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- ' ' - " . ' " . ' I- 1 ! i : r .; h - i i The Weekly Star. ffM. H. BERNARD.EditorandProp'r. WILMINGTON, N. C.' Feidat, Mat 4, 1888. rw1n wrltlnfr to cbanfre fyonr -addreM, afwayt give former direction u well as fall particulars as where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless yon do both changes can not be made. tarNottoei of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, o., are ohareea for as ordinary adTertisements. bat only hall rates when paid for strlotly In advance. At this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. . " ' "Remittances must be made by Check,Draft Postal Money Order or Registered Detter. Post masters will register letters when desired. tar-Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. 5Speclmen copies forwarded when desired. CHdROIIIIiL AND THIMSIEK8. Lord Randolph Churchill' defec tion is muoh talked of in England and the! London papers diacusa it of coarse. Hew, as we recently aaid, capable of many surprises. He is a very bright, showy, dashing, sarcas tic young politician, without very de cided convictions, we may suppose. He has no great reverence for digni ty a8e r ability. His impudent and indolent assault upon Mr. Gladstone will he recalled. He is thought to have taken the late Benjamin Dis raeli as bis model. But it is not every man who could play the part of that adroit trimmer and dealer in biting saws and pointed? personalities, part stolen and part origlnal.Churchill may have taken his model because be wears party fealtj .so lightly and does not choose to encumber himself with excessive principles. Many poli ticians are heavily handicapped if they are made to carry a flag with pnnoiples emblazoned there on and they are expected to be earnest and consistent in their maintenance. They 4 do' be lieve in principles, exoept as decora tive things and alluring declarations. They never seriously attach any im portance to principles. They be lieve they are good things to pretend to have, but like the Sunday garb df many professed followers of Christ, they are jauntily worn as an adorn ment of respectability, and are thrown aside with the Sunday dress. So if a politician of this school of the f ree-and-go-easy can make a t em porary triumph and be on the safe side for the nonce that is all he aims . to accomplish. He will be ready by the next campaign with a new set of declarations, and with a fresh supply of political clap-trap, and the dear people will be bamboozled again. Lord Randolph Churchill would be a success if in America. His dash, his brilliant points, his bold, slashing manner: of attaok in the Blaine style and his easy manner veering with the wind, would make him a decided success in American politics. This latter day disciple of Disraeli is thus Times: referred to by the N. Y. "There is no reason to believe that Dist raeli at any time personally had any politics. He would perhaps have said" that political opinions were a luxury beyond the reach of a man to whom it was necessary to 'get on' in practical politics. He had. how ever, the faculty of making neat And epi grammatic statements, laudatory or satiri cal upon the political opinions of other people. This faculty his disciple does not share; but be does share the cynical con tempt! for those opinions and the cynical willingness to make use of them for his own purposes. ; "A jman in this condition of mind has unusual advantages for playing the game of politics, j When, therefore, Lord Randolph ' announces that he must part company with the Government because it has failed to re deem its pledges with regard to local gov ernment in Ireland, the announcement does not mean that he is in favor of local gov ernment for Ireland or that he is against it." i i . We are glad of his temporary bolt. He will not certainly strengthen by this Icourse the bands of Toryism, and we are quite content for the young Lord to make political sum mersaults every few weeks bo he does not ipjure thereby the noble cause of Irelandl. The Tories are evidently disturbed by his defection and that is a good indication. It is beginning to be j believed that a majority of English voters no longer favor the merciless, reckless, illegal course of the Tories. Churchill ! may discern the signs of the times. 1 SOfTlBTIlING RIOHE NEEDED. a uo jjaiMiuurtj jmericun a ne publican paper sees that its party is doing nothing in the South, and it undertakes to tell the leaders the on ly way that its old corrupt party can ever regain influence in this great eectioD. It says: ' "They need only the positive assuranc3 oi ireeaom irom jrederal interference to break down the barrier which their feari have erected. Inasmuch, therefore. ! as acrimonious criticism and downright abuse have failed utterly to break the solid South, it would seem the part of wisdom to trv conciliation and the strength of Republi can principles, reinforced by the pregnant example of fair elections and honest meth ods throughout the North, wherever the liepuoiicans are in power' It will take much more than "the positive assurance of freedom from Federal interference" to give the Re publican party dominancy in the South. It must have character, a t policy that is moral and just and constitutional, and a very differ ent, set of leaders before it can ever command the respect and sym j pathies of true, honorable, upright , men of the South. A party's morale j oan be detected in the manner 6f men it honors. No party can be re- j v .. sptsuiicu "jr uuuiucru men that IS proud of the Stantons, the Mortons, the Garnelds, the Delanos, the Chandlers, the George H.Williamses, the Taf ts, the Sewards, of the past, and the Blaines, the Shermans, the Forakers, he Ingallses and the re- , 'attainder of the bad orew. ' j j The Southern whites have been fully, warned. -They, know that the Republican party is not friendly to the South at heart, and that any pol- icy of conciliation i and kindness would be dictated by the .sheerest canning and the meanest instincts of basest natures. Saoh a policy would be the suggestions of mere earthly. Wisdom and not the j promptings of noble manhood. After all the inso lent assaults and vitriolic vaporings it is too late for the Southern whites to be beguiled into the embraces of a blighting Radicalism. ; &EEK. SUEBTIIfG GREEK. Ingalls was unusually moderate in his attack upon the two distinguished Democratic Generals of the Union army McClellan and Hancock. He did not brand them j with epithets, but contented himself by an absurd statement that in his previous speech he had not referred to their war re cords, but only to their political re cords. He was particularly severe upon Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, and attempted - to prove that he had been an open traitor j to the Union oause in the midst of war. Mr, Voorhees was naturally indignant and the Kansas Senator and his oo assailants now wear a big brasB col lar with liar stamped upon it Said Voorhees with great' earnestness and direotness: '!'''