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Plumb, Republican, of Kansas, hit the bull's eye in his speech on the Silver bill Friday when replying tt Senator IJiscock, he ask ed why, if this country was as pros perous as the anti-silver men assert ed it was Mr. Hiscock and his com mittee were "piling : up protective duties?"j n If there was such financial health and prosperity why not let die tariff, alone, and let the financial sys tem alone? He could not understand the consistency of Mr Hiscock and his friends.who were Willing to give 200 or 300 per cent protection under the coming tariff bill to products which borjj no "comparison" to the sil ver product of the country and were eive that no protection NEW HANOVER DEMOCRATS. 1 nrt I : f "4; but on th contrary were bent on ae- PLAYED OUT At .a colored meeting in l.oston a i- .i - few davs alsro. one of the tipraided the Republican speakers party; for and went American atic of free dom, lie said that he had "played the.eagle lor all it was worth," by Kit he had ,it$ desertion of the negroL bii to speak of the great eagle as the bird emblem County Convention nominations, Recom mendations, Etc. ! : r ' The delegates o the New Hanover County Democratic Convention assem bled in the Court House yesterday at noon. The meeting was organized with Mr. Jno. D. Bellamy, Jr., m the chair and Mr. 1. L. Vollers secretary!. On motion, the chair appointed a committee on credentials consisting of Iredell Mearcs, H. McL. Green, Frank Meicr.-C. Schulken and R. E. Heide. The committee reported that all ot the townships were represented except Cape Fear and Federal Point. j On motion, a committee of three pIp. M. Cronlv. Jr.. and G THE ONSLOW RAILROAD. CHAPEL HILL. S Commencement Week at the TJnivereity. Chapel Hill, N. C, June 5. One who attends for the first time a Commencement at the University is astonished to see the number of people attracted to Chapel Hill. They pour in from everywhere, not only from all over the State but from distant parts of the country. ; This year alumni are present even Irom California -ana -Louisiana. Another astonishing thing is where all .1 - 1 !.. ' I' 1 nA tAnr I c i . F. J - . , I rftmmiimir-'itiin with AJ il mincrtrm the visitors are many, and yet norjoay r"T'r " f WASHINGTON NEWS. The First Shipment A Car-Load of Truck j for Scott's Hill. The first shipment over the Wilming ton, Onjslow & East Carolina railroad was made last Wednesday, June 4th, from Scott's Hill, the shipment consist ing 6f a car-load of truck. Farmers along the line of this particularly in the RIVERS AND HARBORS. More Representative Men Before the Sen ate Finance Committee No More Hear ings to be Granted. . .1 By Telegraph to the Morning Star. A ; .. Washington, June 5. The opening of the doors of the Senate Finance Com mittee to the importers yesterday has had the effect of bringing down j upon thp rnmmittpf hosts of npnnle inierest- Scott's Mill, have been very much en- a in tl t -ff bm vh d -ire to make couraged at the prospects of railroad I statements.-' In conseauehce of the de- neighborhdod road. of W; Gafford was .vhioh he meant t6 say t natle a good' many , spread-eagle fipcpcnes u from whici glorification of the party the colored people ex pected so' much and from which they h :ul receivM so little. .. '' '' There is a certain class of Repub lican politicians in this country who have played the American eagle for all it hi wojth" and have played the vtioiial question for all it is worth, tiro. It isj hard to convince them l!i;it. the American people are not easily liiimbugged on jjthat ' line ;V; Uioy onccwerc, and that other is- -.ties 'of more vital importance to. them 'interest' them more., r; '.' When the olst Congress assem bled and 'the conspirators) got to gether the '.V'l rk 1 b decided to try to revive frscctloail. i,ue and began 'their the introduction of several election bilrs which they knew would bring, the Southern , question ,,un for debate on the floors !'fCongres!i, and give iheiri a chance assail Jth s South, ihiis,invit;ing rc- ftaiiatoiry.' jsbceches,- j and ..-provoking. 'Southern Representatives into saying something out of . i which capital mi.fijht'be 'made. : 1 he next, part ot . the ! wts to unseat a number stroying tfie silver mining industry by nmrtirallv demonetizinff silver. He 1 ;y-j ; ! - delivered another centre-shot when he asked Senator Hiscock who w is so anxiou about our foreign, com merce what he wjas going to do wi ;h the taritf bill, the effect of which will be to destroy our foreign commerce by increasing the duties so as to prac tically prohibit importation of foreign goods, j If Mr.: Hiscock would lie consistent! when he refused protec tion to American j silver.n and advo cated the buildingjup of tour foreign commerce he must knife the tariff bill,' whic i increased 'the price f nearly everything used by the masses, and would destroy that com merce to I gi ve more protection io certain interests which, if Mr. .Hip cock's statements about the general prosperityj were true, didn't need any more protection than they had, if they needed that. The sledge, hammed blows hat Senator Plumb dealt the j protective system as ad vocated by McKinley and others in dicate thai he has not failed to note the drift of popular sentiment, and that he has learned something from the "campaign of education." Mr. Butterworth had the candor and in dependence to attack the McKinley bill in the House, but he flinched when it ; came to the test, and was whipped into voting for it. It now remains to! be. seen after Mr. Plumb's declarations whether he, Jtoo,.will be The foUowinsi Col. 13. R. Moore V oilers as id opted, frOm appointed jort perma nent organization. tins -jcqmniiia-e recommended Mr. Jno. t. Fielaniy, Jr., as chairman, and! Mr. H. L.t secretary t The Report wasJ and the Convention was declared ready for business. si; communication was read" and ordered spread on the minutes: