of meet
ings of citizens, of the people gen
erally and if the press ought to re
move any doubt on thai score, and
show him and his counsellors who
are encouraging this dallying pro
cess, where the people, who are stil
sovereign in this country, stand
The people and Congress, who were
led to expect a bold, manly, une
quivocal declaration of the attitude
of this country, when Congress
with an unprecedented unanimity
in both Houses voted that $50,000,
000, have been disappointed and dis
gusted at the wavering and dicker
ing by the administration, the only
result of which has been or can be to
shake faith in our sincerity, to give
Spain time to prepare for the clash,
if it should come, and to make this
country ridiculous and contempti
ble in the eyes of other nations. The
people realize this if the administra
tion does not, and the people, with
AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.
Marriage of Miss Helen Kobinson Men.
man cat Mr. Harry J. Lyoa, af
Bladen County.
In St. John's Episcopal Church yes
terday afternoon at 2.80 o'clock, the
marriage of Mr. Harry J. lyon to
Miss Helen Robinson Stedman was im-
solemnized, Rev. James
Ho-miAhopl D. D.. officiating, lie
AT FORT CASWELL
Workau fbe ftrtflcatieas-rAB tafaeet
jog Officer A Detail Ordered to
the Seventh Artillery.
The13lyde steamship Oneida which
arrived here yesterday from New
York had on board mteen bun area
barrels of cement for use in construct-
ina the new fortincanons at jasweu.
Twenty Sieveaorwo ui miib uifcjr wore
n.arriavprivthl Utou down to ..WX B.
having been only relatives and very governing - -
intimate friends of the lamuies in at
tendance.
The usual elegance and beauty of
the church interior was enhanced by
the tasteful arrangement of lovely
calla lilies, Marechal Niel roses
and rare ferns about chancel and
altar, all blending in the creation of
annroDriate and impressive environ
ments for marital ceremonials espe
cially distinguished for simple ele
gance, i ;
Miss Fannie Corbett presided at the
organ and when the time had arrived
for the entrance of the bridal party
the church resounded with the inspir
ing strains of Lohengrin's wedding
march..
The bride entered by the centre
aisle leaning upon the arm of her
uncle, Mr. Frank H. StedmanL She
was attired in a lovely cadet-blue
tailor-made cloth travelling sufjt, with
hat to match. At the altar she was
met by the groom-elect and Dr. Car
michaeL c strains of the ortTan then
changed to "Promise Me," in softest
key, and then followed the beautiful
Episcopal ring- wedding service pro-
I nounced in Dr. Carmichael's wontea
mpressive manner. The bride was
given away by Mr. Frank H. Sted
man. The service completed, the music
changed to the joyous peals of Mendel
sohn's Wedding March, in time to
which the bridal party and attendants
retired from the church.
14$. and Mrs. Lyon drove at once to
the Carolina Central depot and left on
the 3.20 o'clock train for their future
home near Owen Hill, in Bladen
county.
ThA hride is a talented and accom-
very few exceptions, will endorse the daughterjof the
rftaolution of Senator Rawlins, which
covers the ground, and will stand by
it. We have had three years of fruit
less talk and diplomacy. The peo
ple's voice in stentorian tones now
demands positive action, and the
dicker era who to placate Spain and the
money lenders of Europe would bar
ter Cuba's freedom, must stand aside
and be silent, or be swept aside and
be crushed.
And so the N. C. Railroad
lease fight after so much masquera
ding and splutter, has fizzled out
and Governor Rus3ell hasn't even a
handful of hair to show for it. He
comped through the directors with
the Southern company, which rather
than be annoyed and keep on pay
ing attorney's fees, agreed to pay a
sum- of money to cover costs and
which wouldn't amount to
lonrr neriod: but if such a course is
taken, it onlv makS the position of ! fees,
n .it ... I. , . A I '. L ii ...U,
cigar money ior tne geuuemou wuw
are running the Southern Railroad
Kith
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standard of revolt did not at first
intend to strike for independence,
but, like the colonies, what was first
a war for redress of grievances and
for better government became by
force of circumstances a war for in
dependence, as a matter of necessity
and self-preservation. To submit
to Spanish rule now, even if the
heart filled with the sickening
memories of Spanish atrocities
didn't revolt at the suggestion, would
mean intolerable serfdom to the
Cubans and utter ruin to Cuba.
