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li-- V 1 l0 PUBUSHKD AT I N O T O N L r AT VKAK, IS ADVANCE, "T" 8S8888888S888888S j SSSg888Sgggfgggg P 88888888888888888 ,i ' S8S8888888S888888' 8 gsssgsssassgsa 8 '"ino-t SoS888888S88! 7 m 8SU8888888888 "'. ., SSSS88SS8S8888888 ' T8SSSSS88SSSSSSS9 9 ' i Gut oreil at the Post Office atrwilmlneton. N C as Second Class lTatter.P l S VBSCBIPTIOX PRICE, Tin- subscription price of the Wikd.t MAI! IS IIS 1UHOWS : Sincic copy l year, postage paid, $ 1.00 o montiis, . .CO 3 months " " - "on HKW-S AND APPLICATIONS OF CIV! I. 8ERVICB. Civil Service reform, so-call ed, is theoretically good, but tli,e practice aoen not always correspond, 'there is complaint that the Surveyor of the port of New York does not observe the rules. It is charged that power is abused by what is known as j'tem- yuimy jjjjumtuieutH. inatisimen are selected without examination being required. This allows fkvor- hi.-ki. vi iju weigners iuu are "temporaries." The number has been increased from 85. ks this "reform ?" This is very much! like theoH republican way the Stab commented on recently, of creating places for henchmen- Surveyor B e- attit will have to answer - . T 1 the Frequent if tbe charges are trna As reputable a " paper Evening Post makes the the charge. uui, la mere noc an aouse not un !.. .i . J like tbis in one of the Departments in Washington ? We have hear li-and from good authority that a certain Republican was retained in office and be made himself necesscry by putting in fresh men and af ei six months getting rid of them upon the ground of inefficiency. As he un derstands all the details thoroughly thfs makes hi retention necessary so he may dull the new appointees. This has been going on for the last years or more. Such is our in fo two ma- tion. If correct, as we" havd donbt, the remedy ought to !bd no ap-De- plied. Go to the chief of thjt partment and he refers yon 1 o . T i.i? rt tbia very rtepuuiican. ooyouf.et nq re- dress. . ; , ve notice a -statement frorb lAs Bistant Postmaster Dale that merits consideration. There is no ripid turning out of employes upon parti san grounds, it would seem, Jin the central postoffice and its branches. Gen. Corse has, removed but 1 of ToO persons etnployed. but 1 he Boston Post a strong advo cate of the Civil Service and that favors its perpetuity thinks it nec essary to enter upon an argument to justify the turning out of 19, tem pioyes out of 756. lo turn out any number seema to reauire a. defJnnA in the estimation of advocates of the aueged reform. It seems that all advocates of Civil Service, iA the North at le3st,scrutinize with exceed i- . 1 1. m . . I.l iug tare me worKings or ine reform In UT nrA -3- A. Z - ' J perversion or abuse of power. Republicans watch the Administra tion because their followers are to suffer if any changes occur of the places were in their noun, arm on vben; the Democrats came in. j idea of a great many so-called rue re formers is that all efficient emploVes must be- retained even if they Republicans. This is not a misrepresentatiiin exaggeration of the case. tire or J he Post feels this and, therefore, goes on to show how the Repuili cans for twenty-five years -took pos sesion and held all offices. It says: ( "It may be said, without fear of denial. 1 mt appointments to Federal office during 'lose years were made, as a rule, either as rewaici for party services by tbe person "Ppoitittd, as a favor to some party politi an, or. in tbe case of the very few Demo n's appointed, either in payment of ia po "ileal bargain or to muzzle one who might dangerous if hot cared for. The result "as that, when at length under President weveland the first direct application bf tbe f.lDC,p!es of civil service1 reform was at 'empted on a national scftle, every Federal uepartment in the country was in Urt a PtV hospital; filled with men who; were -wmniea primarily as partisans for parti. puiiiuses. Even so. Hence, io the import' campaign of 1884, the Demo crato -....7 . ... . .1 ' - wow io turn out tnese leiiows, harr and TJ r. :i J agand ha&nnfre. Hat n. i tew, ii, any "emocrita in 'M1, in u A.1VAUU vaiuiiua. ex- Pected otherwise than that uld be a clean sweep. there tL ne otab has often declared that was unjust and unfair to introduce Civil Service rules as long as ail! of e officials were Republicans. That " Was riffht fn nnt.1 in nffinn democrats as Republicans before aPplying the new rules. After that, 8 ong as the law continued in force, allow men to come in on merit. f course tho Stab did not approve f the law, but favored its execution 8 lonj as it remained law. iL be- 'eved that before It was made a law J at an equal- division of "offices 8bould be made. The Stab has all i any The t. made as' all . i I ' r l-i i 1 1 n . r M--7 . - - M i - . r - v . .