. j" j "The Senator is a great liar when be in timates such a thing a great liar and a dirty dog. It never occurred; never in the woild That is all the answer I have, and I pass it back to the scoundrel behind the Senator who is instigating these lies." . If that language had been applied to any "rebel Brigadier" in the Sen ate, there would have been a racket or worse. Senator Voorhees'a lan guarwas not ! exaotly parliamen tary, but it was very emphatic, and no doubt deserved. Mr. Ingalls real ly seems to be well described. The picture of that "poor, small mouse creeping off" after the Kansas moun tain had undergone its mighty la bors, was aptly and artistically drawn Parturiunt tnontes nascitur j ridi cuius mu8. - ... . j No one doubts Ingalls's brilliancy and bitterness, j He is sarcastic, sour and sardonic. He coddles bile and hatred, and sucks his own venom that he, may spit it j out upon the South that moves on utterly disregardf ul of his slanders and denunciation, and only stopB long enough on its up ward career to give the Kansas viper a kick by way of reminder of the curse denounced long ago against his forefathers "Upon thy "belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat" all the days of thy life." INCOMPETENT JUDICIARY. 'There have been six or seven homicides in Richmond county within the last twelve months Rockingham Socket "And yet some cf the Judges will have it that crime is decreasing in North Caro lina. We have no doubt that there are ten homicides in the State now where there was one before the war - Wilmington Star. "Tcie is a very severe comment on the administration of justice bvthe Democratic judiciary, and is more forcible because it comes from the leading Democratic Journal thi Wilmington Stab. Raleigh Signal, The point is that crime is not de creasing. Ibis does not prove "in competency" on the part of the "Ju diciary" of the ! State. We suppose at no time were the people ever bet ter 1 served. We suppose that the ability of the present Superior Court Bench will compare with any period before the war.1 and is incomDara- i i- i bly: superior to .what it was un der; the Republican rule when Sam Watts, old man Cloud and other legal ignoramuses rode the cir coits. We have no doubt that the character of the present Bench is as good as it has ever been in the history of the State, and infinitely beyond the Republican standard of Jones Watte, Tourgee and the others. The deff ct is cot in having a weak or in competent Judiciary, for such is not the fact; but in defective criminal laws, in a false public sentiment that sympathises with criminals, and in a failure of all good citizens to do their duty as custodians and jurors. The jury system has a great deal to do with the increase of crime. The negroes are the chief criminals and this grows out of the new order of things. Before the war murders oc curred chiefly among the whites. The Democrats have no cause to be asuamea or ineir judioiarv as a I whole. It will compare with the best in the past.. ! Melville W. Fuller, the new Chief Justice of the United States, was Mr. Cleveland's first choice. Judge Ful ler is about 55 years old. It was all a dodge when he inquired about Minister Phelps. It seems the Fres ident had determined UDon Fuller from the first provided the Republi- cans would confirm him. He was born in Maine in 1833, and is a grad uate of Bowdoin oollege. He attend ed the Harvard Law School. A sketch of him. says: I "In 1861 he was elected a membnr of th mate uonstltutlonal Convention. Tn 1R2 he was chosen to the legislature and al though a Democrat running each time in strong itepuoucan aistrict, be was victori ous by laree malorities. He was a daWntA to the Danmcratic National Cor.vr ntion of ieoi, '73. 70 and 'SO In 1860 he wks de lected by the citizens to deliver ko address or wticine to Steputn A. Douglas. In 10D3 Juagd Fuller married Calista O. Rey nolds, and after her deceano Mun "TCHbA daughter of the distinguished banker, Wil liam s. uooinausb. tie has emtat dauirh. .... n i w i " iters. ! Representative Kerr, Republican, Of Iowa, in a recent ProLentinn speech in the House, said: j ."He approved a reduction of the revenue by the abolition of the Internal revenue tax. The time had come, he thought, in the hit- y oi me American government for the nation to declare that henceforth it would take no share in the profit of the tale of lAAkAlU II M Justso! This is the Republican plan, as the Stas has said a hundred wmee. uigh neoessaries and free drinks and smokes. I T Representative Isidor Ray nor, of Maryland; made an effective speech in the House against the unconstitu tional Republican Tariff. His speech was dashing and j rhetorical. His conclusion was - specially " brilliant. He said: jv f:- ! "He was for revenue reform, because he was a Democrat, not that kind of a Dem ocrat who gathered bis inspiration from the blast furnaces of Pennsylvania or the woollen mills of. Massachusetts. The Dem ocratic party had been the enemy of mo nopolies, and when they were struck down (as struck down they would be) on their ruins it would live its promises fulfilled, it manhood asserted, its honor unsullied; and it would receive, under the leadership of him who led it now (and who was as dauntless a i champion as patriotism ever possessed and as fearless a foe a: corruption ever encountered), the renewed fealty of the people. Applause. 1 But if It locked hands with monopoly, the handwriting was on the wall, forjreachery could never triumph and a lie could never live. Ap plause." ' . ' t ' 1 During the Low, Tariff period the wages of working people rose 40 per cent. All sorts of hostile prophecies were made, but the fact remains that the most prosperous era in our coun try was under the Walker .bow Tariff. United Slates ronrta. The U. Si District Court met at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Present: His Honor A. S. Seymour, Judge pre siding; Assistant District Attorney Peebles and Marshal V-V. Richard son. ! 1 i . ; The following were drawn as the grand jury for thej term: Sam'l Nor throp, foreman; : J. B. Evans, Wm. Johnson, R. T. Britt, George Leonard, J. B. Faulk, R.T. Williams, W. McLau rin, S. G. Wooten, A, G. Smith, James L. Mills, JJ P. Stanley, M. G. Chad- wick, R, W. McKeithan, W. P. Buie, R. H. Murphy, R M. Fowler and J no. F. Garrell. ! ! The case against Wm. McKoy, for failing to keep distillers' books, was continued. ! M The case ! against Walter Taft, for carrying passengers on a steambot without license, was dismissed. Wm. Ellis, a fifteen-year old white boy, charged with robbing the post- office at Floral College, was placed on trial. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and! the Court sentenced the youthful culprit ' to one year's impri sonment at hard labor. In pronounc ing judgment thej Court announced that as a juvenile offender, Ellis will be imprisoned in a house of refuge to be dt signated by the Attorney Gene ral, in accordance with section 5549 of the Revised Statutes. The case Df Geo. McJackson and A. B. Walker, set fa., was ordered off the docket. - - ! hi'..:. Case of Joel W.BIackman, for costs. was continued. ! At 5 o'clock in; the ' afternoon the grand and, petite juries were dis charged and the Court took a recess until 8 o'clock this I morning, when the business of the term will be con cluded. ' I CIRCUIT COURT. The following cases were called: The New Jersey and North Caroli na Land and Lumber Co. vs. Henry C. Long, of Brunswick county. Con tinued by consent. I The New Jersey and North Carolina Land and Lumber Co. vs. Arch'd F. Ularfc, Dngald Clark, and C Frans Clark. Continued: 3 ', The New Jersey and North Caro lina Land and Lumber Co. vs. Sam'l Clevis, Henry Smith and Asbnry Lit tle. Continued. I 1 Jacob Greenwald vs. the Asheville & Spartanburg R. R. Co. Suit for damages. Continued on account of absence of K. x. HcAden, defendants to pay costs of this term and case set for trial on Wednesday of Fall term. n emorlal Biographies. Mr. Stephen B. Weeks, Secretary of the N. C. Historical Society of the State University, ail Chapel Hill, has sent a copy! of the J following circular to the Star, with the request to pub lish the same: Mi. To the Alumni of the University of JSortn Carolina, their relatives ana friends : 1 i i Acting under the auspices of the Alumni Association, and of the N. C. Historical Society, i I have begun to collect materials for a volume, to be entitled "Memorial Biographies of the Confederate Dead of the Univer sity of North Carolina." I desire the following questions answered about each of these soldiers: Name in full; date of birth, with names of parents. (maiden name of mother); date of death; if married, to whom; profes sion; company, regiment, brisrade. &c., in which he served; all offices held, with date of commission; bat tles in wmch he fought; place of reel dence when he went into the army; political, professional or literary hon ors received; other items in his career of interest,! with an estimate of his character. i ; Beside the tablets in Memorial Hall, this is the first effort that has been made I to preserve their names and deeds from foreetfulness. The memory of their heroism is too valua ble to be lost. It I must be preserved ior coming generations; Time is rap idly destroying all vestiges of the past. Memorials such as these must be gathered soon or never. There -fore, let me urge upon all friends of cne dead cne importance of seeing that sketches of their relatives and friends are promptly furnished me, that the volume may be as complete, iuii and accurate as possioie. GEORGIA. A MarcHanC Waylaid and RI ordered by . a Near The Villain Carried to Ida eon to Prevent Lynchlnc. Macon. April 80. Sheriff Fountain, of Wilkinson county, arrived here this morn ing with the negro, Will Collins, who shot and instantly kUted J. A. Sheffield. prominent merchant of Irwinton, in that county, Saturday night While Mr. bhef field was on his way home Collins, who stood in the corner ot a fence on the road' side, killed him with a shot-gun. He after wards robbed him. i The people of the town turned out and captured Collins, tracking him from the scene of the murder. lie was brought here to prevent lynching. VIRGINIA. A Peanut Trust Formed In Norfolk. Norfolk. April 80. A neanut trust has baen formed in this : city, embracing firms engaged in the peanut trade in St. Louis. Cincinnati, New York and Norfolk, Peters burg ;ana omunneia, va., in fact, the en tire peanut Interest in the country, with the exception oi inree small lactones. A presl dent and board of i directors have been elected. i Wkts Other Gnarma Hav Faded a sound, white set! of teeth redeems the countenance. But they should be brushed with BOZODONT to keep them in a health condition. The breath, moreover, is ner- f timed by this delightful toilet article, which has, to a great extent, superseded the old fashioned powders and pastes. It is well named SOZQDONT, a word derived from the Greek and signifying a preservative of the teeth. No dealer who says that some otP dentifrice possesses qualities identical with BOZODONT, or superior to it, should uq vrouiwa. i &sk lor BUZ.OJJOJHT. f aad sal eld. Intelligence was brought to this city yesterday that a white woman, supposed to be the wife of Mr. Richie Ransom of McColL S. O., committed suicide by drowning in Lumber river, near Alma, Robeson county, last Sunday. The unfortunate woman was seen passing j through Maxton Sunday afternoon, going in the direc tion of Alma two miles east of Max ton. She was next seen by a colored man ' on. the bridge " over" Lumber river, just east of Alma. The woman inquired if that was the - way to Red Banks. She was crying and seemed to be : in great distress, and told the man that she had been in trouble a long time. The colored man was disposed to talk longer with her, but she , told him to go on and he moved away. When he got about fifty yards from the - woman, he saw her take : off her - shoes and remove her dress; and immediately T afterwards she jumpedoff- the bridge j and ; into the water. The , - colored , man ran back, but could see no trace of her. . He reported the matter at once, and search being made the woman's body was found yesterday morning about two hundred ! yards below the bridge, where her press and shoes had been lefti . ; ; - h . J The body was that of a woman about forty-five- years of age. Mrs. Ransom's friends were telegraphed to and were expected at Alma last night to identify the body. It Is said that Mrs. Ransom had fits of insanity, and it is supposed was laboringjinder one of these attacks at the time. A Rrnirkakl Hall Stoma. Capt. Smith, of the ! steamer D. Murchison, whieh arrived about 11 o'clock last night from Fayette ville, reports a terrific hail storm on the river. ' " - . ' . ' " In the neighborhood of Brown's Landing and Kelly's Cove, at five o'clock in the afternoon, the storm was very severe, j The stones were as large as guinea-eggs and fell In such quantity as to cover the ground. The Murchison oame along an hour and a half afterwards, and the captain says he found hail stones as large as part ridge eggs lying all : over the ground. The surface of the river was literally green with leaves ; beaten from the trees. At Brown's Landing such was the severity of the storm, cattle ran ildly for their homes, and at Kelly's