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The Weekly . Star. PUBLISHED AT " ' v itn i r o t o ij ar , c ,1. 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. S8SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS -siivioiKfl SSSSSSSS8SSS8SS83 SS88SSSSSSSSSSSS "if 8388S8S888888888S 82SSSS82gSSSSSSS -qjuoH I Jt30.fi g SSSSSS8SSSS8SS8S - 1 xn it 0 fi oi 5 SS88SS88SS8S8888S eo io o ao.a - 1 to cs c t -i it c K - . - .i C CD ' i ' 7 et oo id d co a eo jr io g ggj r Entered at the Post Offioe aCWUmington, N. C as Second Class Matter J SUBSQRITIONJPRICJEL The subscri6tion price of the Weeet.t Star is as follows : . - ' . : Single Cory 1 year, postage paid, ' $1.50 ' - " b months, " -. . 1.00. . smontns .50 :rcpi'bucan CHABOES r v. When the Republicans met at Chi cago and nominated Mr. Blaine a very proper representative of a party with such a record they adopted a platform that was a perfect dragnet and was intended to catch all sorts of fishep, from the tiniest 'minnow to A 1. . 1 . I . H.t,.l. 1 . " . me uiggraii wiiiio Lll'li BWaul ID IBB political 6ea. In it they thus ar raigned the Democratic party: i "The Democratic party has failed com pletely to relieve the people of the burden of unnecessary taxation by a wise redaction of the surplus. The Republican party pledges itself to correct the inequalities of the tariff, and to reduce the surpluB, not by the vicious and indiscriminate process of horizontal reduction, but by such methods as vi!i relieve the taxpayer without injur ing labor or the great productive interests of the country." . . .;.;s- -r " i';: First, who is responsible for put-; ting on the people "the .burden of un n ecessary taxation?" There can he but one answer. The Republicans had charge for a quarter of f a cerf1-' tury, and they laid those grievous burdens on the people. ', ; " - Second, the Democratic party prior to 1884, when the above precious de claration and arraignment was made, did not have it in their power "to re lieve the people of the burden of un necessary taxation" placed upon them by these very Republicans. And 'why? Because the. Republicans had charge of the Executive and Judici ary Departments, and of one branch of the Legislative ' Department. ; il was simply impossible for the Demo crats to move a peg in the matter of reduction and relief without the con sent and '. approval of the Republi cans. Now why did not the Repub licans "relieve the people of the bur den of unnecessary taxation" which they had placed upon the people? Why try by an insincere and ridicu lous dodge, meant to deceive, to shove the responsibility off upon the Democrats? Third, the Republicans pledged their party "to correct the inequali ties of the Tariff." Have they tried to fulfil this promise? Not in the least, but they have obstructed and prevented all attempts "to correct' the most glaring, unjust and oppres sive "inequalities." In October, 1886, the War Tariff stands a monument of Republican unfair ness, injustice and incompetency. The War Tariff stands out, like the great pyramid of Cheops above the" surrounding - sands, as a stu pendous monument of the waste, unfaithfulness and oppressions, of the corruptest "-. party known to American history. It is a nice party to be arraigning the opposition, which, prior to 1885, had not been in power for twenty-four years. Bat fourth, the Republicans pledgd their party to reduce "the surplus," Have they made the smallest attempt in this direction. The- Republican Senate materially altered and lessened the force of " the Surplus bill that passed the Democratic House by such a 6weepmg majority. Not only so, but this very Republican Senate tried to. increase the public appropria tions by more than thirteen millions above the Democratic House appro priations. Call you .that relieving the people "of the burden of unneces sary taxation" and "a wise reduction of t.hfi Rnrnlnn?" Mr. Cleveland alone. among Democrats, is responsible for the "complete failure" of the Demo crats "to relieve the people by "a wise redaction of the surplus." " He chose to pocket the bill, and upon him aloqe among Democrats ; must : rest any reproach for not attempting to fulfil promises and meet party ob ligations. The Republican party, of all par ties, knows best bow to make prom ises to deceive. It has had a ; long practice and it has triumphed again ; and again by just such declarations and promises it set forth at Chicago, But fortntiatelv in 1884. the people rf . were too wise to be deceived any longer. The very fact that .fames (i Blaine was nominated was proof fwqinye Hint, iuau HUS paivj m w rupt; and, second, that it had no pur pose to reform. No such agent would have been selected if the par ty had really intended to change its ways and attempt higher and purer things. " , - ., The Democratic party for eighteen 1:. - VOL. XVII. shown, has to some extent redeemed its pledges in the way of eoonomyj and but for Republican opposition and obstruction, would have' accomi phehed more. We hope that the new Congress I to be elected in No; vember will be in the strictest sense a reform body, and that their legis lation may be marked by wisdom prudenee and economy throughout. The present Congress in its next ses sion should take good care not to en gage in apy wild or imprudent legis- lation,tand tbe Democratic, members should see to it that thev do- not handicap their party in the next Pre sidential canvass with burdens that will, be too heavy to carry. - -1 9EATH OP A SOUTHERN AUTHOR. For one we are very regretful iht John Eaten Cooke, the Virginian au thor of eo many clever books, is dead. He passed away at his home, in Clarke county, Va, on Monday last, aged 56. He was a man of de cided talents and has produced works that ought to perpetuate his name for a century at leaBt to come. His his tory of Virginia, we have not read, but jt is saidj to be exceedingly well done. His delightful "My Lady Po cahontas" is a1 work of fine literary skill. It is in some respects a distin guished triumphjfor the author with rare art projects himself into the. "spacious times" of Queen Elizabeth, and with graphic skill reproduces the manners and language of that glori ous period of English literature and English history. It is a dainty ' and exquisite little volume, and is well worth the consideration of literary men. Mr. Cooke wrote quite a num ber of most enjoyable stories the intent of which h was to 1 portray the manners, customs, opinions and glo ries of his own people, the Virginians of