- ...v- . -.. ,. i ii . w - . -. ft - ii 'ww . t i w "yt . . . ww . - ww mtmm w m readers well favored the j. i " 7 " " tffiSl? can" Britiah Bvstem of I5fi.. n.:,.W. r . ri. "eP"" . The Boston Post, advocate of the Iawl is pleased to U Dg (-he sitaation Uder Repablican domination for t wenty.fi Ve years : J ' l p assume that the removal of a Re publican and the nnn5rZI . S. "6" -n.iun.?' i to assume an absurdity. in favor of the " 5?V m. u3 urnHimminn ia t4.. . n . f nfflol j " luauge oi an l7 n TmJT- vnaer ine regime of reform iSif'mS?!?--.-?"- than this, it man annn;-e.j . Ml T "Kr.uiea a Partisan for o."w! . u lo 06 necessary to confine It oee not, j however, say that the 'new . man" ehaH be a Democrat. It is to get rid merely of a Republican partisan and Ito substitote. another j t j .. . , i- , . man wno may a Democrat or Re publican. It thinks that many other changes might! be made to thebenefit of the public service. But let it speak: "Indeed, there that timidity in Ijmaking removals is ac countable for the jslow march of improve ment in some cases of adminiatratir. Tt one idea to which reformers tenaciously hold is that, m reforming the civH service, these changes shall be made on the ground of merit and not on the part of partisan - ship Under the new law, so British in inspiration and application, it is wrong to refuse a Republican if his merit is greaterf than a Democrat. The more wejhear and read of Civil Service law the more confirmed we are in the opinion that it is a tremen- uous iraua upon tbe people and ougnt to be wiped out. Put in hon est, capable, faithful Democrats, un der a Democratic Administration, is our creed. A RESPONSE TO A FRIEND'S WISH. One of the best known and most influential of North Carolinians for good in a private letter is j pleased to say this: ,: I ' "I wish the Stab everv diuwrb Whii I do not worship all the idols that tbe Star sets up, still in thti main it is thi paper of the 8tate and , relv upon it, I expect, more lareely than anv other Daner in th State. I want to say in conclusion, 'just uctweeu us, i wisn vou were in more ac- cora wun me administration. For the high! opinion of the Stab we are grateful. We get many such letters some every week, and we wish often we felt at libertv a to print the names of our correspondents. ' i i xuey are opinions or men whose guuu upiuioo is a treasure, we as- 3 :: l sure our friend . j that the StAb is in harmony always; with the Adminis tration when it lis Democratic and on the side of the people. There is no mistake here. The Stab has never criticised the Administration except ft when it believed; it was on the side of Plutocrats and Gold-hiiora and against the people; or opposed to the best traditions, principles and prac tices of the Democratic party. The Stab is always, glad, when jit can heartily corameDd the Administra tion. It never allows an occasion to pass for warm words of praise when these can be given without self-stnl tification or insincerity. Tho Stab 'is Democratic warp, woof and filling. It is no half and half. It does not run with the hare and bold with j. tbe hounds. - It is in "harmony" with majority of Democrats, tbe great It agrees on most with Senator questions, but bill. It tries to Vance hot on the Blair be fair, truthful, i . It errs, but that It is fallible, and just, conscientious is to be expected. that belongs to! the children of men. It does not know all things and that is not its fault. But it is true to its convictions. it' - i stands ny tne .Dem ocratic principles as it understands them. It supports the Administra