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The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT - - ,v , IV I I M I N G T O N, N; C. j AT , jl . 5 0 A EAB,IADTiNCE.: lgSSSSSSS8SSSSg sssssssssssssssis S888888888SSSS8S8 82888888888888888 ! 88888SSS8SSS888S8 .-i.-iieet 3 coos I- --- ' SS8S8SSSSSSS8S8S' I ---- i-5SSmcs i 88888888888888888 r7 i : . ' , - - j . - ' v 1 M .'..-,. & I CD r . aH ev crt cv fEiitereii at the Post Office atCWffinlngton, K. C as Second Class Hatter. S INSCRIPTION JP juice. , The subscriCtion price of the Weeej.y Stak is as follows : . " -" Single Copy 1 year, postage paid,' $ 1.50 . " 6 montLs, . : 1.00 '' 3 months " " . .50 ptite WATER SANITATION PCB Y "."'MO HEALTH. Sanitation ia very important. .It cannot well bo exaggerated.;, The plain, Mm'ple laws of health need to be explained and understood. People every day violate these laws in igno rance. It is a pity that all classes of people cannot be instructed in these laws and be induced to observe them. As long as there are prFvy vaults aad decaying vegetable matter ezpbsed to the snn and bad drinking z water there can be.no such thing as sound public health in any of the towns and cities. ' -' We notice that the sewer system is being overhauled and discussed all aronnd. In Philadelphia ' thereT is much talk and the people are acting. Petitioners representing hundreds of millions of dollars are stirring up the city authorities. The Board of Health lia9 adopted strong resolutions urg-: ing that the cause of defective - sew erage be inquired into and the proper remedy be applied. At Nashville, Tenn., citizens are fined and imprisoned if caught viola ting the health ordinances, and par ticularly the one requiring the con stant use of dry earth defecation.. The Sanitary Era says of this regula tion: ' . ... - ;" - ;: . ":, ;-" " "Citizens are required to keep a suffi cient quantity of dry soil in each privy. and every time it is used, to cover the deposit therewith. If effectively enforced, this requirement would work almost a sanitary revolution. -At least, it would remove en-, tirely one of the most offensive pf nui sances." Here is a bint for all town author ities. People talk of sanitation who have not the slightest idea of what it means. "The Durham - Recorder complains of decayed matter in bar rels stowed away in ; that town. Is Durham peculiar ? " Maryland js said to have the best system of health laws and sanitation of any State in tho Union. The public health, is reported as excellent even in August. The Savannah News reports very few deaths from fevers. But it com plains of the river water supplied - to the city. It is often too thick for any use and cannot be properly fil tered. The Sanitary Era say s it pan be perfectly filtered and made as clear as any water and that it ought to be done. The Newark and Jersey City , au thorities are taking active measures tojprevent the-pollution of the Passaic river. A fine of $500 is levied, half to the informer. -The drinking water of New York City is sot what it ought to be. There' areT20,000 people living all around the,Crolon water shed. The official report says there are "1,879. dwellings and as many privies, about as many barnyards, pig-pens and cesspools, besides cemeteries, grave yards, slaughter-houses, and other no drainage except by the surface which conducts it to the aqueduct." And still it is better off than any known city in the North as it is said. When the writer lived in Memphis in 1868 the. bay on that ran through the city was a positive source of death. Revealed .visits . of yellow fever and a high death rale aroused the people to a fight for health and life. The following taken from the Sanitary Era shows wlat has been done: . - "The engineer of the Memphis sewerage informs the Austin (Tex.) Statesman that the present system, of about 45 miles, which ; appears to be admirably designed and man .aged, has reduced the death rate of Mem phis from 45 in 1,000 to 17." - j ;: If a competent engineer were em ployed and $50,000 or more "were to be judiciously expended in creating a perfect sewer system for Wilming ton we have no doubt that the death rate iould be very, gTeatly reduced, especially among the colored people. - If Chauncev F. Black is the same r - 1 . kind of a Democrat his great father 1 ... . - - rm 1 t. wan ne will ao to ionow. ; iub.' u exponent of Constitutional principles as understood by Democrats was Jerry Black, and the best treatise on State Rights and the Constitution is his works nublished under the editor ship of his son. inst nominated for Governor of Pennsylvania, " We sup pose his chances of election are very small, : . ? VOL. XVII. DISEASED CATTLE AND HULK. . It may . not be generally known that the Congress at its last session voted $100,000 for the purpose of in vestigating and preventing" as far as possible . . pleuro-pneumonia among stock.! The ' Commissioner, of Agri culture has -i charge of the fund and the investigations. Here is a wide field. Thousands of cattle annually perish, and to exterminate the dis ease is : of - course greatly to be de Bired The main plan is to isolate diseased cattle. ' .The most stringent measures will be adopted. , The Bal timore JSun says of the plan.: - - "Animals ascertained bv icsnectora to lie diseased will be appraised according to the provisions of the State law, and purchased for slaughter by the Commissioner of Ag riculture upon a confirmation of the diag nosis ana appraisement at the hands of an official of the Department of Agriculture. Such measures . for stamping out pleuro pneumonia have been found fairly succes- iui in .bngianci." i i .... - The Sun then makes a statement that is , really alarming if it is well based. If milk from diseased eows communicate consumption to human beings then it is time that diseased cows were not milked. . . But how to determine this is the difficulty. It is to be hoped that the experiments in this country, in England and in Australia will result in a" cure for pleuro pneumonia in cattle by stamp ing it out by isolating and extermi--nating diseased -. cattle, and thus pre vent the use of dangerous milk. The Sun says: - ' , s "A very considerable addition is made to Xhe interest the public will have in the suc cess of his efforts by reason of the fact that it is asserted in a report recently presented to the Parliament of Victoria, in Australia, that the disease in, cattle known as 'tuber culosis' is communicated to persons who eat the meat or drink the milk of animals affected by it. As this tuberculosis is the