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TO A PROTECTION
I PiPEB. j J
VVhen the. Lynohbarg Virginian
gravely reiterates its absurd charge
that the Stab is a Protection j paper
having become "a warm and avowed
3,!vocato of High Protectioii," j we
-m? amazed. The amazement is at
us w;
ant of fairness and candor. It
'is I
mr0B?ible that the News should
VaSl
understand the Stab if
u has read its articles on the
Tariff.
it has not read them then it is
incapable of knowing or saying what
trieTAR does favor. It even goes
so! far as to say:
" rfco Star, only inferentially, however,
1 1 s the- impeaenment. Tne only thing
i.;rt fj)r ua to do is i imply to convict our
vcc wed contemporary out of its own
m niil). Several days ago it said:
Thb Mills bill is a Protection maaaure of
' n hii;h kiml.' I
'Tticrc is its own explicit declaration,
wifh a big P. employed for emphasis. Then
;r,i Sar gives the bill this enthusiastic en
ifsihcjfcient: i j ! j
; I'hc triumph of the Mills (Democratic)
i' .r.iT bill in the House Saturday is tod im
p..jrt!:pt not to demand special editorial
m.'nHpn Uoder the circumstances it is a
tk:v victory.' - -j -' '
f Tbe Mills bill is for high protection.
The Star U fcr the Mills bill. Hence, the.
Star; is a, high protectionist, consequently
it dnsrtcger be a Cobdenite.,rj I
Al a joke that might pass.
It
msvjoven be
smart. But if meant
for argument it
is puerile, and we
v,-)nld not offend; and if meant for a
true statement of the position of the
fcTR
then it is both unfair and ab
Kuru
ly redicnlons.
The Mills bill is a Protection
naiuro. Is it, not? It proposes
itave tbe Tantt at $4Viiu,
on
$100, which is higher
than
"Morrill War Tariff, which
was
about 25 per cent. It is higher than
1874, Whe
en it
traa GS 5 per cent. It is more 'than
i
loui!(5 the Clay Tariff of 1833; which
4 regarded by its framer as.-aPro-
uc'Jiv; Tariff.
! Has tbe News ever called tee
be Mills
bill! a Frfo Trade bill? No paper jof its
ability can fail to know that a Tariff
H0
Mx)a of 142.10 on tbe $100, w a
Hial
i Protective. Tariff. The Stab
s called it because it tries to tell the
ITU
h al
j 'I'ow the friends of the Democratic
lull have never asserted once that it
ai not a Protection bill;, Then
i i i
what? ,They have
i proposed an ex-
trc-mely moderate reduction
of a
Var Tax - a reduction of j but 5
per cent of the schedule embracing
more than 4,100 articles that are
i i i '
taxed. The Democrats have not
flonght to be radical in cutting down
ihe giant that was destroying, but
to lop off a finger or two only for the
regent;- : - j ;
'(hey found a huge, monster
$4llo per cent on the country. The
unfair Protectionists bellowed and ca
vorted at the first suggestion of
touehing'the sacred War Tax. They
uned out at the top of their Jungs,
I'Freo Trade, Fb;eb Tbadb, FREE
TRADE!" They were only trying
to scare the laboring and oppressed
.classes.
i bev knew there was "no
Free
Trade in it. but onlv a sliffht
prun-
o.
" g of the vile instrument
loing aad skinning. j
of wrong
The Democrats knew that all tax
deform must come in the nature of a
compromise. They are not destruct
ives but constructives. TheV flo not
tear down but build up. They saw
how the conntrv was beiner seriously
jinjured by the Tariff and likb maBter
i workmen and wise men they went
to work to frame a bill that would
begin the taek of surplus reduction
.and tax lifting, but in great modera-
ivion. me jrresiaeni, in jnis w
mous j message, had ; suggested
the I plan - of operatio n. Mr.
Mills and his friends worked pri the
lines j marked out by President
Cleveland. There must be a I small
reduction as a beginning; Thuy be-
lieved that only this sort of a
com
was a
promise bill would pass. It
beginning and that was something.
It still left the Tariff i enormously
high, but that was the best thai could
be done now, with Randall fighting
them and the Radioal party
fighting
them, with the exception of four who
voted with the Demoorats for the
five'per cent, redaction.
I The Democrats bad simply pledged
themselves, as the Republicans had,
to reduce the taxes and the surplus.
They have begun the important work
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VOL. XIX.
of carrying oat their promises. The
Republicans so far from carrying oat
what they .promised in 1884, and
what their Presidents had demanded
before this, actually adopted a Free
Whiskey and Higher Protection
plank at Chicago.
The Stab at the very first com
plained' that the Mills bill was too
conservative. It urged that a bill
should be tried reducing the huge
Tariff of 47.10 per cent. to30 per
cent, or less. It has said again and
again that it believed that a Tariff
of -10 per cent, average was ample
to equalize labor and afford all the
protection necessary lo "in rant in
dustries," many of which were fifty
or seventy-five years old.
! The sort of Protection the Stab
favors may be thus stated: A Tariff
with an average tax of 10 per cent.;
ohief necessaries of life on the tree
list; a perpettual retention of the
cigarettes, etc., with a tax on all in
comes of $2,000 and upwards. If
that be Protection then make the
most of it.
i The Scriptures of Inspiration can
be used and ' abased to prove any
thing. "I am black," is in the Bible.
This could be nsed to .prove that the
prophet was a Wad- man. To take
a passage out of its connections and
build an argument upon it without
reference to the scope and meaning
of the book is not regarded among
scholars as sound interpretation. To
seize upon a ttne or two in a paper to
prove its principles is not exactly
fair. At any rate we will not know
ingly engage in it.
The Stab is really aa deoided, as
plain spoken, as earnest a Low Ta
riff paper one for revenue only
a Constitutional Tariff under the de
cision of the Republican Supreme.