tion whenever it believes it right and true to the party j that elected jit. If honest and faithful how can it do more? It is true to the people of North Carolina! all the time.j It is true to itself. Can it be false to any? In the time of Louia the Fourteenth the courtiers were such slaves and sycophants that the King never knew the truth and rarely had good advice. His lamentable reign and the decadence of France tell the story. Other monarchs in other times and ' i i i countries have suffered from like causes. They have been surrounded by parasites and panderers, and never learned the truth abont anything. The best friend an honest President of a free people can possibly have is a frank, free, untrammelled, truthful press to tell bim the exact facts, to show him his blunders, to let him know what the people are saying and thinking and desiring, to make good suggestions to him, to turn on the light without fear or favor or hope of reward. . The President can hear. le is not so hedged about with di vinity that Southern papers cannot be admitted. He is not so absorbed as not to know something of what the press is saying. It would be a' very bad day for Mr, Presi- dent, if such ! was the . fact. His best and . most faithful friends are not those who indorse his every act, pour the oil of flattery upon bis head, keep from him all murmuring", and only tell 7 him of the praise and smiles of the people. His best i it ii ii j i ' : .i. r . v r r w .1 . ; i; : " - -i -'. ? f 1U5UU8 wul De fol"d to be those k " - .rath, - Mm wherein b. has erred, and tnat be is a mortal and a public ser vant and not a demigod or a monarch. , . r The Star likes a very great deal that Mr: Cleveland has done. It hpes to like very much more. It exjpecls . to support him loyally, heartily if he is nominated. It will nejrer indulge faultfinding for its own sake. It will not be captions or fretful; but it will aim to be open, JQfjt, courteous, conscientious, will be Democratic. Yesterday we referred to Governor Gordon's recommendation as to a Bourd of PardonB. He has in his me iBage also - some sound views on the important question of negro Bch iols and .education, Hefrecog nizns the nreent " need of ediiAat,inc the negroes so as to better fit them freedom and the ballot. He be es that the whites nncrht. In tir for liev o ' -w themselves liberally to attain this needed end. He thinks as fast as posf ible negro teachers should be trained and put in charge of negro schools. He is no believer in mixed Bchdols. Like all fairly intelligent whi ,e men he knows that the way to race troubles is mixing the races in the same schools. The Southern whi es will have none of such mon grel zing. Sacrifices will be made, but not tho peace and purity of so ciety. - A VETO COMPLAINED OP. S nator Walthall, of Mississippi, in a recent speech at Clarksdale, dis cussod the. coarse of the President in vetoing the River and Harbor bill, He complains that by this act he stop: ed or prevented a very neces sary and important national work one (bat was of very great moment to the people living in the Mississippi Valley. The Senator, however, did not "go for"' Mr. Cleveland, but rathrr defended him, we judge. At any i ate, the Memphis Appeal seems to diiagree with the Senator's con clusions. It thinks by the veto the President "neglected a vast interest, he neglected a measure that has al ways been as bitterly opposed by New Yorkers as it has been eagerly espotsed by the people of the great States that are directly interested in the 3,200 miles of navigation of the Missi isippu- Mr, Cleveland-was Je liberate in this." Th j Stab has never doubted that the Preaident acted conscientiously and after a close study of the mea sure. That he acted under Eastern influeuce as the Appeal thinks, is al together probable, as he has been under that influence mainly from the first day of his Administration; With five out of eight votes in the Cabinet (including himself) from the New York City section it would be very wonderful if the President could free himself from his surround' ings and act with an eye single to the interests of the Mississippi and other sections concerned. j Th Appeal bjs of the vote of