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National Democratic Ticket. . rl i For President : "' GROVER CLEVELAND, of New York. For Vice-President : ALLEN G. THURMAN, " j - of Ohio. , For Presidential Electors at Large : ALFRED M. WADDELL, I of New HanoverlCounty. PPPnTTRTPlT -NT STRTT H WTfTKT of Oratfge County. District Electors: 1st Dist. GEORGE H. BROWN, of Beaufort. 2d Dist.-JOHN E. WOODARD, of Wilson. J j 3d Dist. CHARLES B. AYCOCK of Wayne. j 4Tri Dist. -ED WARD W. I Jr., of Johnston. 5t; n Dist. J. H. DOBSON of 6th Dist.-SAMUEL J. PEMBER I I TON, of Stanly. I i 7th Dist.-L. CAMPBELL CAL I WELL, of Iredell. 8th Dist.-THOMAS M. VANCE, of Caldwell. I I 9th Dist. W. T. CRA WFORdJ of j Haywood. 1" j State Democratic Ticket V For Governor : DANIEL G. FOWLE, of Wake County. For Lieutenant-Governor ;of Alamance County. For Secretary of State: WILLIAM L. SAUNDERS, of Wake County. . For State Treasurer p DONALD W. BAIN, of Wake County. For State Auditor. : GEORGE W. SANDERLIN, of Wayne County. Vnr SnnprintpnrJfint. nf Pnhlin 'struction : ." SIDNEY M. FINGER, of Catawba County. I For Attorney-General . HEODORE F. DAVIDSON of Buncombe County, j j For Judges Supreme Court j : JOSEPH J. DAVIS, f of Franklin County. TA Ml?Q T? CWTJTTlT7,T?Tk. I'" - ot Beaufort County, i f ALPHONSO C. AVERY, jj of Burke County. For Congress Sixth District ! ALFRED ROWLAND of Robeson County, j j I E A SHORT CONTRAST. j Whiskey pays 90 cents a 'gallon tax. The Government gets every cent of it, and it helps to pay the war pensions and the war interest. The . Republicans howl aboyt the "whiskey ring" in Kentucky, but the facts remain, that the tax of 90 cents a gallon is collected . and eve jy (lent goes into the U. S. Treasury, and that tS? only genuine, live Whiskey TruBt thus far discovered la in Jthe Northern States. On the other hand the Steel Rail Trust is a pet! of the Republicans. They fairly hug it to their bosoms. And yet thai very Steel Rail TruBt received not less than $20,000,000 last year, as it did the years before, in the wayj of bounty or boodle from the Govern ment, while scarcely paying j a ient tax iinto the Treasury. Carnegie, Blaine's Scotch coachman, draws every day $5,000 as his share of j this Steel Rail Trust. Blaine, his dear friend, after coaching with him in Scotland, comes right home and! in dulges in such stupid lollypop as this: j- j "Trusts are largely private affairs, with which neither President Cleveland nor any private citizen has any particular right to interfere." I i We would like to know how muoh Carnegie paid Pliable for that utter ance. We notice in the public pripts that there are nowiihree "silver-tcngued" orators in North Carolina. As we have some recollection that wejfirst applied this descriptive phrase to Fowle, we suggest that golden mouthed and honey-giftedjbe ap plied to the other two and let Fowle enjoy alone the prefix. He must mend his pace or he will not be en titled longer to the phrase. The Augusta (Go.) Chronicle boasts that "we have in every county menwhocan pet tha better of Maior Wiillam McKinW Jr.. on any argument he can make on the tariff." Why don't the Chronicle trot out its men in every county to reply to McKin- leyT That would De oetter man; whining Chicago Inter.Oeean. Pro. Organ. I I Why, man, the Chronicle is with you andiMc, Jr. It isHigh Potec tion to kill. Catoh it "whining" about Mo's Protection sophisms and .flap doodle. j Jacksonville's only hopi now is frost and that may not come before December. " THURMAN'S CAMPAIGN SPEECH, i There is no poet since Alexander Pope who has furnished so many of the current sayings as the Laureate of England. The number of quota' tions that have become popular that have passed into the speech of the more cultivated taken from Te'nnyson exceeds that of any poet of this century, and, as we have said, of any poet since Pope. Half of the quotations we meet with in the magazines and reviews seem to us to be taken from him. Looking into a short biography jof Judge Thurman yesterday but for a moment or two we found the writer falling back on Tennyson to describe the Grand Old Man of these United States. ' The lines copied are from that very noble and splendid poem on Wellington, one of the noblest. odes in all litera ture. The lines are these, and they doubtless, apply with much force to the Ohio statesman, son of Virginia, and grandson of I North Carolina: " Rich in saving common sense." j " Ogood, gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men ! drew, j O iron nerve to true occason true." We have not a copy of the poems by us, or we would supplement this with other lines j equally applicable and equally impressive from the same majestic poem. We may do this at another time. j We copy to-day an extract from the Port Huron speech of Judge Thurman. We will copy other ex tracts from day to day until we have given our readers the benefit of some of the best of the wise old man's po litical utterances. No man has less rhetoric. No man indulges in less claptrap and "fuss and feathers." No man is simpler, plainer, clearer. Any one can understand him. Simplicity, lucidity, truth are the characteristics. He thinks clearly and simplifies. In point of fact his speech is not equal to some delivered in the House du ring the great debate, but it is easier understood and remembered. He does not give the facts and figures to sustain bis points always, but he is "easy to be understanded of the people." He is a great man. If ho had time and strength he could fortify himBelf and load his speech with dates, figures, statistics, &. But he pursues a wiser, better course for campaign purposes. He confines himself mainly to a 'refutation of ihe absurd and untenable position taken by the Republicans, and he does it most satisfactorily, most con clusively. . x ; Reading his speeches does not do a way with the importance of read ing the very able speeches of Car lisle, Mills, Cox, Wilson, Breckin ridge and others delivered in the House. Get them, study them and If-you are not'a hopeless dullard you must have au intelligent