Court, and for tax reduction as can
i . i
be found in all this land. It allows
no paper to go before it in attach
ment to sound political economy- and
for securing the, political liberty of
the oppressed tax payers. j
1 It supports the Mills bill because
it is for reform, if but little. It sup
ports it because a Tariff of $42.10 on
the $100 is better for the people than
a Radical Tariff of $47.10. i
h Tu C,. .A.ifl !M;ila Kill
heartily because it is working on the
line of tax reform. It is lifting a
part of the burden fron. off the
shoulders of the people. If the
i i j
Stab - did not support that bill it
would show itself the enemy of the
people and a striker for Monopoly,
Plutocracy and the Money Devil.
j TREED.
I Ab, what is this? Only yesterday
we told of Mr. Edward II. Ammi
down, President of the "American
Protective Tariff League." And
now it is our dutv to tell more of
him. The New York Herald accused
him of employing "cukap impobted
Huns" in his woollen mill at Pas
saic. New Jersev. "to the exclusion
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pMegitimate home labor."
i Well, President Ammidown
has
! written a letter to the Philadelphia
Times, in which he j does not deny
the charge. The Times haB been a
half and half Protection paper. It
is at present supporting the Demo
cratic slieht measure, of reform.! lit
. e
publishes the letter, and then says:
"The articles we are requested to copy
give a glowing account ot the growth of
the Passaic mills, and an equally glowing
tribute to Hungarian labor. It concludes
with the statement that the Hungarians are
al sober, thriftv and industrious race" of
; people," etc. 1
But its important comment is this:
"That he did not answer sooner, is ob
viously explained by the confession of jthe
substantial truth of the charge and his weak
attempt at avoidance, iresiaeni Ammi
down next avoids to break-the force of ;his
confession that imported Huns are employ
ed in his woollen mills, 'by pleading that
although President of the company, he has
"never influenced or interfered with jthe
employment of any class of workmen."
Whv dnea'nt he interfere? If he simply
ran his woollen mill avowedly to get. labor
at the least cost and make the largest profits
regardless of the interests of labor, I he
would be consistent, if not excusable; but
President Ammidown of the Passaic wool
len mill is also President of the American
Protective Tariff League. The principles
nf thn Trfifurnp. ab declared bv an official
circular sent The Times by Mr. Ammidown
himnelf . are. "bv adeauate duties fepon
imnorted rjroducts. to protect American
labor." I I
This ib decidedly interesting. The
President of the "American Protect
ive Tariff League" is run down, treed,
caught. Hei need not ask' as to his
identity Am-mi-down. He is very
down. j " j I
It is difficult to writo j calmly of
men who are traversing the State or
writing letters for the Tfiird Party,
when the only result ; that can be is
injury to the Democratic party Upon
whose success really depends alljthat
is worth having as citizens. Remand
the State into the charge of the Rad
ical party and ruin is ust ahead.
How can itj be otherwise with tne
"savages" of Judge Russell's letter
on top and the white Readers the
meanest men m the party We hope
Mr. Broughton's good advice will be
dulv considered and acted upon by
all uDriffht. patriotic Prohibitionists.
The Question now for jthe people
to consider is not Prohibition, but
Democratic! supremacy for the safe
ty SndBU being of all parties and
of thQ State,
i
AN IOIPOHTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
The University of North -Carolina
was deprived, of $7,500 of itB income.
This has necessarily curtailed the
number of the Faculty and taken oat
of the coarse certain studies. It has
not in the least deprived the Univer
sity of any part of the regular col
legiate course, ' bat has merely re
moved certain studies that belong
more especially to a school of tech
nology. The friends of the Unjver-
Buy were anxious to mase it com
plete in all departments. - Hence, it
taught those branches that belong to
scientific and : mechanical schools.
The Legislature, aoting under a mis
taken judgment, ! we must believe,
took suoh action as deprived the
University of an important part of
its Bustentation fund, and began the
work of starting an Agricultural and
Mechanical School at Raleigh.
.A circular has been issued by Gov.
Scales, Chairman ex-officio of the.
Board of Trustees, and Col. W. L.
Saunders, Secretary of State,- from
which we f copy some important
points. , The circular states:
'.'In the readjustment of the work of the
university, the authorities have omitted
the following special branches ol study
Pcedagoeies. Ornithology. Metallurgy, Min
ing Engineering, Feeding and Breeding of
Animals, ana Practical Horticulture.
'No diminution i nor change has been
made in any colleeiate course of study.
The University still has a large Faculty,
ana oners lull and j thorough instructions
in all general branches of study. Its Fac
ulty now consists of a Professor of consti
tutional and international law and political
economy, a Professor of mental and moral
science, a Professor of mathematics, with
an assistant, a Professor of Latin, a Pro.
feasor of general and industrial chemistry.
with an assistant, a Professor of geology
and natural history, with an assistant, a
Professor of natural philosophy and engi
neering, a Professor of English language
and literature, with an assistant, a rrotes-
sor of modern languages, a Professor of
Greek, a fully equipped law school, mak
ing a total of fifteen Professors and As
sistants.
(''Although the chair of Pedagogics has
been abolished, yet a course oi stuay ex
tending through two years has been ar
ranged for the special benefit of students
preparing to teach; and a special course or
three months is offered, each spring, to
teachers who desire to extend their education.-
I ! :
'The general studies of especial benefit to
farmers, merchants, manufacturers and
other business men, have been grouped into
a small course of two years, for the benefit
of students who are unable to complete a
full course. The completion of this course
would be of great value to- any business
man. i 1
'Students of Medicine will find at the
University a short course of two years.
comprising such general studies as are es
sential to the education of a physician, and
such special studies in Chemistry, Botany,
Zooloev. Phvsiologv. &c . as are included
in tbe curriculum ol all Medical uoueges.
The opinion of those best qualified
to judge is that never before was the
University so strong in its Faculty.
