North Carolina Newspapers

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He will soon publish; his report, which will be Iwell nigh, exhaustive of the subjects 1 treated,1 He will report against trying to make money out of convicts, and his reason1 for it is that prisons are intended to be reformatory. "Bat they are puni tive also. Oar notion is that the rascals should be made to pay for their maintenance and that the honest people should not be forced to toil for murderers, robbers and thieves ILnot money-making the peniten tiaries should if possible be made self- supporting. If this cannot; be done then sell oat and punish rascals and rocuesin another manner. M ' ' J ' 1 We agree with Mr. Wright in the opinion that convicts "ought not to interfere with outside commercial and manufacturing enterprises'. They ought not to affect wages of labor or prices of products." It is because of this that the Stab favored patting six or eight hundred of the State con victs upon the county . roads, while using the remainder upon the 'numer ous railroads and canals of the State, We think Mr. Wright somewhat of a sentimentalist when be says that "there is no more reason why a State should make money oat of its 'prisons than out of its insane asylums." We cannot accept this.' The unfortunate children of God who are smitten with insanity make & very different! appeal to the heart and conscience rem that made by - red handed murderers, house burners, robbers, thieves, and liars. It is indeed a most noble char ity to provide for the screlyj a'fflicted and no State ever performs a grander work than of liberally and constantly providing for the comfort and, health of the victims of insanity. We have no patience with that narrow, sordid, "cheap johfl". spirit of economy that stints the insane, and cripp es the efforts of those in charge by( b (ggar ly appr0pnationi, while providing for the most degraded part of the population by equal or larger appro priations. And yet North Carolina has been guilty of just suehjjmean ness and niggardliness. There are the best reasons why a State should make money out of tbe refuse of society- out of guilty and condemned scoundrels, while it would be stupid and monstrous to attempt tcj make any out of God's insane. Mr, Wright makes a very strange and censurable remark in thus bracketing the two classes. He says that efforts to make noney out of convicts have failed, j lie says the convicts of MassachuBettn earn 1240,000 annually, but they cost the State 1900,000. The answer is: if they cannot make all then they should be made to earn as muoh as possible. If the system is oppressive then change the system. He prjtposps "that hereafter convicts shall be em ployed only in hard labor for the ac count of the State. It is. on iy whji they are leased to contractors or put on work done with machinery that they interfere with wages and prices1." General Hill spoke the un adulterated truth in his Speech at Baltimore. He had no j harsh words for the North and he did not exaggerate in what. he said of tbe South with two exceptions! The South did not "have during the four years' war 700,000 enrolled men. Ihe Adjutant General of the late Confederate Army gave the figures at 000,000. Gen. Hill claims that Dr. Clemens, of North Carolina, was "the true inventor of the telegraph." in this he ia Burely mistakenj . The telegraph was invented before Cle mens was born. The first inventor wag a Frenchman. See Arthur Young's travels in France n the last century. He was one of the most trustworthy of observers and writers. Gen. Rains, referred to by Gen. Hill, was a Worth Carolinian, as was Gen. Catling. , ' ' ij-V-- j fvnotner uanville husband is in A . . -n ... . . L . ' trouble. He had fo .cut ondfeUow d severely club another.! Both will die. It was all about his wife Lewis left for parts unknown J ! T VOL. XVIII. BLVB LAWS. In the last number of oar highly esteemed contemporary the 'North Carolina LPresbiterian. ' there ia -an article copied in which if we read it aright, it is squarely denied that in Connecticut there were ever anv "Blue Laws" as they are called We merely glanced at the article intend- mg to take it up again and read it carefully pat the copy has disappear ed. , : Bat whether the assertion is &a broad or not as we have stated it. the fact remains that Connecticut 1aws" that were very did have "blue" or even black. I Alexander Johnston is an eminent PpfesBor In Princeton iCollege. His ucpaibuieub is jurisprudence ana ro- htical Economy. He was entrusted by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. to pre pare a History- of Connecticut for the American Commonwealth series they are publishing. He found "blue laws" in that State. They were not confined to one locality but extended through the Commonwealth. At New Haven one Goodman Hunt and his wife were banished from the town. The offence was that they baked a man named - Harding a pasty - on Sunday and Harding was allowed to kiss Mrs. II. Prof. Johnston savs that rules were adopted regulating "the prices of material and labor." That was bailed freedom. There were also laws, against "excess in drinking" and wearing apparel. Here we find a man regulated in what he should wear, drink, sell and in his la bor. If " not "blue" what sort of laws would yon call them? - ' There were fifteen crimes for which people were hanged.- But as late as A. D , 1819, there were 223 offences in England for which men could be hanged. This was stated to be a fact jby no less an authority than Sir James Mackintosh. New England was a long way ahead of Old England in reforms. We have no doubt that the laws in New Eng land were very bad. We have not given the malter recently liny special inquiry, but we have a distinct recol lection of reading of many obnoxious laws in that section in one or more books. ' The Bosto'n Globe. is an able and well informed newspaper. It asserts, in speaking of the Connecticut ."Blue Laws," that 'rone community, where a strict regard for a Puritanic Sun day waS thought the surest test of Christian livjng, it was I seriously discussed whether the bills of the cocks should not be tied so as to prevent disturbance of the day by crowing. HAnd when it was suggest- i . . ' iln? ea mat nens ceasea noi laying eggs upon that day, it was said in answer .t.. .trlt.! ' toai, - luis ueiog so luvoiuinary set, it was proper to admit it.'i COFFEE. The Stab some months ago, in discussing th the sugar ta proposed abolition of , showed how it was that