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AT- -WILMINGTON, N. C, Jl. 00 A yearIin advanc e. 8SSSSSS88S88SS3S8 I Ssssssesss&SSsSss 88888888888888888 88888888883888888 88888888288883883 SSJSSSSaeSfcSSSS . 833888S3SSS8SSS88 8888S888333388383 8888888888888583 . U a. n a . Kntered at the Poet Office at Dmtgton, N. C, at Second Clain M'ier.l SUBSCRIPTION PS ICE. The subscriptkm price of the Wo'lrly 8tu ia u inele Copy 1 year, postage paid.. .tl 00 " rf 6 monthiV" 60 " i" 8 month! . 80 vol. xxx. WILMINGTON, IN l TRID AY, MARCH; 10,: 1899. jSO.21 TO GET BID OF THE C0L0EED BB0THEE. j Notwithstanding the talk by Northern Republican politicians and (Republican Inewspapers in the North ' about the flisfrarichiaement of ne groes in the South there is. not ne .in a hundred of them who would not be not only willing but glad to see the negroes disfranchised if they thought the Republican party would be thereby . benefitted. As: a rule the men who have been participating in national conventions - have never taken fraternally to the colored dele gates to those conventions, for they wero an embarrassing feature in several ways. They could not mingle with the negroes on terms of equality, and yet it was necessary to treat them-with much civility ahd consideration to retain their good will' for the candidates who desired their votes. They had to be enterr tained and the colbiTline was always more or less sprung and this always added to the embarrassing complica tions with 'f the man and, the brother." And then there was another thing which was even more- troublesome than the matter of fraterniza tion and that was that the colored delegates were looked upon as pur chasable, and of arEthd that wouldn't stay bought when- a higher bidden came along. In addition to this be ing quite annoying it gave, rise to scandalous charges from which few Republican national conventions have been exempt. T.he last didn't escape these charges, for -ft was said with 'much emphasis that Hanna very soon corralled tlie Southern col ored delegates at St. Louis and cap tured them for McKinley. It would, therefore, for these if not for other reasons, be a relief to the Republi can politicians if the colored dele gate could be eliminated from their national conventions, and the only " practical way to do that - without . their active agency, or their seeming . to desire it, will be through the dis franchisement of the negroes in the South, thus eliminating them as po litical factors. It may be observed that prominent Republicans from the North who - have visited the South lately; have had very little to say on tfiati. sub ject while some of thenv-8uch as Senator Hoar, for instance, have virtually endorsed the movements that have been made for qualified suffrage, -although they know full well that this movement has but little effect in disqualifying white voters and affects almost exclusively the black; . f,.J" But this feeling to which we refer is not an entirely a new thing for eight years ago or more a movement was started in some of the Southern States to eliminate the negro voter from the Republican party under the belief that if this were done a white Republican party could be organ ized in the South which would have much more vitality, in it and be . much more formidable ' than the Republican party composed of the white and colored contingents ever . was. This idea has hot yet", been . entirely abandoned,' although its promoters - are going about it in a differe'nt, round about way,'. They do hot propose to drive the negro out of the Republican party, but they propose favoring nullifying his vote and thus eliminating him as a factor from . all parties, and then- seeking aspiring Southerners - who may be tempted by bribes of office and position to ally themselves with - the Republican party and become proselytizers for it. .That this is the programme that some of them have -seriously considered is shown ' by the following, which jre clip from the Charlotte' Observer of the 3d inst.; .'. "The Observer yesterday mentioned the arrival in , the city of Mr. Samuel B. Archer, secretary and treasurer of the Tariff Commission League, New ark, JN. j., and Washington City. yesterday under a well 'defined law," as repre- sented by aid bill ' m "Sofar,ihere,-lhave found the feel ing unanimous in favor of the plans set forth in the bill and many of your men have united: with the League to help carry it through - Congress. I have already recei fed the hearty co operation and support of many of the boards of trade and other commercial organizations throughout the South. ' "For some time past I havebeen thoroughly convinced that the inter ests of the North and South are iden tical. That the same laws that built" up New England and made, the vast wealth of that - territory, applied equally to "the Southern States, if the business men here would, take the . same advantages of them that their Northern brothers have. And in suggesting these ideas to the . Southern manufacturers I have found that the sentiment here is almost unanimous. ,1 am convinced that if 1 the color line were obliterated from politics that the South, and especially North Carolina, would be as strongly Republican in politics as many of the Nothern States, and I firmly belieye in our Southern friends uniting with us in the the election of a Republican- AJ 1 X AAA M A I B - ucjrei m J.auuanamus lurmsniag a. Republican administration with plenty of able white men., to chose from for filling. FederaTromcers. This would not only be the quickest way of obliterating the features- of the color question, but would in no manner in terfere with your local or State offi cers, who could