general name of a class of diseases of which consumption is only a special manifesta tion the discovery is sufficiently disquiet ing- 1 i. . The Superintendent of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, Dr. Dixon, who is by the way a capital preacher, . has sent us an engraving of - the five buildings belonging to the institu tion. It is handsome and well done and. gives an excellent view of the main building- and a small part of the magnificent C grove. It is the handsomest natural situation we ever saw by all odds. If $5,000 could be spent in beautifying the grounds it would be a long way ahead of any educational or ' charitable institution in-the State. - The! picture will . be mailed to any address on receipt of 50 cents, or the Orphan's Friend will be sent, together with the picture, for one year at the reasonable rate of $1.05. '- " ',: "C. " HORAL CULTURE. It is a healthy, sign that in New England teachers' and thinkers are insisting that the'mere education of the mind 'will not answer. For a long time in our limited and imper fect way we have been hammering on this subject. Believing in educa tion, we have in at least a score of editorials assayed to enforce it upon our readers and to stir up in North Carolina a gennine and earnest edu cational revival. Bat we have not stopped at mental 1 discipline and the mere' acquisition of knowledge. We have insisted that the moral man must not be neglected, but that the education of mind and morals must' keep together , and move along in harmony. . We have given again and ! again statistics that showed conclusively that the mere training of the mind and filling it with the knowledge of books did not prevent crime or necessarily make men good citizens. We have tried to make it appear that when the moral education is neglected that however great a nation may be in men and materials, in arts and scien ces, in deeds and high thinking that after all its falls infinitely below that standard which God himself has set up in the Scriptures of Inspiration. We are really glad to note from time to time that arguments in be half, of moral education are being urged in the leading periodicals and journals in the North that at last it is beginning to strike the Northern mind that publio J school instruction is very imperfect and very barren of the highest results 'when the discip lining and educatingof the moral na ture is neglected. -j When the greatest of peoples, the Greeks, with all of their splendid ge nius and culture i and success, never learned the iighest motives and never possessed the highest principles that now govern civilization j ' when this wondrous nation : : was destitute of that tenderness and sympathy of those graces and virtues that adorn and elorif y the noblest types of men since the Redeemer came; and when mothers were so destitute of that love for their offsprings that makes the Christian mother weep over the unfortunate and' spend nights in sleepless vigil over the deformed apd maimed, as to expose their sick lv and deformed infants to the de vouring beast and the cruel storms, we have at once unmistakable evi dence that the finest and most per- f Ant avatem of education and culture will not make men pure and good and noble unless the moral nature is 71 trained also and developed in full proportion. ' The State needs and must have the best citizenship. To secure this there must be education among the masses. But if ; the heart is neglected, and only briars and thorns are nourished then the - best results are not r. se oured,and "good government through good citizenship" is - a ; failure. As we have seen some of the worst men bright in intellect and 1 full of infor mation, so have we seen some of the most honest, reliable, .- and devoted citizens among those who had. no ele mentary education - in - books even but who had received a high degree of moral education. "As the twig is bent so is the tree inclined." " But our purpose was to reproduce a paragraph or two from The Citizen, the monthly organ of the American Institute of Civics, of which Chief Justice Waite is one of -the directors, and Dr. H. R. Waite is the Presi dent. From an , article in the June number,' , by Edward "Brooks, "of Philadelphia, we take the following.! He Bays: " ' "It is an accepted truism that good men are largely the outgrowth of virtuous chil dren. The germs of moral character prop erly implanted in the mind and heart of the child usually develop into those ideas and feelings which we call .a 'sense of duty. On the other hand, a wicked or degraded childhood seldom emerges into a pure and upright manhood or womanhood, t ' The foundation of those moral attributes that fit a man (or woman) for good citizenship - .1 l.!J 1-1 J 1 - : are mus laiu in cunuuoou. "In the interests of the State a system of public instruction has been established to prepare its people for citizenship.. General intelligence is believed to be au advantage to good government, and thus the State makes provision for the education of her people. But since moral character is an es- eential condition of good citizenship, the State should see that these schools afford moral education as well as intellectual edu cation. The former is as important as the latter; it is even more important, for intel ligence divorced from moral character may increase the power of the citizen to injure the State.' The conclusion thus reached is that the State should require moral instruc tion to be given in its public schools." This is precisely on the line the Stab has been pursuing for years. It is the right line of thought, we have no doubt.. Evil must follow to any people among whom moral discipline is divorced from intellectual educa tion. But what isuns moral educa tion about which so much is written? Wherein does it differ from mental education? Mr. Brooks answers the question fn the following. He says: "Moral education consists largely in the culture of a moral instinct which controls the life. The person who from childhood has been accustomed to follow his convic tions of duty, and to j walk in the path which by common consent is called the path of rectitude, will find the habit of vir tuous thought and action becoming in grained in bis character. Virtue has be come an almost inseparable quality of his nature. His thought, 1 his affections, his desires and ambitions, all flow naturally in the channels of morality. . He has acquired a moral instinct which controls his actions independently of the apprehension of any principle of moral action." - Napoleon, Benedict