patting xffee on the free list failed to reduce the prio4 of coffee. n fact coffee is higher now than it has been in fifty years. Rio coffee is 120 per cent, higher now than it was a year ago. ' utner conees are still higher. For five years the Uni ted States have imported an average of 535,000,000 pounds coffee. The average price for the five years was 10.4 cents I a pound. We have seen coffee that now fetches 22 cents a pound eel vance in sumers in 000,000. for 7f cents. The ad- coffees will cost the con United Stales $110,- the The tax on. I coffee was removed in 1872. By removing the; tax the quantity was greatly increased . In 1877 there were 331,000,000 pounds imported. Inj 1886 there were 564,- 000,000 pounds. If the present high prices continue there will be a rapid and great diminution of consumption.' People with Ismail means: will mix chiccory or resort to the Confederate substitutes wheat, sweet potatoes and okraj seed. JWhen the United States removed the tax on coffee the Sooth American countries put on one. Every pound that leaves Brazil mast pay so much tax. What are the real causes of the most extraordinary in crease in prices we may not positively slate. No doubt a decrease in pro duction and sy ndicatetf and "corners" have much to d with it. The prices .will tumble after awhile. If the people generally were to cut off one-half of consumption the unreasonable prices could - not be long maintained. . j The following cadets were gradu ated at the Naval Academy. There were 47 in all. Newton A. McCul ley, South Carolina, 7th;W. G. Mc Millan, North Carolina, 15th; An drew T. Long, N. C, 18th; Thomas W, Washington, N. C, 21st; Archi bald Henderson Scales, N. C, 22nd; Arohibald IL Davis, N. C, 25th, and Victor Blue, S.' C, 30th. , I The . Charlotte Church Messenger is a good paper. It is a Very read ablepaper has very greatly im proved within a few months. We give it a somewhat thorough reading every Sunday. - 1- 3 A SOFT ANSWER. - The Wilmington Stab endorses Senator Vance in his criticisms of President Cleve land but considers an independent journal a curse to a party. Ohl but that is consis tency of a funny character. Charlotte 06 server. s: v,-- ' :,'.. W'r -'- - We cannot say , that we are sur prised that the - Observer fails to- un derstand the Stab or any paper; that is unfalteringly loyal -to .the Demo cratic jparly under all circametances; that stands faithful to its traditions, policy and principles. The Observer makes a mistake now far too com mon: of supposing: that Mr. Cleve land, worthy, honest and patriotic as he unquestionably is, is the Democra ticjarty. That is an error. , If true what would become of the Demo cratic party if Cleveland should die? Of coarse the party would die also. But no party is dependent for its' own life -upon any one' man. . Men may come and men may go, but the Democratic party will live on through the decades, the bulwark Of free dom and the hope of the country. The Stab draws a distinction be tween the . silly and - anrepubh can doctrine that . the American " boss " in broadcloth can not do wrong or ; possibfy " commit an error and bolting the party every few years for personal ends. The Stab has opinions, just as Senator Vance has opinions. It has chosen as a pub lic journal to criticise 'some of Mr. Cleveland's acta and opinions. It. was its right and duty to do this. But it has never deserted the party; it has never gone back upon its well defined principles; 'it has not. advocated Re- publican principles and claimed them to be Democratic. " ; The Stab is entirely loyal to the Democratic party. It admires much that President Cleveland has done. I It expects him to be the nominee, and it will cive him a sincere, an earnest support. With his faults, Gro ver Cleveland is to be preferred to all the Republicans rn the land. He is improving with experience, we must hope. He commits errors, bat he is broadly patriotic and American, and he' is giving the country an unsec- tional, clean, prudent, tolerant ad ministration. ' The only kind of "independent journal" the Stab condemns is that sort of independence that leads edit on i to fight the regular party nomi nees, gives aid to the enemy, consid ers1 personal ends above party suc cess,' and advocates fundamental Republican principles under the guise of Democracy. That is rather ioc much "independence" for the Stab."" : ; Rev. Dr. W. W. Bennett, one of the most distinguished ministers of Virginia, died a few days ago. He was a native of Richmond and was born in 1821. He joined the Vir ginia Conference in 1842. He was graduated in several schools in the famous University. He filled many important places in his church. - The State says of him: "Dr. Bennett was appointed editor of the! Richmond Christian Advocate, and continued in that position until 1877, in which year he was elected president of the Randolph-Macon College and received the honorary decree of D. D. from that college in 1867. Dr. Bennett was -the author of 'Memorials ot Methodism in Virginia,' 'Narrative of the Great Revival in tbe Southern Army during the Civil War Be tween the States.' and a 'History of Me thodism for Our Young People.' - The de ceased was a member of every general con ference since 1858. Dr. Bennett . resigned the presidency of the college last June on account of failing health, and retired to his farm, where he bad lived ever since. The -subject of this sketch was a man of marked piety ana signal aDinty. ana nis aeain win cause profound regret throughout the Me thodist Church." . He was an ancle of Capt. W. S. Warrock, of this office. Our . esteemed contemporary, the Goidaboro Argus, suggests to the Star to urge "the municipal author ities to have then census, taken. In that way the population can be defi nitely enumerated, and the cost will be of little or no consequence, con sidering the importance of the mat- ter," The census of Wilmington has not. been correctly taken since the war. In' 1880 it failed. It will be taken in 1890 by the U. S. Gov ernment. Bat jthat is three. years off. I So much money is spent' now we hesitate to hint at an "appropria tion.".;: :" : Gen. Jo Wheeler had sixteen horses killed under him daring tbe war and did not get a scratch. It is good to be born "lucky." Cotton lao-ement. The cotton movement, at this port, as shown by the records at the Produce Ex change, sums up as follows: . Receipts from September 1st to June 11th,-133.633 bales, against 101,842 bales -for the corresponding period in 1886, show