be elected as here tofore.: , "The recent visit of President Mc Kinley through the South has shown that he has a warm place in the hearts ot Southern people, generally, and it is possibly needless for me to say that General Fitzhugh Lee, by his actions at Havana during- the recent difficulty w&h Spain, and GeneralJoe Wheeler, through his gallant and valiant work at Santiago have endeared themselves to the hearts of the people of the en tire Union and I believe that the placing of either of those men, or any other good Southern ! man, on the ticket with McKinley in 1900, would on the platform similar -fo the one adopted in St. Louis in 1 1896, with such changes as the recent, war and present conditions would suggest, give the Southern people an opportunity to unite with the ..Northern. Republicans to put an impregnable front to Bryanism and the free , silver craze. It would completely obliterate all traces of sectionalism and insure the future prosperity of -the South as nothing else would do . I firmly be lieve that the conditions to day brought about by. the war with Spain make it a most favorable opportunity for bringing about such a result Since arriving in the South I have spoken about this matter to many manufac turers, .and politicians as well, and find that they would generally favor such a combination. --"The Atlanta Constitution, a short time ago, asked the very pointed and pertinent question: 'What is the mat ter with a ticket reading McKinley and Wheeler for 1900 V And it is my purpose to go to Atlanta within a few days and suggest to the Constitution and other gapers the starting of a canvass of the outh, looking to the election of white delegates to the. National Republican convention in 1900, pledged to such a ticket as I have suggested - above, and if I find them favorable to such a prop osition I will spend the next three months in doing all that is within my power to help the matter on. , Starting such a movement now and getting the newspapers of the South to push it to- the front, will naturally bring the question up in the North and very soon show how the Republican papers of the North would support such a moyement aad would put the matter in good shape to commence a thorough campaign early in the fall. Of course I understand that such a movement will fake a great deal of educational work among the people to bring it to a successful issue-and the present is none too soon to start it" Mr. Archer will be here for several days. He has been in the State for two weeks and. from here he goes South. , We do not known Mr. Archer, or how well he shoots his arrows, but through the mojuitaius on the bor der, which-makes the work of con struction comparatively. ' easy for a mountain 50untry3 ? ..7 . . "This is a matter, in which- the country -penetrated by the Atlantic & Yadkin .Valley Railroad is very much interested, and in which ' 1W1K fmington is especially interested, for when this little gap is closed it will give us Tail connection " with the Western systems of 'roads and one of the shortest lines 'between the- seaboard and the grain fields; and commercial centers of the West, "in addition to tapping the coal fields that lie between. This means possibly two things for Wilmington, one that she may become a great sh ipping-Mrt for Western" products and become to some extent a competitor in this with Newport News, which has been built np by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad after it made ' its Western connections, and it means that Wil mington may become a great manny facturing'city as she can then com mand an abundance of cheap iuel. ? The gentlemen whA arefinancial ly interested in this enterprise and are now managing tlnVroad iave too much sagacity to7 permit it to. run into the ground at Mount Airy, and therefore w take it for granted that they will -make the opening through the hills to link with the system of . roads on the other side. But every one who has given jany thought to the subject, or is at all familiar with- the geographical posi tion . and the road systems of the West, "will see at a glance that there are immensepossibilities in this enterprise. let them "be Bwallowed". by "other land-grabbing nations after we have -made sure of a-' base of supplies to to put ourselves - on equal footing with, other land-grabbers. But bet ter still let those, people" understand that we don't want their islands, re cover.; their confidence if w can, help them, taf form . a ""government, then throw the responsibility of tak ing care of themselves upon them, and let them "paddle their FUNERU, SEKYKES YESTERDAY. own canoe. - A Pittsburg, Pa., restaurant man wreaked two dollars' worth of ven geahee out of the . fellow who cor nered the egg market. He boasted about il intherestauratft and then ordered for his breakfast two eggs on toast. His bill was $2.10, 12 for eggs and 10 cents for -toast. .He kickedhut he had tenBhell out. yIt is said that Secretary "AkrerY private secretary . reads the papers before he sees them, and chucks aside all that rap him, and lets him see only those which -say nice things about him. But Alger isn't deaf and hears a good deal that he "doesn't read. - - THEN LET THEM BE SWALLOWED. A Btudied effort is being made by the expansion press and other ex pansion boomers toTnake it appear that the conditions by which we are now confronted in tho Philippines were thrust upon us by the fiat of events, that it is "destiny" that we must take up "the white man's burden" no matter how heavy it may be and lift the black and the nut colored and the yellow, man that we come into contact with to the-higher plane, in other "words -that the mis sion of