For three years she has been war
swept, burned and blistered; the
torch has swept her plantations, and
left charred ruins where once stood
the homes of industrious people," as
contented as they could be expected
to be under such a plundering, op
pressive rule. It would be better for.
them to wage war indefinitely and
take the chances of being finally
subdued, for then their condition
could not possibly be any worse than
it will be if they were to submit (of
whichlthere is not the remotest prob
ability) to Spanish domination
again. They know that they are
nearer independence now than Cuba
has ever been, and they are not go
ing to be diverted from their goal
by any promises that Spain may
make as a result of interested arbi
tration or of diplomatiedickering. If
they did they would advertise them
selves as imbeciles and forfeit the re
spect and admiration of the millions
who now applaud them as patriots
and heroes.
Figures are a matter of fact sort
of things, in which there is neither
poetry, sentiment, nor expediency.
They as cold as ice, but when linked
to facts build the strongest argn-
t that logician ever put up. If
re be some who doubt the justice
e Cuban uprising, and the tor-
acticed upon the people by
,nish authorities are lost sight
Spain more difficult sn the end.
To accept anything short of ab
solute independence now will be to
agree to become perpetual tribute
payers to Spain in such sum as her
exigencies or her .taprice may de
mand, until such exactions become
again intolerable and another insur
rection would become necessary, and
thus on forever. Independence is
the only way to settle this question
for all time, to put an end to this
plundering oppression and these
periodic uprisings against unbridled
authorities. The -Cubans were never
so near freedom as they are now,
and this Government has never had
the same reasons or justification for
recognizing their independence and
cheering them in their grand fight
as it ha3 now, and it will be its
burning shame if it does not do the
honest, brave, manly thing and set
tle this question now for all time,
by recognizing Cuba's independence
and helping her in the struggle if
necessary.
The contempt proceedings against
Col. Andrews and others also fizzled
out when Judge Timberlake, in
Wake Superior court, entered a ver
dict of not guilty as to Andrews,
i which, of course, covers the other
cases, for they are all of the same
stripe. This makes the railroad
question practically a closed inci
dent and now, it may be asked,
what the Russell-Butler combine i s
going to hitch onto for an issue in
the next campaign since it has been
knocked ont and surrendered on
the lease issue.
lain NntVian A Stedman. Jr., aud a
niece of Hon. Charles M. Stedman,
and has many relatives and friends in
this city. For the past several weeks
she has been the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Newton Robinson, on North
Fourth street Her home has been at
Eliza bethtown, where her mother now
resides. r I ,
. The groom is the only son of Mr,
and Mrs. C. W. Lyon, of laden
countr. and conducts a mercantile
business and has other extensive busi
ness interests. He is an estimable
young man. rue tab joins a nun ut
friends and relatives in wishing Mr.
and Mrs. Lyon a happy and abun
dantly prosperous wedded life, j
Discovered by a Womau.
Another great discovery has been
made, and that too. by a lady in this
country. "Disease fastened its clutches
upon her aud for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and; death
seemed imminent For three months
she coughed incessantly, and could not
sleep. She finally discovered a way to
recovery, ny purcnasing oi us a uvk
of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, and was so much relieved
the first dose, that she slept
all night ; and with two bottles, has
been absolutely cured. Her name is
Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus writes W.
n TTamrick A: Co.. of Shelby, N. C.
Trial bottles free atB. R. BaiAMY's
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THE LATE DAVID 0. WORTH.
terday carried down twenty or thirty
additional laborers. Stone for the new
fort continues to come in over the Atlantic-Coast
Line from the Stewart
rock quarry, Columbia, S. C. One
car load has arrived over the Cape
Fear & YadkmSyaJley Railroad.
Inspector Arrives.
Oapt Win. P. DuvaN, formerly of
Battery Or, Fifth Regiment, U. S. Ar
tillery, Fort Monroe, Va., arrived yes
terday and went down to Caswell on
the Jos. D. Boston to inspect the forti
fications. He is inspecting all the new
forts.
Soldiers for Fort Slocumb.
The steamer Wilmington yesterday
brought up from Caswell a detach
ment of seven soldiers ordered from
Kort Caswell to join the Seventh Regi
ment of Artillery at Fort Slocumb,
near New York city. The Seventh is
one pf the two new regiments, and
the boys from Battery I, of the Se
cond, who join it will naturally fall
into drill inspectors' and non-com-missioned
officers' places. Those
in the party were Sergeant Herbert A.