Cove the swine ran squealing in search of shelter. - I At seven and a half o'clock in the evening, while the ! steamer was at King'sBluff, there was another hail storm, but nothing like the one above mentioned, although the stones were about the size of marbles. The duration ! of the j storm was stated by persons on the river at about half an hour. ! Its extent is not known, although there are reports of a storm of a similar character at Clarkton, the j Carolina Central railroad. There can be no question that growing crops on the line of the storm were seriously injured. Accident on tho Balk A passenger train bound South on the W. Si W. railroad was thrown from the track near Enfield Sunday afternoon last. Two coaches and two Pullman sleepers iwere' over turned, but fortunately no one was seriously injured, only two persons being hurt Mr. Lanier! of Rooky Mount and Mr. Morgan, the news agent on the train , Mr. Morgan at tempted to jump from the train and fell, and was thought to have sus tained some internal injury, but he was reported as much better yester day, and Mr. Lanier was said to be improving also. Both are at Enfield, and receiving every possible atten tion, by order of the railroad authori ties. The accident was caused by the rails spreading. Within two hours after it occurred the track was cleared and travel resumed. j Forolcn exports. The following is a statement of ex ports to foreign countries during the month of April, as taken from the books at the Custom House, viz: Germany Rosin.3,471 barrels; value $3,750. . i England Rosin, 4,503 barrels, value 4,711. - ' ! I . British west Indies Lumber, 482, 000 feet, value $7,976; shingles, 25,000, value, $150. i Hayti Lumber, 796,000 feet, value $10,304; shingles, 800,'000, value $1, 700. I Russia Rosin, 3,676 barrels, value $3,830. . Total 11,650 bbls rosin, value $12,- 281; 1,278,000 feet lumber, value $18, 280; 325,000 shingles, value $1,850. Tns Street Railway. j A force of about twenty-five hands began work yesterday for the street railway, on Front street near the At lantic Coast Line depotj The line as decided will run down Front toCastle, and up Castle to Eighth street. From Front, street up Princess to Fifth, thence on Fifth to Market, and up Market to Tenth street to connect with the Seacoast Railway at that point. A' branch line j will run on North Fourth street by way ot Red Cross or Campbell street to Oakdale Cemetery. Cumberland Coanty. A correspondent at Fayette ville writes, that to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late sheriff Mo- Queen, the county commissioners of Cumberland have appointed Mr. Henry C. Fisher sheriff. Mr. Jno. B. ceedMr. Fisher, and Mr. H.L. HalL to succeed Mr. Troy as register. For the Star. Duplin Gonnty Democratic Primary I Elections. - On Saturday! May 12th, 1888, each wnuDuip wui eieoe enree delegates the Congressional Convention to held at Goldsboro. . Mav 23rrt and three delegates to the State Conven tion, w oe nem ai uaieigb, May 80th. The elections will be held at the usual voting place in each townshin. under the direction of three pou- Am i L 1 A . . . uuiuoid, uv uo appginiea Dy tne Chairman of the County Executive uuuuiuiuw, wuo will give one notice of the time and place of the election, and keep the polls open from li a m. till 3 p. m., and send names of dele gates elected to the Chairman of the County Executive Committee imme- aiateiy alter we election. . sent to the Wkkkdy Stab and Messen- gtr ior puoucauon. j By order of the Democratic Execu- uto jsui.uiktmm ui xupun county. -m W. BiiOtunr, Chm'n. Wm. H. Giudy, Seo'y. April ov;u looo. Oaptnred and Aoandonsd - Property BXelrlllo W. Fnllsr. of, Illinois NomlnaUd for Cnlsf Jnstios. T 1 , Br Telograpn to tho Morning; Star, WAaKtHSTOir. Anril 80. The President has tent the following nomination to the Senate, vra: Melville W, Fuller, of Illinois, to be Chief Justice of the United States. Judge Fuller is a native of Maine, and is a graadson of ex-Chief Justice Weston, of that State. - Be has. however, been a resi dent of Illinois for many years, and has obtained a prominent place at the bar of Chicago.- He is a personal mend or the President, and is well knowa ln this city from hia frequent visits here oh business before the Supreme Court He was not an applicant, sod has not been in Wash ington since the -death of Chief ' Justice Waite - ' -'-w;v. : "- -" Representative Springer said the appoint mcnt of Mr. Fuller as Chief Justice was the very best one that the President could have made. Mr. Fuller is preeminent in bis profession, is of unimpeachable integ rity, and hia private character is exemplary in every respect. He is about 54 years ot age, is in good health, and gives promise of a long and brilliant career onr the bench. He is exceedingly courteous in his manner, but firm and unyielding in his convictions of right. . He is net a partisan, but is a De mocrat in the enlarged and better tense a. Democrat from principle. His appointment will give great satisfaction to the people of Illinois and the Northwest without regard to party, and to the entire country as soon as his character and great abilities are known. ' . Senator Cullom, Rep., says: "I have known Mr. Fuller for 25 years or more He is a scholar and is possessed I of more than ordinary literary attainments. I re gard him as an excellent lawyer and am sure be will make an excellent Chief Jus tice." .!' Representative TownBhtnd. of Illinois, a warm friend, and who urged the appoint ment of Melville W. Fuller, as Chief Jus tice of the Supreme Court, says that Mr. Fuller is one of the ablest lawyers and m .st accomplished gentlemen in the United Spates His 'manners are very agreeable. He is popular with all "who know him. His private and public life is free from any stain whatever. He is about 54 years old and bat been a life long Democrat. He was a member of the Illinois Legislature twenty-five years ago, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1870. He distinguished himself in both those poeitiocs Mr. Townshend thinks that the President has made as good a sel&ction for Chief Justice as the country affords, and that Mr Fuller will not disappoint the ex pectation of any of his friends in the high position he has been placed. He feels very confident that Mr Fuller's appointment will be confirmed. i Judge Cooley. chairman of the later' State Commerce Commission, said tho ap pointment was a most excellent one He telegraphed Mr. Fuller his congratulations. Washington April 80 The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed a committee, cocsistiog of Treasurer Hyatt, Supervising Special Agent Jewell, and Mr. Okie, Chief of the Mercantile Marine Division, to make an inventory of all captured and abandoned property which has remained unclaimed in the vaults of the Treasury ever since the war. for the purpose of disposing of it at public auction to the highest bidder. The property consists principally of watches, watch chains, etc., and includes One val uable diamond pin. j . Washihgtow. May 2. In secret session to-day, - Mr. Sherman reported back the Chinese treaty from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, with recommenda tions of the committee that it be ratified. The committee has made two minor amend ments one providiog that the prohibition al features of the treaty shall apply to those who are nov absent from the country, re gardless of any certificates they may bold, and the other requires that classes privi leged to return shall only be permitted to lnod upon printing certificates issued sub sequent to the present time. Mr. 8hermau atked that the treaty be taken up to-day, but objection was made and it went over. Offers of bonds to the Treasury for re demption to day aggregated $776,800. in lots from $100 to $i00.000. Of these $48. 