There is not one of the Professors
who is not fully up in his work, al
though certain fault-finders have at
tempted to make the opposite appear,
Of course all are not of the first
rank, but all. are ! thoroughly compe
tent and devoted to their work.
The friends of the University have
two important dnties to perform:
First, to go to work in earnest and
with uoited action to endow it libe-
, i i
rally. r :
Second, to send all the students
iii ,
possible to attend upon the courses
of the University.
While certain North Carolinians
who cannot find any thing excellent
at home are trying to depreciate the
University, a handsome daily pub
lished at i Charleston. S. C, I The
World, has this: incidental bat com
plimentary reference to the Univer
sity of North Carolina. Discussing
and favoring the establishing of an
Agricultural and Mechanical College
in South Carolina, the World says:
"The World desires to see the South
Carolina College become a' great
classical
University an university in
all reality
with a curriculum, ms thorough and as ele
vated as that of the Universities of our
sister States of Virginia and North Caro
lina, and of Johns Hopkins, which is the
crowning glory of ! the city of Baltimore. '
We think j th6 World is making a
mistake in j advocating . the with
drawal of the land scrint from the
State University. Nothing should
be done to cripple the chief centre
of learning. If the people really de
sire and need a separate Agricul
tural and Mechanical College let
tbem provide the. ways and means
.without withdrawing the necessary
sustentation fund from the pride
and ornament of an old
Commonwealth. Wo hope to
see norm uarouna suuwiug un
appreciation of i the State Uni
versity by giving the $7,500 it took
away -two years ago. It is a re
proach that it has been crippled by
the want of due appreciation of the
great work itj is doing for North
Carolina. f
Some one has sent as a new cata
logue of the Dialectio bociety, of
which this writer is a member. In
clancinf? two ! nights ago over its
O C7 "
membership since 1795 nearly a
hundred years ago we were im
pressed with the large number of
eminent men the University has sent
out from this Society. The Philan
thropic Society! can probably show as
many or more distinguished names.
In almost every department of civil
government from President' down,
the University has been represented.
The bar, the bench, the Congress, the
pulpit, the teacher's chair, the edi
torial office, the merchant's desk, the
farmer's calling, the army, the navy
and so on have all been well filled by
distinguished students of the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1888.
. A TIMELY APP?Al. ; v ;):.
Mr. Need ham " BV Brough ton, of
Raleigh, one of the most intelligent,
worthy and influential mechanics in
the State, has addressed a timely and
well considered ) letter "To Old
Friends" the Prohibitionists of
North Carolina. Mr. Broughton is a
leading member; of the Baptist
Church, an active Christian worker,
a thorough-paced Prohibitionist. He
has good mental parts, that have
i
been improved. He can speak and
write. His character is high. We
know whereof we write. "He is not a
fanatic. Ho is hot blinded by one
idea. He is not a crank, and last of
all is no striker for Radicalism. He
warns his "old friends" against their
course and the wiles of the seductive
Radical marplot. We shall:' copy
from his well-put article. To-day we I
copy a paragraph. He says:
"If tbe question was prohibition or license
I
the position of the temperance people would
be clear but there can be no doubt in the
mind of any one as to tbe result of the pre
sent organization of the Third party in
North Carolina. A large majority of the
voters will come from the Democratic par
ty and just so far as the vote of the Third
party decreases. So that the question for
each prohibitionist to decide now is this: 1
"Which political party do 1 prefer to
have in power in North Carolina the
Democratic or Republican?"
The authorities for writing "Jones' mill"
preponderate much over those for writing
Jones a mill." Tne latter rorm is seldom
met with in good writing. Banbury Re
porter.
Wo have taken tbe trouble to look
into the authorities concerning the
correct way of writing Jones in con
nection with mill. We examined
three English Grammars and all sus
tained what we said that it should be
written-"Jones's mill." We turned
to our book cases and the first book
a copy of Burns we took down had
a biographical sketch (English edi
tion) in which was written "Cham
bers's Life of Burns." We turned
to Macaulay's Essays, and oar
eye fell upon "James s as we
turned a few pages. We glanced at
the "Globe Edition" of a favorite
novelist and it read "Dickens's
Works." Oar impression is that we
have rarely seen it written as Mr.
Share wood insists upon and he is
scholarly in the above quoted para
graph in a long reading of British
authors extending through quite
forty-two years. The tendency in
the United States is to get in a hurry
and chop off letters and words. In
the newspapers not good au
thorityyou will find Jones' and
Burns' and Dickens' instead of the
more correct way.
A subscriber wishes
to know
Fayettevil
if
Warren VYinslow of
e,
was ever Governor ot jn ortn uaro
hna. He was. When Gov. Reid
was elected to the U, S. Senate, Mr.
Winslow became Governor by virtue
of being President of the Senate.
hie served tor one month, tie was
afterwards elected to the U. S.
House of i Representatives. In the
war ho was a member of the State
i . . i
Military fUom mission. tie was a
man of considerable culture and
ability. When Gov. Ellis died I in
the early part of the war, Mr. H. T.
Clark, of Edgecombe, was Presi
dent of the Senate and succeeded to
the' Chief Executive. There was no
Lieutenant Governor then. When
Holden was impeached and broken
of office Todd R. Caldwell succeed
ed him. When Gov. Caldwell died
suddenly at Hillsboro that great man
and invincible : splutterer, Curtis
Brogden, became Governor. . The
people never j re-elected his "Acci-
dency." j l - ' . 1
The 'uncrowned King"; of Radi
, ,
calism has arrived and been treated
to a grand hurrah. Like leader like
people. What party but a corrupt
one conld pay homage and off er in
cense to such a besmeared and tat
tooed fellow ' as Jim Blaine, the
lowest type of a politician in the
corruptest era! in American politics.
In contemplating Blaine and j his
party and the dominancy of Pluto
crats and shoddy, one may recall the
well known lines,
"111 fares that -land to hastening ills a
prev.