Arnold, Stan ton, and statesmen of devious ways and politicians generally who operate upon the low. plane " of success all show what it is to have a brain edu cated whilst the moral nature is left dwarfed and ' undeveloped. Wash ington, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Havelock, Gordon and Gladstone are happy illustrations of that nobler order of men whose moral culture has been equal to mental,and principles of moral action are always asserting themselves. Who was the better citizen . Washington or Hamil ton ? Who was the higher type of a noble manhood, the pure christian hero, Lee or the leader in the North surrounded by bad men, speculating in stocks and during his civil admin istration imm'ersedj in debauchery ?. Moral training is a positive necessity if the masses are to be educated up wards. One more quotation from Mr. Brooks. . Writing of how " the cultivation and training of the moral being is brought about, he says: "Moral culture is a growth like aesthetic culture. The food for moral culture is not the law of morality, but the perception and appreciation oi moru uuuea ami mo per formance of moral actions. For the growth nf fHo mnrnl n ft turn the ROul should be fed JJ WMW u.w.w. on moral sentiments and examples of noble actions, rue naous oi ieeung uu vwiuuu are to be moulded in the direction of 4he tvnA an1 nnKla Tinf ill thAv nrvntallize into the character of the man or woman. There will thus be formed a mora: instinct wmcn will shape the actions, even when there is no conscious choice between alternatives of duty." - yyj m a . The Citizen is published. in Boston. Some of the Northern Democratic papers say that Magone, the Presi dent's new Collector of Customs at New York, is a regular, well drilled, old-fashioned machine politician. He did not have to stand an examination you see, although his power - is very great, . . , - - - - Cotton Receipt., Etc. . , ' The fine cotton weather for the past few weeks has greatly j encouraged planters throughout the cotton belt A correspondent in . the Pee Dee section gays that a very fair many farmers think cotton than they did land. crop will be made; they will make more last year on the same All ' the railroads are carrying . large quantities of bagging and cotton ties into the interior The receipts of cotton at this port for the week ended yesterday were 8 bales; for the crop year to date (August 21st) 101,494 hnfoa. aaasrainst S3.938 bales for the cor responding period last year; an increase of 7.556 bales. - , ' The ocean steamers (British) engaged in the cotton trade from this port last year were the Grdnd Holm, 1,408 tons; Wybo, Q.78 tons: Cam Marth, 1,818 tons; Manma, 1,672 tons; Carbis Bey, ; 1,538 tons; Fannie, 1,754 tons; Oyannus, 1,635 tons, mm WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1886. Last Night's Fire. , ' Fire broke out about 11 o'clock last night in the brick building Nos. 11 and 13 North Front street, occupied by Mr, M. E: Loeb, tobacconist, - ' and - Messrs L Simon A Co.,' wholesale liquor dealers. The fire was first revealed to people in the Btreets by volumes of smoke ascending front the rear of the building, when an alarm was turned in by ' the- policeman on the. adjoin ing block' from " box 24. -" By' this time . the - fire was- burning- '- fiercely in the back part of Mr. M; . Loeb, store and before the Fire Department arrived the flames had spread so as to envelope the whole building in "the - rear, - extending to the second and third floors. The'Hook and Ladder truck was the first to appear upon the scene, and by the time the doors were smashed in, the hose of Wilmington' S. F. E. Co. No. 1 ' was at hand ' and a Btream playing upon the blaze. The other hose .carts and-steamers of the Fire De partment quickly- followed and got to work, and in a very short time bad the fire under control, and in little over an hour it wa9 extinguished. ' - ' Itia not known how the fire originated. Apparently, ft 'began in - the back part of Mr. ,M. E Loeb.s store. But the" place' was closed only a few hours before the fire was discovered, and the proprietors says that there was nothing inflammable in that part of the house. ' ' The 5 building ' belongs to Mrs. E. M.: Boat wright andher sister Mrs. Mooro, oi Piltsboro, and is insured. Mr. M. E. Loeb had insurance upon his stock for an amount to cover his loss, which is comparatively small, - as but little stock .was carried durine the summer months.' 1 -"' - The loss sustained by Messrs.' L. Simon & Co. could not be ascertained. They had insurance upon their stock1 to the amount of $2,500. A large portion of their goods was removed from the' building. The building adjoining on the south, oc cupied by Messrs. Holmes & Watters, gro cers, caught fire on the roof during the progress of the conflagration, and a portion of their stock of goods was damaged by water. ' - The third story of the burned building has been used for a place of meeting by the Knights or Labor, and it is said that a nieetinK was held there last night, which dispersed about ten minutes before the fire was discovered. ' ' . Critical Illness of Alderman Darby. Mr. F. H Darby, one of the aldermen of this city, is lying very sick at the residence of relativea in Somerville, N. J. A tele gram was received by his mother. Mrs.. James Darby, yesterday afternoon, re questing her to come on immediately. Al derman Darby has been in declining health for some Urns past, and left Wilmington several weeks ago, in company with bis wife, for a visit to some of the health re -aorta at the North, with the hope that change of air and climate might, be benefi cial to him His family in this city re ceived a letter from Somerville Thursday, in which he was reported improvine,and the sudden announcement of his critical ill ness yesterday, was a great surprise and shock to them. r m m ; Tne BapUil Church at Teaeheys. The ceremony of laying tho corner stone of the new Baptist church at Teaeheys, in Duplin county, was performed by Deputy Grand Master C. H. Robinson, of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, assisted by breth ren of the various lodges in the vicinity, and Messrs. E S. Martin, W. L. DeRoaset, W. P. Oldham, H. C. Prempert, G. M. Crapon, W. N. Bowden and J. C. Chase of this city. The, delegation , from Wilm ng ton acknowledge courtesies extended by Rehoboth Lodge of Teaeheys. They were also handsomely entertained by Capt C. McMillan at his home. New cotton The First Bale. The first bale of cotton of the crop of 1886-7 was received in this city yesterday, by