other day b. ; From a brief sketch of him in the New York ' Times we copy the following: "He was the son of John R. Cooke, dis tinguished as a lawyer and a gentleman. and his mother was Maria Pendleton, of old Virginia stock. He studied law with bis father, practiced about four years, and and then abandoned law for literature. At the breaking out of the civil war Mr. Cooke entered the Confederate ranks and during the four years ' was present at most or the battles of Virginia campaigns. At Appo mattox be took part in Lee's surrender, bis position then being Inspector-General of Horse Artillery. From the Autumn of 1861 to tbe Spring of 1864, he was on the staff of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, and the stirring acts he witnessed he afterward wove into vivid and faithful scenes both in stories like "En- voy" -i-in biographies of Lee, Jackson, and others. To some extent he essayed to do for Virginia what the immortal Scott has so grandly done -for Scotland to people the past with living beings whose prejudices and humors, whose wit and heroism, whose pride and foibles he so well understood; and it is due to his memory to say that he caught no little of those times and placed them before his readers in his fascinating : ! and bright pictorial pages. The 7mes cays, and we quote it because of : its fairness and its Northern source: i - "Local color is tbe feature of his stories. and his war books are written with a can dor and fairness which is generally admit ted r K! r - ' v: The death of a genial Southron, so gifted, so true, soj accomplished, is an event that should call forth general regret. John Eaten Cookes are not found every year in iany State, and the South has not "solmany men' of rare endowments that it can lose one without emotion. Mr. Cooke has done more to rescue from oblivion the cioble deeds of Virginia and to reflect credit upon his native State than any politician that has flour ished within- her borders in a halt century. His j memory should be cherished with pride and affection by his countrymen. His brother Philip, who died comparatively young, was a man of genius, and some of his verse is beautiful and fresh. Only a few years ago j another rarely gifted Virginian ceased his labors, Dr. Bag- by, to whose writings we sometime since . attempted to pay fitting tri bute, j ... The South is .losing its most ma tured and eminent authors. - Ryan, Hayne, and now : Cooke, have u all passed "beyond the flood" and are in the silent land. But there are other writers of . exceeding promise who have already performed such artistio work as to give surety of yet higher achievement and of wider fame; So admirable was Miss Rives's first short story in the Atlantic that we strong ly suspected that the same deft hand that had wrought "My Lady Poca hontas" had also produced the exqui site story referred to. Since writing this article our eye has fallen upon a sympathetic article from the pen of another gifted Vir ginian, James Barron Hope, of Nor folk. We copy it elsewhere. It is given out that Mr. J. Ran dorpb Tucker, of Virginia, is at work upon a life of John C. Calhoun. It will be a valuable work no doubt and will be well worth reading. .We would like to see a life of his great countryman, Jefferson, from his pen. ? Harvard University has been sued for $50,000 by Francis R. Brooks, of Chicago, a former student, who was injured by an explosion and terribly burned. Irr- 3 COUNTY GOVERNMENT. .... , . , -, v..-, .J The Republican Convention that met at Raleigh a few days ago adopt ed the following plank: - ' ."That "we oppose the present system of county government, as unrepublican, un- iair, ana suoservienc oi me ngais or tne people, and therefore demand its repeal." . Why. thus, thrust this 'question again upon the people and make it an issue? - No man ib fit to represent the white .tax-payers of. the East, or of what1 are-known : as 'the "negro counties" those counties in 1 which the negroes control, with the assist ance or otherwise of white Radicals, who is in favor of this resolution. It is a mere demagogic flourish intend ed to gull and blind. Wipe, out the present system and you band over these counties to , the lender care of the wolves - that have devoured the substance of the "people in the past. The issue is forced upon Eastern Democrats and if they do not meet it like men they will find themselves again plocked and pillaged by the most degraded slass that ; ever came into power, h. . . ' - , ' If the present system of County Government is abolished, and it will be if the .Radicals : get control, then New Hanover county and Bladen and Craven and Pender and Lenoir and the other counties under negro domination will be in a fearful con- tion. Are the. white men .of the East ready to accept again the' Gen eral Canby system that was fastened upon ns by bayonets and a stuffed ballot and laws of disfranchisement ? The Radicals are not expecting to do or gain anything in the pending canvass, other than to -capture tbe Legislature. If they can secure that then they can get control of the ne gro counties again ; and jj. begin the work of :. unification of i party and plunder of the whites, j What has been may be again. RECENTLETTERS. Oar m yesterday's private mail brought us two letters from which we copy a few lines. A young edi tor of good promise writes: "You have been exceedingly kind to me since I launched upon the sea of journal ism, and 'though to fame unknown' your kind words of me are not forgotten. Cer tainly your words of indorsement have cheered me when tempted almost to the giving up point, and made me again strong to battle fpr the right." .. . . . j. - ; This is very gratifying to us. We can do no nobler Work than -to en courage tbe young ,andr deserving journalists, for ; they are to do the work when the old men are gone and to help them while they remain. - Another letter is from a gentleman at Selma, Jphnston county. He writes: 1 am very elad to see that you are call ing the attention of tbe merchants of Wil mington to the importance of making an effort to get the trade along the line of the Wilson & Fayetteville railroad to Wilming ton. - I wrote to one of tbe largest cotton buyers in Wilmington last week, telling him that the W. & F. Short Cut would be in operation in a few days and advised him to send an agent to look after it. Cotton is coming in very freely and it is thought that this place will ship 6,000 bales this season. If your merchants will make tbe-effort they can and will do a large and profitable busi ness with this section of country, but if they sit still and don't come and hunt up the trade they will not get it. There are two or three firms in your city who come up here looking after tbe trade ana they get it. Keep the importance of the trade from Wilson to Fayetteville before your mer chants." 