Where wealth accumulates and men de
cay, "r
Senator Morgan,
of Alabama, is
debaters in the
one ot the ready
Senate. It is not often a man, can
get away with him. Replying to
that bitter-ender, Hoar, of Mass.,
Mr. Morgan said of the Fisheries
Treaty: j
"The other Bide might mean a joke;
might mean some traffic, some swapping of
knives, some chaffering about a title con
tract; but the Democratic party meant
business. . When this negotiation fails. then
the Democratic party meant as the Presi
dent meant, that tbe Retaliation Act (which
then, and not before would become man
datory) would be obeyed. And yet, when
it was expected that that law was to be
obeyed, there came a howl from the Fishery
Association because the President would
not pledge himself in advance to limit the
retaliation to the fishery business."
Gen. McClelland's grave, Trenton,
N. J., is unmarked by monument of
any kind. The Demoorats in j the
North ought to take care of his grave
and fame. "
Howard O. Spencer, an ex-Mormon
Bishop, has been arrested for a mur
der he committed twenty-nine yean
ago. He killed a U. S. soldier at
Salt Lake City.
Board of Healtiu
A meeting of -the Board of Health
was held yesterday forenoon at tbe
office of the Secretary DA Thos. F.
Wood; Mayor Fowler, chairman, pre
sided, and Dr. Wood, Dr. W. G.
Thomas, Dr. W. J. Bellamy, Dr. Pot
ter, Dr. Scbonwald, 'Dr. McDonald,
Mr. H. A. Bagg, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners, and
Mr. J. C. Chase, city surveyor, were
present. The following resolutions
were, on motion, unanimously
adopted :
( Whereas. It has come to the know
ledge of tne .Board oi ueaunoi me
Uomitv of JNew Hanover xnai yeiiow
fever exists in Jacksonville,Fla-and it
is hereby declared by the said Board ;
that inland quarantine shall be es-i
tablished this dav noon the railroads
leading into the city, Dy aumorny oi
tne tteneral statutes; uoae: oeo. aooo.
It is hereby ordered that two detec
tives shall be stationed at Meares,
Bluff, who shall thoroughly examine
very sleeper and other passenger
coach, and forbid any persons com-j
ling from Jacksonville or towns south;
knington. I
Hesolvea, That a committee oi iwo-
'' annnlntsil wn.it nnan til 8 Tail-!
them in order to perfect suoh plans
as will thoroughly carry out a suffl-i
cient quarantine.
Mayor Fowler and Dr. Potter were
appointed as the committee to con
fer with the railroad authorities. The
committee had a conference with the
officers of the Atlantic Coast line last;
night,
It was learned that the railroad had
already made arrangements that will
do much to prevent danger of intKM
duction of the disease, allowing no
cars from Jacksonville to come into
Wilmington, and stopping all sleep
ing cars at Waycross, Georgia, nearly
a hundred miles from Jacksonville,
Anoint Appeal for Executive vie
ney.
Application has been made to the
Governor for Executive clemency in
behalf of John Grady, a colored
man sentenced from this county in
1880 to twenty years In the peniten-i.
tiary for killing an old colored man
named John Tavlor. Grady was a
member of Dread-not Bucket Co. He
and others attempted to take posses
sion of Taylor's fiat-boat, in Princess
street dock, to go to a fire on the
west side of the river, and Taylor
resistiner. was struck on the head
and fatally - injured. It is claimed
by many colored people that the
fatal blow was struck by a colored
man named Jdavs. wno nas since
died,
Ucntnlnc' Work.
During the thunder storm yester
day forenoon, a mule and a horse
belonging to Capt. T. J. Souther
land, were struck by lightning and
instantly killed at his farm about two
miles east of the city. A colored
man named Fuller Hug-gins, who
was taking the harness off the horse,
was knocked down and stunned by
the same flash, but received no fatal
injury and at last accounts was able
to sit up. The horses were in the
stable when struck, the lightning
first striking the building and tear
ing a few planks into splinters.
No Tournament.
The Firemen's C6mmittee who have
labored industriously in making ar
rangements for the tournament whiob
it was proposed to hold on the 15th,
16th and 17th foists., have reluctantly
been compelled to announce its inde
finite postponement, on account of
failure to receive favorable replies to
the invitations sent out. Twenty-five
companies were invited to visit Wil
mington and take part in the tourna
ment, and up to yesterday twelve of
those invited had sent replies, declin
ing for various reasons to accept the
invitation, while from the remainder
no reply at all has keen received. The
committee feeling that under the cir
cumstances the tournament would
not meet public expectation and
would be a disappointment to many
citizens decided last night to notify
all the companies invited that the af
fair had been indefinitely postponed
and sent telegrams to them i to that
effect. 1 '
The money collected for the tour
nament will be returned to the sub
scribers, and the committee will meet
Monday and adopt resolutions ex
pressing their appreciation; of the
generous aid extended to them by the
citizens,
mall Arrangement
Major Mansfield, superintendent of
this division of the railway mail ser
vice, is reported in the Charleston
News and Courier as saying that he
had instructed the mail clerks not to
enter Jacksonville. He thought that
there would be no difficulty in making
such arangements as would result in
a thorough fumigation of the mails
from Jacksonville. He would propose
that the Jacksonville mail be trans
f erred at Callahan,sixteen miles north
of Jacksonville, where the Charleston
agents would stop. There the mails
would be opened, the letters and pa
pers spread out In an air-tight com
partment, In which they would be
subjected to the fumes of burnt sul
phur and other disinfectants for
twenty-four hours,! after which they
would be out in fresh bags and
brought North. 1
Fire la tno country.
A correspondent of the Stab wri
ting from MoOoll, 8. C., saysthat Mr.