Messrs. Hall & Pearsall. It was ship ped from Clio, S. C, by Messrs. Roper & Welch, weighed 478 pounds, and graded .strict low middling. The bale was placed on exhibition at tho Produce Exchange, and sold to Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son at eleven cents a pound. It will be shipped on the steamship 'Benefactor to Messrs. Cumming & Russell, New York. The first bale last year arrived on the 23d of August; in 1884, on the 25th; 1883, on the 23rd; 1882, on the 23rd; 1881. on the 16th, and 1880. on the 18th. Mr. Dnnein'f Sadden Death at mac- nolla .. A: correspondent of the Stak, writing from Magnolia, Duplin county, says: "Mr. Duncan, who died suddenly in Magnolia on Thursday last, went to his home from the depot building feeling as well as usual; but in a few minutes he said, 'I feel badly,' and almost immediately laid down upon his bed and died. His family wife and two little boys live here. On Friday his remains were taken to Burgaw for interment. Mr. Duncan was 'about 31 years of age, a na tive of- Pender county, came to Magnolia five years ago, and had charge of the Wil mington & Weldon Railroad business here. No better man ever lived ; a good husband and father, and was loved and respected by all." m. ' For tho Star. Vt) SLOW RAILROAD. The application made by the Commis sioners of the Wilmington. -Onslow and East Carolina Railroad Company, by in struction of the corporators of said compa ny to the Board of Aldermen of the city of Wilmington, to call an election to ascertain the wishes of the qualified voters in favor of a subscription by said city to tne capital stockof said company, was done in accord ance with the law on June 7th last. Said application having failed by causes of delay . on the part of the Board of Aldermen and . the general expression of opinion by the voters that the subscrip tion should be made by the county of New Hanover, as it owed no debt, the ex- enntive committee appointed bv the co-ope rators met and by authority to them dele gated, directed that application be made to the Board of Commissioners of the coun ty, of New Hanover at its next regular meeting, on the first Monday in September next, for holding an election "to ascertain the wishes of the Qualified voters of said county in favor of a subscription," and that petitions to accompany such application be circulated-' for signatures. Col. - Roger Moore, being a member of the Board of County Commissioners, tendered his resig nation as railroad uommiSBioner, wnere- upon Hon. W, H. Chadbourn was ap pointed in his place and Mr. Abner A Moseley added to the Commission. . . . ,.A. H. VANBOKKBiaN, James B. Hiraoiss, Joseph T. Fot, Ex. Com. of Corporators. Store About the Frays r Saiclde. . . . More facts have come to light which go to show pretty conclusively.' that the man who killed himself in this city on Friday last, was the son of W. G.- R. Frayser. of Danville, Va., and lhat he was passing un der the assumed . name of George Mr Wil son. Mr.. Wm. A. Willson, bookkeeper for theChess-Carley Co., in this city, says that a few days before the suicide, a man (answering to the description of the de ceased) called at the office of the company and asked to see the agent. When request ed to state his business, he called for. pencil and paper and wrote the following note, in a good business hand ; i. . . Dear ifftr I am from Louisville. Ky, Mr. Frank Carley is an old friend of mine. My cousin Is his private secretary-r-W. R. Sale. I was one of the shipwrecked crew of the steamer Briitania. Valparaiso to New ; York. I have no w a pass to Char lotte, where I have ; relatives. Will you.? gentlemen, kindly get me food enough from here there. I will remit you the value. Respectfully, - v , v .: Gko. M. Wilsox. In reply to this Mr. Willson told the man that they could not in the name of the company give him any assistance, but that if he was hungry he (Mr. Willson) would give him something to eat,, and thereupon took him to Mrs. King's boarding house and gave him dinner and some money, The Richmond State publishes the letter written by Coroner Jacobs to the chief of police of Richmond, Va., stating the facts of the suicide, and that an express receipt with the name of W. G. R. Frayser upon it was found on the body. The State says: . "Mr, W. G. R. Frayser is a native of this city, and ; was engaged in the photo graph business here with C. R. Reese for several years, in btorn s block, opposite the postofflce. He removed from this cjtyto Danville several years ago. ' tie is about forty-Bix years of age, very tail, but slightly stooped shouldered, side whiskers, and he wore eye-glasses. His friends in this city. think there is great doubt as to his being the man." The Frayser Suicide. The Danville Daily Register of the 19th mst. contains an account of the suicide in this city on Friday, the 13th inst., and says: As soon as the paragraph was read by Mr. W. G. R. Frayser, of this city, yester day morning he well nigh staggered and wai certain tnat tne uniortuoate man was his son. P. C. Frayser, who has been in the Photograph business with him here for a long time past. About two weeks ago Mr. P.O. Frayser had some little dispute with his father about his work and became offended. He left the gallery on Main street and said he was going away. He did leave and some time after his departure his aunt, Mrs Samuel Clark, received a letter from him saying her was going to Wilmington, N. C, but nothing more was heard from him. - 1 ' " '' - - -! ' On vesterdav morning Mr. Frayser re ceived the following telegram from Wil mington. N. C. : ' ' " "I have buried the remains in Oak drove cemetery, 1 send you by letter the par ticulars. David J acobs. The express receipt mentioned as being found on the person of the young man, was issued in this city for a package of goods shipped to a son of Mr. Fraysef'a at Stuart, Patrick county, and bore date June 2 2d last. It was sent from Wilmington to 8tuart and forwarded here in a letter from Mr. Frayser's son at that place, j There is hardly a doubt but tnat the sui cide is Mr. P. C. Frayser, and the only cause assigned for the deed, is, that he was out of money, could get no work, and held out stubbornly against the idea of sending to his father for the necessary amount to bring him back to Danville, as Mr. Frayser says he bore no bad traits, and did not drink or spree. Mr. Frayser contemplates going on to Wilmington as soon as he receives the let ter mentioned above. Yeans Ladles of North Carolina Hon ored. ... ... - ;';' .