understand ing of the Tariff. We see it stated that so pleased are the National Democratic Com mittee with the speech of Judge Thurman at Port Huron that they will at once scatter a million copies of it. CRIME. That there is a vast deal of crime throughout the country is too plain for denial. It is increasing too every where butin North Carolina. That is' to say, if the papers 'are to be be lieved. From Aristook to the Capes of Florida and from ocean to ocean, crime flourishes. It is appalling. So cheap is human life and so abound ing are murders and violence, that it is almost wonderful that any one lives to three score years. Crime is much more prevalent in free United States than in monarchical Great Britain. The late Knnsas outbreak is a most disgraceful affair, and if it had occurred in the South, it would have brought out a thousand columns of pious homily upon the savagery, &c, of the South from Northern newspa pers of every stripe. This is so plain that the Louisville Courier Journal, referring to the Kansas civil war and the recent Indian and Iowa mobs that made things lively, shows one day's record of crime in the North, to be gathered from one issue of that paper. It says : i "Take Mnndnv'n runnrH nf nn'moo murders in the Courier-Journal nf Tnnn- day. A pleasure party is fired into and a ladv killed bv men whr. h&A hn nrAnraA off of fishing reserves. This is in a terri tory contiguous to Maine. In New York, on the stairs leading to the building on the east side of the Brooklyn bridge, a man was assassinated. In New Haven 'one of the best known young men' gets on a spree nuu auucis up auiucienuy lo Kill mmsell. In Blnominffton. Tnrl a f Amain hnn h; was detected. In Indianapolis a physician drugs his patient and robs him. At Guide Rock, Neb., they lynch a would-be mur derer.. At Burterinr. Winmntin an r.kiof j . -mwvhv.u, ua. VA bUlU of police shoots his wife. At Columbus, Indiana, a man is arrested for going home at night and turning his wife and children out of doors. "The record is not a pleasant one to con template. We hope our Northern contem poraries will give a little more attention to crime at home, and with the press of the country we may not feuuem me country. The North is just as bad, perhaps even worse, than the South, But some people have a great desire to pull at the mote in somebody else's eye, while unmindful that there is a beam in their own eye. The Paoific Blope outlook is re ported as favorable to the Dem ocrats. If Chinese Harrison can oarry California then the people de serve to be visited by a swam of Mongolians who shall fill all the houses and devour the substance of the people. The Old Roman is in first rate health, better than for a year. The trip to Port Huron diet him good. TAXATION AT HORIE. i - i Taxation is a necessity. Taxation is a curse. It takes from the labor ing man a part of his hard earned wages. The party that takes most is his worst enemy. The party that takes less is his best friend. The Stab is daily showing how the two parties are acting in this matter of taxation. The Democrats are work ing on right lines. jThey are trying to out down the National or Federal taxes. The Republicans are resist ing this. . ,j i , In North Carolina Col. Dockery is the leader in this resistance. He is very hostile to any j reduotion of the grinding taxes, andjyet he expects fair, honest, jast men to vote for him. I I In State matters, the Democrats have a very fair record on this ques tion of taxation, j There is no doubt of this. In all of the campaigns from 1870 until now the white tax payers have had the facts and figures brought before them. It is an old, old story, and yet it is a good story for the people. The robberies per petrated in North Carolina when the Republicans were j in power will re main a standing reproach and barrier against their return to power. If the white tax payers of North Carolina could I ever forget these robberies and rascalities and be found supporting Dockery and his gang they would richly deserve to pass under the yoke of oppression again and be made to go through all of the plucking and oppressing to which they were subjected in the fat days of Radicalism. But the white men of the State will not so afflict themselves. The Radicals took full charge in 1868. The Legislature of 1868-9 cost the whites $430,958. This was the grand era of stealing and debauchery and crime and madness. Radicalism was rampant and pluoking was the slogan of the thieves and are the expenses j of for twenty years: bummers. Here the Legislature In 1868-'9. at $7 par day and 20 cents mileage. $480,958 In 1870-'l, at $5 per day and 20 t cents mileage.. 4.. ...; 212,893 In 1872-'3. at $5 per' day and 20 cents mileage. .. L 169,396 In 1874, at $5 per day and 20 cents mileage L . . .1. . L 109,234 la 1876, at $4 per day and 10 cents mileage I. ..!.... 81,823 In 1879 '80. at $4 per day and 10 cents mileage... I. v. I.. i ... 81.293 In 1881, at $4 per day and 10 cents mileage ..... 56,259 In 1883. at $4 per day and 10 cents mileage L... ... . 58,478 In 1885, at $4 per day and 10 cents mileage L...f 58.288 In 1887, at $4 per day and 10 cents mileage .... 60,499 The Democrats g6t control in 1870. Then the! cof t jof legislation rapidly diminished. Look at the table. In 1887, thesost was $60,499, against the cost of the Radical Leg islature of 1868-9. Put the corrupt Wonderful! party back in power and what guarantee . can the people have that the! same old rascal ities and plundermgs will not be re peated ? Bat more of this hereafter. HOW THE RADICALS RUINED THB PUBLIC SCHOOLS. . . 