500 were coupon fours, and $260,100 re gibteied fours at $1.2rH; and $177,200 re idsf red four and half at $1 07 J and 500 coupon four and half at $1.07 were ac cepted . HEW YORK. A Policeman Caacnt Hoboing n Storo til arrest. Trial. Conviction and Sentence. ' By Telegraph to tho Moraine Star. Nbw York. April 80. Charles Rickerd, a policeman of this city, was caught in the net of burglarizing the rooms of Reilly & Mclibeuny, at 83 Nassau stree', while on duty early this morning. The firm hsd reported goods missing from their place at different times. Captain McLaughlin, of the first precinct, to whom complaint was msdd, requested to be furnished with a du plicate key to the auction room, which was done. He then had his detectives enter the store after the close of the busi ness and await developments. They watched throughout Saturday night and Sunday without result. Their vigil was rewarded, however, about three o'clock this morning, when they heard the front door open and saw to their surprise one of their own comrades enter the store. They followed him, cat-like, about the premises, and watched him calmly help himself to various articles of silver plated ware. Rickerd left the sioro, closely followed by the detectives. They arrested the cnlprit while be was trying to hide a silver tea pot in the basement area of an adjoin ing building. ' Rickerd confessed to having been pilfering from the premises for a week or more. He was a soldier in the regula army until two years ago, having completed a term of five years at that time, j He was latterly stationed at Governor's Island, and upon bis discharge was recommended to the Police Commissioner by Gen. Han cock. The papers in Rickerd's case were at once laid before the grand jury, which was in session. An indictment for grand larceny in the first degree was found. He was taken from the Tombs to the Court of General Sessions and arraigned before Recorder Smyth where he pleaded guilty. At 1.50 o'clock, a little over ten hours from the time his crime was detected, he was sentenced to the State prison for ten years. Rickerd wbs at once taken from the court . room to the Grand Central depot on his way to Single Sing. He will be in convict stripes in a little more than twelve hours from the time of his arrest. .This is supposed to be the best tima on record in this city's criminal courts in a case of such gravity. When Rickerd appeared in Court he was in civilian dress, his uniform having been stripped from him after Superintendent Murray had torn the buttons off the coat. NOTABLE OPERATION. The Eye of a Babbit Transplanted to Baman Eyo. Philadelphia, April 29. One pf the most delicate and notable surgical opera tions ever performed in the world occurred in this city to-day, it being nothing less than the transplantation of a portion of the eyo of a rabbit to the eye of a human be ing. The object of the operation was to re lieve the obscurity of the eye of the patient, which was caused by inftammation, and which produced in time an opaque surf ace. The patient was a servant girl. The opera tion took place At the Germantown hos pital, under the immediate direction of Dr. 8. Webster Fox, Opthalmic Surgeon of the institution,. who witnessed one of the only two other operations of this nature which have been performed in the world, in Ger many last year, it being performed by Prof. Yon Hippie, of Giessen, Germany. MISSISSIPPI. Affray Between the Postmaster of - JTaekson'nnd a newspaper man Both KUIed-A Negro Bavlsner Lynched at Vicksbnrg.; I Br Telegraph to the Mornuut JBtar.' Naw Oblbans, May 1. A ! Jackson, Miss., special says : General Wirt Adams, postmaster, and John H. Martin, editor of the New Mususippian, met in the street at 2.85 this afternoon and opened fire on each other. Gen. Adams was hit three or four times in the head, and Martin was hit twice. Both are dead. J j Nbw Oblbajts, May 1. A special' from Yicksburg says Jim Harris, colored, who criminally assaulted Mrs. M. Simmons, Sunday night, was lynched last night. Harris refused to confess to the last. It is said that he had two accomplices, but he would tell nothing. . ,i Digest ot supreme Conrt Decisions Raleigh NewsObserver. - -Leak vs. Covington. . , Held,' A surety on proof of what lie' had been compelled to pay nnder an adjudication he could not success fully resist may make his c surety share in the loss without establishing the claim a second! time which the common creditor had agaiost both; and to that end the record of the ac tion against him is admissible in- evi dence against his ce-surety. . . ' (Held, That where there is vi dence of the loss of court papers, the finding of the fact by the judge that they are lost is not reviewable. 1 Held, That general reputation as to insolvency is admissible. j Held, The statute begins to run against a surety paying the debt only on payment, by which his right to sue his oo surety aeorued. Hemphill vs. Hemphill. Although certain equitable cases may be tried by the judge without the intervention of a jury, yet where the parties submit to a jury trial, the facts found by the jury cannot be reviewed by the court. The verdict may be set aside, but oannot be re ferred or amended. The rule that declarations alone are insufficient to show a trust relates to admissions of a trust antecedently created, and does not extend to such admissions as create a trust and annex it to the legal estate. Where a father who has always remained in possession seeks to establish a trust against his son who had pnrohased at execution sale years before, ; the defence of a State demand oatrnot be maintained. Where there is. evidence, the Su preme Court cannot pass on its suffi ciency to support the finding of the Livingston vs. Uuolap. The admission of immaterial evi dence is not ground