-v . Miss Annie Vollers, daughter of Mr. Ludwig Volleis, of Point Caswell, gradu ated with distinction, in music, at the Staunton. Va., . Female Seminary, Rev. Prof. James Willis. Principal, j last June, She has been tendered the position of music teacher in . the Female Seminary of Mt. Pleasant, N. C, and will in a few days en ter upon her duties. Both are compliments to the young lady she can be proud of. Miss K. Westell, daughter of Mr. J. Wessell, of Lumberton, graduated from the Female College of Allentown, Penn., in June last, and earned off the first honors of her class,' which Was a larg one. "We congratulate both the father, and daughter on these honors, and rejoice to find that our North Carolina young ladies are thus succeeding in honoring themselves, their parents and the Old North State. Death of Sir. F. M. Asostlnl. Mr.i. M. Agostini died at his residence in this city ' yesterday morning about 7 o'clock. He had been confined to his home for several months through failing health, and about ten days ago had a stroke of par alysis, which was the immediate, cause of his death. Mr. Agostini was a native of the island of Corsica, and died in the seventy third year of his age. He was for many years engaged in business in this city as a con fectioner, and until declining health com pelled his retirement: He was a good "citi zen and held in high estimation by all who knew him The Railroad Petition- The petition in circulation calling for an election on the question of subscription by the county in aid of the Wilmington, Ons low & East Carolina Railroad is receiving numerous signatures. It will be circulated in each township in the county! Col. Roger Moore, being a member of t,he Board of County Commissioners, relinquished his position as railroad commissioner, and Mr, W. H. Chadbourn was appointed in his place. Capt. A. A. Moselywas also made a member of the commission. i Onslow Railroad. 4 A petition is in circulation, which is to be presented to the Board of County Commis sioners, asking that body to call an election by qualified voters upon the question of a subscription of $100,000 by the county of New Hanover to the capital stock of the Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina Rail road Company. The petition is receiving numerous signatures. J Sudden Death at magnolia, . Mr. W. E.. Duncan, the telegraph ope rator at Magnolia, Duplin county, dropped dead yesterday afternoon, in his office at that place. '. It is supposed that heart dis ease was the cause. : Mr. Duncan,, we un derstand.' was a native of Pender county. his family living at Rocky Point, to which place the body was taken last mgnt, ioi in terment. .. ..s r . . Chanted tilth Horse steailnc. ' Clem Hill, a colored man living on Castle street in the neighborhood of Twefth and Thirteenth streets was arrested yesterday on a warrant issued by Justice Millis charg ing him with stealing a horse belonging to , Laura Rutledge. colored. The case was set for a hearing this morning at 10 o'clock. WASHINGTON. Call for Redemption of $15,000,000 i' ' ot Bonds. ' By Telegraph to the Hcmine SUr.) " ? -Z Washihgtoh. August 19; The Treas urer issued " a. call for the redemption of fifteen million dollars of bonds s The call matures October 1st. The following ia tho description of numbers: Fifty dollar bonds original No. 104 to original No. 123, both inclusive; f 100,: No. 1522 to 1677; $500. No. 650 to 728; f 1.000. No'. 4207 to 4996; $10,000, No. 10248 to 11663 Total 1S - 000,000. AU called bonds will be redeem ed at the Treasury Department any time Washington. Aug. 21 What have been a serious -amirlent nmnrml ts day on the Metropolitan branch of the Bal timore & Ohio Railroad,: where it crosses M street in this city. The Chicago Express came aronnd the "Y" at its usual rapid rate of speed, and coming upon the track of the Metropolitan branch it ran 1 down at full speed before stopping to back into the de pot. While going at this rapid rate, the engineer saw the Hagerstown Aeeommoda tion standing on the track ahead of him, waiting to follow his train up to the depot . He at once endeavored : to check the speed of the express, putting on the air-brakers, but they would not work, and in a moment his engine went crashing into the accom modation, badlv wrecking . the ; locomotive of the Hagerstown train and driving the tenuer mrougn tne iront or she baggage car. Passengers in both trains were much . shaken and bruised, and six or ehrht per sons were injured, but there was no loss of I. lite,.. . -, . li. T.. wheeler, of New Orleans; has been disbarred from practicing as attorney be fore the Interior Department. S " s ; - CoL Robert ?- L. . Taylor. Democratic nominee for Governor of Tennessee, called on Secretary Lamar to-day and tendered his resignation as Pension Agent at Knox Villc. -, :;':r'- v -. " Indian Commissioner ; Atkins will in a day or two leave his home in Paris, Tenn,, on a tour or inspection among the Indian agencies in the West and Northwest . ILLINOIS. A Vlsorons Prosecution to be Rlade Asalnst the Anarchists In Chicago. . , iBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chicago, Aug. 21. Captain Michael Schaack, who is credited with having ob tained the chief evidence against the con demned Anarchists, was asked if the police were now tnrougn witn their labors? "Through,"said the officer, "why they have but barely commenced." . "You mean you have others who are indicted on the same charge?" "You must not ask too much. I tell vou the Anarchist business in Chicago has only commenced, and before , it is through with, we will have them all in jaik hung or driven out of the country." Uhicago, August 21. Slate "s Attorney Grinnell in an interview to-day said: "We intend to leave the Anarchists alone for a time, to see whether they have now learned' what the right of free speech means in this country; whether they still hold it to mean tnat they may incite men to not, murder and plunder. We have . had in this trial men who were called squealers and inform ers. There were three or-four of them; one of them went back on us on the wit ness fctand. From these men we have ob tained the names of all the principal Anar chists in Chicago. We have those lists and the Anarchists do not. themselves know it. I want them to know it now. I want them to know that they are marked men. and if ever a hand ia raised to injure a hair of the head of any juror or person connected with the trial that is now over, every An archist might' as well consider that i his death knell , has been sounded. We have their names and will