To the Chairman of the County Con vention. To my friends who .have favorably r.oiisidei-ed nw name in connection with the nomination for iudge of the Sixth Judicial District! I desire tq return thanks, and at the same time jto with draw fmm the canvass, inasmnch as I can not go before tion to be held with the undivided support ol jray own countv. Please read this netpre your body and oblige. ;. ReSDectfully, 1 B. RJ On motion of jj M. Cronly the con vention then proceeded to the nomina tion of a full counity ticket, wjith the fol lowing result, all of the nomnnaj. ions but two bcinT unanimous: i For tjie House! of Representatives Geo. L. Morton. M. J. Corbett. j ; For Sheriff Frank II. Stedman. For Clerk of Superior Court John r T:ivlor. For Register of Deeds IohnHaar, Jr. . For Treasurer-iJohn L. Dudley. For Coroner John Waltort. j- For County Surveyor M. P. Taylor. ' Fnr Cmrstahlps C. M. Harriss, of Wilmington '.township; J. T. Carr, oj Cape Fear; John Milton, of Masonboro; W. H. Stokelev. of Harnett: J. Dave Southcrland, of Federal Pjm. J On motion of . M. Cronly thp follow- .IIVUM, melon. the Judiciil Conven at Kinstonl July 0th, i Moore. fails to find a place to sleep and all the food he wants, ftorth Carolina hospi tality makes houses and dining tables elastic. ' ; .;"' "It would be hard to find, anywhere in America, a gathering: of more dis tinguished looking men and beautiful women, was the remark made to-aay by a man whd is familiar with people and things in most of the States of the Union. i '.' . A" considerable number came in oo Tuesday night; the special train Wed- orer-ana to day, regular and special trains, and ve hicles of all sorts, have brought visitors from near and1 far. Thursday is,; of course, the exeat day. ' . i l or the Alumni, yesterday was. tun of interest, and it was an important day for the University. . In the lorenoon the Association of Alumni met in Memo rial Hall, with the President, Col. W. L. Steel, of '44, in the chair. Judge James Grant of '31, as the oldest Alumnus present, was made honorary president. Richard H. liattle, fc-sq., uy special in vitation, delivered an admirable address on the life and character of the late Charles Phillips, Professor of ' Mathe matics. The address received the praise of hundreds of men who had been taught by Prof. Phillips during his thirty years' connection with the institution. Fol lowing Mr. Battle's address, Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn, of Henderson, delivered an oration on! "The Necessity of Pre serving the Memorials of the Past, and of Transmitting to Posterity a Just ind Impartial History ot North Caro lina.'" The choice of our ora tor was wisely made. ".His elo quent handling or the : subject, so important lor iMortn Carolina, ana tor every citizen of North Carolina, could not have been bettered, j XJne would think that all University men were born orators. Perhaps this comes from the training, given by the two Societies; perhaps it is natural; at any rate, it : is a lact. After the presentation of a tablet in memory of Prof. R. H. Graves, in a graceful speech by W.J. Pcele, Esq., the Association ad lourncd to the Alumni dinner in Gerard Hall. The arrange ments were perfect and the dinner (us ually poor on such occasions elsewhere) was excellent, bo much enthusiasm naa been manifested in regard to the pro- will no poiibt make large "shipment of 1 iarm products over the line. NASH AND WILSON. A-Fine Outlsdkfor Crops-Tne First Barn of Tobacco. from Wilson. Ruffirt A Star correspondent writing . and June 5th, says Renfrew and L. F. Lucas! LucamaL Wilson county, will cure their first barn of tobacco this week grOwn from plants set out-April lath last. The Outlook for tobacco in Nash find Wilson counties is ahead of anything; heard of. The tobacco crop is ldoking line, the plant being healthy and in a vigorous growing condition. . J I j Cotton and corn crops are also in fine I .... . "rowing! condition, in some places ,iorins of mands of this class the committee made no progress this morning in the consid eration of the bill. ; I ' Mr. Moen, of the firm of Washburn & Moen, of Worcester, Mass., was be fore the committee for a short time ad vocating free steel blooms and a 1 revi- . sion of the duty on wire, a reduction on some grades and increase on others. A tremenduous pressure is being brought to bear upon the committee to secure a change in the paragraph fixing the duty on leaf, tobacco suitable for Jcigar wrappers at S3 a pound if j not stemmed, and $2.75 a pound if stemmed. Senate Committee on Commerce Busily j at Wort on the Bill., -By Telegraph to the Morning; Star.. Washington, June 5. The Senate Committee on Commerce isiworking on" the River and Harbor bill 11 the time that its members can spare from the sessions of the Senate. Various Sena tors who advocate increase in appro priations for improvements in which they are especially interested are being heard by the .committee. Atj the' present rate of progress, it is believed the com mittee will have the bill ready to report to the Senate by the last of jnext week. Present indications are that the total amount of appropriations will not vary greatly I from the total of the bill as it passed the House. j i INDIAN "MASSACRE A Party of Government Surveyors At tacked in Colorado Four Men Killed. i Ky Telegraph jo the MoininjR Star. , Denver, June 5. J. H. Holt, a cat- The paragraph makes a whole bale of tie dealer of Wvomin". arrived here this tobacco, in which a single leaf . suitable morning and gives an aCcodnt of an In- for wrappers may be found, dutiable at & . 