for a new trial unless from its nature or application it may mislead the jury. The party complaining must show he probably was prejudiced thereby. Caldwell vs. summers. Plaintiff had purchased and given notes tor a bouse owned by defend ant on the representation that the cellar to said house was dry, and the bouse healthy. After moving in she discovered that the water rose in the cellar and she removed from the bouse and gave notice of a purpose to abandon the contract, and even tually broughtsuit to sustain the de fendant from selling the notes and for geneial relief. I Held, That when the case made in the complaint and answer in sueh an action shows' probable grounds for relief, a sustaining order will be granted until the case can be tried on the merits. Freeman vs. Leonard. j When a sheriff levies on a boiler, mill and fixtures and treating the same as personally sold after an ad vertisement of only nine days at the court house, and the plaintiff sues for the penalty of $200 for selling real estate without due advertisement and the Superior, Conrt holds that the fixtures, &c., were realty but charged the jury that the purchase was made in behalf of the defendants in execu tion, it was no sale in law. j Held, That the levy put the prop erty in the officer and by the sale the legal title passed to the purchaser. i Held, Then the penalty is incurred when a sale is made in violation oft the statute. (Davis, J., dissenting.) j Held, When a defendant relies on a defence he must plead it, there must be aUogata as well tn probata. A new promise to pay a debt other wise discharged by bankruptcy pro ceedings, is valid, where no fraud is alleged. v 1 When there is no alleged differ ence to which special instructions asked are applicable, said instruc tions are not warranted. COTTON. Nsw York. Anril 27 The mnvo. ment of the crop, as indicated by our -l .1 a . . . . 1 . telegrams irom ine ooutn to-mgnt, is given below. For the week end ing this evening (April 27) the total receipts have reached 30,641 bales, against 27,980 bales last week, 28, 504 bales the "previous week, and 39,563 bales three weeks since mak ing the total receipts since the 1st of Sept., 1887, 5,220,725 bales, against 5,122,154 bales for the same period of 1886, showing an increase since Sept. 1, 1887, of 98,571 bales. The exports for the week ending this evening show a total of 92,642 bales, of which 55,843 were to Great Britain, 12,677 to France and 24,122 to the rest of the continent. I Yesterday a.buoyant opening was followed by depression, under the full issue of short notices for May delivery, which were thrown upon the market, and subsequently by pur chases for arrival to be exported. To-day the market was depressed by unfavorable foreign advices. Cot ton on the Bpot met with a fair de mand for export and home consump tion, and on Wednesday some specu latisn was reported. Yesterday quo tations were advanced l-16c. To day the market i was quieter but steady at 9 13-16o for middling up lands. The total sales for forward deliv ery for theweek are 289,200 bales. ttnpreme conru I . Raleigh News-Observer. Court met at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. Appeals from the 11th district were disposed of as follows: Spring vs. Schenck; argued by Jones & Tillett for plaintiff,and Bur well fc Walker for defendant. . i Phifervs. Erwin, from Mecklen burg; argued by Jones & Tillett for plaintiff and Burwell & Walker for defendant. Simpson vs. Simpson, from Union; argued by W. P. Bynum for plain tiff, and E. C. Smith for defendant. j Harden vs. Ledbetter, from Ruth erford; argued by W. P. Bynum for plaintiff, and Battle & Mordecai for defendant. ! Davidson vs; Gifford; argued by W. P. Bynum and Jones & Tillett for plaintiff, and Burwell & Walker for defendant. ! Charlotte Planing Mills vs. Mo Ninct, from Mecklenburg; argued by Burwell & Walker for plaintiff, and Jones & Tillett for defendant. Harmon vs. Henderson; argued by Burwell A Walker for plaintiff and W. P. Bynum for defendant. I Foundry Company vs. Killian; ar gued by IV L. Witherspoon for plaintiff; no counsel contra. -i Caddellvs. Allen; argued by P. D. Walker for plaintiff and E. C Smith for defendant j Good style is good sense, good health. fef.rniJoa but a bottle of h?vCU1 SyroP good benefac tion that suffering humanity has already learned to appreciate. Spirits Tuieiitine. ; -j- No Raleigh News- Observer yesterday. What is the matter ; with Charlotte and Raleigh papers? . -4- R. H. Boat j has been captured and carried back to Asheville. In default of $500 bail he has been lodged in jail. -if .- ' ' ?4- George Cowan offers a reward for the capture of his son John, who shot him not ' long- ago in Rowan county. ; . , V- . -r- Tarboro Southerner: The lum ber mills of Mr. P. Raseoe, of Wind sor, Monday night, were destroyed by fire: loss. S3.000 no insurance. Shelby New Era: The revival at the Methodist church closed last week and on Sunday seven new mem bers were admitted to the church, . ---Edenton Enquirer: In Eden ton there are eighty-eight business enterpriseSjbesides green grocers, me chanics, fishermen, &o., who are gen erally large dealers. if- Lumberton itofesonian: Mr. J. M. Dees,J carpenter employed on the Stansel building, fell from a scaffold last Monday morning, - sustaining painful but not serious injuries. 4 Concord Times .. An enthusi astic meeting was held in Mt. Pleas ant last Tuesday night in the interests of the railroad from Concord to Albe marle.' A large delegation from Con cord, accompanied by Maj. Wilson, was present. . -j ',. -Elizabethtown Enterprise: . A young man named Willie Baker, and claiming to hail 'from Wilmington, stole from the painter at work on Mr. John H. Clark's honuse, his entire lot of brushes, paints, &c, and made his escape a few days ago. 1 1- High Point Enterprise: The Baptist church has invited Rev. Mr. Farrlss, of "Wake Forest, to visit High Point, on which occasion it is proposed to engage his services regu larly. Mr. Farriss is a young minis ter!, and a short time since was on the editorial staff of the Raleigh Biblical. Recorder. ! Durham Recorder: Mr. James Rogers, who lives a few miles from town, had the misfortune to lose by fire on Saturday i morning his crib containing about 500 bushels of corn, and his barn containing a large amount of rough food. James E.Boyd has been endorsed by the Guilford county Republicans for Gov ernor. f N.C Presbyterian: At second quarterly communion (Hopewell), in Mecklenburg, Presbytery, April 1st, we had five additions In my pastor ate of not quite three years we have over forty added to the communion lisjt. In; a little over , ten years we have dismissed -about one hundred and forty; present membership, 237; age of Hopewell church, 123 years. In her home for the dead sleeps the re mains of John McKnitt- Alexander, General! Davidson, of Cowan's Ford fame, with many other worthies of whom history speaketh not. I I Fayetteville Journal: ' Captain Tomlinson, of the steamer Cape Fear, informed us Saturday that his steam er will be put on the marine railway in Wilmington this week to undergo thorough repair. Just as we were going to press we learned that the county commissioners met this morn ing and elected Mr. H. C. Fisher sheriff, to fill the vacancy in that office. Mr: Fisher is the popular reg ister of i deed's, and his election as sheriff- left the office of register of deeds vacant, and Mr. H. L. Hall, of Black River township was elected register.! - j ! 