1 i , It is important that: the people of North Carolina should bear in mind the record of the1 Radical party in the past in this State in the mat ter of pnblio education. Under the blight of carpet baggery and negro "savagery" (see j Judge Russell's let ter) the public j school system well nigh perished. Prior to the war be tween the States North Carolina led all the Southern States in common schools, as it did all States but Vir ginia in her University and her clas sical schools. J j When Radicalism got on top the mildew of death seized upon the whole school system, and for awhile all disappeared witli the exception of a high school here and there and a beggarly number of common schools. The funds were stolen, the people were robbed, the children were plun dered and turned 'out like the wild ass a colt to graze without care. Ig norance dominated in politics and bossed the schools. It is a fact that the Radioals man aged to destroy! pretty muoh all that remained of the public school fund. They actually lost; $600,000 of rail road stocks audj squandered $125,000 of money receiyedj from the United States Government. The funds squandered, the school system col lapsed. The following from the Democratic Hand-Book explains what was donei j ' 1 'The reports of Republican Superinten dent 8. 8. Ashley and Republican Auditor Henderson Adams show the following facts: "For that part of the fiscal year 1868, du ring which the Republicans had power there was not a dollar of the literary fund SDent for teaching. "inuring tne nscal year ending Septem ber 30, 1869, there was spent out of the ed ucational fund $167,158.18. Not one dollar of this large sum was spent in teaching the poor children of the State, white or black to read or to write.! Instead of that the Republican Legislature took $158,000 of that amount and divided it among its mem bers under the name; of per diem at $7 a day; $3,0C0 was Moaned' to the Radical University professors, and the balance of the $167,000 is charged to 'expense ac- v .'yrinJ.he fiscal! year ending Septem ber 80. 1870. . there was spent out of the educational fund $203,411.01, as follows: "Invested in special tax bonds. $150,000 00 Expense account. : . i 2 014 00 Poll tax returned . . I 415 15 Paid to teanhAra nf aphnnlD eo no, cn lioanedto University... ..... 10,000 00 .uoanea 10 Leai and Dumb Asytam. j . j 2,000 00 Tota1--- $203,411 01 This is what the black and tan party did under jthe leadership of rascally interlopers and adventurers combining with dilapidated, unprin cipled scallawagery. Education Wan regarded by the Republican party with espeoial animosity. They hated - ca, eaucated whitean nnless be would sell out, take office and go into the plundering and wasting game, ' " - Can it be possible that ordinarily intelligent white men can ever for get the dark days of 1869-70 when Radicalism roamed- the State de vouring and oppressing? Can it be possible that any Democrat in 1888, can be disregard ful of the past and look with forgiveness and charity upon the base aots of the Radicals who blasted as with the breath of a fierce sirocoo and left poor old North Carolina stripped and peeled and cursed? 1 - - . We will take up to-morrow Edu cation from another,7 point of view, and show what the Democratic party has done for the children of North Carolina since it got control. Mr. D. G. Ambler, President of the National State Bank, Jackson ville, Fla., ia in New York. He has been interviewed by the World. The following is interesting and sugges tive. . He says: "The fever this year is, I think, directly traceable to the failure to destroy all infect ed clothing and infected buildings that spread the disease in 1887. Experience has shown that fumigation is valueless. The germs of the disease cannot be destroyed by that means. Whatever is infected must be burned and completely destroyed, and the people living in that district under stand this very thoroughly. But just here is where the trouble comes in. You can not destroy property, especially the pro perty of a poor man, unless you compen sate him for the loss, and wheu you do not compensate him you offer him an incentive for concealment. Beds and bedding, even after being used in his family in a fever eicknes?, represent a certain value, and if his family has recovered he sees no reason why this property should be destroyed. The fever this year originated in a small hamlet called Manatee. Tnere are proba bly fifteen houses in it. Twenty thousand dollars, or perhaps even $10,000, would have bought all of them and all they con tained. Had they been swept out of ex istence fever would not have spread over an area of fifty miles as it did. Placing a cordon about a tewn amounts to nothing. It would take an army to keep people iso lated. They will not stand it." The rich Democrats have been sending $10,000 checks by the dozen. Chairman Brice, Representative Scott, Secretaries Diokmson and Endicott, Pat Kelly, of Minn., W. H. Barnum, Herman Oelrichs and Oliver Payne have each given $10,000. With the President's $10,000 the grand total foots up $120,000, and the returns not all in. There are fourteen Representatives away from Washington who plead sickness for absenoe. Mr.,Simmons, of North Carolina, says .his.wife is very sick Booksellers' Convention. The North Carolina Booksellers' and Stationers1 Board of Trade met inthis city yesterday morning. About three-fourths of the regular dealers in the State were represented either in person or by proxy. Mr. Eugene Q. Harreli; of Raleigh, the President, was in the chair, and Mr. E. S. Hoyt, of Washington, acted as Secretary. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, and the re port of the Treasurer was read and adopted. Various matters affecting the busi ness of the trade . were discussed and resolutions concerning the same were adopted looking to the general bene fit of the public and the trade. The Secretary having tendered his resignation on account of a change in business, Mr. E. S. Hoyt, of Wash ington, was elected to 111 the vacancy. A proposition that the next meet ing be held at Ocracoke was dis cussed, and the matter referred to the Executive Committee for final de cision. The meeting adjourned at 1 o'clock in the afternoon to enable the mem bers and their families to visit Caro lina Beach. The present officers are as fol lows : President Eugene G. Harreli, Ral eigh, N. C. Vice President P. Heinsberger, Wilmington, N. C . Secretary E. S. Hoyt, Washington, N. C. J Assistant Secretary M. E. Robin son, Goldsboro, N. C. J Treasurer Mrs. M. E. Howard, Greensboro, N. C. j