ing' an increase so far this year of 82,190 bales. . Receipts for the week ended yesterday are 143 bales; the same week last year 285 bales. - The stock at this port is 1,604 bales; at the sam time last year it was 857 bales. Fender Itema. Pender county has decided to build a jail. At the annual meeting of magistrates and commissioners of the county, held last Monday, it was ordered that a special tax be Jevied for this purpose. f " U : The old Board of Education was re elected. ' It 'consists of Messrs. L. H. Mo Clammy, T. j. Armstrong and Edwin Pen-nell. V I WILMINGTON, N. C, Ball road and Crop Note a - A. correspondent writing from Cheraw, S. 0., says the cotton and corn crops in -that1 section are particularly fine, especially in the belt of rich lands extending from Cheraw to Gibson's : Storea. ' in Richmond county, N. C, the terminus of the Gibson branch of the Raleigh & Augusta Railroad from Hamlet..' Faimers are working hard erwith 1 better encourageineBt this sea son .than they have before for a number Of' years. - ... --. : . "r - The Palmetto Railroad - is ' completed from' Hamlet to' Pee Dee river, almost with in sight of Cheraw: The railroad bridge' dve the river Js to be constructed' of iron andi upon the latest and most improved pla. , It has five spans' of 125 feet each; and the masonry in the piers is first class in very respect. The workmen, with a large portion of the material, are now on hand, ready to put tbe work together. -It is expected that the bridge will be com pleted by October 1st Mt. Wm . Moocure is the chief engineer and all of the work. has seen done under' his supervision in a moss creditable manner.' Of ; course th const ruction of such a bridge as this would indicate that possibly Cheraw is only to be the temporary terminus. To what point farther South the road may eventually be extended remains yet to be ascertained. The Oaslow Uallroad snbaerlptlon. Th e special committee of the Board of Aldermen to whom was referred the appli cetion of the directors of the Wilmington, Onslow and East Carolina Railroad Com pany jror a subscription cf $100,000 by the city, met yesterday afternoon in the office of the jCity 'Attorney. No announcement was made as to what the committee would recommend; but it was intimated that the report (would be a favorable one, so far as ordering an election to ascertain the will of tbe people in the matter. As-the applica tion is backed by tbe petition of one fifth of the qualified voters of the city, the law is mandatory upon this point It is claimed by some persons, however, that the rail road company having made application to the county for a subscription, and having been refused, tre thereby estopped from making application to the city, which con- stitutes four fifths of the county. Tbe Nwton State Normal Scbool. The Bession of the Newton Normal School for 1887 : will open July 5th and close the 28th. The faculty for this year is composed of teachers of fine reputation, and the .coming session bids fair to be one of the best ever held in Newton. The fol lowing distinguished teachers form part of the faculty: M. Ci 8. Noble, Sperinlendent of Wil mington Graded Schools, Superintendent and Teacher of Geography and History. E. P.jMoses, Superintendent of Raleigh Graded iSchools, Teacher of Reading and Language. . E. C. jBranson, Superintendent of Schools at Athens, Ga.. Teacher of Arithmetic ' W. Rj Garrett, of Nashville, Tenn., Lec turer on the History and Methods of Teach ing. j , .. J; A. Foil, Principal of Catawba Col lege, Newton, N. C, Teacher of Algebra. Miss Metta L. Graham, Newton, N. C , Teacher of Music. Besides the above there will be an expert Primarj Teacher in 'charge of that depart ment, a fine Lecturer on Physiology and Hygiene, and other lecturers on special and general subjects. Extensive prepara tions ar being made to accommodate the Normalites with board, lodging, &c, and to makegthe Normal this year a grand suc cess The climate is fine, the location is convenient, and facilities unsurpassed. Those wishing particular information in regard to board, &c , Bhould write to Rev. J. A. Foil. Secretary, Newton, N. C LitbtDloc'i Work. During the thunder storm that passed over the city yesterday afternoon between one and two o'clock, the dwelling of Mr. A. S. Heide, corner of. Sixth and Qrange streets, and the house of Mrs. C. L. Rush, adjoining, were struck by lightning. Mrs; Rush's house was badly damaged, the weather boarding on the southeast corner was torn off and scattered in every direc tion, and inside tbe house the woodwork was splintered and a great deal of. plaster ing knocked down. ' The damage caused by the electric fluid was not so severe at Mr. Heide's house. Some of the tin gut ters were melted or burned, tbe cistern was injured and the flower garden torn up. Fortunately no person received injury. Mrs. Rush was alone in the house at the time, and her escape must have been mi raculous1. Capt. J. M. McGowan, of the Daily Index, who was passing the corner of Sixth and Orange 'streets at the time, was severely shocked. He saw tbe light ning envelops Mrs: Rush's house, like a sheet of flame, and burst open and shatter the fron door. Complimentary to Blr. Bonllz. At a meeting of the Boards of Magis trates and Commissioners of Wayne county. held last Monday at Goldsboro, Maj. B. F. Hoke introduced the following complimen tary resolutions in regard to Mr. J. A. Bonitz, which were unanimously adopted and ordered spread upon the minutes of the two boards: - WhebbaS. This meeting has learned with regret that it is the intention of Julius A. Honitz to remove to Wilmington. And whereas we have long been indebted to his energetic activity In the promotion of our interests in material ana mental ad vancement, and whereas we recognize and acknowledge that Wayne county and the city of Goldsboro- the common schools and tbe eradea every enterprise caicuiateu to advance our best interests as a community have always had his hearty co-operation and active aid. Resolved. That we the Boards of Magis trates and County Commissioners in joint qession assembled hereby acknowledge the indebtedness of our county to him. and tender him our united and several good wishes for his prosperity in the new field of usefulness to wninn be has been cnosen. ' 1 Tbe Storm. . The rain storm that prevailed in this sec tion Friday night was more severe farther west. At Armour's, seventeen miles from Wilmington, on the Carolina Central Rail road, it was almost a