J. F. MsLfturin.- merchant and tur
pentine operator at that plaoe, lost
his barn ant taW last Friday night
by fire, together with about f M0
worth of wh.at and other produee,
and a herse valued at $180. Total
loss about $W, upon whieh there is
no insurance. The nre is tnougus io
hjave been the work of an incendiary.
Receipts of naval stores at this
port, fro'ji April 1st to August 11th,
as compared with receipts for same
time In 1887- are as follows: Spirits
turpen'tine, 29,139 casks; last year,
84,633.. Bosin, 83,444 barrehr.last year;
135,03. Tar. 15,206 barrels; last year,
17.1f jb. flrndft tnroentlne. 6,986 bar-
rels,; last year, 12,398.
liii
j FIRE AT SHELBY,
A. C. RMler'a Residence Destroyed.
Special Star Telegram
Shelby, N. C, August 10 About 4
o'clock this morning A. C. Miller's hand
some residence was totally destroyed by
lire. Most of tbe furniture was saved.
Loss, $3,500; insurance, $1,500. The cause
of the Are is unknown.
WASHINGTON.
1 be Senate and tne Tariff Blll-Blver
and Harbor Appropriation Execu
tive Department to be Closed Satur
day Persona Invited 10 Attend Sher
idan's Funeral Tbe English Mur
derer Maxwell.
ir Telegraph to the Moraine. Star,
Washington. Aug. 9. Senator Sher
man has sent a circular note to "Republican
Senators, asking each if there are any meas
ure spending before the Senate in which he
is especially interested, and upon which he
desires action by the Senate during this
session. Recipients are requested to reply
to the Committee on Order of Business. It
is understood to be the intention of the
committee to provide for clearing the cal
endar of important business oeiore tne ta
riff bill is brought in.
General Casey, unlet oi .Engineers, to
day finished consideration of the River and
Harbor Appropriation diu rererrea to mm
by the President, and returned it with re-
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ponlnereon to ino jrretuuem uih atier
noon . it rescued tne w mie nouse uunng
the Cabinet session, and formed one of the
topics of discussion. The ten days limit
for action on this bill expires Saturday.
Washington, August 9. The House
Committee on Commerce has directed a
favorable report to be made upon the bill
to create a collection district at Tampa,
Floiida j I
The Executive Departments will be
closed Saturday as a mark of respect to the
memory or uen. oneriaan, ana an puuuu
business will be suspended on that day.
Among those i invited to the xunerai are
the President and Mrs. Cleveland, members
of the Cabinet and ladies of their families.
Judges of Supreme Court, Judges of local
Courts, members oi diplomatic uorps,
members oi ! eenate ana tiouse oi repre
sentatives, and elective officers of both
houses, all members of the Catholic clergy
in Washington, all officers of the Army,
Navy xand Manne corps stationed in
Washington, 25 of the Grand Army of
the Republic, 25 of the Loyal Legion, 80
members of the press, and a large number
of personal i friends of the family. The
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total numoer oi inviiauuuu uaucu is tuw,
and no person will be admitted to the
church without a card of admission.
The Secretary of State to-day received a
telegram from the Governor of Missouri in
regard to the case of the English murderer,
Maxwell, sentenced to oe nangeu io-mur-
row. tie says so isr as ne can era mure
nothing in the letter of the tsritian Minis
ter transmitting the request of the British
government for a respite, that would justify
him in delaying execution of the sentence,
especially as it is not alleged that any new
facts in connection wiw tne case wiu ua
developed by the investigation said to have
. ... ... -nt . , . 1 Z . 1 .. .
been instituted Dy xingiun autuunuw, uu
in regard to which . he has no information
whatever, i A copy or tne telegram was
sent to the British Minister.
Wahitttiqton. Aug. 11. The River and
Harbor bill becomes a law without the Pre
sident's signature. No - memorandum is
written, but the President stated this after
noon that while the bill contained items to
which he could not sign his approval, the
m-eat bulk of the work provided ior is so
important to the best interest of the coun-
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try, tnai ne was uawunug w uusuuun uj
a veto. i
TEhLOW FEVER.
Dispatches to tbe marine Hospital
Bureau from Infected naces in
Florida
Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star.
WAsamaTOif. August 11. The follow
ing dispatches from yellow fever districts
were received at mo marine xiuspuai bu
reau to-day: ! .
"Jackaonwue, August, iu. 10 ourgeou
naneral John B. Hamilton: Two new cases
during the last twenty-four hours, making
a total ot 12. One is convalescent, three
seriously ill, and two deaths J. J. JferKins
and Lucius a. mine, ciac vomit m sum
cases. Autopsy of the former by Dr. Gui-
teras confirmed the diagnosis absolutely.
Ten cases remain under treatment.
(Signed) "Neal Mitchell, H. D.,
I "Pres't Duval Co. Board of Health.".
Fernandind, August 10. Fernandina
has put on a rigid quarantine against Jack
sonville and all points in South Florida.
No person, baggage or freight is allowed to
enter this county from infected or suspect
ed places. Trains are all inspected at three
Joints, Baldwin, Callahan and Hart's Road
unction. (Signed) M. A. Mahohby,
I "Collector of Customs."
"Manatee, August 10. To Hamilton,
Washington: Three cases of fever for the
9th. and two cases for the 10th. No cases
at Palmetto. Nearly all the people there
gone. - (Bigneaj alukhax, ourgcuu.
COLORADO
Btnettlar Railroad Accldent-Engi-neer
Killed and Fireman Badly
Injured Narrow Escape of Faseen-
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Dkktek, August 11. There was a
singular accident yesterday on the Den
ver Utah & Pacific railway, near Can
field At that point the track runs direct
to the Miteiiell coal mine; the grade is very
steep, and it is customary to shift toe load
ed co al caw to the main track without the
assistance of an engine. Yesterday the
engineer of afce passenger train, upon ap
pro aching the branch track, stopped and
whistled as sal. He had just started
his engine agala and reached the crossing,
when two heavily laden cars on the de-.
scending grade dashed directly into the
engine. The locomotive was derailed, and
as it fell engineer George Hopkins was
carried beneath it The lever pinned him
to the ground, gradually aqueezmg him to
death, although with not flufflclent force to
crush any bones. The fireman was also
badly injured, but was spirited away by
3.--u tha i-nart Had the aecident oc-
curred a second later a closely packed
mumnnirer car would have been wrecked
with most disastrous results.