Johnson, in command, and Privates
D. J. Padon, Walter J. Pearce, Eugene
J. Jolley, Wm. H. Robertson, Alonzo
Parker, and Jas. R. Kennedy. The
orders were published Monday night
and the soldiers left Caswell at 2 P. M.
on the steamer rvtiminyiun. xucj
were not sorry to leaye,as the fort was
not altogether as pleasant and lively a
place as they liked. They leftover
the Atlantic Coast Line at 7.16 o'clock
last night
Still Under Guard.
Sergeant Tscherning of Battery H,
of the Fourth Regiment is still under
guard at Fort Caswell. It is not be
lieved that he is guilty of the Berious
charges made against him.
MOW TO FIND OUT.
Fill a bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand twenty-four
hours: a sediment or settling indicates
an unhealthy condition of the kidneys.
When urine stains linen it is evidence
of kidney trouble. Too frequent de
sire to urinate or pain in the back, is
also convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are out of order.
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge
so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in relieving pain in
the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and
every part of the urinary passages. It
corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to get up
many times during the night to uri
nate. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
It stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases. If
you need a medicine you should have
RAHWAYCOMMISSION
Chairman Caldwell, Sick of His
Job, Kicks Out of the
Traces.
THE OLD RATES RESTORED.
E
Caldwell's Utter of Resignation Read
Oov. Russell Makes a Sensational
Speech Other Raleigh News.
Evans' Execution.
Special Star Correspondence.
Raleigh, N. C, Marc'u 30.
Mr. J. A. Smith, one of the directors
of the North Carolina Railroad, was
instructed to remain in the city to-day
by the Board at the meeting last night.
W Smith will audit all the remaih-
incident to the lease
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MORRILL OFF FOR NORFOLK.
Revenue Cutter Left Wilmington Yester
day at noon. Crowds of People on the
Wharves te Bid Her Good by
THE CAPE PEAR PILOTS.
Prompt Acknowledgement af Their Pa
triotic Tender af Services te the
Qovernment la Case at War.
Secretary S. F. Craig, of the Cape
Pear Pilots' Association, Southport,
N. C, yesterday had in his possession
the following letter in response to the
resolutions of the association publish
ed last week:
Exkcutivk Mansion,
Washikgton, D: C, March 28, 1898.
Dear Sir: I beg leave to acknow
1m!h the reeeint of a coov of a resolu
tion recently adopted by the Cape Fear
tATMiarincr their
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Distressing- Kidney and Bladder dis
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This new remedy is a great surprise on
account of its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in the bladder, kidney,
back and every part of the urinary
passages in male or female. It relieves
re tension of water and pain. In pass
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want quick relief and cure, this is your
remedy. Sold by R. R. Bellamy,
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Some time ago the editor of one
of the London papers said that in
the eyent of war necessity would so
stimulate American genius that it
would turn out instruments of de
struction compared with which the
most powerful yet invented would be
as a child's toys. This man's esti
mate of American genius has had
several illustrations already in the
powerful guns turned out, in new
torpedoes invented, and in new tor
pedo boats, one lof which, the Hol
land submarine boat, has performed
such marvellous feats as to give
ground for the belief that she may
revolutionize nu-yal warfare. As this
boat is now attracting so much at
tention the following description,
which we find in the Now York Tri
bune, will be interesting:
"She has not yet been tested in deep
water, nor has she had a trial over a .
long course. But she has been re- j
peatedly submerged and brought to
the surface at the will of her navi- '
gator. She can carry gasoline enough ,
to run her engines during a voyage
of 2,000 miles, and compressed air !
enough to last her crew eight or nine
hours a much longer period than she
is ever likely to stay under water. She
has a speed of sixteen knots when run
ning on the surface as other vessels do,
and can make nine knots when wholly
immersed. Finally, she has three tor
pedo tubes, intended for as many dif
ferent types of missile. One of the
latter is the regulation Whitehead
torpedo, which carries gun-cotton
and a percussion fuse in its head, and
is self-propelling when once launched ;
the second is a dynamite torpedo,
which is ejected by means of powder,
runs under water like the Whitehead,
but has a shorter range; and the third
is a shell, containing nearly or quite
as much of some high explosive as the
others, but tossed up through the air
at an angle, and intended to fall on
the deck of an enemy's vessel. When
under water, of course, such a boat
can evade detection, and is safe from
the fire of the most powerful guns. It
CONSUL GENERAL LEE.