1 Wilmington merchants should make note of this and let no time be lost. If the farmer must "speed the plough" the merchant must diligently seek. trade.. :"-:-.r ---.I The Republicans of Massachusetts have nominatedOhver Ames, son of the Ames spades j man who was so mixed in tbe Credit Mobilier rascali ties in Congress, for Governor. He is a man of small capacity : and smaller character; but be is rich. The New York Times, Republican, is led to say of this, discreditable selection: "It is a melancholy evidence of the de cadence of the party in what was one of its strongholds in the aays or its vigor. Nothing but Mr. Ames's money evef gave him the opportunity in politics which the Republican managers in Massachusetts so cheerfully onened to him. Neither by character nor ability had he shown himself fitted for public service, nor was there ahy evidence of his devotion to principles of any kind. He conceived an ambition lor poll tics and his money paved the way." Ex-President Davis has written a letter that would probably fiU'eight columns of the Stab, addressed to Col. J. T. Scarf, of Baltimore. It appears in the Sun of that city. -' It is a bristling reply to Gen. Sherman, and he also touches upon other. points. Although " nearly, ' eighty years old his mental force is evidently not weakened, and he is abundantly able to take care of himself in a con troversy with any living American, now that Jerry Black is dead. .The Northern people, -, without special cause, hate the distinguished South ron, but they cannot show bis equal in combined ; mental power and per sonal character, unless it be that noble old Democrat, Judge Thurman. The Montgomery (Ala.) Dispatch has completed its first volume. It has been a .bold, independent, thor oughly Democratic paper from the start. It is not one ,of those Demo cratic newspapers that favors a High War Tariff, Blair . bill, , Oleomarga rine bilt, and so on. It fights ' con sistently on strictly Democratic lines. It is young, aggressive and able. Ji-j J. id if 'A . WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1886; j., Rev. Dr.J, H. D. Wingfield, Mis sionary Bishop of North California, and a Virginian by i birth, has been, elected Bishop of Easton, He is the fifth selection, three having declined and one died. - It is a very small dio cese and it is doubtful if he accepts. The late able land admirable Bishop Lay filled the office. . - 1 . ; Mr. Davis .still holds on to his old opinion that Sydney , Johnston was the greatest . soldier of the. war on, either side. But tbe world is against him. Genr Lee will go down into history' as the great Captain. tpfy ' . . . . . - . iHj ; 5 '2 A correspondent of the New York limes says that it has come to pass that " in the " theatrical world and among " managers "merit has no 'standing compared with people of questionable reputation." : - Thus far New York. , has , con tributed $150,000 for the relief of Charleston sufferers. Of this the Chamber of Commerce gave $80,000. This is both admirable and generous. "Miss" Violet Cameron's husband is named De Bensande and he is now in jail in New -; York. Lonsdale and "Miss" did it. : . , - DRO WNIK G A CCIDBS TS. "Two LItci Lost In. the Cape Pear ; A Boating Parly ITpaet Harrow .Escape of Two Tfoune Men. . Johannes Speckman, one of the seamen of the German barque Elsa, waa accident ally drowned yesterday afternoon between. 2 and 3 o'clock.; The barque was lying at Messrs., C. S Love & Co.'s wharf, near the foot of Queen street.: Speckman was tand inc on a staging swung over tbe side of tbe vessel, engaged in painting. It is sap posed , he stumbled or lost his balance, causing him. to fall into the water.;. The tide was running up at the time and he drifted rapidly with it He was seen, by some of his shipmates beating tbe water with his bands, and ropes were thrown to him, but in a few seconds : be disappeared, before a boat could be lowered to go to bia assistance Speckman could not swim. He was a native of Rostock, Germany, and about twenty-five or thirty years of ago. Tbe sailors on board . the barque . dragged the river all tbe afternoon but were unable to find tbe body of the unfortunate sailor . An accident occurred on the rivtr Fr- day night, resulting in the death of a col ored man by drowning, and the narrow escape of two young gentlemen of this city front a similar fate. . Friday morning, Mr. G H. Greene, of tbe firm of Fowler & Greene, accompanied by Mr. B. W. Beery, Jr.. went down the river in a canoe to Oak Island landing, about twelve miles from the city, to" look after some cypress timber belonging to tbe firm. ' Thomas McWillams, a colored em ploye, went, with them to paddle the boat. The party left the landing on tbeir return just before dark in the evening, and about 11 o'clock bad reached a point some two miles below the city, when the boat was suddenly swamped by the waves and up set. The tide was coming ia, and the wind blowing strong from the north made the river very rough. Mr. Greene clung to the bottom of the overturned boat, while Mr. Beery and Mc Williams struck out to swim for some old piling not a great distance from the shore. Mr. Beery managed to r.-ach Hams was exhausted, the piling and McWil near by,' but was evidently and Mr. Beery spoke some encouragement to him; but words of the colored man was unable to swim any farther, and with a smothered cry for help sank out of sight Mr. Beery remained in his perilous position, clinging to the piling for nearly two hours. In the meantime, the boat with Mr. Green had drifted ashore near the Messrs. Kidder's saw mill, and Mr. Greene immediately went in search of aid to rescue Mr. Beery. After seeking for a boat all along tbe river aide, be finally obtained one at Capt. Skinner's shipyard, and with the assistance of a colored man returned to the piling, where Mr. Beery was found and brought ashore. Mc Williams, the unfortunate colored man who lost his life, was a trusted em ploye of Messrs. Fowler & Greene. He was married and leaves a wife and two small children. Men were sent down yesterday to drag the river for his body, but had not found it at last accounts. Democratic County Convention. f