Corresponding Secretary J. B. Whitaker, Jr., Goldsboro, N. C. Speaking at Wadtiboro. ting from Wadesboro, says that at least 2,500 people assembled at that place last Tuesday to hear the joint discussion between the gubernatorial candidates Jucge Fowle .and Col. Dockery. Judge Fowle made one of his telling speeches, carrying con vincing proofs with his argument. Dockery's speech was pretty muoh the same as at Monroe the day before, making little or no impression on his hearers. j Judge Fowle was escorted to the grove where the speaking took place by a procession of some three hun dred mounted men, followed by a large crowd on foot. Much enthusi asm was manifested. The Demooracy of Anson will poll a large majority for the ticket at; the election in No vember. A telegram to Messrs. Woodv & Currle from Fayetteville, yesterday forenoon, brought advices of a rise of two. inches in the river at that place, and that there was likely to be higher water still, as there had been good rains since at Fayetteville and above. This will be acceptable news to steamboat men, as the rise of two feet reported last week soon ran off and the river was again quite low, and steamers subjected to delay. The steamer A. P. Hurt, due here vaster- day morning, did not arrive until the evening on this account. merit Wins. We desire .to say to our citizens, that for Veara n hnvn hnnn snllinir Ttr TTinn'm XTa Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's .cw xjua mtuib, xtucKiea a Arnica Halve ana Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not nesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase Price, if BB.tisfao.tnrv rnanlta iln nnt follm their use. These remedies have won their Brw popularity purely on their merits Wic H. Gbebzt & Co.'s Drug Store. fOWJLE A.ND DOCKERY. Joint Discission at Monroe A Great Gatnerfnc ana Granel Dy tor tne Democracy. A special, dispatch to the Stab from Monroe, N. O., says that Judge Fowle and CoL Dockery opened the joint canvass there yesterday, There were about three thousand people present. Judge Fowle . was met at the depot by some eight , hundred citizens three hundred mounted and escorted to the hotel, where a perfect ovation was given him by the Democracy of Union county, who were oat in full foroe. I Mr. Dockery opened the discussion in a speech of one hour; but he did not sustain his reputation as a cam paigner. He charged the Democratic party with being the "negro party" and appealed to the laboring men to vote with the party that would con tinue the high tariff. He charged the Democratic party with failure to re deem a single' pledge it had made. Judge Fowle demolished Col. Dock ery's high tariff arguments and showed what had been done for the people of Union county and North Carolina by the Democratic party. The record of the two parties was compared, and the outrages prac ticed by the Republicans while they were in power were shown up in all their hideotmness. The Republican party was shown to be the enemy of personal freedom and the freedom of the press. Dockery, as usual, attempted to ex cite a prejudice' against lawyers. Fowle asked him if he did not vote for a negro lawyer (Harvey Quick) against a white farmer. Dockery did not deny it; he said he (Dockery) voted for the nominees of his party. Judge Fowle then asked him if his antipathy to lawyers only extended to white ones. Dockery Was silent. Altogether, it . was a; great day for Democracy, and the pause has been strengthened. The enthusiasm mani. f ested will be felt all through the campaign. The people of Union are delighted with Judge Fowle and with his speech. September Weatker. The weather chart for September, issued by Mr. F. P. Chaffee, in charge of the Signal Office, which is com puted from seventeen years' observa tion at this place, shows the weather during that month as very change able, with sudden and decided changes in temperature, though with a tendency to rather wanner between the 5th and 9th, becoming gradually cooler towards the latter part of the month. The following are some of the most marked features of the month of September, during past years: "Highest temperature, 95 de grees in 1875 and 1876; lowest, 42 de grees in 1887. Clear days occur f in every 3; cloudy days lin4. It rains 1 day in 3, with an average daily rainfalt of .24 of an inch. The great est daily rainfall was 7.30 ; inches on the 10th in 1883 The average velocity of wind is six miles per hour from the northeast. . - The following are some of the high winds that have blown during the month in question: Fifty miles, from southeast on 28th, in 1874; 31 miles, from south on 19tb, in 1875; 56 miles, from northwest on 17th, in 1870; 30 miles, from southeast on 12th, in 1878; 64 miles, from west on 9th, in 1881; 39 miles, from southeast on 11th, in 1883. i Anotner Old Landmark Gone.' The "Long House" on the corner of Church and Sorry streets is being demolished. Workmen commenced yesterday tearing it down and the task will probably be completed to day. The "Long House" has often figured in police annals and has been the scene of many a midnight orgie and affray. For years past it has been the abode of dissolute and abandoned characters, and its demo lition will no doubt clear them out of that neighborhood. FOWL.EA.VJynOCE.ERY. Tne Joint Discussion acjmonroe. A correspondent of the Star, writ ing from Monroe, gives the following account of the speaking at that place on Monday last: The joint discussion between Judge Fowle and Col. Dockery opened here to-day under the most favorable cir cumstances, with a boom for the De mocracy. A vast concourse of peo ple heard, with deep interest, the joint debate, and Judge Fowle fully maintained his reputation as a de bater. A multitude . on foot fully twenty-five hundred with about three hundred mounted men, met Judge Fowle at the depot, and head ed by a brass band escorted him to the hotel, with a grand oration. Monroe has never witnessed such an outburst of popular applause, and there has never been so many people assembled here since the incorpora tion of the town. f It is