the Rjiver and Harbor bill : j "Th Appeal believes the President made a mistake in tbis matter, and it hopes that I ml . ue wui prom oy it ana avoid any such in the future. The people of the Mississippi Valley Ido not ask for first or exclusive con sideration, but they do ask for prompt and generous treatment at the hands of tbe cnier executive." Wei' think the President is honest: and c esires to do right. Having had sc little real political education and bising necessarily provincial in his viaws when he became Chief Executive he has had a vast deal to learn :nd unlearn. But he is steadily improving, as we hope, and will be less and less under the dominance of, Ne York and New England ideas i s his term extends. He would make ii much abler and more suc cessful President for a second term than for bis .first. Experience, travel, a larger acquaintance with the co untry, the whole people-, and especially those of the South, and a more extended acquaintance with -public affairs and the great princi ples of his party, will qualify him for a more signally successful and beneficial administration of the Gov- ernment. We mast concede to the President good intentions when he blunders. He will rise higher in the scale of a successful Executive just in proportion as he is less influenced by Mu gwump philosophy, principles and advice. In other words, as he cuts loose from Eastern influences will be become more purely Demo cratic. A CAPTIVATING I DBA. We like the idea that has been mentiobed in the newspapers several .f , times in the last month or so and has be9n recently revived. It is to pub lish in New York oitv a ''great South ern newspaper, the hews of which shall he mainly gathered from the Southern States. The idea is capti vating. The South would then come to the Jfront prominently, and, if the politics of the paper were such as Southern men with Democratic prin ciples could tolerate, its circulation would be wide in the South and would supersede the New York and WILMINGTON, N. C; other papers. : The persons named in connection with the rumored ' enter prise are: E A. Burke, of the New Orleans Times-Democrat ; A. H, Belo, of the Galveston News and the Dal las JVetes; H. W. Grady, of the At lanta Constitution and W. J. Keat ing, of the Memphis Appeal:- ": ; There are two Protection and two; Tariff Reform papers represented here. , We hope the plan wtU.be carried out. The money" can be got, we suppose, and the brains can be hired, j Maj. Burke" has thus' set It j forth the object of the proposed en terprise : '.-- -, ; "r: ;. j I "A prince of the royal family never had a pain in his toe or a princess a new gown that the fact was not faithfull v hrnninlfi the next! morning in New York; but tbe 9,000 columns of the great Metropolitan journals can take no notice of the fourteen! great States of the South that are outstrip ping the rest of tbe 8tates it the ratio .-of their progress and gaining in their weakfa at tbe rate of nearly $200,000,000 a year. Investigation of the subject proved that this neglect was not due to prejudice Busi ness reasons were at the bottom nf th maiier. T CF.ftV.V.R. The Star i has lone considered n connection with the Cape Fear and Yadkin j Valley Railway at Fayette ville ofi the; highest . importance to Wilmington,1 and any information concerning it ought to be read with 4. I 1 i . lULcirBbj uy our people, we give, therefore, the following which comes from Raleigh by way of Richmond: A prominent official of that admirably-managed and justly popular rail road, the Cape Fear and Tadkin Valley, said to-day that there was no uumiu iue ninor tnat tne owner- ship of that road might be changed. He said it now is a representative North Carolina! railway, and, to use a home- cliii remain willli. yJPnrase W1" tote lts own skillet."