1 . . ' the rates named. There was a delega- dian massacre which occurred in upper tion of Florida cigar-makers befon the Green river county several days ago. He committee to day, urging that this be says that a party of Indians that had be- chaneed so that only leaf suitable for come intoxicated with whiskey furnish- have already appeared on the otton wrapper shall be subject to the high j ed by a Ranchman, ame to he camp of plant. ' 11 ' I ratc uty- is believed that the j the government surveyors and demand- cornmiixee win rcpon an aincnuuiciii. i ed more nre-water. it oejng rcmscu which, while affording adequate protec-j the Indians attacked the pirty, killing Plymouth I "on nauve loaacco growersj, win at i cniet engineer rjirxenaen oi ne govern Information "Wanted. T Frank Churchill of Plymouth Llon w nauve tuuatui siuwci win u. cniet engineer xiittenucu ui gjvci J- -. ' D 3 i i ' the same time enable the manufacturers ment survey, and chain-beajrers E. ' Mass,, niakes inquiry of the Postma&ter of Havana dgars in this country to Timberlake, Geo. Woods and Hen one at Wilmington, Mr. G. Z. French, ks;fol loWS'.i 'Can vou find out for me which of the families by the name of 'Brand' it was in your vicinity, in which wa4 Vir ginia C. Brand, who had a friend killed at the second battle of Fort Fished Jan narv ,il5th. 1865. and cive'me theSriadr J r ' z , ' ' i dress, and oDiige, J.. Frank Chutchie.l Democratic Primaries. The Demcratic voters of Masonboro township met Wednesday, Junej 4th, pursuant to the call, to elect delegates to the County Convention. Mr. R. E. HeidcSvas male chairman of the pieetr ing, and Wm . M ilton secretary. K j j The following were elected delegates to the Convention, viz; R. E. HeWe, Wm. Milton, John G. Waggoner, jjohn Farrow, Jas. Walton. . R. E. Heide was elected member of the Executive Committee. I I No meetings were held in the jother townships Cape Fear, Harnett; and Federal Point. - j : ' continue their business, which has grown to great proportions. I Later in the day the Republican members of the committee will get to gether and resume consideration of the schedules of the bill, probably taking up liquors."' i Senator Aldrich says it has beende cided to grant no more hearings. J Washington, June 6 Work on tha Tariff bill was resumed to-day bjr the Republican members of the Senate Fi nance Committee, and when a recess "was taken at l.su it was announced that the schedules including chemicals, oils and paints, and earthenware, china and glassware, had been completedi and that copies of them would be ready for the consideration of Democratic mem bers of the committee to-morrow njorn- W. rv . i . Overmever. i Tesse Lee, assistant en gineer was left on the field fbr dead, but recovered sufficiently to i get to a neighboring ranche, where he lies in a precarious condition. j -Milwaukee, Wis., Iune5. A special to the Evening ; Wisconsin j from Sha- wan, Wis., says that 1,500 jlndians ar rived with Winchester rifles on the Menonmirnee reservation and have driven the Indian agent off. Trouble is feared, j - . r WEST VIRGINIA. Some Particulars of the Bailroad Accident, Near Ben wood, on the OhiojEiver Bail- road. By Telegraph to the Morniijg Star. Baltimore. Md... Tune G. A tele- ing. The detsils are Well guarded by I gram received at the offices bf the Bal timore ana t.jnio ranroaa xnis mormnif. states that engine No. 71 anri postal car members of the committee Before the committee formally began work to-day Representative Farquhar made an argument in behalf of the mal sters, of Oswego. They want a reduc tion -of duty on barley from 30 cents a bushel as proposed in the McKinley bill, to 15 cents a bushel.' which is five tents more than the present rate twenty-five the Ohio The car Resohvd; That this Convejitipn earn- posed Chair Gf History that most of cr.ii'.c Longressmen irom nv had been un- .. l. the. .plea that t fairlv seated, add j elected; i Republican ! chance of igettirig ii fair cpilnt of the ballots cast for him. 'One of the objects, rnercasmg Whilclhis w.as; .iiot IT - h -made his ! I. ' which va agitation, men -in- va try, where Cussed, vl s m a'.i! 1 did Ithat political programme of Demo the South wliipped in when it test. . J comes to the H. to Walker, Representa-, i although stbbd no this, jiri addition to tin; Republican majority, was to jiistify-jsonje such measures as they oro'oesed to 1 secure 'ff air elec lion's" Ln.the Soulh: :3 going ion the in 'racel problem 1 speech, intended io Jiook the race r!esult In gal Is Senate, the hold- Hon tive in Congress from the Tenth Massachusetts District, is a man 6f somewhat original views! By trade he is a shoe-maker, and by occupa tion at 'present a leather-maker ks well as a law-maker. He' delivered a speech on the Silver j bill in the House Friday in opposition to' a fur ther increase of siiverjcoinage, wind ing up with the declaration that "more money meant ore misery. He is a friend of the; soldier and jie has'voted for every pension bill, that hasl come up to increase pensions and; inflict "more misery" oh the-sol dief. He is a friend of the manu- frir-rnrprsJand he stood sauare by tpe " . , . - .f scvl-ra! coiiventioiiS pi colored estlv recommend to the. joint Conven tion of New Hanover and Pender coun tis Mr. I. D. Bellamy. Jr., as the choice of New Hanover county for thej office of Senator in the Legislature of North Car- lina from the counties named On motion. J. M. Cronly. E. G. Par- mele and J. L. Dudley were appointed a committee to confer with aj like com mittee from Pender in regard to select- ing a candidate for the Senate On motion, the chairman was in structed to appoint delegafies tb the Judicial and Gongressional Conven tions, and to have the same j published as soon as practicable in the daily papers of the city. . j : The Convention then adjourned ' ' '' QBITUARY- I . ! Maior James H. Hill, a Confederate Vet- eran. Major James Hoffman Hill died yes terday . afternoon, after a lingering ill ness." Major Hill was born at Hancock's Barracks. Mainc. on October his father. Col. Joseph Hill, 20th, is:u. being sta- McKinley bill all through and-votpd tioned thcre at the timc H'ls moth fio.ijs sections of the coun- ihe race Question'; was- dis ' I! I :1-L for every increase, of the