thought that Union will increase her usual major ity of twelve hundred. ! The Tariff was discussed by both candidates from their respective f)latforms; the farmers being deeply mpressed with the burdens of a pro tective system, and many of them seemed, for the first time, to realize the enormous tax they were paying to the manufacturers on everything they buy. Jndgo Fowle eloquently advocated the cause of Demooracy and appealed to the people for a con tinuance of the present system of County Government, the abolition of which would bankrupt and utterly ruin the East, whose people had previously suffered from negro rule, i Eachcandidate spoke one nour, and CoL Dockery advocated a protective tariff and a change in county govern ment: so that the people might elect the officers which met with little or no favor from the vast assemblage. The stores were all closed for the occasion, and the people have never witnessed such a gathering and such enthusiasm at any previous political contest. It is estimated that there were five thousand people present, and that much- good has been done tne juemocracy. t. M. a. For the Star. ROCKY MOUNT. aLIGHT IN FANTRY. ) Rocky Mount, N. C, August 28th, 1888. Coh F. H. Cameron, Inspector General, reviewed the Rooky Mount Light Infantry yesterday. He was well pleased at its progress, and soon he expects to see it high above the average. Being the first dress parade of the company, it was quite creditable, and Captain Hart and his Lieutenants are to be congratulated. Next Monday, the company visits Nashville for dress parade, and a flag will be presented on that day by the ladies through Hon. B. H. Bunn, mil itary addresses will be delivered by General Cox,Dossey Battle and Henry Blount, Esqs. J. President Cleveland's Contribution to - tke Campalsn Fund. Washiiigton, August 27. The reported $10,000 campaign; contribution from the President waa , the theme of : discussion up town and down to-day. When asked by a reporter about the story, Col. Limont said : "I don't ee anything very startling about that story. It Is well known that the President j has always openly and abpve board been io the habit of making such contributions as his means justified toward defraying the necessary legitimate expenses of his party's campaigns, whether he has been a candidate for office or not, and this year is not likely to be an exception. The expenses for the campaign, meetings, &c., in a national campaign covering the whole country, run up into hundreds of thou sands of dollars. Somebody must pay, and none could be expected to do so more cheer fully than those who are supposed to have a personal interest in their party's success. The President will, as heretofore, assist the Democratic party in this manner as far as he thinks fair and proper; just as I suppose General Harrison and General Flake will aid the Republican and Prohibition parties. I don't know what sum he will give, and I don't understand that it is any of my business; but I am quite sure the sum attributed ($10,000), is not unusually large." To the further question, whether or not the story published was true, the Colonel refused to reply, saying, "That is all I have to say on the subject. I think the statement published to the effect that such large sums have not been given be fore is all nonsense." Washington, August 28. The Presi dent and Col. Lamont, accompanied by In ternal Revenue Commissioner Miller, left Washington last night on a fishing excur sion of two or three days, in the vicinity of Clifton Forge.inthe Blue Ridge mountains. Two more Democratic members were in attendance at the; meeting of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day, Messrs. Cothran and Chipman, making five Democrats and three Republicans. A pre limnary discussion having impressed the committee with the feeling that there might be fair ground for a difference of opinion as to the effect of ! existing Btatutes based upon the treaty of Washington, it was de cided that the President's message and the Wilson bill should be referred to a sub" committee. Accordingly a sub-committee was appoined, consisting of Messrs. Mc Creary, Chipman and Hill, which was di rected to investigate the subject, collate all of the facts bearing upon it, and generally to get together all the information necessary for tho guidance of the full committee. The sub-committee entered at once upon its task, and is under instructions to report to the full committee next Thursday. The House Committee on Manufactures today decided to begin an investigation of the cotton bagging trust next Friday, if the attendance of the i necessary witnesses can be secured, i j The Hooker resolution, authorizing the President to suspend collection of duty on imported cotton bagging during the exis tence of the trust, is before the Ways and Means Committee, but has not yet been considered. ;j . f There is a growing belief on the part of a number of Democrats that there may be an opportunity to make a party question of trusts, and a movement is in progress to have the whole subject considered at the Democratic caucus, with the view of en acting some! legislation based upon the nine specific bills already introduced in the House by Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas. Washington, August' 29. Representa tive Belmont has returned to this city from Maine, and resumed the chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He has added Mr. Morrow and himself to the sub committee which has been charged with the duty of collecting information regard ing treaties concerning Canada and the United States and supplemental legislation, for the guidance of the full committee in acting upon the President's message and the Wilson bill. MISSISSIPPI. A Negro Xrnebed for Criminally As saulting Wblte Women. By Telegraph to tne Morning Star. Bellefontaine, August 29. On Satur' day night a negro, known as Pony Poe, forced an entrance into the residence of Mrs. Bissett, a widow, and criminally as saulted Mrs. JJissett and heryoun? daugh ter and the daughter of a neighbor, aged 14 