4-Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. W. N. jPrather, proprietor of the Bon Ton Bakery, was assaulted by a ne gro and painfully i hurt, while going home from his place of business, last Saturday night. Dr. Paul Bar ringer, M. D., has opened a regular Medical School at Davidson College. He will be assisted in chemical and natural Science by Professors Martin and Smith. We understand that Rev. G. L. Cook, who has served as Eastor of Paw Creek Presbyterian hurch in this county for some years past, last Sunday tendered his resig nation as pastor of that church. - Goldsboro Argus: Some ap proximate idea of i the building boom that is now in vogue in Goldsboro may be . formed from the fact that notwithstanding we have three of the largest and best equipped brickyards in the State, the supply of brick is exhausted. The installation ser vices at the Presbyterian Church in this city Sunday were attended by crowded; congregations both morn ing and evening; The sermon of Rev. Dr. B. F.I Marable Sunday morning on the "Infallibility of the Scriptures" is pronounced by all who heard it as a masterly effort of elo quence, logio and theology. . p Maxton Union: The trustees are going ahead with repairs on Flo ral College, and it is their purpose to have everything in readiness to open school in, the fall. -rThe attend ance of the Alliance brethren to hear Hon. W. J. Green on last Tuesday was not very large, owing to the very busy season, but they were all very much pleased with the utterances of .facts, and wisdom that fell from the lips of the distinguished speaker. We are informed that a negro entered the store of Mr. J: F. McNair at Lau rel Hill Friday night while the clerks were at supper, and afterward set fire to Mr. McNair's stables, burning up horse, buggy, etc.! '!-' Smithield Herald: On last Sunday, the 22nd inst.. James Davis, a : white man living in Bentonsville township, this county, was arrested for an attempt to commit rape on his stepdaughter. He was taken before N.W. Smith, J. P.; tried for his crime, found guilty and required to give bail for his appearance- at next term oft Superior Court which convenes here on August 13th. . He failed to furnish bail and was turned over to the officer to take to jail. At home the next morning he asked permis sion of the officer who had him in charge to allow him to go into an ad- "oining room to put on a clean shirt efore starting for jail, which request was granted. Soon after his wife went to the door of the room and seeing him with a rifle in his hand called the officer, who' arrived just in time to see him place the gun nnder his chin and pull the trigger (With his rightfoot. He fell and expired in a few minutes. Shelby Aurora: Miss Adair, a young lady at Stice's Shoals, five miles south of Shelby, while engaged in cooking Wednesday, met with a sad and perhaps fatal accident. Her dress caught fire from the fireplace i and her clothing was con sumed. She being alone in the house was badly burned, and it is feared she will soon die. -The oldest citizens near Kings Mountain assert that Sergeant Jasper, of the Revolution, was born near Kings Mountain, as their fathers have frequently shown the chimney of the house in which Jasper was born. Tradition says he was reared in that house, and a Colonial grant now on record of a one hundred and thirty-six acre tract to Jasper's fath er? strengthens that tradition. Judge Schenck has investigated this ques tion and his book now in the press will claim that Cleveland county is his native place. This grant to Jasper was trans ferred to Levi Ware, a surveyor, who con veyed it to John Fulewider, and is now owned by Messrs. Hoke & Burton. This grant fortifies the statement in regard to his native place and we will gladly hear from the old men near King's . Mountain ho are posted in regard to the tradition. ; The new Shelby cotton manufactory, located in the northern part of town is now running. It has on hand one hundred or more bales of cotton. It is difficult to esti mate the value of these two cotton factories to our community. ! We are glad to chron icle that two new cotton factories are now being erected, while it is thought that the splendid site at Stice's or Chambers's Shoals will soon be utilized. - The propect of a bonanza in our tin mine, near King's Mountain, continues to be encouraging. There is no doubt of its presence, but the quantity has to be found large enough to pay for working.' j . . - . y-j - FlKgr HKHttt. Hollroad Lo.neV ForftUnr. a.. International Copyright Rn. 1!' ! .ere! in tne Senote-Th. Debated In tbe Bonsc. W By Teiegrapn to tbe Mornlni st. 1 ' . .. . - . SENATE. W' WASHraoTON, April 80 Amn bills reported from committees ann 8 V on the calendar were the following House bill for a public buildim, . ville. N.C: 6ai4ftJ Benate bill fixing the salaries of i, U. 8. District Courts at $5,000 frvJ seniing); j - - - ' " lu4 Senate bill to increase the endow- the Louisiana Slate University . r4'" cultural College. y &Jd4 ' Kv Mr. Rtfiwurt Tn and coinage of not less tban iP!!ISW worth silver bullion per monib r ' that the bill involved no new princinu asked that it be read a first and s-"-' and laid on the table It was so "btl 0? ' Th railrnnH land f nrfoiti,- "tl taken! up. and all pending hmeodn,! were disposed of, two beinc wllN -.