this country is to be a civi lizer and christianizer of the be nighted heathen, r " This is simple mockery, and some times borders on blasphemy when they make Providence the inspirer of i their rapacious schemes. - The Washington Star is one of the sup porters the expansion policy, and. thus remarks upon the situation as it now presents itself in the Philip pines: . ' 'Germany's move -at Manila is a very important one Important to her and to us. There may be diplomacy in it of a very shrewd land. Some time ago Admiral pewey and General Merritt said 5,000 troops would be enough in the Philippines. They have 20,000 now and 7,000 more are on the way. But the ex pansion policy had not been decided upon wnen they expressed that opinion. - ': " - The Swedish Minister of War, General Rappe, has got himself into trouble by appearing -before the King in . military uniform, sur mounted by a plug hat. Plug hats are more dangerous in that country than f 'embalmed" beef in this. The Remains of Mr. P. H. Mitchell Laid -. to Rest In Oakdale Cemetery. " The funeral of the : late Frank Hv Mitchell was . conducted yesterday at 3' P. M. . from BW James1- Episcopal Church. Bishop Watson and Dr. RobL Strange were the officiating ministers. A large-congregation was in attend ance. The members of Cape Fear I Camp United Confederate Veterans, assembled at their armory at 2.S0, marched to the residence and accom panied the remains : of their , deceased member to the church and thence - to Oakdale cemetery where the interment was made. Thefloral .tributes were very pretty and -elaborate. , - -' The pall-bearers were Mr. Lewis Belden, OoL Roger Moore, Mr. Stephen Jewett, Mr.- R. F. Hammer Capt W.s P. Oldham, Mrt Gteo. R. French, Mr. J. B. Hoggins . and Mr. N. B. Rankin. It is very much regretted that it was impossible for either of Mr. Mitchell's two sons. Mr; Arthur ' Ji' Mitchell," of Schenectady, New York,.' or Mr. B. F. Mitchell, of Bloomfield, to reach the city in time to attend the funeral Mr. Arthur Mitchell was -away from home on a business trip and could not be reached by telegraph. s Mr. B. F. Mitchell could not attend- on account of sickness. Mr. . Dave . Mitchell, brother of the deceased,-came from New York and will remaia in the city until Saturday. . Will Take a Trip Abroad. Dr. Robert Strange, rector of St James' Episcopal Church, has been voted a vacation which he will - spend in Europe. He has been in rather ill health for Bometime and it is hoped that travelling abroad will serve to recuperate his health. He expects to leave the city within a few days and will sail from New York. His iten erary has not yet been fully arranged. RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. CONGRESS CLOSED ITS SESSIONS. Final Adjournment Yesterday, at - Noon After aif AU-Night " -' 'a Wrangle. r That Chicago sausage-maker, who yearned for a young wife, has con fessed that he killed his other wife and threw her body in the Lake. This relieves the Chicagoese of the horrid suspicion that she might have been ground up into sausage, qnd eaten by them. President McKinley is "honor ing" tiis peace commissioners. He has appointed Judge Day and Sena tor Gray to circuit judgeships, nice snaps for life. This is in return for getting this country into a pretty considerable snap. As a result of a racket over some rails that had blown from a line fence on adjoining property,! in West Virginia, Rev. J. 'C. Bexroad is dead an'd two wealthy farmers are in jail charged with his murder. he i&Jiaking a very business like view of this matter and is going about it in a very business like way. Most certainly with the negro-eliminated from politics in the South and the tariff question out of politics, two of the main causes of ; friction be tween the South ad the Repub lican oartv. would be-removed, and as new issues are apt to arise which nm ' l may not be anectea Dy geograpn ical lines it is possible that the Re publican party of the future may be regarded with less aversion in tne South than the Republican party of the past has been, for that was run almost exclusively on sectional lines. Mr. Archer reports progress,J .and may possibly be exaggerating if he has not been deceived, but it is in teresting, to know the plan's some of the Northern Republicans are mak ing and how they are proceeding to carry them out. " Mr. In Archer N. an interview said: "The object and purpose of my trip South is to endeavor to unite the busi ness interests, organized and individ ual, in favor of a bill now before the Ways and Means Committee of Con gress. The purpose-of the bill is to take the tariff question out of politics and place it in the' bands of a perma nent committee, or court, organized on the same lines as the United States Supreme Court, giving the committee full authority for arranging schedules GOOD, IF TRUE. We find the following, from its Mount Airy correspondent,! in last week's issue of the Baltimore Man ufacturers' Record: . 