years, first choking them into insensibil ity. Next day the sheriff and a posse ar rested Poe at a religious meeting, where he was taking a prominent part In the service. While the sheriff's; posse was en route to jail with the prisoner Monday a mob of three hundred men overpowered the officers and took the negro to the scene of his crime. Poe confessed bis crime and said he deserved death. He further said that a few years ago he criminally assaulted a white woman in northern Mississippi, but made his escape. Poe was a leader of the negroes in Webster county, had taught school, and last year was a candidate for the office of tax assessor. THE INDIANS. Trouble Brewing on the Sbosone Re servation in Wyoming Tbe Slonx at tbe Bottom of It. (By Telegraph to the Morning Star.) Chicago, August 29. A special from Cheyenne, l Wyoming, says: Trouble is brewing on the Shosone reservation, Fre mont county. Government issues rations to 900 Arapahoes and 1,100 Shoshones-at this agency, Sioux visitors to the Arapahoes are at the bottom of the trouble. Two white men! were found dead near Rattle Snake mountains, on the reservation, where they were ! doubtless murdered by the Sioux, who donned their war paint af ter being ordered off the Shoshone reserva tion. Half-breed hunters report the pre sence of a i band of one hundred and fifty hostile Indians within the reservation. They are fully armed, with plenty of am munition, extra ponies, and no women and children along. To-day five Sioux on the reservation were arrested by the Indian agent. i J ToWA. Democratic State Convention Noml 11 nation. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. DesMoines, August 29. The Demo cratic State Convention met in Foster's Opera House to-day. Bandanas predomi nated in the decorations of the hall and stage. Georce C. Heberling, of Jackson county, was nominated for Secretary of State; Daniel J. Ackenstom, of Mont gomery county, I Auditor; Amos Case, of Chickasaw county. Treasurer; Patrick H. Smythe, of Burlington, Judge of the Su preme Court; Joseph O. Mitchell, of Lucas county, Attorney-General. For Railway Commissioners Peter A. Day, of Johnson county; Charles A. Lund, of Kossuth county, and Hermann Wills, of Clinton county. The elelectors-at-large chosen were John J. Duncombe, of Fort Dodge, and Judge James Grant, of Davenport. ; SOUTH COROLINA. Democratic Congressional Conven I i tlon. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charleston, August 28. The Dem ocratic Convention of the Second Congres sional District met at Aiken to-day. The candidates are Tillman, the present incum bent; Henderson, of Aiken, and Aldrich, of Barnwell. On the firat ballot Tillman received 20 votes, Henderson 10 and Aid rich 10. Necessary to a choice 23. The Convention adjourned until 5 o'clock this afternoon, i On reconvening . four more baliots were taken without change, and the viuuvcuuuu aujournea tin to morrow. I NEW YORE. Nominations by tbe Republican State Convention. Saratoga, August 28. The Republi can Statei Convention met here to-day Gen. B. F. Tracy, of Brooklyn, was chairl manEx-Senator Warren Miller was nom inated for Governor by acclamation, and Col. S. V. jCruger. of New York, for Lieut Governor on tha first ballot. Judge Wil liam Rumsey, of Steuben county, was nom inated for Judge of the Court of Appeals. ! Bucklen'e Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts Bruises SoresDlcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Spres, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chi Mains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and i DMi tively cures Piles, or no pi requulJ is guaranteed to give perfect aattafaciion or money refunded. Price 25 cente Mr box. For sale by W. H. Gkekn&Co J official Heports or tne jspiacnuv Jacksonville No Fever at Fernan ' dlnej and tbe City Never Healibler People Again Fnnle-StrleKe and Firms la' Kvery Direction Tblrty roariNew Cases and ' Fonr Deatbs Iteported Vp to 6 F. 101. In JacK- sonvllle. . jj i By Telegraph to the Morning Star,! Iwashtugtoit, Aug. 29. Surgeon Gene ral Hamilton said to-day, in regard to yel low fever in Jacksonville, that there have been 181 deaths to date, of which 40 have recovered, 19 have died and 72 are under treatment. T , ', . Dr. starbuck, of the Marine Hospital Service, at Fernandina. Fla., telegraphs to Surgeon General Hamilton that that city was never healthier or in a better sanitary condition than at present, and that there is no truth in the rumor of a recent death there from yellow fever. Jacksonville, t August 29. Twelve Since six o'clock last o'clock! bulletin. evening, new cases 15, deaths 2, recoveries 1,' under treatment 04. ioiaicasea io, total deaths 21. J . ... ,v. The Citizens' Sanitary Association this mbrning passed a resolution requesting the Surgeon General ! to establish a hospital near the refugee camp on the St. Mary's river. I . j ! New Orleans,' August 29. A dispatch from Jacksonville to the Picayune says : This morning's list of 21 new cases, with 16 others reported up to noon, has again sent the people panic stricken in every di rection: To-day's train was well filled with refugees en route to the North, and to-morrow's will be likewise. The hot, murky and rainy weather of the past week is now having its effect, and it is thought the number of cases will increase daily, f Tbe disease also seems to be assum ing a violent type, and people are greatly alarmed. i I This noon Messrs. Kech, Furchott & Benedict, the largest i dry goods house re maining open, closed their doors, and sev eral firms in other lines did likewise. Gro cery and drug stores are the principal busi ness places now openj At the Association meeting to-day strong mention was made of the need of good ex perienced yellow fever nurses, and the com mittee were instructed to telegraph for such nurses if in the judgment of the committee they were needed. So many cases coming in will tax the physicians and nuraes to the utmost l The gravity of the situation is now ac knowledged by the most hopeful, as Sep tember, always a bad month, is approach