bring every one of them to the gallows. Let them understand that." I ... TEXAS. Fire and Flood In . Indlanola many . Live Lost. . IBy Telegraph to the Horning Star ; Victoria, August 21. Intelligence has just been received from Indianola that a nre broke out mere yesterday dunng the heaw storm, destroying every building ex cept two on both sides of the street from and including the signal office to Villen-, nevero corner. Capt. Reed, Signal officer, and Dr. Rosencranz were crushed : and burned in the Signal office. Dr. Lewis is missing and is supposed to be lost. The Knapp family, Mrs. Sheppard and her chil dren, and a sister in-law of Dr. Hodges, of Cuero, are reported to be missing. Water is said to have inundated the town worse than during the great storm of 1875. The railway track is washed for two and a half miles this side of Indianola, rendering com munication extremely difficult A party from this city was compelled to wade that distance in order to reach the town. ; Great excitement prevails here, and a relief party started for Indianola this morning. ,t! Last evening the body of a young woman. supposed to be that of Dr. Hodges'sister in law, was discovered alongside the railroad track by a party who went down on a spe cial triin. The dead bodies of two of Mrs. Luther's children were also found. This town and Cuero suffered disaster ously by yesterday's storm. Houses were : unroofed,- steeples blown down, houses were flooded and shrubbery destroyed, but fortunately no lives were lost.. . i ' FOREIG-N. Affairs in Parliament Apprehensions of More Rioting In Belfast. London, August 21. The silence; of the Liberal Unionists in the House of Commons in the debate now going on over the Tory Government's Irish policy is beginning to attract attention. Rumors are current that the Liberal Unionists disapprove of the Irish land policy outlined by Lord Ran-' dolph Churchill. ji St. Pktehsbttkg, August 21. The Journal De St. Petersburg says Russia does not intend to form a settlement at port Lazexeff, . j . ' Belfast, August 21. Grave apprehen sions are this afternoon entertained that rioting will be renewed here either to- night or to morrow. Mobs are gathering in large numbers in different localities A strong force of police .has been assembled in the Springfield district where the author ities expect fighting to begin. Orderlies were galloping in every direction as the evening approached, carrying messages to troops.. Before night cavalry had gained positions of control in the leading streets.! The report that the Catholics of Belfast have accepted the challenge of Orangemen to fight out their feud in the streets is, it is said, confirmed, and the police and military activity of the past few hours is now attri buted to a knowledge on the part of the au thorities that a battle is imminent - : Belfast, Aug. 21. It is raining steadi ly to-night. . All the taverns are closed and will remain so until Monday. : Men em ployed in the ship yards on Queen's Island returned home this evening without: being molested. : Several picnic excursions left the city to day- and measures have been taken to prevent disorders upon their re turn, x ' m j TEXAS. j - Sad Drowning; Accident Three Lives " ' Lost. "i";r:'ajj:;'i: ? 'y Dallas,' Aug. 20. Late last night Mrs. Beach, her little son and another lady. went to the river to bathe. . . When they hid reached the river they found a man sitting on the bank and- allowed the little boy to go in bathing, but he got beyond his depth, when his mother plunged in to rescue him. Her struggles were ineffectual and the man on the bank went to the rescue of .both mother and son. He was also caught in the current and earned down; all three being drowned before assistance could r reach them.- The bodies of Mrs. Beach and son were recovered, but that of their would-be rescuer had not yet been found. ' . Floating item: In North Caro Una ajCatholic College has been established for the education of colored priests to work among the negroes of tne South. - NO. 43 MAT, F. M. HAM, Mr. Hale, who is - under medical treatment here, left us last week for Raleigh, to bo absent for a few days or for so long a lime as the State's business requires. - . , . .. ; . ! Leaving us, Mr. -Hale asks us to say that! "when physical weakness compelled a choice some months ago between printing the Register and fulfilling his contract with the State, he chose the duty rather than the pleasure, hoping that in a few weeks he would - be able to resume his double . labors. It has not been so ordered, and h4 Register mMl not be issued again during this year. Re cognizing this fact some weeks ago, most of the ? Register's : subscribers have already received the balance due them. The few remaining will be paid as rapidly a Mr. Hale has strength to write to them. n : . . . "If Mr. v Hale continues strong enough to - perform ; the duties of Public Printer they are not light he will be a candidate for re election next year. Not otherwise; for tb State Constitution : emphatically for bids 'emoluments or privilege from the community but id consideration of public services. . It, is true that , the 'emoluments' of 'tho " Public ) Printer are " not great, but Targe or ..small tne Legislature, has no right to pay tnem, nor coulct Mr. liale with out , sacrifice of , self-respect receive them, unless there was something to do, and that something' done. But the election is a long time off, and except to say as ' above under what circumstances he will be a candidate for- re-election, Mr. Hale does not ;Care to join in the active canvass go in on for his place. ' "Exchanges within the State will objige Mr. Hale by copying." THE CUTTING VASE What Is Thought at the State Depart ment in Washington The Govern- : ment Folly Justified in the Position it haa Taken. - -t ' By Telegraph to the Horning Star. . ,".. .Washikgtow, Aug. 21. No intimation has been received at the Stato Department of the alleged purpose of Mexicans to par don Cutting as soon as he shall have en tered upon his term of imprisonment; but there is a disposition to believe that some way will soon be found to release him and. thus get rid of the annoying complication. 