Warned of Pive Distinct Plots Against
Hit. Life Gives No Credence to the
Stories Is Carefully Guarded.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Havana, via Key West, Fla., March
30. Sunday and Monday were days
of decided anxiety in the political and
business circles of Havana, but yester
day and to-day there has been a much
more quiet feeling. Without being
able to give any good reason for their
belief, many prominent men seem
satisfied that peace is assured.
Consul General Lee continues as
cheerful as sunlight, despite the fact
that he was warned last Sunday and
Monday of five distinct plots against
his life. Of course he does not give
credence to such stories, and he is
carefully guarded by the government,
but continued warnings of this kind
are not a pleasant mental diet The
last story was that he would be pois
oned by a bribed employe of his hotel.
To this General Lee replied by asking
the newpaper correspondents who sit
' near him at meal time, in case he is
i suddenly taken ill, first to shoot his
waiter and then to run for a stomach-
pump.
Dr. Jose Congosto, the secretary
general, has countersigned the orders
General Blanco made on Monday that
the moment hostilities are declared be
tween Snain and the United States all
American correspondents are to be
expelled from Cuba. The orders are
not dated and can be enforced at any
time.
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Oil Painting to be Placed in the Produce
Exchange.
The oil painting of the late David
G. Worth made by Mrs. M. L. H. Wil
liams, of Faison, could be seen yester
day at the bank of Messrs. Murcbison
AtCo. The picture is very much like
Mr. Worth and is decidedly creditable
to the skill and judgment of the ar
tist It was painted for tne rroauce
Exchange and will be placed1 on its
walls where it will serve to remind
those who look upon it of the memory
of a good man. Messrs.' James SprUnt,
J. W. Norwood, and H. C. McQueen,
the committee from the Produce Ex
ViaiitrB annointed to secure the paint
ing, received it yesterday. It was paid
for by private subscriptions made by
several erentlemen who knew and es
teemed Mr. Worth and felt the pro
priety of hanging his portrait on the
walls of the Exchange.
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The most flattering testimonials have
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vere colds that have yielded promptly
to its soothing effects, and of the dan
gerous attacks of croup it has cured,
often saving the life of the child. The
extensive use of it for whooping cough
has shown that it robs that disease of
all dan fire rous consequences, sola b;
R B. Bellamy, druggist -r
The United States has' not
thus far constructed any "torpedo
boat destroyers," but it has recently
made extensive purchase on both
sides of the Atlantic of machine and
quick firing guns. The latter are
capable of delivering 6-pound shot
at the rate of twenty or thirty a
minute. The former can : eject
musket-balls at the rate of ten a
second! When our revenue marine
and the steam yachts that have re
cently been added to the American
Navy are equippecTwith this class of
ordnance, and are further provided
with searchlights, the United states
will be admirably prepared for "the
attack of the Spanish fleet which is
nowijn its way across the Atlantic,
Froto that time on safety U1 be
merely a question of vigilance.
New York Tribune, Rep.
Pilots' Association tendering their
services if thev should be needed, and
to inform you that it has been for
warded for the consideration of the
Navy.
Very truly yours,
John Addison Porter,
Secretary to the President
Mr. E. A. Grissom. President etc.,
Southport N. O.
A letter from the Navy Department
over the signature of. Jno. D. Long,
Secretary, says, after acknowledging
the receipt of the resolutions: "The
Department appreciates the patriotic
motives which prompted the action of
your association, and has placed these
resolutions on file to receive consider
ation should an emergency arise re
quiring the service of the Cape Fear
pilots."
Capt J. J. Adkins, of Southport,
who tendered his services in a per
sonal letter, also received a courteous
letter from the Navy Department ex
pressing appreciation for the patriot
ism which prompted his action.
Crowds of people watched the Mor
rill leave her wharf yesterday at noon
and steam down the river on her way
to the Norfolk navy yard to be put in
fighting trim. As soon as it became
known that the Morrill was to leave
at twelve o'clock, numbers of peo
ple crowded down to her wharf.