protective tariff to inflict f'mbre 'I ' - r , . i;re some sense ana a great dea.1 i .nonsense nwas inaii geu in. Vhen the ltiohument to Gen. Lee ed'in Richmond the trick a f resli start and thought i tnai wns a Hoffman and a descendant of misery upon General Hoffman, of Revolutionary lame thetn. He wants to make his friends Major Hill graduatcd'at West Point in theisoldiers, and his friends the man- in w.is unvei st.ers took they Saw 'onfederajte flag supply of fuel : t6 heart, and they once their gathering matches. Borne of Post somewhere I passecl and declared that; there in this cohhtry fair only 1 here Iwill doubt essi event and in the displayed a fresh fire tliei-Worthern went it up work "at striking the rabid organs rated .incoherently; Senator Ingalls spiread himself in his Gettys burg oration, arid a Grand Army .l rosolutions "was room one flag." be; good deal "more of this kind jof nonsense ' -1 -indulged n between now I and the fall, for the Republican ppliticians will playbills "for.ali it h, worth," -or play anything else to divert the at tention 'of the pebple from the real issues which divide jthe parties, and from their high-Tianded proceedings ' in tlie present Congress, their in- i difference .to the- demands of the i; : people, and the extravagant legisla tion by which they got away with the peoples' motaey. jTjhey would like to tiirn public attention away j from these things if they could, and f hence they will play the j sectional t issue with all the vigo:-they can. ? lnt unless' the Northefn people are j ? greater fools than; we thi rik they are : they are not going to let .that game be played on them to ar y consider . . able extent. Other jissues! have arisen in which they ate more inter- : ested than in the race question or J Coafederate flags1 ufacturers, perfectly miserable by dump'ing out the treasury to the one, and: piling up the tariff taxes for tjie other, while he would! make all the .other people happy by taxing them out pf the last nickel to make the soldiers and manufacturers ' misera ble. ' Mr, Walker is carving his way to fame as a statesman of decidedly original views and methods. . i .1 . The announcement comes that, the pensions appropriations for the pres ent fiscal year are about exhausted and j that a great many pensioners will; have to wait until July, when the appropriation . for next year be comes available, for their money: This comes, it is said,; from the large amount of allowance made in origi nal cases since Commissioner Raum came into office, and by the act of March 1-, 1890, : increasing to $72! a month pensions for disability, requir- 1853 and afterthis was assigned to Capt Bee's company, ;in Jhe Tenth Infantry. He went on thd Utah expedition and was in Utah when the war between the States broke out. He arid Capt; Bee resigned their positions in'the U. S, army and left immediately fori Virginia, Captain Bee being.- made a) Brigadier General in the Southern army,iand Major Hill serving as his Adjutant. General BceAvas killed at the first battle of Ma nassas, and he was the one who gave to General Jackson the nape of Stonewall. .After the death of General Bee, Major Hill was made Adjutant on General Whiting's staff, and was with him in the Seven Days' fight around Richmond and came to Wilmington with General Whiting in the fall of 1802. In 1G3 the regular toasts were abandoned and informal speeches, " brim full of good things, took their place. Spontaneously the movement to raise the sum neces sary, for the endownment was started. The following subscriptions were made m a short time: fc.d. C bmith, oUU; u. u. Worth, 1,000; Judge James Grant, $1,QOO; E. A. Aldefman. $150;- Jno. D. Currie. $500; C. D. Mclver, $150; Col. Kenan, $500; the class of S9, 100, fS10 each): R. W. Winston, for the Alumni since 18?5.a guarantee that they would raise $5,000, provided the -older Alumni should raise the other $25,000; F. P. Venable, $500; Jno. Man ning. $500; W. H. b. LSurgwyn, sgi.uuu; H. Parker, $25; W, H. Alcuonaid. G. T. Winston, $250. . And then came a generous contribution from a generous mai, j. v,. Carr added iu,uuu, greeiea bv the cheers of all the assembly. Other contributions were W. L. Steele, $500; W. A. Guthrie, $100; Judge Gilmer, $500; Dr. Ledoux, $2o(); Gen. liarnnger, $250; E. G.. Harrell, $100; Judge Phillips, $500. At this point Oovernor Fowlc arose a.kd said that he was au thorized by a gentleman by him to state that the latter would add the $7,ooy to $10,000 necessary to complete the en dowment. The generous-hearted con tributor was Judge James Grant, j Ttoe work was done. And a nappy day's work it was for all who have at heart the good oi tne u niversny ana oi the State. At night the Society representatives spoke in Memorial Hall. The speakers and subjects were as follows : j From the Philanthropic bociety biiepard riryan, New Bern, "The Conservatism of North Carolina;" John S. Thomas, New Bern, "The Ensign of Hope;" W. E. Darden, Kinston, "Homo Sum." From the Dia lectic Society J. V. Lewis, Darlington, "Science and Character;" Matt. J. Pear sall, Duplin county, "The Color Line;" R. W. Bingbam.Bingham School, '"Mani fest Destiny and Manifest Duty." j The speeches were of uncommori ex cellence. It i was remarked by all that no representative speaking, in recent years had surpassed it. The decision of the committee was not announced until to-day, when the medal was awarded tq Mr., Bingham. 1 At the meeting of the Trustees on Wednesday, i Mr. H. H. Williams, ot Gates county, was of Mental and Moral Science, to suc ceed the late Dr. Mangum. Mr. Wil liams was graduted at the University in 1883. Since then he has for some time Sixth Congressional District. " ! The Congressional Convention for this (the Sixth) District will be held July 29th at Laurinburg. ! i The Executive Committee met jWed- nesday at Rockingham, and fixed the time and place. Monroe wanted the Convention.' but the Committee decided upon Laurinburg, as it was nearer the centre of the district. - I 1 ftV .1 RIVER IMPROVEMENTS, . Present Condition of the Channels 'of the Cape Pear Biver from Wilmington to the Ocean. 