? The Norfolk and Western railway Is buildin? a line to th Tfnih.na Una line The Cape Fear and Yad kin Valley road will meet it at the Virginiailine, and then there will be a. great system. This is positive in formation from an official of the road. The same gentleman sees a great fu ture for a road from Sanford-to Qoldsboro. i Tbe Criminal Court. The Jhly term of the Criminal Court wijl convene on Monday next. The cases to come before it so far are neither numerous nor important; lhere are no capital felonies to be tried; bm John Jones, the condemned burglar, will be re-sentenced. The list of jurymen drawn for the term is as follows: J. A. Caige, Roderick McRae, Jr., Godfrey iart, B. H. W. Roungtt, Thos. I. Rand, I). W. Chadwick, H. D Mor rill, John Welsh, W, R. Smith, John S. Burnett, J. Carmer Davis, George Irving, Aj J. Johnson, C. L. Burruss, E. P. Bailev. W Croom, Bj, F, Swann. Jr.. BenlScotfc, col., Geo. A. Peck, Owen Fennell, M. F. Costin D. J. George, John W. Per dew, J. T Mclver, Geo. B. Myers, W. S. Walker, A. H. Croom, Thomas W. Greer, W. S. Ellis, C. W. Bradley, R Kising,j John Baker, J. A. Penny, Joseph McLaurin, John W. Owens. Bread and mea"fronSampaODe Sampson "God bless her" sends Wilmington some of the finest beef cattle sold in this market, and now Bhe is t-enqing wheat. The Caucasian says that "Col. L. A. Powell shipped one hunc red bushels of wheat to Wilmington one day last week. So far as we know this is the largest lot -of wheat fever exported from Samp son, which is not regarded as a wheat growing county. The Col.'s crop ag gregated 300 bushels and averaged about 13 bushels to the acre." Foreign Export. Messrs. Alex. .Sprunt& Son cleared the Norwegian brig Emma yesterday for Hull, Eng., with 1,844 casks spirits turpentine!, valued at $31,350. : Messrs. Patterson, Downing & Co., cleared the Italian barque H Tero, for Trieste, Austria, with a cargo of 4,106 barrels of rosin, valued at $4,384. ' - A Race at Sombport. An exciting race took place yester day afternoon in the pleasant waters of the bajat Southport. The race was betweun the pilet boat Francis Elizabeth, Capt. George Swann, of Charleston, S. C, apd the pilot boat Addie, Capt. J. J. Adkins, of South port. The! wind was fair, and the race was a gallant one from the start to the finish. It Was -witnensorl hv throngs of spectators who- lined the shore. The race! was won by the Addie, and amid the rejoicings of the good people of .Southport, Capt. Adkins hoisted the emblem of victory at the masthead M his vessel. Naval Stores Receipts for tho crop Tear to Date. The statement of naval stores move ments at this port, as tabulated and posted at the Produce Exchange shows the following Receipts of spirits turpentine up to Jjuly 16th, 1887, 24,599 casks; same date last year 20,145 casks. Receipts of rosin 96,429 bar rels: same date last year, 112,862 bar rels. Receipts of tar, 15,304 barrels same date past year, 18,548 barrels. Receipts cjjf f crude turpentine 8,817 barrels; same date last year, 7,699 bar rels. . . DISTRICT COWFERBiNCE. Star Correspondence. Rocky Motht, July 16. Warren ton District Conference convened in Rocky Molint July 14th to 17th in clusive; Rev. J. S. Nelson, P. E., pre- lZ Za 7 OI Warren- ton was made secretary. The following were elected rlplA- gates to thti Annual Conference which wiir meet Jin Fayettevllle : Geo. P. Hart, C. A.ICook,W. W.,White, H. C. Spiers Alternates Rev. C. M. Cook, W. H. Burrell. . . ' Rev. T. P. Ricaud made the open ing sermon, and the following preached during the session : Revs. J. D. Cardln, J. M. Rhodes, J. N. Cole, J H. Cardon, B. Holden, F. L. Reid, Dr. B. Fi Dixon, Dr. R. O. Bur ton, and W. B. North. - : The next. Conference meets at Wel don. ' -! j - One thousand dollars was raised as an endowment for Trinity College , i , uiuer gooa worK accoru- puuueu. - FRmAY, JTJljY 22; A OrMtlartntloi by t WiinioKtoa For. some time we have heard " it vaguely , rumored that one of :our Wilmington boys had invented a rice mill which would certainly make -him famous as well as wealthy! And. to day we learn the rumor is a fact .well .established tThe, , inventor , is Mr. J ohn A. Lookfaw, son-in-law of If aj. John W. Reilly, and an intelligent and energetic mechanic, j ; i The present cost of rice is not due so much to the expense of cultivation 148 to the great expense of milling, oy separating the . kernels of . rice from the chaff aud polishing it. The immense and costly structures and machinery which we see (here and elsewhere, or what are known' as the rice mills, attest the fact that it takes capital to run them. And! so ooatly are they, that one , mill , mu sfr serve a oicn vi country., Jfor j instance,. In the State of Jforth Carolina there are but four mills, and the farmers have to jsend their rice great dis tances, of sell it to agents for the mills. ., . - Mr. Lockfaw's invention is a simple and cheap machine, the cost of which will be within the means of 'any well-to-do farmer. The machine is already patented, and the last issue of the Scientific 'American gives a cut of it and an illustration of its working. 