hurricane; trees were levelled and five telegraph poles were blown down. LAt Clarkton three telegraph poles were destroyed by lightning. Hail fell in considerable quantities north and west of the city, hut no damage from this cause has yet beon reported. Davidson Collect v Davidson College will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, Wednesday, June 15th; The graduating exercises of the class of 1887 take place on Thursday. Mr. Luther A. Oates is ' Chief . Marshal. Arrangements have been made to secure .ample accommo dation lor visitors, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1887. INTEU-8TATE! COMMERCE. -Complmlnta , from - ClUzena of " Hot Sprlnzs, N. C., and UortweU, Ga., Azalnat tbe B. 6c D. It. R, An Order for Bearlngav - - " WASHfGTON. Juno 0 -Throueh H T; Rumbough, attorney," -certain citizens of Hot Springs, N. C , have made complaint to the Inter-State Commerce Commission against tbe Western N. C.I division of the R. & D Railroad and its connecting and leased lines, the East Tt-nhessee. Vireinia ea ueorgia mil road . in ma letter trans muting the complaint, tbe attorney savs he hopes it will be sufflcient- i'to arm as with sach swords of defence as Will enable us to successfully attack- this hydra-headed monster." 'The complaint railroad companies make alleges that tbe Unjust discnmi- nations and evade tbo law by disingenuous devices, wherefore complainants ask that tbe commission award to ft he citizens of Hot Springs ooe thousand 'dollars damages and such other relief as it imav- see fit ot An ' affidavit signed by ! a committee of the Board of Trade of Hartwell. Ga . was also received, requesting an enforcement of tbe fourth section of the law in the case of the R. & D. Railroad, ' and;; protesting that the present rates result in undue prejudice ana atsao-antase to tne town. v i. ' The Commission has made tbe following order lor bearings on Thursday, ane 16th next; Chicago and Alton vs. the Pennsyl vania Railroad Co . and Chicago. Rock Is land and Pacific va. New York Central and Hudson Jtiver Railroad Co. il Tbe Commis sion is trying to arrange a date for hearing arguments upon complaints ot the Barton Stock Car Co against a number of railroad companies Gen. Butler has signified an intention to bring a numbet of witnesses from all parts of the country on the side of the car company and a bitter contest is ex pected: Chairman Cooley has returned to tne city. " m f ' " THE rRNTEliS, Proeeedlnss of the International Typographical Union. Buffalo. N. Y., June 9. At this morn ing's session of the International Typo graphical Union, a number of committee reports were read, consideration of which was postponed until to morrow mormng ' 8. 8. J. Trippler, of Austin Texas, pre seated a resolution that the home for indi gent printers be located and built without delay. , Referred. Austin offers to donate eight acres for the purpose and the business men of Austin offer $10,000. 1 ! Mr. McEellar, a type . 'founder of Philadelphia, presented a new system of measuring type. It would abolish the em quad measurement, now universally in use, and substitute the letter M, and the 26 let ters of the alphabet must make fifteen let ter M's. Bastard fonts would no longer exist. Mr. McKellar received a vole of thanks. I Dewy, general lecturer of the Knights of Liaoor, assea tne privilege ot addressing the executive session on difficulties between the two bodies. Duncan, of New York, protested, as did also Rimer, of New York, who said the Knights of Labor were trying to make trades unions subject to them. 'The convention adjourned without action to iup. m. ' This afternoon the delegates Visited .Nia gara Falls. ... I : Buffalo, N. Y.. June 11. A sensation developed in tbe Typographical Convention during the secret session yesterday after noon, the particulars of which are slowly leaking out. When the doors were opened and reporters admitted after the secret ses sion they found the convention balloting for secretary and treasurer. This gave rise to tbe query what had become! of Pascoe? Though every delegate was sworn to se crecy there was so much ostentatious mys tery that curiosity was cnaliengea, ana every holder of the secret was overburdened with it. It was learned last night that Pas coe has tendered his resignation, but the reason for this action was kept a close se cret This morning, however, it was learned that a shortage bad been discovered in fas coe's accounts. The finance committee had been at work on tbe books for some time. and as soon as they were convinced of the shortage they reported to the convention, What occurred in secret session is known only to delegates, but Pascoe had severed bis connection with tne Executive ijepartment of the Union when the doors were re opened. One delegate said this morning that rascoe bad evidenced no desire to make an explanation of the muddle. though given an opportunity to do so. Another said there was no shortage, only a general mix of accounts, occasioned by an incom petent man trying to keep a set of books without knowing anything about book keeping. ThereDort he made was very in complete. The Child's fund is said to be all right. About ffjOO was paid rascoe during the Convention, and he was able to account for all but about $30 of this sum. Pascoe claimed that he bad other moneys belonging to the fund in Philadelphia, and that be did not thins: it necessary to bring the money along. Tbe trustees believe that this money is all right. The Finance Com mittee this morning, stated that they had worked all night on the accounts, but they were in as great a muddle as ever, and it will require two or three days to straighten them. Pascoe bandied between flY.UOU and zih.uuu during the year, and was un der a bond of $2,500. He will leave for home to-da v. The Convention again went unto secret session this morning. , LONG ISJbANl Havemcyer'a Sugar Refinery at Green point Deatroyed by Fire Kioaa Aboot 91,000,000. ; - (Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star.J Gbbenfoint, June 11 The IHavemeyer Suear Refining Co.'s sugar houses, at Commercial street and Newtown Creek, were destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. Tbe buildings, which covered nearly half an acre - of ground, were of brick, and were six, eight and ten stories hich. The teu'-story structures were erec ted five years ago at a cost of $40,000. The contents, consisting of about 25.000 bar rels of refined sugar, 80,000 gallons liquid, and valuable machinery are