ing, and it is thought; that new cases will then run up to big figures daily. At the meeting i attention was also drawn to the fact t that Jack Pollard, who bad been taken Sick at Boulogne, was turned back to Jacksonville without as sistance, which act resulted in his death. It was urged that some provision should be made j for the treatment of the sick at Camp Perry. A resolution covering this point was adopted, reading as follows: "Whereas citizens going to Camp Perry are likely to develop fever, and proper treatment of such cases is a matter of vital importance, land the moving of such patients to the! hospitals of this city involves great and unnecssary risk to their lives; therefore, be it! "Resolved, That the Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service be requested to have a suitable hospital established near said camp at the earliest possible moment." To-day has been dark, gloomy and rainy. I Quite a I number of patients are critically ill, among them Mrs. D. J. Crowley, wife of the manager of the West ern Union office! here, and Miss Minnie Bourse. Three or four have been dis charged in the put 24 hours. Jacksonville, August 29. There is no longer a shadow of a I doubt that we have on our hands a regular epidemic. Thirty four new cases were reported to the Board of Health for the 24 hours ending at 6 o'clock this.evening. They are principally in the central and eastern part of the city, the infection apparently being carried by the southwest winds of the past few days in a northeasterly direction. Among the cases are Mrs. Judge McLean and two children; Miss Kidd, telephone operator; Mrs. Hopkins, stamp clerk at the post office; J. H. Stephens, local agent of the Savannah, Florida & Western Rail road, who has stood at his post, and is chairman of the Railroad Relief Associa tion, and Fayette Dancy, clerk in the in ternal revenue office. I Four deaths were reported for the same time, among them Hugh D. Roberts, O. M. Smith and sister, and Rosa de Ling, of St, Joseph. j i The Citizens' Association passed resolu tions to-day requesting Surgeon General Hamilton to establish a hospital near Camp Perry. i I Leading, colored citizens to-day organ ized an auxiliary association to assist the Relief Committee and keep order. A strong resolution was passed denouncing as false telegrams to several Northern papers to the effect that the colored people of Jacksonville were jlawlessley plundering abandoned houses. These false stories were corrected two weeks ago by a telegram of a committee of citizens, consisting of the acting Mayor, president of the Board of Health, president of the Citizens' Sanitary Association, and the editor of the Times Union. j Thecolbred people passed a resolution voicing their appreciation of the efforts of white citizens to relieve the distress of colored working people thrown out of em ployment, but expressing the opinion that it will be utterly impossible to sustain the needy, and urging the importance of government aid in the matter. They assert that ten thousand colored people will soon be dependent on relief committees, and that $10,000 per week will be required to furnish them with the bare necessaries of life, i M Judge JoneeJ of the County Criminal Court, h&a held Court and sentenced nearly ail tne prisoners in jail, wno pieaa guilty, to the chain gang, where they will work on roads in the healthy parts of the country. Several cases of fever have appeared in tne county jail. I ! witniew exceptions the ministers are nobly at their i posts of duty. They are nearly an on reiiei committees lor the dure rent waras. irrominent among tnem are Bishop Weid and Rev. Dr. Weller, Episco palians; father Jlenny, Catholic; Rev. Dr. Dodge, Presbyterian; and Rev. Mr. Sharp. Southern Methodist Sister Mary Ann is aepi Dusy, ana an tne Bisters of St. Joseph are ever ready to nurse the sick and com fort the dying. II All hope of ending the epidemic before frost appears is abandoned, and the citi zens here have resolved to calmly and cou rageously confront the situation and do tneir duty nobly.j COTTON. New York Commercial Chronicle. Fridat, Aug. 24,1888. The move ment of tne j crop, as indicated by our telegrams from the South to night, is given below. For the week ending this evening (Aug. ;'24), the total receipts have reached 18,517 Daies, against 19,499 Bales last week, 9,915 bales the previous week and 6,384 bales three Weeks sinnn. mat. ing the total receipts sinoe the 1st of September, 11887, 5,645,477. bales, against 5,242,367 bales for the same period of 1886-7, showing an in crease sinoe ! September 1, 1887, of 1 he exports for the week ending this evening reach a total of 9,657 bales, of which 6,704 were to Great Britain, 45 to Franoe and 2,908 to tne reus or tne continent. To-day there was a slight eeneral improvement, but the market was siuggisn. uotton on the spot de clined lo on Satnrd and icon Tuesday, without leading v "uoiuoBH. x esteraay. now ever, there was some improvement in pne home demand, but to-day WBH ulU0 aoing at ioo for The total sales for forward deliyi ery for the week are 295,800 bales. win pay aii wno use Cotton Gins, to get prices and testimonials of those A No l manufacturers, The Brown Cotton Gin iwuuoD, wnn, They lead the T rth . Clina Tobscoo 7;w,,iVU 'h session at Morehead. i YVllSOn Advan. rrr . . friend' Mr Melvin F. Garfl ttr owned tbe Mt. o 1 whna editor Of the FayettcvX U wish him much success in f Maxton Union: adjourned Thursday. This Wa . The State docket was finished cases on the civil docket wp Jtt J. B. IMcCormic. charTi.Po mhia nn on WHr.n.j. ''U trial behad to go to jail til &l J Raleigh Recorder: Tht State Convention nf -Nr..v ue oawL. ita next session with ik arolina wf? bor on .Wednesday after ZtlS uajr ia ocm uer, oeeinni a. m Rev. B unnHD f,rK0o'iC preacrithe introductory '.Sl B. Justice of Rutherfordton '3' alters spienaia meeting at Cary-ih;X7?