1 ' A report ia current that the Atlantic Coast Line has determined, to extend the Atlantic and Yadkin division, for merly the Cape Fear and Yadkin Val ley Railroad, into the Virginia coal fields, connecting with the Norfolk and Western and other lines. John R. Eenly, at Wilmington, N. C, is gen eral manager. - . . This is good news, if true; and the probabilities are that there are grounds for the report. We do not know exactly how many miles will have to be constructed to make con nection with the Norfolk and WeBt era road, but the distance4s short and our impression is that consider able of the ground had been graded several years ago under the Jhen management of the C. F. & Y. V., which had determined to make that connection. - That financial pahic whfch swept the country caught the C. Ei & Y. V. road, as it did many other railroads, and put a stop to the work of extension, which would doubtless have . been effected some time ago if -it had not been f or this There is, we think, a -natural pass But that is neither here nor there. It is to be considered upon its face value It is a recognition of our authority and su premacy in the Philippines, and strictly in accordance with our own claims. The President has done, right, there fore, in responding favorably to Ger many's overtures. They could not have been rejected, indeed, without such a confession on our part as would have compromised the Government before the world. And we must resolutely face the situation and take into account all reasonable contingencies. German interests in the Philippines may not be large, but whatever they are they are entitled to protection. The United States now accepts responsibility for them. If events shall, show that it connot protect them, or ; if it change its policy in the general matter of the Philippines so as to neglect them, it cannot properly complain if Germany shall decide to step in and try to pro tect them herself. And if Germany shall go ashore for that purpose then the course will be clear for other powers in interest, and then shall come to pass that which has been predicted: The Philippines will be swallowed up in a scramble of the European nations. "It is worse than folly to undertake to temporize with our problem in the east The United States either has or it has not a duty: to perform there. If it is to stay, even for no other purpose than a restoration of order, it should set about the work with every means necessary to a speedy accomplishment of that end. No halting, half-hearted measures will serve If it is to throw up the task as unwelcome, or beyond its strength: rt should do so at -once and completely. The problem, un less resolutely seized, is full of the greatest danger to the country. "The men who are trying to cripple the Government in the matter of men and supplies, and thus force an igno minious back down at Manila, are en gaged in strange business for Ameri can citizens. It is of small moment whether Mr. Bryan, Mr. Gorman or Mr. Cleveland is a Presidential candi date next year if meanwhile the pres tige of the United States as a nation is to be sacrificed to local divisions over local matters." ,1 t " : Germany . has doubtless done a shrewd thing in thus making the United S.tates the custodian of its interests in the ' Philippines and thejrjfore responsible for any damage 4hat may come to them. -And per? haps under the circumstances this was the best thing for this Govern ment to do, for not to have done so might have been a confession of weakness, '-but Germany having done this other nations having interests may do likewise, and we -will find ourselves "the custodianr of : all of them, hot for the present 'only , but for an indefinite period, jintil the Filipinos are "subjugated and we have: the islands; absolutely under our control. ' And then what will it all amount to, the self -assumed task -of civilization and elevation f Better Admiral Dewey shows ins gump tion when he declines to let politi cians put him up as a Presidential puppet. He is one of the gentle men who knows when he has a good thing. ' , It is said that Senator Hoar' never drinks water while speaking. Sensi ble fellow. He always stops speak ing when he wants to drink. : Since the close of the war with Spain there has been a large increase in Spanish immigration. They know more about this country now than they did before. Selected by the Democratic Caucus. Franklin McNeill, "of WUminzton, Chairman of the Board. Special Star, Telegram. Raleigh, N. C., March 3. The Democratic caucus to-night selected the Railroad Commissioners, as fol lows: Prank McNeill, of Wilming ton, chairman; Samuel L. Rogers, of Macon county, and K C. Bedding field, of Wake county. The contest was a long and spirited one, lasting. from 8 o'clock till midnight. After, selecting the Railroad Com 'missioners, the. caucus went into the election of a Commissioner of Agri culture at 1.30t'clock. S. L. Patter son, of Caldwell, was chosen. It is expected that the Legislature will adjourn next Tuesday morning. Murder In Cumberland. yihe Fayetteville Observer of Thurs day says: ' Carver's Creek township is greatly stirred up over a mysterious murder in that township. Coroner Caviness, of Hope' Mills, was summoned there this morning and he passed through here at noon on his way to the seat- of trouble to hold an inquest. Yesterday the body ol a young mu latto woman named Mary. Eliza Blue was found in Monday's creek about 15 miles from Fayetteville with a shawl tied around the head, the skull of which was split open with some blunt instrument Life had been extinct several days. The girl, who lived with a man named Jesse Ray, a well to do farmer, disappeared Monday and the finding of her . body was the result of several days' searcn. (Sus picion is attached to Ray, who, it is said, bas himself disappeared. The Cherokee Indians have drawn the color line by organizing a club which is opposed to white men mar rying red women. . . AT BASIC CITY, VA. It is hot at Manila haven't been, any more lately, either. and there fires there The Contract Awarded. Wilmington's splendid new Masonic Temple is to be completed by Septem ber 25th. Work will commence on the building next week. ; The contract was awarded yesterday to Mr.: D. Gatez, of Knoxville, and work is to be pushed so that the temple will be ready -for occupancy on v the date named above. Mr. Gatez's bid