GEORGIA,
Peculiar Accident a. a run
by Six-lncb Sandbar xremeneio;
Kainfall. i . !
IBy Telegraph te the Morning Star j i
11. The nnorecedent
ed rainfall yesterday afternoon resulted in
a peculiar accident . a ireiga -
Mobile & Gerard Railroad, coming into Ohe
city. Btruck a sandbar six inches deep. The
.engine was overturned and four cars were
aetescopefl, the boiler of the engine ex-
mleded with a wemenuous iun.
lo say, engineer Hoffman escaped with
Mffht scalds, and fireman Pickerson with a
dislocated shoulder. aooiJ
The rainfall within an nour was o.oo m-
cnes. - ...v.-c-
i Lightning struct tne nag-staa oj
position building and shattered the staff,
without doing further damage. j
EIiBCTHIo" SPARKS.
J New York weekly bank statement re
rve decrease. tW.oTO; toansincn.
4.087.600; specie decrease. Jl,743,800;
legal tenders decrease. $359,800; deposits
increase, $2,198,600; cirralaUoni inea
28,800V The banks now hold $24,308,833
Texcees of the 25 per cent. rule. j
The remains of William Ereig. book
keeper for Deitzen Bros., were recovered
Yesterday from the ruins ot the building
Sh was destroyed in Thursdays fire at
fihatunooga. This Is the fourth, body
i ifound. It is believed one more is ouneu
Inhere.
NO. 41
. GRN. SHERIDAN.
Arrival and Reception of tbe Remains
. at Washington.
Washington, August 9 A special train
bearing the body of Gen. Sheridn and f u
neral party arrived at the Baltimore and
Potomac station from Nonquitt at . 8.17
o'clock: this afternoon. It was met by Geo.
Schofield and Lieutenants Sawyer, Bliss
and Pitcher, of his staff, and a guard of
honor. I Soon after the train stopped Mrs.
Sheridan stepped out, 'leaning on tbe arm
ot CoL Sheridan, They were met by Gen.
Rucker and Miss Rucker, Mrs. Sheridan's
father and sister. They immediately en -tered
their carriages and were rapidly dri
ven away. As tbey left the station artillery
sergeants took the casket from the car in
which it had made the journey from Non
quitr, and bore it,to a caisson belonging to
the Third Artillery, which was draped with
flags festooned with crape.
As the caisson . bearing the body left tbe
station Troop B, of the Fourth Cavalry,
fell into line in front and escorted the pro
cession up Pennsylvania avenue, Fifteenth
street and to fit. Matthew's Church.
As the body reached the church door it
was met by a procession of clergy and
sanctuary boys singing the "Mrsserere."
After the casket had been placed upon the
catafalque the preliminary burial service
was recited, tbe choir singing a funeral
hymn.j The interior of the church was
effectually draped, a feature of the decora
tions being the American colors blended
with the sombre shade- of heavy folds of
crape. I
The' service concluded, the little com
pany immediately left the church.
Early to-morrow morning requiem mass
will be celebrated by Father Kervick. This
service is for the convenience of the family
and friends of the dead. A detail of two
members of the Loyal Legion alternating
every two hours will remain with the body
until the funeral, at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning.
THE GALLOWS
Execution of maxwell at St. louls
n company with Another Felon.
iBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.
St. I Louis. August 10. Maxwell, the
murderer of Arthur Preller, was hanged at
8:56i o'clock this morning.
! At 8.10 o'clock lawyer Martin,' counsel
for Maxwell, received from his colleague,
Fauntleroy, who was in Jefferson City, the
following telegram, which was delivered to
Maxwell:
( "The Governor received the telegram
from Minister West, but he persists in the
same position. Hold as long as possible,
as we may hear in time. My heartfelt sym
pathy to the accused and his loved ones.
Wire his father."
i The receipt of this telegram created quite
a sensation, as it was the general opinion
in and about the jail that the Governor
would grant at least a brief stay. Maxwell
received it indifferently, the ashen hue on
his face growing deeper,
i At 8.47 sheriff Harrington, preceded by
a detail of police, entered the inner yard of
the jail, and the sheriff entered Maxwell's
cell, where he and Landgraf had been
placed together, and announced that the
final moment had arrived. Maxwell paled
and pulled his fingers nervously. His was
the first death warrant read, and he stood
Up and heard his doom calmly, though be
was plainly growing weaker all the time.
Whilo his arms were being pinioned Max
well bit bis lower lip and gulped soveral
times.
i Landgraf received the warrant and pin
ioning as stolidly as a man could,
i As Maxwell paseed through the inner
yard he walked firmly but slowly. His
face looked pinched and drawn and was of
an ashen hue, and his eyes were swollen.
He glanced about him piteously. His lips
twitched and his appearance was calcula
ted to awaken the pity of even those who
iweie firmly convinced he ought to die.
Landgraf looked and moved like a log,
with half smile and half sneer on his f see.
There was no time lost in reaching tbe
scaffold, which the condemned men as
cended without assistance. Maxwell was
placed under the noose next to Twelfth
street, Father Tihau read prayers. Maxwell
was then asked if he had anything to say and
in an almost inaudible tone responded,
"No." Landgraf merely shook his head.
The black caps were being drawn when
Landgraf slipped backward, but promptly
recovered. There was an awful look of
despair on Maxwell's face as the cap hid it
from view, and his knees showed weak
ness. The nooses were adjusted quickly,
and at 8.56 the drop fell.