New Hanover County Democratic Con vention met in adjourned session at the City Hall yesterday at noon. Mr. H. C. McQueen, Chairman, called the Conven tion to order. Mr. W. W. Shaw was Se cretary. A short discussion was held as to the advisability of making nomination, for county officers, but without arriving at a conclusion, on motion, the Convention ad journed to meet on the 23d inst Ffre lu Greenville. N. C. A private dispatch to the Stab from Greenville, tt. C.,; says that the residence of Col. I A. Sugg, in that town, was des troyed by fire en Friday night last. The fire originated in the cook-room. . The loss is estimated at $6,000, with insurance for $2,000 on the building and f 1,000 on lur niture. m m '' A. CARD, Editor Stab: I noticed in a for j er is sue of vour Daoeran extract from -tbe Co lumbus Times, atating that I was one of the candidates for the Senate from this dis trict. The Times did me, no injustice in making this announcement, but in conse auenceof this notice an impression has beenjmade on the minds of the public that I ran and was defeated. I desire to say that I was not a candidate before the con vention, owing to an attack of acute rheu matism. I desire you to give this space to show that l was not defeated. . - . Bah'l F. McDahiel. WmTEvniE, N. O. : NOR TS CAROLINA, - Froat at AanevUle Vegetation Injured By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. .- . - Raleigh, October 2. A special to the Jxews-Obterver from Aaheville Bays the nrss frost of the season made its appearance there this moraine, it was heavy and in jured vegetation, particularly the tobacco croD. which is considerably aamagea, much of it being unhoused. Bat in anti cipation of another frost to-night, it was rapidly cut to-day. . , The Fall term of the Superior Court for New Hanover convened at the Court House In this city yesterday morning, Judge Clark presiding. i : t- Two of the jurors J oft. BHva and James Budd-r-who were-pot present when their names were called, were fined forty dollars each. The fioe against James Uudd was afterwards remitted. ' ; -' . ' 1 ' In the case of APG.'HankinB.admiuiBlra tor tt Mm: Hicks, vs. Wilmington, Colum bia & August Railroad -a rion-8uit was taken by the plaintiff.. , f " ThCjday was occupied, in hearing testi mony in the case of Isaiah Croom vs W. E. Murphy and the State of 'North Caro Ilna.f Messrp. M. Bellamy, J. Lr Stcwsrt and JT. Bland, counsel for plaintifT, and Messrs,' J. D. Bellamy, McRae & Strange,' E. Yf. Kerr and J. D. Kerr for defen dants. - Court adjourned at G o'clock in the even ing uuiil 10 a m. to -day,' when the hear ing in' the above case will he resumed' . The following cases are set for to-mor- tow : W. L. Duke Vs. The "City of rW4t-4 mington, L'wis IxGrand vs. Lucy Merritt, J. C. Heyer vs. J. C. Robinson, Tbe First National Bank vs. B L. Perry et al, The North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co vs.4 T. C. McIlhen'ny, R. II Pickett vs. The Pearson Tobacco Co. '..;, . The "Short 3n " " ' Icslead of predicting all manner of inju ry to Wilmington by the new railroad lino from Wilson to Fayetteville, let our mer chants go to work and control the trade that is legitimately theirs.' In freighlrates we have all the advantages enjoyed by any other port, and it will be our own fault if we do not secure tbe business. ; k Those, who fear disaster from, this, new route seem to forget that it opens up an en tirely new country to Wilmington a see-' tion . heretofore without transportation fa cilities, and from which we have drawn iio trade at sit 1 ' V"- -:: ' v The bulk of the business from this new section will, fi-r some time at least, consist of cotton, timber,; turpentine, &c. ; ; and thcro is no reason why the merchants o. this city should not secure tins husiness. The prices of cotton here , show that Wil mington is the best market for that staple in the South, and its standing as a market for'naval stores is too well known to require comment. ' . Go after the trad. Don't wait for it to come ta you. - . - f-t-J.i j r -3 vo" A inessasa from the Sea. Two young gentlemen of tbis city, Messrs. D. MacRae, jr., and R. N. Pars ley, found a bottle floating in the sound opposite Maeonbro Inlet Thursday last. The bottle was closely seal d and upon ex amination was found to contain a piece of letter paper, upon which the following waa wrilU-n: ; 'ir l' --r' . ' : 'V. . "July 23d,1886. '.. "Twenty miles -north of Frying-Pan Lightship: twenty -two days out from New York. All well aboard of schooner L C. K If anybody finds the bottle this is put in please report us, as it don't look as if we will ever get in. Respectfully, ' "MOMJB O. BOCK," - - "Bucksville, S. C. - "Bessie G. Wooburt, "Georgetown, S. C." We are glad to be able to state that the schooner Lina C. Kamin&ky arrived safely at Georgetown, S. C, and is now reported again on the way from New York to that plaoe. '. ", .' : : . Forelsn Exporta. The following; is a stalrment of the for eign exports from the port of Wilmington during the month of September, as com piled fromthe books at the Custom House: Argentine Republic Lumber, C13.000 feet, valued at $1,064. Germany Spirits turpentine, 91,569 gal lons, valued at $33,000. England Rosin 13,163 barrels, valued' at $11,769; spirits turpentine 58,433 gallons, valaed at $18,960. . : . , British West Indies Lumber, 253,000 feet, valued at. $4,650. Hay ti Lumber, 494.000 feet, valued at $6,977; shingles 217,000, valued at $979. Dutch iWest Indies Spirits turpentine 20 gallons, valued at $9; tar, 10 barrels, valued at $19; pitch, 6 barrels, valued at $10; lumber, 58.000 feet, valued at $918; shingles,' 168,000, valued at $615. Totals Rosin. 12,163 barrels, $11,769; spirits turpentine, 148,021 gallons. $50,969; tar, 10 . barrels, $19; pitch, 6 barrels, $10; lumber 1,428.000 feet, $33,066, shingles. 