was $30,251.00; but it isunderstood that the contract'as awarded changes the amount by. probably $400. Other bid ders were J. D. Parish, of Louisburg; Jno. C. Stout, Wilmington; Rose and Barrett, Raleigh; Nicholas liner, At lanta; Porter and Godwin, Goldsboro; W. G. Spier, Washington, N.C, and Wagner, of Atlanta.' . - VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR, i Mr. C. W. Vforth President of a Furniture "Mannfactnrlng Company. The current issue of "the Manufac turers' Record has the following item recrardiin? the reorganization of a new furniture manufacturing company, of which one of Wilmington's fore most business men has been chosen president: v " The establishment known as the Basic City School Desk and Furniture Manufacturing Co., of Basic City, Va., has been recently purchased by anoth er syndicate. A new charter has been applied for and it will be- operated under the name of the Basic City Furniture Co., manufacturing bed room suits exclusively. The capital stock will be limited to a minimum of $25,000 and a maximum of $50,000. The officers . of the company' are C. W. Worth, of Wilmington, N.C, presi dent; J. R. Kemper, of Staunton, Va., vice-president rJames M. Walker, of High Point, N. C, secretary and treasurer. The plant will be started up in about thirty days. .. : In addition to the above named offi cers, Mr. DrE. Renter, of High Point, has been electedlsuperintendent, WERE WnjUNQTONIANS. ALL IMPORTANT BILLS PASS. Closing Fight Over the Naval Approprhi : tion on the Price - of . Armor Plate. V: The Agreement Reached on the 7' River and Harbor Bill. . ' - Bt Teitvraph to the Horning Star. Washington, March 4. Vice Pres ident Hobart declared the Senate of the Fifty-fifth Congress adjourned without , day eight- minutes after 12 o'clock, to-day; after, a contin uous session, beginning at 11 o'clock on Friday, with the exception of one hour recess during the forenoon." - The day of final adjournment broke with the Senate in - executive session, disposing of a large number of nomi nations. When the doors were Open there were seen-but a handful of tired and haggard looking Senators, who were waiting for the - final reports from tho conferees on the two bills yet invlispute. Finally Senator Hale appeared .with both. The Deficiency bill was quickly passed and then came the final and - Closing Fight on the Naval Bill and the price of armor plate and for an armor plate factory. This was finally over, and the weary Senators took a short- recess. Upon reassem bling the Senate took on a new ap pearance. The chamber had been cleaned up and the senators came back to the closuag meeting -with a more spruce appearance. Some few attempts at legislation were made, but all were unsuccessful. I Then the galleries filled with gaily dressed visitors, who - were there to; see the final ceremonies. They were not - long permitted to enjoy themselves, as an executive ses sion drove them into the corridors, where they patiently waited for the doors to be opened. When; this was done only five minutes remained of the Congress, but the hands of the clock were turned back ten minutes to give time for the usual complimen tary resolution and the address of the Vice President. j - - President McKinley and. his entire cabinet had come to the capitol and were in the President's room, back of the Senate chamber, where the various bills were hurried for signature. Fin ally, the last big appropriation bill had received the President's approval and eyerything was - 1 - Ready for the Close.; The resolutions thanking Vice Pres ident Hobart and President pro tern Frye were adopted, the Vice Presi dent responding in an appropriate ad dress, and the Senate, which had been in a turmoil, for several days, quietly came to an end, . I It was 3.30 o'clock this morning be fore the River and Harbor bill was dis posed of. The House refused to agree to the Senate amendment, making af appropriation for thelconstruction on reservoirs at the headwaters of the Missouri river. Senator Warren, Re publican, Wyoming, who had fought for the retention of this amendment, yielded and the report,was agreed to. Armor Plate Contention. " Following quickly upon this agree ment, another bone of contention was tossed into the Senate in the form of a partial report' of the NavaT bill con ferees. Senator Hale, of Maine, in charge of the, report, aid ithe con ferees had been unable to agree upon the Senate amendment reducing the price of armor plate to $300 a ton and to that authorizing the construction of a government plant in the i event of the refusal of the armor companies to accept the price fixed by the Senate. Senator Hale moved that the Senate conferees recede from the amendment. This motion created a lively debate, Senator Hale, Senator Tillman of South Carolina, Senator Chandler of New' Hampshire' and Senator Butler of North. Carolina being the leading participants. The Senate voted down Senator Hale's motion and j sent the bill back to conference. ' j At 5:30, Senator Allison, Iowa, pre sented a partial report on the Sundry Civil bill. The conferees still disagreed upon several items, principal among which were the public buildings amendment and that providing for the construction of the Hawaiian cable. Both of these amendments; aroused discussion. The partial report pre-: sented by the conference committee was then adopted. . j On motion of Senator Allison, the Senate receded, after considerable dis cussion from the Senate amendment inserting several public building pro jects,., the bills for which had not passed both branches of Congress. - Senator Butler:--" Will we conclude any contracts for new war vessels un der the pending bill if it 'becomes -a law." v :rXy -j, -- ) Mr. Hale No I thiitk not. I be lieve we shall do no more than get outthe plans and specifications for the authorized ships and decide about turrets and the like. Of course " the Senate conferees had to yield some thing. , - - .'j--..' " . '-.'' Senator Tillman But we seem, to have yielded everything and the House nothing.