8hould this be done, merely as an , act of clemency on the part of Mexican authori ties and without any avowed renunciation of the claim of extra territorial jurisdiction, this government will then undertake the task of securing such renunciation so far as American citizens are concerned, since the claim is held to be abhorrent l all principles of modern international law as recognized and practiced by governments which make any pretence to civilization... With Cutting out of the way as a direct is sue, . subsequent proceedings would of course be Carried on through the ordinary channels of diplomacy and without bint or suspicion of possible war on either side. It is admitted that the - obnoxious law was at the time Mexico de clared her independence , part of the French code, and that certain other European powers may have set up and ; practiced - upon similar claims, at -times, but it is asserted that it has long since neen aDrogaied or passed into disuse,; and that such claim would not now be as sented to for a moment by the American Government, - whoever might set it up. There are crimes, such as conspiracies to overthrow foreign governments, and the fitting-out of fillibustering expeditions, which if committed by Americans upon American soil would not only render the criminal liable to arrest and punishment here for violation of our own laws, but also if subsequently caught within the jurisdic tion of the offended government, liable to apprehension and trial according to the laws of that Power, without calling for other action-on the part of our Government than the effort to see that the accused had a fair trial; but offences against persons or the interests of foreigners committed upon American soil, either by Americans or foreigners, are. it is claimed, within the i sole and exclusive local jurisdiction of American courts, and to this doctrine it is asserted all civilized government except Mexico assent It can be stated by authority that no de mand for Consul Brigbam's resignation has been made and that be is held in high esteem by the Department of State. So far as the Department is officially informed, bis actions in connection with the Cutting episode have been wise, energetic and creditable. :j It seems to be accepted in some quarters as proven, that the Department has made a mistake in its assumption that Mexico holds Cutting for an act committed upon this side of the boundary line.; No mistake is acknowledged at the Department, and so far as present information goes the position taken by this Government is fully justified. '. THR INDIANS. Dispatch from Gen. miles Geronlmo and His Band - Anxloas to : Slake : Peace. : Washington, . August 20. Adjutant General Drum has received the following from Gen. Miles through General Howard: "Geronimo with forty Indians is endeavor ing to make terms of peace with the Mexi can authorities of the jfronteras district One of our recruits, in returning to Fort Huachuca, from Lawton's command, met him, Nachez and thirteen other Indians on their way to the frontier Had a long con' venation with them. They said they wanted to make peace, and looked worn and hungry. - Geronimo carried his right arm in, a sljng .bandage. The splendid work of the troops is evidently having a good effect Should the hostiles not now surrender to the Mexican authorities Law ton's command is south of them and Wilder with Companies G and M troops, Fourth Cavalry, moved south to Fronteras and will be there by the 20th. Lieut Lockett, with an effective command will be in good position to-morrow near Quads loupe Canon in the Caujon Bom'te mountains. On the eleventh I had a very satisfactory interview with -Governor, Torres. . The Mexican officials are acting in concert with ours." '. ' MISSISSIPPI - Congressional Nomination by a Frae ; tlonal Tote in the Sixth District. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. "' New Orleans, Aug. 19. A special from Mississippi City says: "On the second bal lot, in the Sixth District Congressional Con vention, last night, Col. Stockdale received 16 13-33 votes and Van isaton 15 A debate followed the voting, many delegates contending that it required seventeen votes to nominate. The chair finally decided that 16 and fraction was a majority of the Con vention, and therefore uoi. stockdale was the nominee. At five minutes before one o'clock Col. Stockdale entered the Con vention and made an address, accepting the nomination. He is a prominent lawyer oi Pike county. He was Colonel of a Mis sissippi Cavalry Regiment during the late war. He came originally from Pennsylva ' WHOLESALE SLA UGHTER. Two Hundred Lives Lost by the : Burning of a Steamer In Rustf. .By Cable to the Horning Star. - ' London, August 21. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says a passenger steamer, plying on the river Volga, at Saratov, cap ital of Saratov, in Russia, was burned to day and two hundred lives lost Turpentine. The Charlotte Chronicle savs the Building and Loan Associations of that town have lent $200,000, and mostly to cit izens who could not have affected loans from any other source. - ; j . . . Goldsboro Messenger: ' A to bacco barn in ' Sampson county, with its entire contents of several thousand pounds of tobacco, belonging to Mr. David Wat son, was destroyed by fire last Saturday night. It was the work of an incendiary. - The Eastern North Carolina Insane Asylum ia at present taxed to Its full ca pacity and Dr. Roberts has now - over -twenty-five applications on 'file from coun ty authorities, asking Admittance for pa tients. , . . ' Western (Cin.) Tobacco Jour nal: a toDacco company or .North Caro Una which had exported a large quantity of cigarettes to London in bond and re im ported them to New York,, applied to the Treasury Department for. permission to re shipthe goods to their factory in North : Carolina for the purpose of being stamped and re-exported to some Other foreign port . The department decided that under exist ing laws the goods in question cannot be . wunarawn irom the custody of the cus tom officers for the purpose stated other wise than upon the payment of duties equal to the internal revenue tax. Charlotte ; Observer: ; Senator Hearst is a native of South Carolina, and is greatly attached to the people of this sec tion. This was his first visit to North Carolina, and he has been most ' favorably impressed by our people and our country. Senator Hearst,;; who owns one of the largest gold mines in California, and who has made a good deal of money in mining' operations, was pleasantly surprised at the wealth and extent of the mineral resources of this section of North Carolina, and it is probable that he will make an investment He proposes to return to Charlotte some time in the near future. ; - New Bern Journal: A telegram was received in this city yesterday morn ing announcing that the- Republican Judi cial Convention at Jackson nominated Geo. H. White for jSolicitor-of the Second Ju dicial District; . He is probably the best, colored lawyer in the State. Capt Wm. W.