885,000, $1,594. Total value of exports for the month,' $87,437, ' . Mr. G. J. Boney is making ar rangements to rebuild his merchant mill. on Nutt street, between Mulberry and Wal nut. ' - i - .v.; - r For the Star. RAIfiROAD. : ONSLOW Editor Star: Will your correspondent, "A Citizen," be kind enough to give bis authority for some of the statements he makes as regards narrow gauge roads, which he is pleased to term V wheel barrow roads'?" u - ! :' -, . . .. From my own reading he certainly speaks for a vp.rv small minority when he makes the assertion that "nobody in the world wants such a thing," esc., and he snows an utter want of knowledge of what he writes in saying that "the cost of operating such a thing, as all railroad men know, will be as much, if not more, than a , regular gauge." If he is correct in such assertions it is strange that the. discovery should thus be made known for the first time. The columns of your DaDer of about five years since gave full information as to the cost of construction and operating or narrow gauge railroads, and my recollection ia that the cost of construction was put down at about $5,000 per mile and of operating at about one-half the cost of a standard gauge. The proportion of the latter has however to some extent been changed oy tne reaucea cost of hauling on the standard. A pre vious communication stated; that the road could be built standard gauge, for $150. 000. Tbis I do not believe; , but if true, I do not hesitate to say that the narrow gauge could be constructed and two trains nut unon it for $100,000. I do not claim to be a railroad expert, or to! , know but lit tle of their construction ; but judging from what has been done in this and other States, I am sure that we can get all the transportation facilities we: win prooaoiy need for the next twenty years by an ex penditure of $160,000, on the supposition that the distance is not over fortv miles. and this sum can be readily raised by the corporation subscriptions on the line oi the road. The management of the ;road, whether selected by the County Commissioners or not must necessarilv be composed of our own citizens, presumably of men of busi ness qualification and experience, ana nor one. am willing to take the chances. The county in accordance with the act of incorporation, is entitled to the stock of the company in exchange for its subscription, and of course will nave the same opportu nity in selecting. .the management as any i other Biocanoider. jhabbow uauujs. JFRIGU TF UL EXPLOSION, Powder tVarfea . Balldins Blown ta Splinters and Four Rett literally Torn ta Fieeea-Tbe Sboefc Felt for a Loic Dletanee, and .Generally Be lieved to be an Earthquake The Col ored Folks Greatly Alarmed. . ' ;. Bv Telegraph to that Mornina filar. Bartow. N. Y.. Bent. 80 A plosion occurred at tbe Ditmao Powder Works, at Bv Chester. , on the -Harlem river branch o ; the New : Yoik and New Haven Kadrotd. " about 10 o'clock lhi morning, resuluhg in the instant death of four men employed in the factory.- The explosion occurred in the packing house, a negatory frame building. 20 .by 80 feet.' In tbe centre of the grounds, and abouttwo hundred yards from the main fsetnrv ti large building ' near the. . water, where the bulk of. the giant powder and nitro glyce rine used -in the new aaueduct works is manufactured. The men were hard at work putting up and packing the cartridges, when, suddenly an explosion occurred,' shattering the building to splinters and blowing the four men- to fragments. The exploding powder, of Which there was a large Quan tity, shot up in the air to the height ut fifty xeei, anu splinters oi tne nuiidiDg wire blown a mile away.- , u . ; lhe names of the victims --wete Ernpst Draton, John 7 Rucch, Max Sbafbolt and lieenhart ' Nothing was left of them except tbe fragments of their bodies. Hands, feer, legs, arms, pieces of the skulls, oacKOones ana cnarred bits or flesh were scattered in every direction from 500 to 600 feet from the packing house. .' Max , Uruger, foreman of the works.. says the explosion was caused by two men shooting into the building. Uo was in the packing house and on going out saw two men, who said they were shooting at squir rels. He says be threatened them .with ar rest and they J became impudent As tbe, explosion occurred the men were eeen hur- rying wy.i.: -: ti. a. Btaneneld. . suDenntendent of the Thorite Powder Company Dear by, picked np a dox run oi fragments of the dead men. A number of others assisted in the work, and the remains were all put in a heap to await the action of the coroner: One man had a family in Germany: and the others were said to be single. Their clothing was burned to shreds. r i The maiu factory of the Detmar Works was nearly wrecked, one ecd of the build ing being blown to pieces, exposing tbe in terior. After the explosion the lower lim bers of the building' took fire and burned fiercely. A large tree near by was torn up by the roots and a number of other trees were blown away. : The ground for half a mile; was ' strewn with i fragments ,j the dead, splinters, packing paper, etc ' : x ae violence ot tne explosion shook the bouses in Bartow, across; the creek' from Bay Chester Many windows in John El liott's Bay Vie hotel, at Pelham - bridge. over a mile away, were shattered. Thomas Uinwcocie s blacksmith shop, at West chester, was shaken violently, and tbe win dows in many, bou es in the same village were broken. . This is the second explosion that has oc curred in these works this year.. 'Stack.. N. Y.. Sept. 30. Just before 10 o'clock this morning a heavy shock, resem bling an earlhauake. startled the people here. The colored people were frantic- One colored family nmed West ran from their house screaming in terror. They were told tnat it was an eartnquaEv from Charleston, when the head of the family cried out "Wiggins. ". The shock is sup posed to have -been caused by a heavy ,ex plosion of dynamite somewhere. ; ; Nbw Haten. Cons. 8ept. 30. At 10.10 this morning the telegraph operators at Bran ford and Bridgeport teportcd that slight shocks had j use been fell al those places. At the Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine works, in Bridgeport, the shock was distinctly felt., the , windows of the shops being severely rattled; Note. The shocks felt at Nyack and in Connecticut were due to this explosion. JPENNSYL VA A I A. Gov. Paulson Directs Legal Proceed ings Against . the Anthracite Coal Pool . and the Trunk Line - Pool. - Babbibbtjbg,- Oct. . 