'From this we see that the mill is de signed to receive, the rice as jit comes from the threshing machine. ' The central operating shaft is hollow, and as the rice is fed down the! hopper. it is carried along the inside of this I i... ...i, a , i "T . uangea ponveyer i - cutic ui liic casing at tne opposite end of the shaft; the shaft carrying at this end a disc with roughened surface. Just in front of this disc and held at its edges by the flanges of the two sec tions of the casing, is a flexible diaphragm, at the rear thereof and opening centrally into the chamber in which it is situated, is a tube con nected with an air pump operated by an eccentric on the main shaft, so that as the latter revolves and feeds the rice from the hopper delivering it between the roughened disc and the diaphragm, there will be an air pressure at the back. The diaphragm is constructed toj be suf- !.u a. . i.. yieiumg io prevent tne nee from being broken; and to prevent too high an air pressure in the cham ber a safety valve is provided at the top, regulated by the tension of a spring. There is also moulded upon the shaft a pulley which drives a fan which separates the rice and chaff as it falls from an opening near the bot tom of the casing. J: If this invention is all thdt it is claimed to te (and there seems "very little doubt that it is) it will work a great revolution in rice milling, and make each farmer his own I miller, cheapen the article and bring both lowland and upland rice into general cultivation. We learn that our young inventor has received numerous applications offering large sums for his invention, and if he only holds on and is! able to retain its ownership, we predict for him a great fortune at an early day. Death or Mr. RIarcaa Bear. Mr. Marcus Bear died at his resi dence on North Fifth street abbnt one o'clock yesterday afternoon, after a prolonged illness of consumption. Mr. Bear was a native of Bavaria ana aged about 42 years. He had been a resident of this city since 1859, and was held in the highest esteem by all who .knew him. He was a younger brother of Mr. Sol. Bear and Mr. Samuel Bear, well-known mer chants of this city. His wife and five children survive him. I Mr. Bear was a member of Cape Fear LodgelNo. 2, 1. O. O. ij., Ger mania Lodge No. 4, K. of P., North State Lodge No. 22271. O. B. B., and Manhattan Lo'dge No. 158, O. Kj, S. B., all of this city, and his remains will be followed to the grave by members of those organizations. Highly Commended. The liberality of the gentleman who offered, through the Star, yesterday, $2,500 towards the building of the Confederate monument, provided it be located in Durham, or $1,000 if located in Raleigh, has been highly commended by many of our citizens. And although his name was not pub lished, it has not required much guessing on the part of those who read the generous offer to decide who he is. His charity and liberality are known throughout the State, and nave placed him high on the; roll of North Carolina's honored sons; Plre in Pender county. The dwelling house, kitchen and smoke-house on the premises of Mrs. Alice Herring, about four miles from Rocky Point, were destroyed by fire about one o'clock yesterday morning. The fire broke out in the kitchen; when discovered it was burning be- , tween the ceiling and the roof. About half of Mrs. Herring's furniture and household effects were saved, and all the meat in the smoke-house. Every building on the place was burned ex cept the barn and stable. The loss is estimated at $2,000, and falls heavily upon Mrs. Herring, there being no insurance upon any of the property destroyed. i Charged with Criminal Assault. A tall mulatto,a stranger