a total loss. They were worth about $400,000; insurance for about hair that amount, ft The total loss on the buildings is about $600,000. Foreman Demarest states that the fire orig inated in the liquor rooms on j the fourth floor from an explosion of over-heated liquor. The flames spread rapidly, and two hundred men employed had barely time to escape. A report was circulated that from five to twenty-five lives were lost, but inquiries show that only one man is missing. He is a bakerman and is sup posed to be on a spree somewhere. The fire was got under control at 4 o'clock this morning. The adjoining buildings nar rowly escaped destruction, VIRGINIA. Confederate memorial Day at Danville Snow on tbe Peaka or jotter. - Bi Telegraph to the Morning Star. Danvtlle.' June 11. Confederate Me morial day was observed here to-day. Ex- Conirreesman George C. Cabell was the orator of the day. He was a colonel in the Confederate service. In bis speech he paid a handsome tribute to the memory of dead Union soldiers and asked that: flowers be placed on craves of the Union dead buried in a neiehborinz cemetery. " we rougm live men in war," said be, "and will not fight dead men in peace." After decorating the craves of Confederate soldiers. Col. Cabell and the military went to the Na tional Cemetery and put flowers about the centre pole bearing the united, states nag. Lynchburg, June 11. Snow fell on the Peaks of Otter this morning. This is the first snow since 1857 so late id the season. The weather is chilly. ; - A special from St. Louis says that the encampment committee of theG. A. R. has received notice from ball a dozen posts throughout Iowa that they had decided not to attend the St. Louis camping. - The committee, it is said, is greatly; worried, as these withdrawals will cause; very much trouble. . rin;A:-"TO""- WASHINGTON. Recelpta and Expendttnrca of tbe Poatal er-lee. . I : i Washington,' June 9.- The Sixth Audi-. tor makes public tbe leceipts and expendi tures of tbe postal service for. iho fourth quarter of 1888, as follows: Receipts. $18 -444,641 : expenditures, $13 029,330. The quarter's' receipts excted by $1,044,779 those or the corresponding quarter of 1885, and by $1,723,437 those of the correspond ing quarter of 1884, tbe year reduction tn postage went into effect. .Expenditures show an increase of $352,487 as compared with the last quarter of 1885 cad $690 628 as compared with that of 1884. . ' Washington. June f 10 Regulations have been framed by. the War Department for the purpose of carrying into effect the act ot isOngrees making an annua) aDnro priatwn to provide arms and equipments for the militia or the States and Territories. Under the apportionment of $400,000, ap propriated last session, the following sums go to the Southern States; Alabama. $9 216; Florida. $3 686; Georgia, f $11,059: Louisiana. S7 873: Mitsieeinni' 8 2A4- North Carolina. $10,138; 8ou!h Carolina, $8,284; Tennessee. $11,059: Virginia. U.- Washington.; June io.Ur-The v' Prcsideat and Col. and Mrs. Lament arrived , in the city at 8 55 o'clock to-night over the Penn sylvania Railroad on a special cr attached to the end of the regular New York train. A carriage was in waiting at tbe end of the railroad yard and the party entered it and were driven to ttto White House A few railroad officers and two or three friends of the President were the only persons present wnen me rreeiaeni angnted from the train. Washington. June 11. The condition of W. W. Corcoran continues to improve daily. Hia Improvement is slow, but cer tain and constant, tie 4s still confined tn his bouse by his physician's orders, but they speak encouragingly of him. I i ne rresiuent resumed his usual routine at tbe White House to-day, and devoted most of the day to consideration of matters which accumulated during his absence. , THE PRESIliEN'x: Oat ot tbe Wood and Ea Konte (or .. . Albany. t; Paul Smith's. N. Y.. . June 9. The President is on his way out of the woods. tie rose early this mormne and lavinc aside his back w tods costume, appeared in a "Prince Albert" coat and hizh hat to su perintend tbe packing of a big fish be was to carry to Aloany for Dr, Ward. I Uol. Lamont had a subdued swelling caused by black flies, and in a gray suit and white shirt, bad resumed the apnearauce he usually wears at the White House. 1 At a quarter before 10 o clock tbe Dartv started for this place, arriving after a pleas ant drive of tvo hours in a spring buck- board. After dinner at o'clock,! they were driven nine miles further to Paul Smith's station to take a special train, Albany. N. Y . ' June 10. President Cleveland and party reached here in a pri vate car at 6 30 o'clock: this morning, by way or ast Albany. At 7 15 the. Presi dent and Mrs Cleveland drove to the new Executive Mansion in a carriage with Adiu tant uenerai rorter. Uol. and Mrs Lamont rode with Col. Rice. At 8 o'clock the party breakfasted with Gov. Hill. The breakfast party consisted of President and j Mrs. Cleveland, Col. and Mrs Lamont, ! Gov. Hill and Col. Rice. The short time remain ing after breakfast was spent in inspecting the beauties or the new JSxtcutive Mansion, which was formally opened by this visit. Un tbe way to the station tbe President was measured at his tailor's for his summer clothes. : - He left with his companions, ex cept Mrs, Cleveland, by a special train on the West Hare road, at 10.45 a. m., a crowd of about one hundred being assem bled to see him off. J I Mrs. Cleveland will go to Oswego this afternoon to visit her friend; Miss Kings- lord, l ; COTTQN, Promlalns Outlook lor tbe Crop in Georgia and Sontb Carolina. Augusta, Ga.. June 9. Replies from 1Q2 correspondents in fourteen counties in Georgia and South Carolina to the Augusta Exchange, give tbe following in regard to cotton: Acreage 18 give a decrease of 50 per cent., 16 an increase of from 5 to 20 per cent., and 73 tbe same as last tear. In point of condition 80 report 10 to 40 per cent, better tbau last year, j Stand 101 report good to perfect,- and one bad. Eighty-five report labor plentiful as last year; 12 report the crop not advanced as much as last year; 24 report the same con dition and 66 much further advanced tban last year. All report a splendid season and regard the outlook as the most prom ising and encouraging for several years. THIS RKNEGAVE INDIANS. Banda ol Them Seen tn Widely Differ ent Section lent. IQeNelll'a Com mand In Close Pnraalt ef Them. ihv Telegraph if ifce Mornta yu. ; : Benson, A. T., June 11 At