3. Gov. Pattison has taken the important step of directing the Attorney ueneral to begin legal pro ceedings against the Anthracite Coal Pool, consisting of a number of leading railroads and coal companies which have entered in to a combination to - restrict and regulate the production of coal and maintain and advance its price. The Governor (says: "Recently, through the officers of the syn dicate, of capitalists, there has been a strengthening of the anthracite coal combi nation, and the claim is now made t y some of its members that they can mark up coal prices to any figure they please, thereby subjecting the public to their mercy, inju riously and - unwarrantably taxing every i -1 . - , urcsiue hou imposing upon.coat cousumeis financial burdens which the speculations of some of these companies have engendered. although tbe State Constitution declares that no incorporated company doing the business of a common carrier shall diractly or indirectly prosecute "or engage in mining or manufacturing articles for trans portation over its tracks. Yet all or near ly all of the common carriers represented in the anthracite coal combination are en gaged directly or indirectly in the mining of coal. : The anthracite regions of the State are practically under the control of this combination For long periods it has kept mines running on three fourths time, thus putting nearly one hundred thousand workers on what amounted to three quarttri pay; by binding -' competition it has restricted the development of our abundant mineral ' wealth. It. also advanced or depressed the price of coal as best suited its purpose. It has maintained the prices of coal supplied to the line and to city trade at figures ranging more than one dollar per ton over and above the prices at which it sold the same articlo to con summers located further from the mines but in territory that did not come within terms of the agreement. It has advanced charges for transportation in the face of the fact that tbe net earnings of carrying com panies ' belonging to the combination amounted to about nineteen percent per an num of the cost of the roads and their equipment, and of the further fact that charges are higher than they .were twenty six years ago. though the cost of transport ing a ton of freight does not to-day amount to more than - one third of its cost at that time. : By restricting production " and by advancing prices, it has crippled vast iron interests, decreasing the demand for an thracite coal in the reduction of iron ore. forcing iron furnaces out of blast, and Dlaclnz nearlv all industries of .Eastern Pennsylvania at the mercy of the managers ot these companies." - . . -..- . The Governor also called attention to the Trunk Line Pool, which, ; he says; by its arbitrary power holds perpetual menace over the material interests of tbe country, f In closing, the Governor says: "Against such combinations tbe individual is help less. The Commonwealth.of Pennsylvania, in creating the corporations that are mem bers of the anthracite coal combination. and of the Trunk Line Pool, vested them with the right of eminent domain and other franchises of a public, nature. They owe certain duties to their creator and one of these is to avoid : inf ringment upon: the. rights of individuals or the general well being of the State. Their interference with the natural current and condition of trade has been in violation of what is believed to- be sound public policy and against the best interests of, the r State. - It prejudices the public and oppresses the individual. It is a perversion of the purpose for which thev were created. These lacts. . wnicu have been reported to me and measurably authenticated. I deem of sufficient im portance to refer to you for your conside ration and for such action as the circum stances may warrant" ' ; - ;w It is understood that Attorney General Cassiday will at once proceed against the coal pool, but In what manner he has not vet decided.;-" vvv .,-:.... ? ' This is considered ' one of the most im portant steps taken by the State adminis tration, and was . not decided upon until after very careful consideration. NO. 49 , WASH 1 NGTHS Mrs. ritvMan&on n Visit to Daffalo 1,Ieraia1n lhe Public Debl-Gavi et-nraent Receipt larlte tbe Month of Heptember Uen. Jtlllehi ttrporu Wabbiko.ow &nt r an Mm ri,. land and Mrs Fwlsom have gono to Buff t- , n. i., ior a visit or anr.m ten divs It is estimated at the Treaiuirv iWrt: ment that there has- been a decretse in the public -debt during September ,if . m rir $11,000,000. ' The- Government .'tirocinia. -iiirini ihn month of ftntAmhr tin ..twtiit liAft . 000, and the expenditures about $18,000.- m. maucg me excess aooot fi4utx),000. The 143rd call for $15,000,000 of three Per Cents, contains a lnroer nmrwirtinn nf bonds belonging to different hauks and de posited with the U., S. Tretsurer to secure circulation and deposit?, than any of the Previous calls the tmnnnti tipina : nhnnt $12,812,000. . Gen. Miles nnnnn.1 rpnnrt nmfmi1vina the story : of the surrender of Geronimo, has been teceived by the acting Secretary war, aua nas mis morning been taken him to thfi President It will madA nnhl understood, to what is considered its in-' completeness with respect to the Geronimo episode. Gen. Milts, it is said, repot is that he acceded the aurrpmlr tt ih bv. age chieftain, agreeing as among the con- uibiune tuai snouio not oe Mirrendered tbe civil authorities of Anrjinn fr.r tul and that he should .be taken lily frum that vieihiiv. - -! CHARLESTON. Tbe Weather Mondy and Cool-Slight Tremors Reported But Not Veri fiedmiss Clara Barton on tbe Con dition or Things In the Stricken Cliy. Charleston. September 30 The wea ther to-day is cloudy, cool, and tfireaienig rain . There have been no learthauake shocks since 1 o'clock Tuesdfy. Sesveral persons say mere were two slight tremois this morning, about 6 o'clock, hut tne re ports have not been verified. A Chicago, Sentember SO. Miss Clara Barton. President of the American Associa tion of tbe Red Cross, at present in Cbarhs ton, has written to Major Harrison about the condition of things in that city. She says in her letter: Fulfilling my promise to report, I would say that the damage to property is not over-estimated Scarcely a house is left whole. . The people are brave-. )y struggling, and are full of gratitude for the sympathy and help So generously bc stowed. I have ia formed Mayor C)urttny of. your movement hi Chicago, for which ne is deeply gratetul, but bee a me to say that as soon as the greatest nerd fur nrnsent contribuious ia met, he wili telegraph the iactover tne country and request that no more be sent. He hopes two-things of tho sum required is already assured." VIRGINIA. ' The Sapretne Court Denies tbe Peti tion for a Bebearlnslntbe Cluvrrlus Murder Case Congressional Nomi nation by Kntgblstof Labor. ' Stauhtoh, Sept. 30 This moruiog. the Supreme Court of Virginia, sitting here. handed down the papers 4c the cas of T. J. Cluvcnus, who stands .convicttd of the murder of Lillian Madisou at iho old n seivoir. Richmond, Va., with tbec-udunc ment that tbe petition lira rtheariog ia de nied. This remands the case to tbe Hust ings Court of Richmond, bywhich the lime will be fixed for the death penalty by hang ing, unless Executive clemency interposes.' Lynchburg. Sept. 30 The Kiihts of Labor, in convention last night, nominated Joseph ' B. Psgi" f r Congress from the Sixth District. Washington. October 1 Ccuinmsiotitr Coleman, of the Department of A.ricul ture, has received a repoi t from Dr." Dyer, the veterinary surgeon sent to asceruio what disease had broken i.l in lhe counties of Loudon, Fauquier and. Prince William, in Virginia, communicated by cattle ob-. tarinod from Chicago. - Dr. Dyer sas the disease is Texas fever and not ph-uro -pneumonia. , : , - " Harrisonburg. October 1 Vfrs Chria topher Yakle was instantly tiih-d at the edge of town today by jumping fni a vehicle. Her head struck ttie pike, c u-hii g her f kull frightfully. Sbe was b.