1 i U. S. Engineer Office, j I Wilmington, N. C, June C. ; The past year's v-ork on the improve ment of the Cape Fear river at and be low Wilmington has given results which will be most beneficial to vessels: navi gating this highway. . - J j . Opposite the city there is a channel from the main river into the North East Cape Fear river everywhere at least two hundred and sixty-fpur feet wide arid sixteen feet deep at low. water; thus allowing sixteen feet draft up the North 'East river clear to the j railroad bridge at Hilton. I Across the - shoal opposite JCidder's mill and Alligator creek, one mile below Wilmington, at Brunswick river shoal, three miles below Wilmington, at Logs and Bi$i Island shoal, seven miles below Wilmington,.at Lilliput, eleven miles be low Wilmington, at Midnight j shoal, sixteen miles below Wilmington, and Reaves' Point shoal, nineteen miles be low Wilmington, the channel has now been completely dredged everywhere at least two hundred and seventy feet HOW COLUMBUS LOOKED. Is There a True Portrait of the Great Dis coverer Extant. i The following has appeared in the Washington Post: "I Editor Post In addition to your short editorial in to-day's issue of Post relating to the Columbus statue, permit me tb state the following: Before contracting with eithejr an American or European, sculptor for the monument in honor of the great navigator, who, by the way, did not know that he had discovered a new continent, it would be well to ascer tain beforehand whether mere is any trustworthy and faithful portrait of him by any artist of his time, j Many alleged likerfesseshaveibeen painted, carved in .marble, cakt in bronze, or engraved, but none of them bear the seal of authenticity from competent historians. Like the portraits of Buddha, Homer, Christ, Confucius, Mahomet, etc., those ac cepted without evidence as repre senting Columbus are spurious' or simply imaginary, and resulting: from unreliable traditions, some, perhaps, made from ,the mere description given by contemporary or mod ern biographers. ; In the Colombian Library, found ed by his illegitimate son, ib the principal libraries and museums in France, Spain, Italy and England, nothing to this day has yet been dis covered, claimed or proved to be the No. 73 were wrecked about miles south ot Kenwood, on River Railroad, last night rolled over the trestle work and injured the following, in addition to those al ready published: Mr. Hunter, bruised on the chest, and head iniiired; C. L. Williams, Superintendent ofjOhio River Railroad, badly bruised about the body and two colored porters slightly injured The iniured parties were taken to the McClure House, Wheeling, iti a special train. The car was badly damaged. FEARFUL FIRE. SPIRITS! TUKPENTINE. New lern vTournal : The bodied of the two boys' who were drowned at Beaufort were recovered and thd funer als took place on Wednesday. The sad event cast ?gloom over the entire com munity. 8 '.i ' i 1 Goldsi)oro i Argus : l he ' death. of jMr. W. jlrL-Bardin, , a distinguished citizen o? Wilson and a widely respect ed gentlemen, occurred at his home in that town yesterday after an illness of several weeks, n -Oxford Day : Dr. R. IE. Hin-. man, a Homcepathic physician Jof Char lotte, stood examination before the State Medical Board here last weekj and we learn passed successfully. He isi the first and only Homcepathic doctor ver be- lore the board in tins btate. Asheville Journal : , Dr J.H. Woodcock has recently had an analysis made ol two . mineral springs upon his property, live' miles west of the city and adjoining the Carrier Sulphur '.Springs t property. The janalysis shows ithe wa- ! ter to possess all the qualities Claimed tor late s springs lenn. . ; Montgomery Vtdette Miss Nce- ly, a daughter oij i Mr. D. Harris, of El Dorado, we learri,. is a raving maniac. Some four or five years ago Miss Har ris went deranged,'; was sent to ait asy lum and after receiving treatment thcre a short time, was pronounced well and returned home. Jj he unfortunate lady is now said to be a! great deal mbre de mented than she litis ever been before. I. . Statesvill did weather thisj. A Shower of Burning Oil Eleven Fire men Badly Injured. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' Philadelphia, June 6. fWhile fire men were engaged this afternoon in extinguishing a fire in a rnall frame building of the Pennsylvania Giobe and Gaslight Company, the flames reach ed the storage basin, iii which were twelve barrels of gasoline. A terrific explosion, followed, and eleven ! of the I firemen were caught- in a shower of burning oil, and were badlv burned. The men were at once removed to : the Episcopal hospital. Some of them will probably die from their injuries. The fire is said to have originated from a spark from the pipe oi a careless worsman. i WINCHESTER, VA. ' '; Confederate Memorial Services Ten Triou- ; sand Persons Present. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Winchester, June fi. Ten thousand people participated in the Confederate memorial services to-day. The proces sion marched to Stonewall Cemetery, where the following exercises were held: Praver bv Rev. Thos. E. Carson, of the Methodist Church South. a poem unquestionable portrait of the Great written by Mrs. ; Schaaeffer. of Charles Admiral and First Viceroy of the ton, West Virginia, which was read by Tndies. True, "we .have a meager Mayor-elect , w. K. Alexander, of this . i . i j j u.. tj v r,, ' .Tl "JIaJ: , r"t ' An n nnrlinV ctr.h Of his aooearance anuaniuurc u.. 1UC tlUU aL IL-tlO OlALLl.11 v-x-. f I j'... ...... 