The movements of the officers and
crew were marked by a good deal of
excitement as was natural from the
fact of the cutter's leaving under cir
cumstances so different from those un
der which she usually takes leave. The
new recruits, of whom only one was
added yesterday a white man named
Robinson who shipped as a coal-passer
were looking the least bit ill at ease,
but they put on a bold front and made
themselves useful as best they could.
There was something of a damper,
however, on the patriotic feelings of
the crew and spectators, emanating
from the impression that Uncle Sam
was bent on preventing a fight even
almost at the sacrifice of the national
self-respect.
Just after the ship's bell had
sounded 13 o'olock, all the lines were
hauled in and the. cutter turned
around preparatory to going down the
river. She backed a few lengths and
got a good start As she got opposite
the wharf again she fired a salute to
which the citizens on the wharves re
plied by waving their hats, while all
the steam craft echoed a hearty re
sponse from numerous whistles.
The Morrill will finish out her com
plement of sixty men at Norfolk.
Second Lieutenant and ordnance of
ficer Colin S. Craig did not join the
cutter here as was expected. He will
catch her at Norfolk.
the scaffold is ready and the gallows
will be put up at once. f
The 121st N. C. Supreme Court re
ports were placed on sale to-day.
Mrs. J. P. Wright and daughter,
who have been residing in Raleigh
have gone to Richmond, Va., which
place they will make their future
home. i .
The Southern Railway threatens to
withdraw all transportations to. North
Carolina newspapers April 1st. CoX
Andrews has addressed a letter to the
commission asking the Board to eluci
date its recent ruling relative to news
paper passes. If a more lucid intesr-
Eretation is not given all passes will
a discontinued. It is said -the Sea
board, will pursue the same policy, i
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C, March 30.--Chair-man
Caldwell voted with Dr. Abbojtt
to-day to restore the old passenger
rates. Pearson voted no and protested.
The old rate now goes into effect. In
casting his vote, Caldwell read the fol
lowing letter, addressed to Governor
Russell, tendering his resignation as
Rsilroad Lease Fight Ended.
Directors of the N. C. Carolina
Railroad met here to-night and passed
a resolution providing for a cessation
of the fight against the 99-year lease ;
the Southern to pay thirty-five hun
dred dollars costs to the N. C. R. R
Oo., and all other expenses incurred
in the lease fight suit including special
master's fees and court costs, which
amount to about eight thousand dol
lars. It is provided, also, that all
testimony and papers in the suit of
every description, go to the U. S. Cir
cuit Court without argument and
without appeal, and that the Legisla
ture be free to take such steps as it
deems wise. John Graham, the only
Populist member of the board, intro
duced the resolution and it passed
unanimously.
No Reflection Intended.
The Star is informed by Mr. Maxcy
L. , John, of Laurinburg, that Mr.
Oliver H. Dockery, Jr.. feels hurt by
the possible construction of the recent
interview given a Star reporter by
him (Mr. John) with reference to the
-Evans case. It is only necessary to
state that during the interview Mr.
John repeatedly stated that he did
not believe the unsworn statement of
the negroes in regard to Mr. Dockerys
having undertaken to suppress testi
mony; but in fact only waited to hear
Mr. Dockery 's denial of it And it was
far from the intention of the star's
reporter, in preparing the article, to in
the least reflect upon Mr. Dockery.
Mr. John certainly said nothing to
implicate his brother attorney. It has
already been announced in the Star
that a sworn statement from Mr.
Dockery, denyingthe charges made
by the negroes', had been sent to the
Governor.
KINST0N NEWS NOTES,
Improvements in This Growing City
Lumber and Tobacco Industries.
Special Star Correspondence.
Kinston, N. C, March 29.
Your correspondent is glad to note
the continued growth of the enterpris
ing town of Kinston. Among the
many late improvements is the incor
poration of The Gay Lumber Com
pany, with a capital stock of $50,000.
This comoanv have lately constructed
a railroad fifteen miles, on which they
convev timber from the country.
Hines Bros, have also recently put
in a mammoth saw and planing mill
and dry kiln.
Mr. B. W. Canady, one of Kins-
ton's most progressive business men,
is erecting three large brick stores.