-ing driven to town by her husband; the team started to run, and she became frightened and jumped out. SOUTH CAROLINA. Sad Salelde of a member at a Promi nent Business Firm in cbarleston. IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star Charleston, Oct. 1. The dead body of Alexander W. McLoy was found this af ternoon in a marsh on Cooper river, three miles from the city. Xeurd morning Mr. McLoy left home and went t a gun powder magazine, near which hu body was tound. When be reached there he took off bis coat and vest and cut bis throat with a knife After doing this he? walked a distance of thirty feet and tumbled into the marsh, where be was found this after noon, attention being attracted to the spot by a flock of buzzard. hoveriag near.- Mr. McLoy was a member of the late firm of McLoy, Rice & Co., which was compelled to cease business on account of the death of Mr. Rice, the New York member of the firm. He had lost all be owned a d has been in despair since his business closed. It is supposed that mental aberration brought on :- by despondency caused the suicide. Mr. McLoy was about 65 years old aud one of the most highly respected men in the community, tie left a wife and three children. ' KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Arrangements for tbe Rational Aasem : bly ut Richmond, Va. r IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star;. , Richmond, October 2. The approach ing meeting of the National Assembly of Knights of Labor has been one of the ab sorbing topics- of interest here for some days. Already many Knights have arrived, including delegations from New Orleans. -Kansas City, St. Louis, Troy. N.' Y.. Am sterdam, N- ., Conoea. Lebanon, Pa, Blossburg,' Pa., and Brooklyn. Each in coming train brings new accessions, and it is expected that by Monday morning all the delegations will have arrived. - All the ho tels will be filled, and many of the delegates will have private quarters. . The sessions of the Assembly will be held in the drill hall of tbe First Virginia Regi ment, the largest hall in the city, which is now being arranged for the purpose. There will be accommodations for seating about 2,000, although the Convention will not number more than 1,000 to 1,200. Grand Master Workman Powderly will arrive here to-morrow morning. Grand Secre tary-Turner arrived yesterday and has since been actively . engaged in preparing for the work of the Assembly. The As sembly will have an open session Monday, when Governor Lee will formally welcome the Knights and Grand Master Workman Powderly will respond and deliver bia an nual address. Subsequent sessions of tbe Assembly will be secret, but the press will be furnished with a record of all imnor tant business done, which it is desired to make public. .-l ,-. j f SO UTH CAROLINA . t No Shoeks nt Cbarleston Several Be i - verberations at Samsaervllle. 'I ' By Telegraph to the Horning Star. ii Charleston, Oct3. There have been no shocks here to-day. At- Bummerville last night there were several reverberations. but no perceptible earth tremors. The weather is cool and slightly cloudy, with a fresh northeasterly breeze. The thermom eter at one o'clock registered 64 degrees, The community- generally regard the dis turbances at an end. , 'i President Cleveland will visit the fair of the Virginia State Agricultural Society, Richmond, Va., on the 21st instant. Mrs. i Cleveland will prooaoiy accompany mm. Spirits Tttrpentine. Statesville Advocate: Rev. M. H.. Moore writes tbis under date Sept 23rd: -God has greatly blessed ua in many re spects. We have received into the church this year 56 persons; -f - ?v"-' ' - .; . Raleigh Kmot.' The revenue collections in this, the fourth district, for the month of September, wero $44,011 67, an increase over the same month last year of $17,211 20, -; .... .-i -V 'JDxiford's 3 railroad delegation, Messrs. N. O. Gregory, J. M. Currln, R. V. Minor and W.A. Bobbitt, went to Rich mond last week U confer with the Rich mond& Danville "Railroad '.officials,; but they are as mum as oysters as to what they accomplished. All that the TonMighi can pump from them is that the outlook is very bright ',:f-nry::::, ' -' Raleigh News- Observer: Gov. ' Scales offers $300 reward for Charles L. FI nil man rvf Da vlrlartn AAn s V. :n Mt ,vniuswu wuuvji . wuv ir charged with" embezzlement Gov. Scales waa out again yesterday. He has had a slight attack of congestion of the lungs, caused by becoming overheated and then cooling too suddenly. This occurred last Thursday while he was in Rocking ham, Abhbvills, Sept 29 By the withdrawal t of Mr. Herren, Independent Republican' candidate for Congress, the race is left to Johnston, Malone and Heap - Raleigh. News Observer: Ah has been stated, tarantulas are found here; also horned frogs. Yesterday a white rat was discovered. : - Before any North Caro linian, makes up his mind to vote against ' the present system of county government he should consider- well the value of that , system to the State. : In the graded ' school yesterday one little boy was seen to drop his hands, stiffen his , arms and look up in horror at his teacher. On being asked what the matter was he gasped out , a . . ... m . . i. ve swaiiowea nve cenur trying to start a savings bank! " sang out another youngster. There are about 800 ehU dren enrolled at the Centennial Graded School.. - '-Revivals reported in Raleighl vocate and condensed for the Stab, omit- -ting those previously . announcjd: , Mt. Gilead Circuit, 84 professions, 13 additions; Davidson Circuit, 22 professions, 17 addi tions; Englehard, 14 additions; Charlotte Circuit. 