1 1 w at low water. . I ! At Logs and Big Island shoal the channel has been also plainly marked by J scuiptor could make even an accept by Las Casas in his "Histona de las . . monuments was elabo- lndias (Vol. lit;, .put no painijer or- rate The c;ty was crowded, extra trains the death of Mrs. Harriet Rogers, who Landmark; Splen Cotton and corn are growing magnificently. Both are clean and there never was a uncr prospect ior either. Wheat harvest has commenced, and by the last of next week thc!bulk of the cropj will be icjut. Wheat has im proved greatly Within the past four weeks, but the crOp will bej short not much over the half of a full crop, per- haps. ! ! I ! Oxford Ledger: Mr. J. C. Hund ley showed us a beautiful specimen of brown stone from iBowling's mountain. He informs us that there arc large quan tities of this stohe! near the surface of the earth. Little Zilhei Cole, only 8 years, went hunting a few days ago with her uncle, Mri Buck Daniel, near Stovall, and captured 6 foxes as large as rabbits, j This was a good day's hunt as it will save a large number of chickens and geese for the neighborhood. La Grange Spectator: The crop reports from the different neighbor hoods in the surrounding country make ; us feel good. Nearly all say in a chorus ; they have the best prospects tor a good crop that they hve had any time for the last four years." V- While a lady and gentleman were -out riding Tuesday morning: the horse became unmanage able,, and the gentleman, thinking it ' safer to be on the ground, made a leap and jumped under the buggy to be out ot all danger; the lady stood up and jumped bver the back of the buggy very gracefully and walked away. -Warrenton Gazette: The con census of opinion seems to be that the corn, tobacco and cotton are more for ward and looking better than in years at this season of the year. The pros pect is indeed j cheering. Willie Garland, . a colpred boy,- has created some excitement in Hawtrce by becom ing suddenly and violently insane. It is said that much of ; the tobacco in Nash and other places is almost worth less because of j its "running up" and narrow leaf, while in many other locali ties the jcrop will be short because of the scarcity of plants. It is also ad mitted that there is less tobacco on hand than there has been in years. Tarboro Banner: On last Sun day John Plymouth was drowned in a marl pit 'on the farm of Mark Battle, . near Battleboro. -i T.- H. Hoff, who was wanted at Plymouth for forgery, was caught a few days ago in Pitt county. Yesterday ueputy snerm ragan, oi Washington county, Drougnt nim nere and kept him ih jail till the evening train Came along, when he took him back to j Plymouth. - -Harry Tracy, of Texas, says that our county man liiias Carr, Sri, is the best farmer in' North Carolina is practical, scientific and progressive, and that his farm is also the finest best arranged, improved and kept in the State, all of which evcryr -body acquainted with Mr. Carr, and his farming methods heartily endorse. Henderson , Gold Leaf: The people along tfie- line of the proposed railroad! into Nash county appear to be fully alive to its importance and favor its early construction, ivir. oimon . trell, a young man; well known in this town, where he was born about 20 years ago, died at the residence of his mother on Breckenridgei street, about. 10.30 o'clock last night.j At a meeting of the board of town commissioners held Monday, luly 21stJ to vote on the. ques tions of issuing bonds for the Nash county railroad, j "Thcre are no birds in last year's! nests," nor will there be any in this yeajr's after the first week of school vacation. Parents should teach their boys riot to' rob the Jiests. . The craze for collecting uiru eggs nas almost broken upl some species about town. This is wrong and should not be permitted.. ! j Greenville Rettlctor; Mrs. Rebecca Warren, aged 72 years, died at her home in Carolifia township last Thursday. We resrret very much to learn ot Major Hill married Miss Miry McRee Walker, daughter of the late Major Jno. Walker of this 'city. He -Was at the j taught with distinguished success at first battle of Fort Fisher in iDecemberJ Trinity, after which he completed a 18G4, and also at the second battle, in January. 18G5, at which he wa$ wounded, having been wounded before; at the bat tle of Manassas. T a He was taken prisoner at Fort Fisher ing the care and attendance of another amj sen t to Governor's Island where he person; ; The fact is that with the remained until the cessation ; of .hostih allowances by the Commissionef, tlie ties. He, returned to Wilmington and permanent buovs at all angles. At Snow's Marsh, twenty miles below Wilmington, a new cut has been ;made. about 1,000 feet west of the old channel, following the natural channel j of the river through the "Five Fathom Hole" tothedcen water at Southport.i This Z'JZ' tniZrhZ- channel is now everywhere two hun elected to the Chair . , 1. .,-. u't xa nrirl s x- tlllKl Lllli L -t-lll " ...w teen fecit deep at low water; it is a single straightj cut, only about two-thirds as long as the old cut, and will be; more easily navigated and more permanent than the old channel. During the next month this new channel will be plainly marked for the use of vessels, i t For pearly three years the suction dredge Woodbury has been steadily at work on a new straight channel (across the bar. During the past year the old crooked channel nas been (aban doned and the new straight channel rulings of Mr. Ilussey, and the gen eral management of j the pension business, they never know how much money they need nor when they have enough. But they never have and never will have enough, j I It is a nice thing spmfetimes for young ladies to have rich Old bache lor uncles v layirtjr ? atotind loose. That's the oniniion rof , M Fox,-of illljnois, ited 1,0.00,000 . from an dic?d in Texas liss Jennie who has just inher- tincle who Speaker Reed demonstrated his patriotism and rallied! round the flag in the late war as an assistant pay master in the navy. What a loss the navy arid the country both sus tained when . he abandoned the pay rolls and went into tlie '.business jof law. making! 