( piace ior yeais. -Richmond (Va.) State- t O.. was I before the police coufiH dosepn Alien ana stealing 15 p T Parkieson who made the arret S tnat tne roDoery was committed 's night on the steamer Ariel, som Charles Cit rnnntioo nce GeorT Charles City counties Tif nnVaoill a TT.' annual Masonic picnic here last a great success. Over three thnilS M pie were on the ground and en 7J speeches, music and the exercises nf ,u 4 phans i About one hundre?2 Confederate soldiers were ia thenr."" The address of Rev. W. n TLp..rRceEsi grand. Gen. James M . tw" mc uiu vcwraus ior two hours Some good points. .1 1.1 . . ' . .av.u New Bern Journal: Tha J work Bhould not be diseoDtinuK'"' fear of an epidemic passes away. Th anion or uacc yards, alleys, docks places butcher's stalls and Buouiu ue constantly loosed after noiaT whether there is danger oi vellow muu. uM ius juuu wur& go on unfile it so. -u miet AnViovillo n Methodist church on Hominy, now CaE ler postoffice, known as Montmorenair be dedicated on the first Sunday C tember. The services will be cmZ by Revs C. T. Carroll and James AtfJ .vyicocuuuivo 01 iuih paper ifflpi viewed Beveral planters from BimconJ wuu were ia me cuy yesterday, regard! mo yivaymia ul IUB IU03CC0 CrOD in 11 lAjuuty vuio ocaouu. in oeany even irl stance me reporter was assured ik. outlook was very good for an averatt ?' -v,. u i iuo crop ofjj GUI. I oantora MJxpress; On FrMj night Liberty suffered a heavy los3 brh a. auuui x u viuuk. a. m. lire was aiscnierc In the store of Fefgueon & Howard,1 fc was beyond control.. Six buildir, burned, as follows: Staley & Stale v'sfc; Hire nuu general uieicuanuise; lyOltrSi;: livery stable; Glosson's teleeranh sndw art school; Glosson & Ledbetter, furor and coffins; J. J. Wishart, general ue. chandise. The postoffice waB also bunt Total loss 17,000: insurance 13.000. I r Glasson loses $1,000; Ferguson & Hovud total loss. 4o goods were saved. jFi supposed to have been caused by rats gw ing matcnes. Charlotte Chronicle: Someiim: after 12 o'clock Saturday night a psr ? rowdies got in some of the meanest w ever known in this city. Thev kaock off about 600 of the capstones of theorist wall surrounding the old city cemj'.i anu oattereu aown tne wan in esc or places, i Mr. J. W. Cobb, register deeds, has completed the computation i the real and personal property taxable! Mecklenburg county, for the current lev The total foots up $7,836,609, an intra over last of $218,000. .Of thisiocreu Charlotte township alone shows $80,Mt The real and personal property of Chariot township amount to $4,123,076, Murphy Advance: Tbe tort of changing the cause on the -Muim Jtortn Oteorgla Kailroad has been w menced. When the gauge is changed the Western North Carolina road his completed to Murphy, cars can then through from Ashevule via Murphy to lanta, a distance of 260 miles. T. election held in this county yesterday the question of the issuing of $5O,0M bonds to aid in the construction bf I Hiwassee Railroad, which is proposed run from this place via Cleveland tq Ctt tanooga, Tenn., resulted in favor pi proposition by a handsome majority, vote standing old- to 443 in favor ol scription. The building of m means the building up of a ci'y here d the development of the great 1211DCI 'ill sources of our country. Charlotte Chronicle: ThpAil eociate Reformed Presbyterian Cburcil enjoyed a feast of good things laEtnigb-l and many of the other churches were tneml also. It was the occasion of the lctuufi tion of Rev. C. E. Todd, who has beeil preaching for these Presbyterians so fsitb-l fully and acceptably, to be weir P""0'l Mr. J. G. Boylin, editor of the Wfifiesj boro Messenger and -Intelligmtr, vasil the city yesterday, and from him we lein that Mr. Craige, who was shot by Herri Dunlan durinsr the iail delivery v. I nlace last Saturday evening, is still liTiif but the doctors give no hope for nisfrecoi ptv Nn trarn han hepn discovered I Dunlap. Four hundred dollars reviril offered for his capture, of which f3B be paid by the State, $100 byAnsonJI and $100 by tbe sheriff or Anson, iflft nairrrt r1 Hirhfc irincrpr hreafl ahm-it flva faot nlovcrn innhpfl ID about twentv-five vears of age aml fi.hnnt nnn hnnrirnil and fiixtv DC erect and of a square build ; has cq W I goes armed. 1 I lan.n that W TnKn AY o cViinfrtfin son of Mai. Wm. A. Blount, of Bsfl county, died in Pittsburg, Pa., a w Bern Ha horl haon a reairlpnt of Ft'" vania for several vears. - Goldfl) An tho Ava nf a nivonH CPTlRfttiCD. parties who have been digging veiu1 ice factory discovered at some t181? the University, was sent for to vif I phenomenon and make an investigaifl it. which he did. He has returned University and has not yet made m of his observations, but will do 60ii9 1 days, i Gibson Station, N. Jg 27. This morning, while J&s. .n1niwt waa oniraoArl in cleaning -J Breerlen'a f!hnnl a church fieVeO;1 n-Vioa nf Kio nl.m ho WftS OK" by foul air. He signaled the men M mouth to draw him up. When is top ne suoaeniy ien dbcs. w '"v..i dead. Up to last accounts nis W7 still in the well. I Durham Recorder. morning a party of gentlemen, fjpM of Messrs. J- W Goodson, J- v.. oK J. Goodson and Wm. Fletcher, y jf on a squirrel hunt. Returning yitf Goodson was in the buggy wit'L, nf er. After reaching town, and ino resilience oi air. iw wii nM r street, the buggy became wf&m front wheels running out anfl i buggy drop. Being in a brisk W (, threw Mr. Goodson forward ano . dashboard ; fornutely he was not y Not so with Mr. Fletcher. njZrt. was their euns. Mr. Goodson s g f breech-loader, but it was not lou Fletcher's was an oid-fashioneo tween his legs, the muzzle M1D h, d lAft il.MM.. t th fall of lD, SWV4Ca Asa , ..-ajfj OU ,1 was at this Ume that the gun88 eiM both bowder. shot and ust under the arm ano cuu-l top of the rear part IImI making an ugly hole and the arm bonei. Since theabve ten we learn that Mr. morning at 5 o'clock. I i nres ! Tne camP"'" - . lbe The numerous newspapers oi have nnt on their war pain' MltA P. down to business. We JJLrTJ lively music f4 campaign organ row mend is sold by J. L. Stone. attenuve salesmen Jfving Pricf showing instrumenta and gIB i ' .' (- -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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