daik- Thursday night Lieut. Johnson was only half an hour behind tbe Indiana who are on tbe War-path, but during the evening they threw him off tbe track. The renegades appear to have experienced leaders, proba bly some of Cook's scouts. j - Chicago, June 11. A Time special from Nog&les, Arizona, says tbe indications continue to strengthen the belief that tbe small number of Indians as reported On tbe war-path is a mistake, as bands have been seen in widely different sections of the country on tbe same day. A telegram from San Carlos, stating that there are hostiHesin the Santa Catalina mountains, has been re ceived. In the Santa Barbara Patagonia mountains, near this place, there are: im mense fires raging, which no doubt were started by the Indians for the purpose of covering up their tracks. Yesterday after noon a report came in to the effect that Lieut McNutt and his men had a running fight with the hostiles. but later a courier came into the soldiers' camp and reported that the troops ran upon a party of Indians and at the time of his leaving were chasing the Indians over tbe hills. It seemed evi dent that the . intention of the hostiles is to reach Sierra Madre. The country is full of soldiers, and it is almost impossible to see how the raid can last long. PENNSYLVANIA. Tbe Strike In tbe Coke Keglona ne of tbe Largest Firms Concedes tbe Frlce Demanded by tbe Strikers By Telegraph to the Morning Star. I ; ' PrrTSBUBO. June 11. Dispatches from the coke regions state thatH. G.'Frick & Co., one of the largest firms, have conceded tbe 12J per cent, advance demanded by the strikers and work will be resumed at their ovens at once. This announcement occa sioned intense surprise. It seems that Car negie, Phipps & Co. obtained control of the Frick coke works, and, as their steel inter ests are paramount they literally drove Frick out and informed the syndicate that they would grant an advance, whether they followed suit or not. This virtually dis rupts the syndicate and a cutting in the price of coke is sure to follow. The Frick Co. makes about oneiourth of all the coke produced in the Connellsville region.!! It is expected that work will be resumed in all the worss by Monday. ; u DR. SPG LYNN, j Catholic ' Knights of Labor " Protest Against bis Being Invited to Chi cago. y;'':-v;:,V.?'"'i::''?'vi':i4'--'- - 'Chicago. June 11. The invitation of f Dr. McGlynn to Chicago by District As sembly 07, Knights, or Labor, has caused a quarrel between members of that organiza tion. Catholic members have protested against the invitation and compelled the Assembly to rescind the resolution to tender McGlynn an official reception. - Only part of the members' will attend the meeting at Central Music Halt June22d. VDr. Mc Glynn has overstepped his clerical duties, and as true Catholics we are opposed to him," said James Sweeney. ; r i IN KJi DO I THR CROPS. JTnne Return ol tbe Department at A .--... Agriculture. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ! - Washington, June 10 The June re turns of the Department of Agriculture in- idicatejt reduction of nearly two per cent, in the area of winter wheat. Tbe changes jin the averages of the States are very slight .except in Kansas, where a reduction of 22 per cent, ia reported, caused by bad har- vchki nnu iow prices, .-v-i - r - The spring wheat area has been enlarged oii. per cent, irom tne .increase or immigra tion and farm makiog west of the Missis sippi in the districts traversed by the North ern Pacific railroad. Moat of the increase is in Dakota, which reports an increment of 34 per cent - . ; 'The total area of wheat is about 37.000. 000 acres, a fraction of one per cent, more than that of the previous crop. ; s , ill In tbe condition of winter wheat there la no marked change, the average being 84 9, a reduction of nine-tenths of one per cent. In 1886 the June average was 92.7 ; Reports of short straw are very numer ous. In some districts there aie indications that the yield of grain will be-larger propor tionately than ot straw.- If there is no in crease from, this cause the yield, must be less than the average. -.t.T p The.condition ot spring wheat lis good in Dakota and the Territories westward, hut below the average records in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska . I The gen eral average for serin- wheat ia ft? 3- whiph is lower than in recent years, but 18 points higher than in 1886. At harvesting last year thecondition averaged 86.1. 4 The dry weather in April has been inju rious to winter wheat and insects have com mitted greater depredations than usual. The central belt westward from Pennsyl vania and Virginia has suffered local dam age from the hessian fly, and the chinch bug has wrought injury in Illinois, Mis souri and Kansas. , j -j The area of winter rye has been! dimin ished over 6 per cent., accompanied by a large reduction in Kansas. The condition is better than that of wheat, as usual ave raging 88.9. I ; ) An apparent enlargement of the barley acreage of three per cent, is indicated The increase in Dakota, California, Oregon and the territories averages 87, being slightly above that of wheat -v i There is a continuance of the extension of oats culture. The increase is 4 per cent. This crop has taken part of tbe area for merly in wheat. In Kansas there is an advance of 80 per cent, over the acreage of last year. The increase is large in the Northwest, and there is a tendency to en largement in all sections of the country, i In the acreage of cotton an increase of one per cent is reported. There appears to be a slight decline in the States! of the Atlantic coast, and an increase west of the Mississippi. The averages are Virginia 90; North Carolina 99.5; South Caroliua 98; Georgia 93 5; Florida 98; Alabama 100; Missouri 100.4; Louisiana 102; Texas 106: Arkansas 102.5; Tennessee 100. The con dition of cotton is higher than in any year biucb ioou,. averaging vo o.. ana nas only been exceeded three timfs since 1870. The best average in that period, however, was in 1883, when the June condition was 89, a figure that has been discounted 26 times since 1880. It is a good beginning, but doe$ not insure a good crop. The State averages are Virginia 84; North Carolina 96; South Carolina 98: Georgia 99;: Florida 98; Alabama 99; Mississippi 99; Louisiana 97; Texas 91; Arkansas 98; Tennessee 97; general average. 