-Carraway, recently appointed to the high position of postofflce inspector in the Postofflce Dapartment, perfected his -bond here last Tuesday and will in a day or two start for Washington, D. C, for as- : sigrimcnt to duty at Chicago, 111. The foundation walls of Patterson's new hotel are, about complete. Elevators are to be put in and the building when finished wijl contain all the modern improvements. $ " Charlotte Chronicle: A daugh ter of Mc Kerr, -aged 14 years, fell from a fence yesterday afternoon and broke her left arm between the elbow . and Bhoulder. Mr. H. M. Gray, an old and well known citizen of Prospect neighborhood, Iredell county, and an eider in the Presby terian Church, died at his home this morn ing at 8 o'clock. In excavating for the foundation of the new buildings ion Tryon street, the workmen yesterday found a roll of manuscript, worn on the edges and showed much handling. It was a poem of two hundred lines, entitled : "Satan's Earth ly Mortgages and why ho Refused to Fore close Them." . At the meeting of the alumni association of Davidson College, held last June, W. A. Withers, W. J. Bingham, j. H. Hill and Wi S. Lacy were appointed a committee to preparo a semi centennial catalogue of the College, to con lain, .. besides a . review of the College, a sketch of each professor who taught and each student who has attended the Col lege during the first fifty years of its exis tence..".:' . .... '-" - "" ; . - Raleigh ; Recorder: The Bap tists of the State , have every reason to be gratified at the number of beautiful churches being erected. A recent visit to Leaksville made our hearts swell with joy. -. A man who styles himself the Rev. Dr. Todd, has been offering his services as a preacher to the brethren - of Caswell and Person counties. From all that can bo learned of him he is a first-class fraud. We had a good meeting at Cedar Rock 28 professions; I expect to aid Rev. P. T. ' Warren, at Elam. Northampton county, this week. C. A. Woodson. - Rev. J. M. White reports a meeting of great power with the church at Collins Grove, and another at Holly Springs. He is now holding a meeting at Morrisville. The fifteen thousand members of our 1 churches in the First Congressional District have our sympathy. : - Even the party lash vigorously applied, will, hardly be able to fill them with enthusiasm in the coming election. A Baptist church will bo organized in Concord, Friday, Sept. 8d.' The new church will have 15 or 18 mem bers. Brother Bostick has been well re ceived. Oxford Torchlight: We com mend to the careful perusal of intelligent, colored people the eloquent and sensible' speech of Rev; Andrew , J. Chambers. -pastor of the A. M. E. Church at Wilming ton, N. C. He understands the true rela tions of the two races at the South, and prefers the real friendship of his Southern neighbors to the false friendship of North ern politicians. Rumor has it that Webster, of the Keidsvule Weekly, will be in the field as an independent against Hon. J. W . JtteiO. Unas. KeynoldwUl be likely to run on me nepuoucan ucaet uol jno. K. Winston has announced himself a can. didate. A Republican nominating conven tion for the Fifth Congressional District will be held in Winston the 7th of September. A strange looking spider, weaving a most remarkable web attracted a large crowd to the rear of Mr. J, E. Odenhiem er's shoe shop one afternoon of last week. The web was of ordinary size and texture, but in the centre appeared plainly the fol lowing characters as if worked in with the most delicate white silk floss: : , W INDIA. The letters were about a quarter of an inch was secured, together with the web, and has been sent to a scientist ' ; Raleigh .News- Observer: Yes terday a letter waa received from Bone Taylor, dated at Carthage, iaj which he says the current reports are false. He says in the course of his letter: "I see an item to the effect that since my release from im prisonment I have engaged in i a difficulty with my wife, committed murder and been in prison in South Carolina. I desire to say that such reports are wholly false, with-: out even a semblance of truth, and that since said time I have not had an unpleas ant word with a living man or woman." In Missouri a few days past there was a reunion of the Gaston family. - There were 1,600 present These were hi many, cases . descendants of the famous Wil liam Gaston, of North Carolina. Thoy, N. C, - August 17, '86. Infor mation reached here to-day that John K. Banders was fatally wounded with a knife in the hands of a man by the name of Morris, at the Steele gold mine yesterday. A son of John Lammonds, of Sul phur Springs, ripped his brother open with a knife last Sunday. These two affrays, added to the two in Hill township a few days since, make four serious cutting af fairs - in our county within a very short time. One of the victims, Frank Furman, has died; it is thought to be certain that both Sanders and Lammonds will die . Asheville Citizen: Maj. Malone, the independent spoke on Monday in the court bouse at 12 o'clock, consuming about two hours, proving that his wind is good, at all events. ' He began with the declara tion that he was no office- seeker he des pised the office-seeker. . Is he not running for Congress? It was tha first gun of the campaign, and not a dangerous gun. Mr. Insby is attorney for the North Eastern Railroad Company. In the dreadful acci dent in June last on the Santee trestle he lost a son, and Mrs. Ingoldsby with the memory of the catastrophe ringing in her heart could not encounter the suggestion of her loss. : She would not travel that road, and the S. C. R. R. Co. most kindly and considerately offered Mr. Ingoldsby the nse of its road, and also a special coach. ; All went safely and pleasantly until the Horse Shoe trestle on the Saluda Mountain was passed. The engine, the train being safely over had, just begun to "pick up" after "slowing" over the trestle. The coach ia which were Mr. Ingsby and party the last iu the train, bad just left the trestle, when the front truck broke loose, ran back to the rear truck and the end of the coach fell and swung round across the .track, and fell on its side. The occupants were hurled from their seats and tumbled helplessly to the end, or side of the coach.' All were bruised, and Mrs. Ingsby received a severe con tusion on the forehead, the marks of which maybe permanent. , -. -
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