St. Louis, August 10. Maxwell was
hanged in company with Henry Landgraf,
who murdered his sweetheart on March
5th,! 1885, Landgraf was sentenced to
hang on April 29tb, last year, but he also,
like MaxwelU has been making a desperate
effort to save himself, and has had the
benefit of appeals, stays of execution and
respites. The execution was postponed
two hours from the original time set this
morning on Maxwell's account; Landgraf
sharing in the extension of life. ;
THE COTTON CROF.
August Report of tbe Department of
I Agriculture. j
! By Telegraph to the Morning Star. j
Washington, August 10. The August
report of the Department of Agriculture
shows a small reduction in the condition of
cotton in the Carolina, Alabama and Lou
isiana, and an advance in Florida. Texas,
Arkansas and Tennessee. The averages ot
Georgia and Mississippi are unchanged.
The general average is 87.8, against 86.7 a
month ago, and 93.8 last August. The fig
ure by States are: Virginia 84, North Car
olina 82, South Carolina 84, Georgia 90,
Florida 92, Alabama 90, Mississippi 02,
Louisiana 90. Texas 79. Arkansas 93, Tens
nessee 93. ' I
There has been an excess of rain until re
cently. The drought of special duration is
locally indicated on the Atlantic coast and
on the Gulf coast east of Mississippi. West
of the Mississippi, in Northern Mississippi
and Western Tennessee rains have been
frequent and abundant, and the growth
of: the plant is from medium to
large. East of the State of Mississippi the
plant is comparatively the smallest. In
nearly me enure ureaum uevuiupmcu u
represented as later than usual, though
picking was about to commence in the
Wor lftf it.ndpH. Cotton is almost without
exception reported in sound health and
vigor, with as little shedding of leaves and
forms as is mentioned in the most success
ful seasons. There is little rust, but not
serious, except in a few counties, mostly in
Georgia and Alabama, where "black rust"
prevails in certain localities. The cater
pillar is present very generally in the
southern half of the lower tierot States,
but is doing no injury except in a county
or two in Florida. It is not much dreaded,
being kept in limited numbers by poison
ing, and the ball-worm is in some counties
of Texas. ii
I The Department of Agiculture reports a
small advance in the condition of corn
from 93 to 95.6. Rains have been generally
seasonable, though in excess in some dis
tricts and deficient in some others. In
Kansas, the Carolina", Delaware and New
York the condition is reduced by local
droughts. In the Southwest, where droughts
sometimes occur at this season, there has
been an improvement, and a large crop is
bImsAv aMiired. i
I Spring wheat has fallen from its high po
sition of a mouth ago. The chinch-bug
stands at the head of the disasters reported,
involving more or less Wisconsin, Minne
sota, Iowa and Nebraska, and in Places
doing serious damage. The general condi
tion has been reduced from 95.9 to 87.8 du
ring July. This exhibit does not include
the modifying changes In the first part of
August. The harvest was about to com
mence in some districts and in others would
not be ready till the20th and 25th instants.
There are no etimates of winter wheat after
the spring as yet, but voluntary remarks of
reporters make the yield better than tbe
early promise In all the States that produce
much of a crop. !
j I would not advise a repeal of
the whiskey tax. There is a moral side to
ii. Blaine.
Spirits :n)entine. g,tg
Zv- Winston Daily: The seventeen -"':
months old child of MrJ . E. Taj lor, of r )'?
Caswell ! county, strayed from home - lasf .T ;
week, fell into a river and was 'drowned.' . ""-
- A hail and wind storm of considerable '
force passed oyer a small section below V- -:
Kernersville yesterday evening, doing con- " .'
siderable damage to houses, fences, tele- ' J
graph line, and everything in its way. :
'i Durham Hecorder: . Last nighu '
Sam Bally became angry with a negro, wo- -man
who cooks for Capt. J. 8. Lockhart,
and threw a rock at her breaking her jaw-"
bone and badly bruising her face.
We learn that there was a heavy hail storm. . A
between Kernersville and Winston yester
day evening. We learn that Oxford.
jail is full, and that four, prisoners had, to '
be sent to Henderson Monday frr Bfe
keeping, j , j r "
! Raleigh : Visitor : At his resi
dence in Ashpole, Robeson county at 2.80
o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Stin
son Ivey, j principal of Ashpole Academy,
aged about 70 years, died. Tuesday
afternoon last Mr. Wil. Burgess, who re-. , -,
sides three miles north of Morrisville, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
He and a neighbor were engaged in beat
ing apples to make cider. The neighbor
ws8 knocked down and stunned, as waa .
also a mule tha( was standing near by.
! Asheville Citizen: Mr.-C. L.
McPeters,bf Marshall, was In the city yes
terday with his arm in a sling. In expla
nation he said" he washurt by a Tailing
piece of timber from tbe burning house, by
which we learned for the first time that a
fire had occurred in Marshall, on Saturday
night last The two story dwelling house
belonging to Mr. James Nichols, and oc
cupied by two families, that of Mr. Pitman,
the other we do not know, had been burned.
Yesterday evening Mrs. K. F Walke
and her daughters were out driving on "
Charlotte street, when the horse took fright
and ran away, smashing one of tbe wheels
and throwing the ladies from the vehicle
with violence. Mrs. Walke received a se " .
vera cut on the face; the two young ladies
escaped with some bruises. None are seri
ously injured, we hope,
Clinton Caucasian: The rams
last week have had a fine effect upon crops.
The corn crop will bo below the aversge.
but the indications are for a fair crop of
cotton. I j We hear it 6tated that
a proposition is under consideration by
the railroad authorities to extend the Dur
ham and Lynchburg road from Durham to
Dunn and connecs) there with the Atlantic
Coast Line system by means of an exten
sion of the Clinton branch road toi Dunn.
During the storm last Thursday a vio- .
lent gale of wind stiuck the residenco of
our friend Lewis Boykin, E9q , and com
pletely demolished most of his out-buildings.