93 6. There is generally an.unusually good stand on the plant. In Texas the early planted did not come up well; the late planted is better. There is hot a full plant in some fields in Arkansas. mean cultivation is reported as the rule, ana neaitny color and eood growth. PITTSBURG. Western Union Telegraph Office De ! stroyed by Fire Bnalneas Greatly In- ! terrnpted Thereby Temporary Office Establlabed. . ' . 1 ' j IBv Telegraph to the Morning Star.l I PiTTSBUBG, June 10. The First Nation al Bank building, a four-story structure, corner of Fifth avenue and Wood; street,, the upper floors of which were occupied by tbe main office of the Western Union Tele graph Company as the operating depart ment, and battery room, was partially I e stroyed by fire at 6 o'clock this mOrning. The fire started in the operating room, and is supposed to have been caused by crossing wires in the rear of the switch-board. The flames spread rapidly and great diffi culty was experienced by firemen in getting their ladders in position, on account of the network of wires. After a gallant fight however, the flames were subdued, but not before the three upper stories had been gutted completely and communication by the I Western Union Telegraph Company with the outside world entirely cut off. All of their fine machines were totally destroy ed, and every wire was prostrated. I Tem porary headquarters have been established at the Mutual Union offlce, at the corner of ; Webd and Diamond streets, but the facili ties lor handling business are very poor. Communication by telephone has also been suspended,' and all kinds of business in consequence is greatly retarded. Tbe loss at this time cannot be estimated. The building was one of the most imposing in tbe City. It was erected about fifteen years ago CHICAGO. A Large Blast Furnace and Steel-mill Campelled to Close Down on Account ot tbe Strike In tbe Coke Region Tbonaanda of People Thrown Out of Employment. j Chicago, June 10. The blast furnaces and steel mill of the South Chicago Roll ing Mill closed down last nieht on account of the exhaustion of the supply ot coke, and 1,800 of the 2,100 men employed are thrown out of employment in consequence. The1 exhaustion of the coke supply is caused by the strike now pending in the coke re gions. The rail mill will be kept running till Saturday night, when that department willi also be shut down, and the 750 men employed there will be laid off. I Three hundred men will be retained in the docks and; making repairs at and about the mills. South Chicago has a population of 12,000, and of these 9,000 draw their support from the rolling miM, the pay-roll amounting to $125,000 monthly. As the employes as a class are not provident, this stoppage will entail hardships. - Tbe moment the strike in the coke region ends, the mills will re sume operation. . FOREIGN. Tenants Battling Htb tbe Evicting Force at Bodyke. SV Cable to the Morals g Star. Dublin, June 11. Evictions at Bodyke were further carried out to-day. The first house visited by the evicting force was that of Timothy Collins, but as it was an nounced that a daughter of Collins lay dying inside, the work of eviction-was abandoned. Theevictora then proceeded to the house of Michael O'Callaghan i where they met with a terrible resistance. .The bailiffs and police were deluged with scald ing water and meaL CoL Turner, who was in charge of the evicting party, im plored Father Hannon, who was again in attendance, to endeavor to persuade the people to cease resistance and thus prevent bloodshed. . Father Hannon then entered the house and the inmates ceased their at tack on the force, which entered and car ried out the work of eviction. Five women who had been extremely violent in their attacks were arrested. FLORIDA Tbe Yellow Fever Record , West. ' ' 4 Key ! Key West. June 11. One new case of yellow fever has occurred since yesterday. The record now stands: Total number of cases 23; dead 8; sick 10; convalescents 4; discharged 1. The quarantined victims think this is a very poor showing to be the cause of shutting out from the world 20,- 000 people and paralyzing business inter ests amounting to muuons. r State G-leamngs. , i Charlotte Observer : ' A day or two ago the Observer referred to the fact that a well known and often honored citi zen of Concord had lost nis reason1 and that application had been made for bis ad mission into the asylum. The man referred! to is Mr. J. B. Fisher. s j v 0, New Bern Journal: W e learn thftt. un nnnlfantlnn mtma A -rr.. j.. , Sh,PP ,ft8t ni8bt for a restraining order 10 pioYem me uoaiu ; or cuy councils issuing vouchers for any claim against ihe ciu- witho'it a concurring vote of six eighths f ";jfV.p-J aat iue couuciimen.- ' . .'. "r - J? ';: Goldsboro Argus: The orches- a m T ... - s. tra or insion college appan ently - do, no $ti' 'tltyx bs of things" . V. . f, of that insti-" - ' '-tf? believe in the "eternal fitness At the recent commencement tulion Rev. W. H. Battle, of Wadbore. aenvered tbe literary address, which . the Free Prea declares was "elegant and grand ly eloquent," and the aforesaid orchestra immediately upon its conclusion "rendered iu fine style tbe grandly beautiful ovtrluip. Hush, Little Baby."' j - . ' j Greensboro News jj At JSJoore county , court- recently. Judge Clak had : the sheriff, as is his custom, to place clock in the court room to insuro a prompt attendance and punctuality ia tbe busine?n Of the. court One minute's tardiness or. the part of any one involves the 'tisk of a fine at the hands of the court. The Judge was ten minutes late one morning and or dered tbe clerk to enter the usual fine, which his honor paid promptly. I Rockingham RocTcetx Mrs. Car oline Cameron, widow of thai late Col. John fW. Cameron, died at her daughter's resi lience in Wolf Pit township on Thui eda . Sd Inst, and was buried at jthe Covington Cemetery near town. She was 65 years old. J-Mr. R, B. McCoiowtoiy little girl, kged three years1 was run over, by a buggy on mursaay evening last ana received several painful injuries. - We learn that on . Friday last a negro man near Laurinburg. . while engaged in a row with bis Wife, threw or struck at her with a club, and. missing the woman, struck one of hlsjcbil dren and killed it. The man was arrested t. and carried to the guard house a'. Laurin -burg, but by some means managed to es cape while at the very threshold of! thu prison. : . .-, ; .