- -! Senator Hale The Senate con ferees cannot settle this controversy alone. - I - . Senator Tillman But the Senate can. We can place on the House tber responsibility for an extra session. I was never so strongly tempted in my life to say, "this bill shall not pass and become a law, but I . have had as surances from gentlemen on this side of the chamber," waving his hand to ward the Republican side, ."that they will help us out at the next session and I am willing to j accept those assur ances." . ; , ; , ' Butler Passed Through Fayetteville on a Special . With a Party Going South, i Special Star Telegram. x Fayetteville, N. C, "Jlarch 2. Governor Tyler, of Virginia, and party passed here Wednesday on a special car en route for the South. In the same train with the Virginia Gov ernor's car was the car "City of Char lotte," carrying the North Carolina Rolling Exposition. The clever man ager of the North Carolina car ex hibit entertamed-Vireinia's Governor and party, who were all more than pleased at the resources of North Caro lina shown on this car. Mr. L. T. BeattI Dead. rX : Mr..Lucieh T. Beattie, formerly a citizen of Wilmington, died- last Fri day at his home, Gravel Hill, Sampson county, of dropsy. The funeral will take place to-day at Ivanhoe. - Mr. Beattie was for a number of years a naval stores inspector-in this city and had many friends among the business houses on Water street : Mrs. Connor Writes Washington Post of British Ship Diligence Incident. Washington Post, March 2nd. y. Editor 'Post : Please 'permit - me through your columns to thank Dora Harvery Munyon for her reply to Mrs., .Fowler, of Massachusetts, who assert ed in a speech to the Daughters of the American Revolution, that but for Massachusettsthere would have been no- revolution, ' &c . In addition to what Mrs. Munyon says or jNortn Carolina's part in that war I wish to call attention, to the act that when, on the 28th ' of November, 1766, the Captain of the British ship Diligence. attempted to land at Wilmington, N. C, with stamps, he was met by an armed body of men. and was informed that they would resist the landing of the stamps, and would fire on any one attempting it. He did not attempt it. This, daring act was done by well known men in open day, not dis guised as Indians, and occurred ten years before the Declaration of Inde pendence and - eight years before the "Boston Tea Party." : r CMes. H. G. Connor, 'tS-rfi : Wilson,-N. C j I Pacific Cable Project. "Senator Allison then moved that the Senate recede from the remainder of the amendments -in controversy, including the Pacific cablet project This motion was vigorously discussed bv Senator Pettigrew, Senator Chan dler and Senator Butler. The - last i -named denounced the action of the House in delivering "ultimatums" to the Senate - as "cheek concentrated and gall compounded" and an "insult tolthe Senate." j The Senate then voted on Senator Allison's motion to recede from the remaining amendments in j dispute, and it was carried, only three o? four voices being heard in the negative. The final conference report on the District of Columbia appropriation was agreed to without division. Naval Appropriation BiZI. At 8.35 A. M. Senator Hale presented the final conference report onrthe Naval Appropriation bill and it was submitted to the Senate. Senator Hale made a statement concerning its' pro visions, He explained that the report nf the conference committee fixed the price of armor for the ships authorized by this bill at $300 a ton, no contract for the hulls to be made until. the con tracts had been made for the armor. The number , of battleships, armored cruisers and protected cruisers are as fixed in the House bill. The Secre tary of the Navy is authorized to con tract for armor for the ships provided for in the Naval Appropriation bill of 1898 at $400 a ton. , I "That" said Mr. Hale," is the meat of the whole proposition. The report, of agreement leaves out the provision for an armor planV because we could get no recogntion now from theHOuse for such aTroposition." I am frank to say that the result- of the conference does not suit anybody very welL r It does not suit me, but Mr. President, it was tdebest we could oo. '' Objects to Protected Cruisers. Senator Butler denounced the prop osition for the construction, of protect ed cruisers, saying they were of little or no account in war., ' . i. After some further discussion, the conferee report was agreed to without division." ' ; j - , ) This was the last of. the conference agreements on the appropriation bills to be acted upon by the Senate, and its acceptance caused a general sigh of re lief. - i After a recess, -the Senate re-convened at 10:30. Senator Fairbanks moved considera tion of the bill extending the immi gration laws tojthe Hawaiian islands. Senator Pettus objected on behalf of his colleague, Senator Morgan. The bill was, however, taken up and Sena tor tettigrew spoke upon it Senator Morgan; had entered the chamber at this juncture and moved an executive session. The motion prevailed, 32 to 22. - ; . ' Last Legislative Session; At 11.45 ' the doors of . the Senate were opened and the Senate began its last legislative session of the present Congress. I Senator Hoar offered a resolution to appoint a committee of two Senators to join the