Also a large tobacco warehouse, 100
by 200 feet, with a three-story prize
house, 40 by 100 feet, connected.
The Standard Oil Company have
recently put in a 30,000 gallon storage
tank, and warehouse for storage of
oils. They have also given the town
the convenience of the tank wagon
servioe.
Death of Mrs. Sarah E. Brown.
At the advanced age of seventy-nine
years and after having been an invalid
for a long time, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
Brown entered into rest early yester
day morning at her residence, 114
Orange street She was the widow of
the late Thomas W. Brown, who pre
ceded her to the grave over twenty
years ago. Surviving her are Mrs. R.
H. McKoy and Miss Mary Brown,
children by her second husband, and
Messrs. A. S. Story and Edward
Story, the latter of Birmingham,
Ala., by her first husband. She was
a member of St James' Episcopal
Church and the burial service for the
dead will be said there at 3 o'clock
this afternoon. The interment will
be made at Oakdale cemetery.
commissioner, viz: , -
"My vote on the passenger rate
question has given me the gravest
concern since it was cast at the last
sitting of the commission. Upon
calm reflection I feel it was
wrong, and difty demands, at my
hands, that wrong to myself,
the people and railways be cor
rected. In the course I have
decided upon and taken, I will
have the approval of my con
science, but the disapproval of those
unacquainted with the evidence be
fore the commission. To stand by
what I feel is wrong would give me
the approval of those who have not
informed themselves, but the disap
proval of my conscience. No evi
dence was offered for a reduction of
passenger rates, while for maintain
ing: them the evidence, if believed,
and it was not controverted, was over
whelming. It may be said the evi
dence was untrue but to the commis
sion, trying the cause, there could be
no such justification for such an opin
ion. The order for a reduction of pas
senger rates, whether there was evidence
to support it or not under the railway
commission law, constituted the prima
facie case, and cast upon the railways
the burden of rebutting that case. I
could then, until the decision of the
United States Supreme Court, have
sustained my vote ; but when the rail
ways, by legal evidence, made it ap
pear that reduced rates would not be
fair and reasonable, and would result
in loss to the roads, I could not feel
that true judgment had been rendered
in accordance with the evidence. If the
decision of the court, known as the
Nebraska decision, is adhered to, the
attempt to reduoe-is vain and futile :
unless and until more evidence
can oe orrereu man wiu be
fore the commission, it will end
in litigation, the final result
of which is predestined, Sitting as a
judicial officer, I cannot permit my
desires to overrule what I know to be
my duty. This is a government of
law, and those to whom its adminis
tration is entrusted must execute it as
they find it without regard to public
opinion. Your Excellency has been
kind to me, and I assure you of my
continued rsspept, but fearing you will
not concur with me in the course T
take, and desiring not to embarrass
you, my resignation is at your dispo
sal. I have acted within my oath of
office." . ii . : ,
Oov. Russell's Speech.
Governor Russell soon appeared be
fore the commissibn and made a sen
sational speech. He said: I want to
say I am greatly astonished at hearing
a few minutes ago that Chairman
Caldwell had voted to restore the old
passenger rates; and was still further
astonished to receive the letter just
placed in my hands. With reference
to the passenger rates question and
the change of M Caldwell I do not
impugn his motives, but I deeply re
eret his course. I believe it not only
for a reduction of, rates, while for
maintaining them the evidence was
overwhelming. This is not a satisfac
tory feason for going back on the re
duction. If the commission must wait
or hujnt around for evidence in rail
road j reduction cases and take
everything as true, then there--will
pever be any reduction. Unfor
tunately, the commission lias no
counsel to get evidence, and all heal
ings are substantially ex parte; that is,
the only part in the whole business is
the part of the railroads. The Nebraska
case I believe to be a premeditated de
cision, rendered for the express pur
pose of emasculating the railroad com
missions of the United States. It is
not a mere repetition of preceding
decisions, but introduces new doctrine
that is simply monstrous in its attempt
to take railroad corporations from the
control of the law-making powers of a
State. This ruling, the most intelli
gent railroad men of the country, in
my opinion, never seriously hoped
for. I think our commission and
courts ought to give to that
ruling the same kind of respect
and obedience that was rendered
by the Republican party and the Anti
slavery party to the Dred Scott deci
sion. In this case, before I would sub
mit to such judicial despotism and
usurpation and aggression upon the
rights of a State, they should have'
chance to decide it again, and then
again, and so on. And while that was
going on in the courts, see whether
the people can be rallied to a realiza
tion of the actual condition of the
slavery with which they are threat
ened. I fully realize the difficulties of
beating back an injunction in the Fed
eral court, which I know the railroads
will grind out for themselves. I had
come to the conclusion that perhaps
it was better to back up the commis
sion by giving them counsel and pay,
ing them out of the treasury, as the
Southern Railway Company has
agreed to settle the 99-year lease case
and pay back into the State treasury
the money which has been paid out for
lawyers; I had about concluded that
we could afford to take that much of the
money and fight them with it in these
passenger rate reductions."