58 additions; Deep River Circuit,' 52 IprofeBsions, 84 additions; Mocksville Circuit 35 professions, 20 additions; Dal las Circuit 85 professions. 73 additions; Caldwell Circuit 24 professions, 18 addi tions; Hatteras Mission, 11 additions; Beth lehem,' 53 additions; Uwharrie circuit 100 professions and all will join the Methodist Church; Macedonia, 8 additions ; Sharon, -10 professions, 7 additions; Piney Grove, 20 professions, 18 additions; Pleasant Grove Circuit 83 additions. - - , Durham Recorder: A" certain' htlle city of Raleigh, and was walking up one of the front streets when he was solici ted by a barber to a hair dress. He took a seat, and soon his sandlocks were sleek as a lard can. "Thirty cents. Boss, please." He paid the charges, with a sarcastic remark about the difference of prices in Durham and Raleigh. The barber paid no attention to his dissatisfaction, but quietly handed him a receipt for the money in the shape of a card, uns glance at tne card put a new face on the young man entirely. -. "Good for one Pt" met his astonished gaze. He repaired to tbe rear of the house, received what the card called for and struck oat for the next barber shop. - Charlotte Chronicle: A recent telegram was published in a city paper from "O. B. a", giving an account of tho can vass between Col. Rowland and the mug wump. We take. "O. S. H." to be O. 8. Hayes. ' If he is the gentleman he is the - carpet-bagger that came to this State with Sherman s army, and was a member of tbe Legislature of 1868-69 that made the ap propriation lor the special tax bonds, which have since been repudiated as fraudulent. Is this the company the Mugwump candi date for Congress is keeping? From all' such good Lord deliver us! '.There ia pretty general complaint about the city in regard to brickmasoos and plasterers. They are scarce and hard to get There is a large amount of tbis work to do here. . Tel egrams to friends in Greensboro announce . tbe death or tbe wire of Rev. W. H. Bob bin, which occurred at Salisbury last Wed nesday morning. flhn.rlnt.i'.n ffhswumivr T flol. W m Johneton, mayor of this city, has received a letter from Mr. E. C Macben, contractor, of the Covington & Macon Railroad Com pany, 55 Broadway, New York, bearing upon a proposed new railroad enterprise that should interest our citizens, nr. Aia- chen says that a company is building a line of railroad coming np from Florida through to Athens. Ga-, and that they are naturally interested in having a railroad built from that point to Elberton, and through to Ab beville and Chester or to Charlottle. Washington. Sept 28. The papers of Col. L. Q. C. Washington, of Virginia, corres- -pondent of the New Orleans Picayune, and of Gen. P. M. B. Young, of Georgia, now Consul General at St. Petersburg, have been filed at the State Department as applicants for the Austrian mission. 'It is not consid ered probable that any appointment will be made at present Ueneral Aawton. or Georgia, is a more likely appointee than Generals Youmg and Hill. , Charlotte . Observer: At half past one .o'clock yesterday morning the fire alarm waa sounded. Tbe building destroyed was a new frame structure, the property of Mr. Joseph Suer. It was not quite com- ; pleted. It is rumored that Commis sioner Mercer Slaughter, of the Southern Passenger committee; will be superseded by some other gentleman. Mr. John. Cormack. a well known mechanic of this, city, died at his residence, corner of Stone wall and 5. streets, at 3 o clock yesterday afternoon, from inflammation of the bowels. Mr. Cormack was in the 69th - year of his age. The farmers report that the cotton crop is turning out badly. One farmer yesterday told an Observer re porter that he has just picked over- a four acre field, and realized only 800 pounds of cotton, and this too, on land that usually produced nearly a bale to the acre. The Republican County Convention, to nominate a county ticket, was held in the court house in this city yesterday, and , was largely attended by colored delegates. The ticket as nominated and indorsed is as follows:- For tbe Senate, Col. Wm. R. Myers; for the House, Dr. J. Bruner, H. -A. Deal and Dr. L J. Sloan; for Sheriff, Thos. Cooper; for Clerk oft the Superior Court, Capt. J. Roessler: for Register of Deeds, James A. Johnston; for Treasurer, W. Batt Harry; lor Coroner, w. N. Alex ander. The Prohibitionists of the 8eventh Congressional District assembled in Salisbury, in small numbers, last Wed nesday, 'and nominated for Congress J. E. Walker, of Randolph. He is a prominent cotton goods manufacturer of that county. Dr. .Eaton, oi itowan county, is tneir can didate for the Senate, with Mr. Haywood Harper for the House. They ignore the county offices. , r, i Raleigh News-Observer: iMr. Allen Warren, at Greenville, is starting a new industry: the raising of pecans.; He has 10,000 young trees. Pecans grow well in this section. The Davis .Hotel at Kittrell, so popular as a winter resort of New England people is being handsomely refitted and painted inside and outside. Col. Davis bis more . engagements than ever before. The bank of Oxford... which is our duly bank, was established in 1883, with a capital Btock of $34,006. Two years ago ' the stock was increased to forty thousand dollars; and the first of last July, it was raised to $60,000. - We have received a letter from Mr. W. H. CapelL the manager of the Atlantic Coast Line at Weldon, in which it is denied that negroes are permitted to eat in the reg ular dining room of the hotel along; with white people, as alleged by a correspondent of ours tbe other day. ' There are com missions for surveying the boundaries be tween Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee and this State. The commissioners will not begin work on the Virginia and Ten nessee lines until frost, as after the trees are leafless the work can be done much; more rapidly. Some person caused a great sensation by going into a Greensboro: bank Tuesday and presenting a $3,000 -draft, which on examination was found to have been raised from a $3 draft' The banks in all direction were notified of the affair. Rockingham correspondent: Of course Col. Jones's candidacy is not regarded here seri ously, though much of his time was con sumed In trying to convince people that he was in earnest It is hoped CoL Jones will not withdraw; though it is reported here that the Republicans will put out a man, 'and in that case he stated to ns that be would do so. " , months, as the Stab has previously . - r -
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