- ' I . J Oxford Torchlight- Tho bt ford & Clarksville R. R. is going ahead. Maj Temple, Engineer of the R & DJ R. R., ia in town looking alter the matter. Our esteemed contemporary, . the Western Sentinel, continues I to . publish short chapters of "Lillian Rembertt," a thriliingly interesting serial by our talented authoress, Mrs. Lewis E. Amis j The puri ty of style, high moral sentiment, and pleasing descriptions of happy home life) in the South, entitle the story td high merit and has given it much popularity. We hope soon to see it published in book form. - Maj. Littlejohn was a man of high order of intellect, well cultured and of Un usually fine personal appearance. He was a model gentleman of the old school, and a fit representative of the "Old South"-4of strong convictions, and undoubted courage, -and exercised a large influence in his com munity. As a lawyer he stood high in hia profession, and was remarkable for the nice sense of honor, which governed all his actions. Maj. Littlejohn felt deep interest in the cause of the South, and although over the age of service, commanded a bat talion of old Reserves in the late war anil maintained the character of a good officer and a brave man. f . j 4- Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. Julian 8. Carr, of Durham, has sent to this city. 30,000 cigarettes of the Golden Belt brand, to be sold for the benefit of tbe Thompson Orphanage. A bloody fight occurred between a couple of darkies, on East Trade . street, yesterday afternoon, in which one- - was cut with a knife. The annual meeting of the Hornets Nest Riflemen was held at the armory last night and there was a full attendance. All tha old officers were re-elected by acclamation as follows: Captain, T. R. Robertson ; 1st Lieutenant, n Flake Carlton ; 2d Lleutenant. Heriot Clark - ' son; Color Bearer, L.A. Black welder; Surgeon, J. P. McCombs, M. D.; Chap- -lain,. Rev. A. G. McManaway. Mayor McDowell yesterday morning had some thing of a fight. While coming up town from his residence, he beard a colored man cursing and abusing John Schenck for hav ing voted the dry ticket. The negro was particularly loud in his language and the Mayor ordered sanitary policeman Stevens to arrest him. The officer sailed in, but the' negro was about to walk away with him, when the Mayor went to the assistance of the officer. The negro, who was a strap ping big fellow, was about to getaway with both the Mayor and the officer, when two colored men lent a hand and the offender -was finally subdued and taken to the guard house. . '- j Raleigh Visitor: It has been definitely decided to have a grand celebra tion in this city on the approaching Inde pendence Day. - The most distressing event that has happened in our 'city for many years took place yesterday afternoon, resulting. in the death from drowning of Master Otho Hughes, aged 16, and Master James McPheeters, aged 14, sons of our ; esteemed fellow citizens, Mr. W. H. Hughes and Col. A. M. McPheeters. The joint fu neral will take place this afternoon at 5 CO o'clock from the First Presbyterian Church. The interment of Master Hughes will take place in Oakwood cemetery and that of Master McPheeters in the family burial sec- . tion in the old city cemetery. About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon a squad of about a dozen convicts were at work on tbe new a building for the Supreme Court and -ill brary. Just before starting on the retutu to the penitentiary two of them, J. I. Hensley, of Yancey xounty, and a man named Lucky, both white, walked out of the gate on Salisbury street. Hensley held a pistol of 38 calibre in one hand. They passed the guard and walked leisurely toward the R. & G. depot. After going few steps the guard ordered them to halt, but they did not heed the warning. Tho guard then raised his gun and fired twice, using shells loaded with buck shot Neither of the shots took effect, and tbe convicts started to run, taking advantage of a sand pile to protect themselves. Hensley brand ished his pistol and yelled out that he would shoot anyone who attempted to take him. They had scaled two fences and were preparing to get over another when the guard fired and struck Hensley in tbe head, arm and back and he fell backward groaning as he did so and exclaiming,-':' I am so sick right here," alluding to the shot in his back. The other convict at the last fire dropped down by the fence, and finding -himself cornered, he surrendered. Dr. F. J. Haywood, on examining the wound of Hensley, .pronounced them probably fatal. Charlotte Chronicle: Tbe Hor nets' Nest Riflemen leave this evening for Lincolntonto join the Southern Stars ) a anniversary celebration. TheCharles too baseballists who are to give tbe Char lotte boyB the grip next Saturday, play jd the Columbia team yesterday, and our boys were startled when they heard the results Charleston 85, Columbia 0. Mr. A. F. Yondle was in the city yesterday and reports that there was a big mad dog hunt in Crab Orchard township yesterday morn ing. The hunters were all mounted and armed, and the chase beat any fox hunt ever seen in this section . The poor dog was captured and killed after a long run. : A locomotive was yesterday sent to Statesville to facilitate the. work of track laying on the Tayloraville extension of the A. T. & O. Railroad. Before next Christ-" mas Charlotte people can go all the way to Tayloraville by rail. The mines now operated in this county on a large scale and with an inducing outlook number seven, to . which very - soon we can add three more, one of which will be conducted on a larger scale .than is usual 'for this country, with machinery for deep workiig and a - reducing' Jcapacity for n output of ono hundred tons per day. - At the opening of the court yesterday morning at Lexington, the case ot Denman vs. Stith, which was begun Wednesday af ternoon, was compromised by an agree- , ment on the part of Denman, that a verdict of not guilty of perjury should be rendered CoL Stith, and that the other case be nol prostid, each defendant in each case pay ing all costs attached thereto.: Early in the afternoon Col. Stith and an English man named Reed became involved in! a difficulty at the March House, and the fight, .occurred in the presence of Judge Gilmer and others. Col. Stith was .armed with a stick, and with this weapon he belabored ' his (opponent over the shoulders. The combatants were arrested and a preliminary examination was held before Judge Gilmer. About three hours after this occurrence. another, hard fight occurred near the poet office, between Postmaster Hunt and Mr. Baxter ShemwelL : 11 ' f7 - - M'S - ' fv '-.i'.ii' i, t -'"'-;V: -i ".'';. ;-.!';i' --ti! v. 'S i ,v 1 I? it