similar committee of the House to wait upon the President to inform him that the Senate was ready to adjourn and to inquire whether or not he had any further communica tion to offer. The resolution was adopted, and Senators Hoar and Gor man were named as the committee. Senator Hoar reported that the com mittee had waited upon the President of the United States add had been in structed by him to say that he had dis posed of the public business which had been laid before him by the two houses, and that he had no further communi cation to make; that the two houses have reached the end of a very labori ous and important session, and that he wished the members a safe return to their homes. I Senator Cockrell presented the usual resolution of thanks to the Vice Presi dent and Senator Vest The resolution was unanimously adopted. Vice-President Hobart then briefly addressed the Senate, in .which he spoke of the immense amount of work done by Congress, Hand thanked the members-of the Senate for the kind ness received at their hands. House of Representatives. Wearily the House, sat through ' the silent watches of the night recessing from time to time while awaiting con ference reports upon the appropriation bills.. The floor of the House was - lit tered with waste paper which drifted ankle deep about the desks' and made the hall look as if it had been swept by a snow storm.) Still . the weary and -heavy-eved legislators kept at their posts, through the night. The leaders, upon whom the" strain and burden of the closing hours fell most heavily, and the Sneaker, who had the greatest responsibility of all, re mained constantly! in their places, watching vigilantly the progress of the contests between the two houses. The final agreement on the River and Harbor bill, containing the com promise on the Nicaragua canal, was securea anout 3.au a- m. me ounury Civil bill, in which j the House forced the Senate to- surrender the provision for the Pacific cable, about 6 o'clock; e District of Columbia bill, with the . . a i, J 1 A provision for sectarian, insuiuuons eliminated, about 7 o'clock; the De ficiency bUl at 8.30- o'clock, and the final conference report upon the Naval bill at about 9.30 A.jM. A Dreary Scene. - - The " hall - presented a sodden, bedraggled-looking scene When the day light sifting through the ground-glass ceilings dimmed the yellow lights this morning. Outside, a fine drizzling mist was falling, completely shroud ing the top of the dome. The red eyed members sat listlessly in their seats. ' j - With the advent of the day the House began again to take on the appearance of life. Members went be low for baths and breakfast and re turned refreshed to their stations. As early as 730 the people began to pour into tne gaueries, ine nrsi pariy w arrive- being a dozen ladies, who took their places in the public galleries. The important business of the House had been virtually! completed when the House recessed for an hour at 9.30. All that remained was the en mllment of bills and the final cere monies, j , The last legislative act of the House was the passage of a joint' resolution authorizing the acceptance by the United States of a tract of land from the State of Massachusetts. It was now 11.45 by the clock, but at this moment the assistant door-keeper of the House, armed with a long pole, set back, the handalof the clock ten minutes. This raised a loud laugh. But immediately afterward came a Most Dramatic Episode. General Wheeler, pf Alabama, who had carefully refrained . from exercis insr his privileges as a member of the House pending the i determination of the nuestion as to his rizht to a seat in the House, arose from his old seat down near the front of the Demo cratic side and loudly- asked for recog nition. "Mr, Speaker, Mr. Speaker," be called. - .1 . . ..... The Speakers face nnsnea sngnuy but he looked straight ahead ' "I ask unanimous consent to speak for five minutes. "shouted the General. But the Speaker jdisregarded him. Every eye was now riveted on" the di minutive figure of the grizzled old vet eran of two wars. The situation was intensely dramatic j but Mr. Payne, the floor leader of ..the majority, hur ried to the rescue. He moved a recess for ten minutes. j v r :: , ."Pending that, r ask unanimous consent to speak for three minutes," demanded General Wheeler. ' The Speaker then turned . toward him for the' first time c andVk looking straight ' into ; tho a? gray- , eyes of the General, ignored his request 4 - completely, putting the motion of Mr. ' 'rk'- Payne, and declaring it carried. ' . - As the hands of the dock pointed to . t j 'seven minutes to twelve, i although it ' , was really then three minutes past the "';; y- hour, the committee appointed to" wait - .' upon tne resident marcnea aown vne r aisle; -. " ; ."-J- The Speaker had retired to nis room v and Mr. Payne, the Speaker pro tern., was in the chair. Mr. DalzelX.iir, the centre, announced that the committee-; ,, had fulfilled its duty, and that the V President had made reply that he had .r no further, communication to make. '" The President requested to state,', he continued, -that the - Fifty-fifth i Congress had performed its extraordi- -nary duties manfully, and ; he . re-. quested me to extend to each andevey ' member his best wishes for his safe re- ; lurn to uib Bom; . . '. , j. .