'i!1;. I ' f ..'' ; It is.said that the sheriffs in Penn sylvania' who arejclosingj up- woolen Jhilis ar makingjlots of Democrats, ihis is father a compulsory process. but wicked lipnir'M , rf , lucky tojT)e saved Mder themselves even by compulsionJ " A coffin trust is !thelatest wrinkle. They "don't propose, they say, to in crease but to cheapen coffins. This has a tendency to encourage people to die and throw a more cheerful as pect about mortuary proceedings generally! About seventy j woolen manufac turers and dealers have failed in Philadelphia since : Harrison's ad ministration1; began. jThis is not as much in the iway of failure as Harri son's administration, j engaged- in mercantile pursuits, in 1870 he was made Freight Agent of "the W. CJ & A. Railroad, which position he held with credit to himself. He was after wards made chief of the Baggage De partment of the Associated Railway of the Carolinas with headquarters at Richmond and he filled this position up to the time of his death, f J He had an attack of thCj gripj about four months since, and was also attack ed with typhoid fever and pneumonia. On the twenty-fourth of last month he was conveyed to Wilmington by his nephew, Mr.. Jno. Bolles, of th?s city, iuTiprft he received everv attention from his kindred and friends in this city, be- inc tenderly cared for in his Jast mo ments. Maior Hill was in every sense of the word a gentleman, and his cour teous manners won mm many iriends, who will sincerely regret to hear j of his death. I'-'f , I : The funeral takes place this afternocn from St.' James Church at.b p clock. ': .tz i i ! uonvenuons. ' j . ! i The convention to nominate a "candi date for Congress in the sixth district (Rowland's) will pc held at Laurinburg July 29th. ! j j The convention tb nominate a candi date for Judge iii the seventh district (Judge MacRae's) will be held at Laurnv burg July 16th three years course in the Divinity Sjchool of Yale University. At present he is pursuing further studies in mental philosophy at Harvard. Mr. Williams is by all odds the best equipped man in the State for this important chair, and his election is greeted with delignt Dy an nere, par ticularly by the younger Alumni. JTo-day has been occupied entirely with the exercises of commencement. To-night a pleasant reception given in the Library by the faculty to the Alumni and trustees is being' heartily enjoyed by a host of people, closing fittingly one of the best of all comnfencements held at the University in tts century of useful life. . I . NAVAL STORES. able likeness from it, unless gifted with a marvelous imagination. Ihis is what Las Casas says : "He (Christopher Columbus) was above the ordinary height; his face was long, but with a dignified ex pression; the nose aquiline, the I eyes blue, complexion fair, his hair and beard red, tinged with gray." WoTtld this answer the purpose, to help the sculptor or the painter representing Columbus in any momentous event of his life ? It is very doubtful. Therefore, I would suggest that, through the medium of the Depart ment of State, ! our Ministers in on the B. & O. and I. V. R. R. bringing many persons. Thousands came in ve hicles. " -. --i THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY CO. Text "o the , Proposed Lottery Amend. ment to the Constitution, to bo Sub mitted,; to the People. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Baton Rouge, June 7. The text of the "proposed lottery amendment has been made public under the following captioni "An act providing for sub mission to the electors of the State, tor I eight are awaiting trial at court next adoption or lorreiection, an amendment week. A negro broke jail Sunday .t ... r .i.. c ...... v.. : I died at her home near Keelsville, this courity, last Thursday, May 26th. She was 82 years old at the time of her death. ; We hear of a very sad ac cident, which occurred at the residence of Mr. S. R. Ross,; in Carolina towhship, last Saturday morning." A tub of hot water had been placed on tne piazza preparatoiy to hbusc cleaning, and a little four-year oidigrannson oi wr. i.oss accidentally fell in the boiling water and was scalded so badly that it died from the effects next morning." There are thirteen inmates in fitt county ia.il. ' Ot these four are-insane, one is serving out nis sentence, ana night. He placed a stuffed figure in his bed and climbedj up on tne cen, ana to the constitution of the State, by in- Coin Tralu TTranr nnrl Knrrland be I cortinw i thfrln an article bn levees. instructed to consult with or apply schools, charities, pensions and drain- when the jailor came around some of the : I 0 " Trie nrnnncspd amendment prisoners told htm the man was a little to tne most coraueicui uisluhciiio, i .. v r - ., r. . , j : u: n ti, "wuv.i i'iu . i r i omK-iG a r-nntrart netween tne I sine ana was ivuiii uuw i nx xiia&u. has been adopted by all navigation. The biographers, directors of museums embraces a contract Detween tne sick :an.q y Up and everything new bat) channel is steadily growing in and librarians in those countries, to assodates und"er which fixed privileges thought to be all right, but that night width and depth, and is now pvery- I obtain, if possible, reliable informa- I t tT ' fn wara frnm januarv 1st. I the man came down from 'his hiding t . ft. . m. J- IriTtr I . . . . . I tniiVT-ivM I " - " T J I . - . . tion of every kind which woula I 1894, Morris & Co., agree to pay the I place, cut through the wall and made nis serve as a true basis tor a satisfactory , state $250,000; or $1,000,000 per annum, escape. : !l IltAhocc in imnc riishahlp hrnnze of I rnvah1p. nuarterlv. Provision is also I i Ph-athnm Record: Mr. E. W. the Teat discoverer whose tomb I made for the expenditure of the money I Atwater, of Williams township, has sent whpro at least fifteen feet deep at low water, ahd two hundred feet width of chann".L The rise of the tide at Wil ftiingtoii is about two and a half feet and at the bar is about four and a half feetJ Thus there is everywhere a depth of at least sixteen feet" at low water from Wilmington to the bar, and at least eighteen feet at high water from; Wil mington to the ocean. During the past year vessels drawing over seventeen feet have been .loaded at tne city wucu v and have passed safely out to sea in a single tide; and vessels oi eignieen iccl Comparative Statement of Beoeipts ana Stocks at this Port. Receipts of naval stores at this port fmm Anril 1st Cthe beginning of the Hraft mio-htdo the same in calm weather. crop year) to Jane Gth, as compared The pending . River and Harbor bill . . r . : .) inn4. I . 