in this city, was arrested yesterday on the serious charge of committing a criminal as sault the night before on Ann Robin son, a colored woman. The assault is alleged to have been committed on Nutt street, near ; the railroad depot. The accused, who gave . his name as W. H. Tann, was committed jto jail by Justice Millig, before whom an investigation of the case will take place to-day. j Receipts of cotton at this port from the beginning of the, crop year to July 16th, amount to 133,770tbale's, as against 101,453 , bales at' the same date last year an increase of 32,317 bales. - Receipts for- the weekjended yesterday were 9 bales; the same week last year, 41 bales. 1887. JACOB SRAJtP. 7 " la Trial oi the " - Tbt) iPrlaoncr Seo. cne to Poor Tear. Imprl-onmaBt aw. .UIy 14iJacob! Bharp slept belter last night than for some nights previous, but it seemed loi be h sleep of utter exhaustion, and he appeared t be but Mttle refreshed whan i i rr , . "d av uy nia Deaaiue throughout the night,fanniog bim while be " "a giving mm cooling drinks " " wuc at intervals. (After he rose from bed she assisted him to dress for his "r"1" ine uourt or Oyer ad Ter- ... vu receire sentence. bore the wiiio nsuess maiiierence, almost I dazed manner notable in him since his convic -tion. He appeared almost Unconscious of UD 'u"uu Bis wire lavished on him, and iTji v " anKea Worn with be'- He io iaae iu; little nourish- u,ra" u" very weafe. Mrs. 8harp accompanied her husband and entered the uurwga wiia mm ana the warden, ! under mio Bueria ana aeputy sheriff sat on tbe uesiue ine anver. r . . mparauveiy few of the thronif ibat m.vvK mi cuirauce 10 me court fueu in getung in. Theie were a sufll- -uiou. Dumoer, nowever. admitted Ho fill Bicijr Beat. ' ' Judge Barrett, whose illness yesterday compelled a postponement of the sentence wi wt uuuTicteu man. nail recovered suffi ciently to-day to be present in court, i He arrived at the court house at almost! the same moment as the prisoLer. I -, j The clock was indicating exactly! the hour of twelve when Sharp waa almost carried into the court room. He sat with clasped hands at the foot of the tab!.-. His face, almost buried in his chest. , became flushed and sickly looking under the riveted gaze of all present whd were I si -lenlly staring at the convicted rail road King. Mrs. Sharp and the restinf - his fam Jly. like the prisoner himself, jwera sileiit. me cscuumenc was becoming quite fever ish when a sudden bush came Ion tbe room as three raps on the door announced the entrance or Judge Barrett, at exactly 12:15 o clock. I i After calling tbe court to order Mr. Mar tine got up and staled tbut as be heirs the defence had some remarks to in ike. and he wished- to hear them. I t Mr. Milhchell responded, sajliug that be had no application to put iu i6r delay but woul i move for a new trial and wished the stenographer to make a nnt t n. f.nt Judge Barrett said that if ihe documcut contained nothing new he would deny the application for a new trial. - Mr- Mitchell then read a paper staling that the trial was an unfair one in several ways The jury was prejudiced against his client and gave an unfair verdict. Moreover the Judges charge wtsan ucju&t one. Several other points weie raiecd. but of the,atereotyped variety. Judge Barrett stated that i he motion would properly be denied. i District Attorney Mai tine then stood up to have .the Oouit sentence tbe prisoner. Mr. Mitchell then stood up to make the last appeal for tbe defetci. UeUaid he did not wish to delay the Court, jbut would ask the Judge to temper justice with mercy. Judge Barrett then proceeded to deliver the sentence. He said that he I had never performed so delicate a latk ia his whole professional career. He bad received many letters rrom mny people!, pleading for mercy and otherwise, but the Court was not appointed to be merciful any more iuau was uiciatea oy me lawsi c f ju;t o. a. iiuuire is appointed to award a penalty in accordance to the offence when all the circumstances connected with the c immis sion of tbe offetci have been du'y weighed auu oiuaiuereu, i ce - oeienaant here. asking formercy, can give nothing as a in piea ior cemancy but age and