- Great applause greeted this amend-V-mentl" But five minutes remained. In it was enacted one of the most o!ra matic scenes ever witnessed in the V.' Hall of Representatives, , ' iv Mr. Payne summoned Mr. Dockery, -Democrat, Missouri, to the chair; and he in turn recognized Mr. Bailey, the minority leader- of the 'Congress, to" present the resolutions thanking the -Speaker for. the impartial manner in which he had presided over the de--liberations of the House.,, A great, -hush fell upon the vast concourse in . the galleries as Mr. Bailey began to1 speak, i -'-j'i' He said : "It is an admirable trait of . the American character and it is one . which wilTtend to the permanence of our institutions, ' that no matter how much we may contend against 'each other - over .our. differences of opinion each is always ready to accord ' A to the other whatever praise may be i deserved. .This commendable spirit, has led some shallow ..men to criticise , us, .because they could not compre- -hend how we could so strenuously ' combat the principles of our- adversa- - ries and still respect those adversaries ' themselves. These men do not know . that ' a large majority of the men, in every party of this country Bin cerely believe that a large majority " of the men in every other party are earnestly anxious to promote our country's welfare (Applause). , And . it is out of this broader spirit that a custom has grown,, which is as old as -the House itself, that in the closing hours Of every session there i shall be be offered a resolution like that . which I now send to the clerk's desk. "Resolved, That the thanks of the House are tendered to the Honorable Thomas B. Reed for the able, impar tial and 'dignified manner in which ' he has presided over its deliberations and performed the arduous i and im-.' portant duties of the chair." The reading of the resolution was greeted with tumultuous applause, and after fitting response by the Speaker -the latter I declared the House ad journed sine die. :. GEN. WHEELER'S CASE. i : . . WhaF He Intended to Say When He Asked and Was Denied Permission . to Address the House. . . ' . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. WASHraaTON, March 4.-;:With re ference to his attenofpt to-dayto secure -recognition for the purpose of address ing the House, General Wheeler to night said: ' "Seeing there' was nothing to be, -donein'the House, Lasked unanimous ' consent to speak for five minutes. I was notrecognized, butMr. Payne -was notified.to move a recess of Ave minutes. I then asked that, before that motion was put I be permitted to , address the House for three minutes. If-the Sneaker had submitted my . re quest, I am confident no member of the . House would have objected. J What I intended to say was as fol- ;. lows: "No One reveres the constitution more than myself, and I could not be . induced to - advocate a" construction contrary to the Intent of its framers. "When I received the appointment as a major general of volunteers last May I was requested by persons whose desires 1 could not disregard not to re sign my seaftn Congress. I found that during the present Congress thirty three of its members had been appointed to j offices, and that none of them had re- signed their seats in Congress. I ex amined the decisions- and precedents on the subject and found that, during the 110 years of the existence of ur government hundreds and possibly thousands of I members of Congress -had accepted' offices during their . terms, and that none of them hold-- ing a- temporary office like mine had ever been unseated. I found that 7 the decision of courts, even including four decisions quoted by General Hen derson, took the ground thatinhibi- tions found in the constitution with regard to officers,! referred to! offices of a permanent character j and hot . of a temporary character;! I also found that the Attorney Gen eral of the United States JiacL mndered an elaborate opinion on this subject in which he took precisely the same ground and held that an office in the volunteers was not such an office as was inhibited by the constitution. . "I was anxious for the matter to be brought up in the House and fully discussed, so that the decision would be in harmony with the- spirit ofthe constitution." -:j , .. DISORDERLY NEQR0 -TROOPS. r i Eighth Regiment of Immunes Threaten to ' Burn a Town In Georgia Pre . cautions Taken. By Telegraph to the Morning SUr. Atlanta, Ga March 4.r Sheriff Henry, of Walker county, wired Gov ernor Candler yesterday that he wanted some militia to help preserve order there; The Eighth immunes, which is composed mainly of negroes from Illi nois, Iowa and Wisconsin, is being mustered out and threatening to burn the town,' and the sheriff became alarmed. The Governor sent Colonel O'Bear, a member of his staff, to Lyttle last night to investigate ' and ordered - the . four Atlanta companies of the State military to be ready to move. Mean while, as a precautionary -meaaurc, Governor Candler wired President ; McKinley regarding the trouble and asking him to send a company of regulars tothe scene. He received a reply that one company would be sent from -Huntsville at once. Company Ki of the Sixteenth infantry, arrived at Chickamauga at 7 o'clock to-night and upon hearing this and receiving word from Colonel O'Bear that the situation had been greatly exagger ated, the Governor directed not to - . send militia from . Atlanta, although he will hold them under orders to be . -in readiness f or two days more. .The : Eighth was 'the only regiment at -Chickamauga and the one company of the Sixteenth will probably .be held--, there only a short time as the regiment . is under orders to proceed to Manila. HMuvmer Charmer. Captain Olsen, loaded with coal, from Philadelphia to v Savannah, stranded.: on :. Onancock . : beach, sixteen miles south of Hatteras,;; . N. C. There was a heavy fog at the time The crew or eight were . au saved, but the vessel and cargo . are 4 probably a total loss. - .i it'.-':.