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 T 1 1 i . 1 1 1 .Lin j Lin.i jnxw.vw iptS IOr tne same i pcriuu laai rrr-r- ' , r i i I imnmimmcnt A5 srinn as tn bears the glorious epitaph: A Castillay a Leon - . Nuevo Mundo dio Colon. Amedeo Huerton. Washington, May 24. to be received by the State, annually as follows:; Public School's, $350,000; Levees S1350.000. Charities and Pensions, $200.- 000; City of New Orleans fori drainage and sanitary purposes, $100,000. The measure will be.- introduced Monday next. with receif year, are as follows :' ' Spirits turpentine, 11,350;. casks; last year,10,55i; j Rosin, 54,086 barrels;- last year, 34.706.1 Tar, 13,094 barrels; last .vear. 11.541.1 Crude turpentine, 2,603 barrels; last year, 3,026. I The stocks at this port, June 6th, as compared with stocks at same date last year, are as follows : I ' 1 . . .. . ft nnn 1 4. bpirits turpentine, a.oou casnw, mat year, 3,761. Rosin, 13,919 barrels; last year, 33,022. Tar,! 8,269 barrels;! last year, 4,272. Crude turpentine, 1,253 barrels; last year, 510. The death is announced at Columbia, Fluvanna county, Va., of Gen. Ri Lind say Walker. I He was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute in the same class with Mahone. i I As soon as this money becomes available, work will at once be commenced on new, already approved projects', for obtaining a depth of at least twenty feet at low water from Wilming ton to the ocean. '!';! W. H. BIXEY, ; Captain of Engineers. - Goldsboro Dispatch: We regret to learnj of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Parks, rhichsad event occurred at her home in Saulston township last Tues day, in the 75th year of her age.! f UJXU1CU uaiuv.1 uy 'v j " , - --, . son was arrested this afternoon by chief practically settles the wages question of it.ic a rpnmsition 1 the iron ana sieei iuuw mi uwiuci IRON AND STEEL WORKERS. No Material Change to be Made in! Pre sent Scale General Eejoioing at j then- Action. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Pittsburg, June; 7. At yesterday s session of the Amalgamated Association of. Iron and Steel Workers, last year's boiling scale of $5.60 per ton on the two-cent card rate was adopted. The balance of the scale will be arranged next week. - , 1 From semi-official sources it; was learned that no material change will be made in the, scale from the one now in force. Whatever changes are made will onlv affect this city This action has occasioned general rejoicing; as it of police T. R. eranted bv Gov. Fowle to the authori ties of the State of Florida, charged with an assault with intent to murderj Jack son came to this city last September and has been a good character here.i year. - t No session of the Association will be held to-day, .the members having ar ranged to attend the annual reunion at Rock Point, Pa. j ... ! I PREMATURE EXPLOSION. thp Rscord'an erer laid on the 15th of May by a pullet that was natcneo tne last week in last! January. -Some revenue officers made a raid in this countv last week,- and cut up two illicit . stills on RockyM , rjver, in Matthews township. Did you ever hear of a cat hatching chickens." wen, sucu a strange event recently occurred in Chat ham county, A few weeks ago the wife of Mr. Matthew Seymour, of New Hope township, placed some eggs, in a basket, and soon afterward noticed that the cat laid down on the eggs, and it continued to lay there day after day until at last a chicked was hatched from eleven eggs. We hear that! a new railroad will ;, be constructed. inj this county during this summer. It will be." built by the Egypt Coal Company from their mine at Eavnt to Oserood. a Station on the fourteen guns had been ordered. At Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line the third shot the gun went off pre- ten miles distant. The survey was made maturely. One of . the gunners was ?nVtt 'Vd ' blown overboard and had his hand torn the grading will be pushed forward as ,. . - . u.-, nn. ranir vias men and money can QO ll. on, ana, two omers wcic u.i, uui . . - , j body was killed. The man jwho went Already contracts ave been made for overboard was ramming the charge tne cross-ties,. nrhpn it wpnt off i 1 the construction of this road the fcgypt wnen it went on. , , i ... ,,, : rnm. munication with the Seaboard Air-Line itystem of railroads, and thus have bet ter facilities than they now have for the , I transportation of their coal. Several Men Injured While Firing a Salute on a Haytien Man-of-War. By Telegraph to the Morning fetar. Philadelphia, June 7. While a sa lute was being fired to-day I from the Haytien corvette Dessaline, inj honor of the visit of A.H. Lennox, Haytfen Rep resentative, in this city, a premature ex plosion ! occurred in one ot. tne tnir ty pounoer guns. A salute of Three negroes were hanged yester day at Linden, Texas, for thej murder of Tames McGregor, a white man. last De- 1 cember, All confessed. ; V "1 , i' 4' "..v. I ;!' -1 i 1 1 vl x Ml!. 'mm - mm. ::.i;' n ''I I -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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June 14, 1890, edition 1
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