-v.ii.iaic MM n... and one laid on the table. on the table. "uurH After discussion the bill out action or amendment. The international copyright bill wu,l taken up. The amendment herein fered by Mr. Morrill, as to the rel!J tlrkn nf maffavln. anil nAnrnn HUOIjm was withdrawn by his authority, 1dj omer ameuument was ouerea tot l Mr Chace. who said he wnnM 0 a matter of compromise. It vrfl7.f .N publisher of a newspaper or maggziJJ imnort for hia own use. hut. rw import for his own use, but not f0.? not more than two copies of any De,!r per or magazine published in a fnrJJ country. The amendment wa oh.. ,H . In the course of the discussion Mr rJ (nnka no-ninat thn hill aa nn posed to give an absolute monopoly H rew iavoreu inuiviauais in the rjny States in combination with foreign &mM and Said that the demand of tVD0ir.Vl cal unions to have the printiug all Ij books to the American people. The r of the bill was not to carry out lha tutional provision, ''to promote ecieoTJ useful arts," but to enhance tbe nrice nil things that tended to develope either scietl ur (Usuiwiuiuw. xveierriug IQ luepo;. that the effect of the bill would be to pro hibit importation of books from which revenue of $684,000 was collected w vp 1 -O. 1 -i . . l t ; 1 1 J uti argueu mat me uiu was a money bi ana therefore one which could not const; tutionaiiy be originated in tne Senate. fl ing that point, he said that Congress h been denounced as guilty of r?ibety 5; piracy and dishonesty in all its! forma h cause it had not heretofore passed auch more moaesiy about tne matter. - Yie: ever a ; bill had been brought before gress iooaing to the promotion oi scicw ana tne userui aris, h was opposed t printers and publishers, who wanted . nopoly. j They had defeated such a bills year, (tlawiey s); mat was a ireciprji Dill, giving equal rieuis to Humors in even country, jit had been protested against j all publishers in America, and b? typographical unions in America, btcatJ they could not get their shares in the nj nopoly j The pending bill be ctiarac.ery as a measure to allow combinations of diJ Ushers and type-setters to put tip the m of every book. It was protection M mad; it was a bill for trusts, pools, corny nations, exclusive rignts to certain mi He went on to say that if the pending m were to become a law the American pJ pie would no longer have the; bentBi J cheap books, because the union jof publiu era and tne union ot printers wcuid their publication at lust sucti mica if they saw fit to ask. That was theobjs of the bill bb was confessed, by all wit nesses who had appeared before the cos m it tee, and who had formerly' proiesu against the Qawley bill of last jear - Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, moved to stril out all Of section 2, (requiring, as part J the conditions of copyright, printed copJ of books Snd works of art to Leent touf Congressional .Library; the b; oka to printed from I type set within j the Uoiu States.! i l This! proposition caused another led debate.! When the vote was taken it siod yeas 14, nays 19 no quorum Voting; aJ the risnate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE The call of States for the introduce bills for I reference was dispehstd sittl members being permitted to file theWtra Bures at the Clerk's desk. j f The Hbuse then went into Committee the Whole on the tariff bill, and was tdr dressed by Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio. He referred to what he characterized if stock charge, that this was an attempt t the Democratic majority, stimulated by it message of the Presidenr, to repeal and et rid of the war tax. It was eaid that tii protective svstem was a system jboro of d war for the suppression of the rebehio: There were, he contended, no war tsia left, save and except alone the syttta internal revenue taxation, which was this countrv what it had been in all om countries, a resort to which the country n driven by the exigencies of war, u which ought to have been the first lLCtif ment of taxation to be 6tricken down m removed. I It was stranee that the Dcf cratic party had arrayed itself, led by ti amateur statesman, the President of ill United States, in defense of the intera revenue system; that suddenly the, Deir cratic party had become the chaouuioD I that system. For twenty years gentlemeJ representing the Southern states had not oti ly denounced the general system or lnieroa revenue, but had opposed all efforts of m government to enforce the law, and bads thoroughly educated the people of tn South into the belief that the system n tyrannous.that they had builded up a gra sentiment in the South that to defeat is violate and destroy that system by fraa and violence and bloodshed and murdfi was but the assertion of the ) God-gitm right of rebellion against the tyranncuaoj actment oi a tyrannous government, wi the Democratic party, directed by tbe m sage oi the rresident, ordained mat most sacred monument of taxation in m country was now and must be in the funa he internal revenue system, i J Discuasintr briefly the eDeech of is! gentleman I from Minnesota (Nehon), quoted that portion of the speech in wbidj the gentleman put free wool and free iw ber against free whiskey and free tobBCC When the gentleman undertook to putw publicans who favored a repeal of the i ternal revenue law into the category of ing in favor of free whiskey icd free bacco, he made a ereati mistake. nmnnnitlnn tn renm! the tnx On Wbis! was to remit the power of taxation to 4 States and to permit tbe States to tatn place of the general government. Referring to a remark in Mr.! Hempn Bpeech that the present tariff law was nnnRtitntinnal ttnA rnhhorv hp nneried W it would be any less robbery by reasoD ojl reduction or rates! If a robber iooki -him $50, (all he had), it was robbery; U' took ilO and left 4 it was still robber. Mr. Hemphill, ot South! Carolina, eg plained that he did not contend that ui A.t4V i ..nAAH-.:...s ll t...t that In wiu nig uufjuiuiutu.iunatJ uui J tariff wnfl nnrnnatltiitinnBl when it tW the revenue beyond the needs of tbe tn ernment. I ( Mr. Grosvenor suggested that if tb'" ternal revenue system was abolished, present tariff would not produce more venue than tbe government neeaeu. When th Internal fit7otom vm rfineSleOi 7a tnnnA that !) o.;fP k.nnlrht in t iwuuu mi n a uib Mum wavugw , u plus revenue, there might be some po"1" thA fTAn tlpmtn'i ftrirnmpnt In concluding, he said the majoritf. framed a bill which was so sectional u character that it appealed to every norUPj man to stand like a wall of iren against " Mflaana n rKa vAMa-MM ktacgw u wv niwwmpi ih fffM Mr. Rayner, of Maryland, quotimj v the tariff plank of the Democratic VK in 1884jsaid the people were wx0Zj. find out whether the platform was s w of glittering sentiment, or . a solemn which the party proposed to redeem .. the former let it be so announced, H tha M. n.J.utanH th&t ww wuum J IU1KUI UUUGIOWUu 11 Aff ttlA TWfiriVu.rat4A naoto aaa vaarfv 00 J casions to villify and abuse the tariff11: the time for action arrived, itbRi fascinated with the lovely creature v. feared to strike the blow lest it migW or mar the charm of her features, r symmetry of her proportions. Gently uu ia ewer sioe, in ineir ijio.--- promisea to ao notning, anu -"- .Itv..ii .l.i- Thn COB" '. was looking to the Democratic PartT for deliverance. The question Pff was whether that party should proof" ward to i victory -or backward and defeat. It had no right to baj raise a flag of truce. If the party exp tn Kr cnntrrtllp hw IamiI interests 8a r 1
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