The Rates Fixed.
The following resolution was adop
ted: "That on and after the 30th of
April the minimum charge for mileage
tickets of two thousand miles shall be
$40; the maximum charge for one
thousand mile tickets shall be $25 on
the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard
and the Southern Railway ; said tickets
to be valid on presentation by the
holder, and good for first-class passage
on any passenger train on the respec
tive lines, by any persons presenting
said mileage books, without limitation
to individuals."
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WORK AT FORT CASWELL.
Two Hundred Men Employed Night and
Day Building the New Fortifica
tionsVisit of the Inspector.
Capt William P. Duvall, formerly
of Battery G of the Fifth Regiment
United States Artillery, Fort Monroe,
but now acting inspector of fortifica
tions, came up from Caswell yesterday
on the government dispatCn boat
General Thorn and left for Charleston
at 4 P. M. He was decidedly wen
pleased with the fortifications at Cas
well and the opinion of an expert in
this matter ought to be re-assuring to
our. people.
There is no doubt that the guns at
the fort would make it exceeduigly
difficult, in fact practically impossible,
for a Spanish or other hostile vessel to
pass up the river without being suak
or disabled. The range of the guns as
is generally known is fromsix to
eight miles and at a distance of thrco
miles a war ship can be as well des
troyed as if she were only a quarter
m .1 V
or a mut) wy, .
The most intense activity prevails
around the fort. About two hundred
men are at work, one hundred during
places him in an unfortunate position j tne fay an(i the same number at night.
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made now it will not be long Deiore
the Cape Fear will be thoroughly
fortified.
Several of. the government boats
were up to the city yesterday on vari
ous missions. The Thorn brought up
Capt.. Duvall as already mentioned,
the Easton and the Wright were also
in port, the latter having on board
Mr. Wm. H. Chadbourn, Jr., who
now has charge of the government
ruwPAn here and Fort
VraI15Ai batHvsi ks-v
Lieutenant J. 8. Wilson arrived
yesterday over the Seaboard Air Line
from Eagle Pass, Texas. He wxH be
Assistant Surgeon at Caswell,
In speaking about the war prepara
tions it is worth while to note that m
the opinion of those who know, neither
Wilmington nor the beaches would
suffer from the sheUing of the , enemy
ships in the event of hostilities The
nitv would be safe on account of its
S&uS from the ocean. The beaches
would be safe because the hostile
vessels would not think jt worth
while to expend their ammunition
wliue -mild be done.
, where so iuu tw and
the negotiations for the The am
any intention on his part, gives color
to slanders and libels upon me libels
and slanders instigated by the malice
of certain individuals who masquerade
as anti-monopoly men, but who are
really working for monopolies, trusts
and railroads, andr otherwise. Of
course they will now send out their
lies, saying I agreed With the South
ern railway in order to get the 99-year
lease suit out of Simonton's court, that
my friend Caldwell would vote to re
store passenger rates. Caldwell knows
His not true ; on the contrary, I have
advised him to stick to the reduction.
It is true I was willing, in order to
save the State what I considered $300,
000 or $500,000 for its treasury, in the
Atlantic Railroad lease, to advise the
commission to restore the rate until
the matter should be submitted to the
people and passed upon by the Legis
lature, remitting the matter to the
people in the coming' campaign. This
the Southern refused to accepV
saying expressly that if I wrote such
a letter, and remitted the matter to the
people they would not take the road
Thereupon
IftAse of the North Carolina road ter
minated. Sinoe then I have urged
that the rate reduction be maintained
and fought out in the courts. Cald
well says in his letter that there was
no evidence offered before your board
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