The kitchen was completely wrecked.
At the time two of his children, a son and
a daughter were in the kitchen. Tbe
daughter escaped without injury, but his
son was caught under the falling timbers
and his thigh broken in two places . j
I Durham Recorder: Mr. F. D.
Williams, who came to town this morning,
informs us that last evening a young white
man living near Cedar Creek Church, in
county, was killed by lightning. The
faculty and trustees of the Durham Metho
dist Female Seminary have a high school
for girls, fully equipped and first-class in
every particular. L. A. C. Thaxton,
colored, was tried this morning before C.
B. Green, Esq , for obtaining goods pnder
false pretences from Mr. C.G. Farthing.
While this case was being tried Bob Jones
stole the $64 out of the safe of the samo
gentleman. The 10th annual meet
ing of the Durham Light Infantry for the
election of officers was held at their arm
ory last night. The following were elected :
Captain, W. A. Gattls; 1st Lt, J.B.Burch;
2d Lt, J. W. Jones; Color Sergeant, J. B,
Walker; Secretary, P. A. Noell; Treasu
rer, W. H. Muse. Capt. E. J. Parrisb,
who has served the company faithfully for
the past five years, declined re-election.
Fayetteville Observer: Mr. Dun
can Rose, of our city, is now a Washing
tonian, having been appointed special ex
aminer at the Pension Office, with the snug
salary of $1,400 per year.. -Rev. Dr. J.
C. Huske left on Tuesday for Buffalo, N.
Y., to visit his son, the Rev. John Huske.
Professor Hamilton McMillan called
in to see us on his return from 1 Wilson,
where he had beeu to make arrangements
for his school. The Wilson Mirror says
that he made a fine impression there last
year as a skilful teacher and splendid dis
ciplinarian. About sixty convicts are
at work near Walnut Cove, regrading tbe
C. F. & Y. V. Railway, from that point to
Belew's Creek. The .tomato; on ac
count of the dry weather has not done well
this season. Many say that their crops are
a total failure. We learn that Mr. .
Moore, of Aberdeen, Moore county, who iB
now engaged in building the Aberdeen &
West End Railroad, contemplates, with the
assistance of the citizens of Troy, to extend
his road to that place, and that be is also
negotiating with parties to continue the
eastern end from Aberdeen to meet the road
which which is now being extended from
Red Springs westward. The idea is, we
understand, to mako a closer connection
with Wilmington. The building of the C.
F, & Y. V. is the direct cause of this pro
ject.: i .
Wadesboro Messenger: Some
time during last Thursday night John
Davis, Henry Neal and George Buchanan,
all colored, managed to escape from jail
at this place. On last :Baturdsy,
Rev. J.W. Kllgo, late of Wadesboro, but
now pastor of the Chesterfield circuit, S.
Chad a horse instantly killed i by light
ning and narrowly escaped death himself
from the same cause. The electricity
struck a tree near the road just as Mr.
Kilgo passed, and glancing struck the
horse he was driving, killing it instantly,
and tearing the sole of one of Mr. Kilgo's
shoes off. Besides the damage to the shoe
Mr. Kilgo received a severe shock, but was
able to proceed to his home with Mr.
Griggs. At last accounts he I was doing
well. Last Thursday ; evening light
ning struck and set on fire a large barn be
longing to Mr. W. A. Smith, of Anson
Ville. i Tbe barn contained a large amount
of clover hay, which, together with the
barn was completely destroyed, i Rev.
R. 8. Webb, assisted by Reve. Tl B. Elling-
toni of Union, and F. B. McCall, of Ca
hormq rlrvBfid a vftv successful Protracted
meeting at Bethel church last Sunday. We
learn that as a result of the meeting there
were eleven conversions and nine acces
Bions to the1 membership of the chnrch.
Rev. H. O. Martin, of Rocky River
Springs, who has charge of the work of
Rev. J. B. Pruitt since his sickness, is con
ducting a very interesting and successful
meeting at Deep Creek Baptist Church.
Several conversions and accessions to the
church are reported. Pleasant Grove
Baptist Chufch it experiencing, under the
preaching of Rev. Thomas S. Wright, of
Stanly county, a gracious revival of reli
gion. , 1 , .,
Fayetteville Journal: While
Capt. J. P. Robertson was returning to his
home of the east side of the river yesterday
afternoon, having in the buggy with him
Mrs. Maguire. As he approached the
bridge, the terrific peal ot thunder which
accompanied the blinding flash of lightning
by which the bridge was struck, frightened
his horse and the animal dashed off wildly, '
becoming completely unmanageable. Mrs.
Maguire was thrown from the buggy and
received severe, tnougu nou mjuw.
In his mad career the buggy was entirely
demolished. Capt. Robertson escaped un
injured. One of the most I remarkable
cases of twins on record is at present in this
city. Yesterday afternoon a colored woman
on the place ot Judge Charles Harris gave
birth to a child or children, the like of
which has never been seen here before. The
following description will give the readers
some idea of it: The two children were
attached together at tbe breast
bone, facing each other being a
veritable pair of Siamese i twins.
From the breast up they were perfectly
formed human beings. Each bad a head
covered with hair, a perfect face with eyes,
nose, ears, mouth, and every part and fea
ture ot the countenance. Each bad two
arms and abdomens. They had three legs,
two legs being perfectly natural. ; but the
third leg seemed to be joined at the left hip
of one and the left hip of the other. This
third leg was only natural irom mo nueo
down. On the foot of this leg were eight
toes in a row, and a ninth toe on top of the
foot The third leg rested fist against tbe
body. There were double i hip joints.
There seems to have been only one heart,
and the child in whose breast it was situa
ted lived about one hour. ! The second
child lived about four and a half hours.and
while it breathed the heart in the dead one
continued to beat until the child ceased to
breathe. They opened their eyes when
born and one of them cried a little.
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