sickness, ana on tne merits or the case be certainly is entuiea io none. It is ataurd to state mat ne was not guilty of giving bribes ne was unmistakably the leader of the wnoie aiiair. We have not here, as iu the case of the aldermen, any attempt to prove the defendant's good character. iThe crime itself was an enormous one, the raising of uttu a miiucn nonars to corrupt half of the Legislature. Judge Barrett reviewed the corrupt action.of the defendant in forming a bocus company to contract with the oeventn Avenue- Kailroad. of which he was a airector. and alluded to iba dnfonri ant 8 securing a million dollars of profit auu me sneer larceny ior wnicn he could have been indicted just as well as for bribe ry, wnat is there to excite pity cr mercy, except tue age ana in neaiin or the prison er and the mourning condition of his rami ly. Wittt over one million dollars in his pocket, he clamors for mercy, without of- ienng to pay oaca a penny of the stolen money, bo that should be die in prison his family has a vast fortune to fall back upon ; . at this Mrs Sharp buried her face in h er (handkerchief and wept silently, while the prisoner himself did not lift his face from the table.) "1 he Legislature does not allow us to go below the minimum penalty in such a grave offence as the present is," continued Judge Rarratf "all Aannn - k. nt;na l mi. m v...., un vauuui uc eausucu. 1 nose who clamor for the prisoner's recevine we iuu penalty oi tne law ana tnosn call ing for a reprimand, a'.l things bave been considered and the judgment of this court is that the prisoner be confined four years at hard labor, and that he pay a fine of $5,000. An attempt at applause was made in one corner of the room as' the sentence was pronounced, but it was suppressed quickly. As some or the spectators moved out of Court, Mr. Mitchell stood un to ask for delay in the removal of Sharp to Sing Sing until he had settled some affairs in the city. Judge Barrett denied the motion, as there was no provision of law for such course of action, and he did not think it would be deserved by the prisoner if there was. At that moment a faint cheer was heard outside as the sentence! was an nounced by those who had left the court room. Tbe audience tben began to melt away . quietly. Sentence had been pro nounced at 4 minutes past one. Atl.iu, nearly - all the mere curiosity seekers had lsft the court roomj At 1.13 there was another excitement of a moment's duration as tbe prisonei was led out of the court room, still followed by his faithful wife, son-in-law and grand-son. Sharp was half led, half carried, from the court room by the son in-law, the coachman and Warden Keating, Deputy Curran and Under Sheriff 8exlon keeping close by bis side He was taken to Sheriff Grant's office in the basement or the court house. It was decided after Sharp had left the court room that be was to be re turned to Ludlow street jail. As it was for one night only, the Court considered it would not be anything too great in the way of concession to allow him to stay in that place rather than to send bim to the Tombs prison. ; j - j New Yobk, July 4 A stay of! proceed ings has- been granted by Judge Potter in the Sharp case until Monday next. The order is returnable- in the Supreme Conrt Monday next. It was served on Sheriff Grant immediately on its' being. gran tea. . 'ine oraer directs the district attorney to show cauie why a permanent stay of proceedings should not be granted. The stay waa granted on affidavits of Sharp's counsel that they need more time to prepare a bill of exceptions, and that Judge Barrett bad said that he was too ill to give the matter of stay his attention. ( Notice of appeal to the Conrt of Appeals in the case of John O'Neill, one of the con victed aldermen in Sing Sing, was filed to-day. ; . - . MISSOURI. SC. Lsiti Determined that President Cleveland SbaU Visit the City. St. Louis, Jnly 16. Mayor Francis this morning appointed a committee to carry an invitation to President Cleveland to visit this city during the fall festivities. On this committee were the presidents of the various associations having in charge the fall festivities and many prominent citizens representing Union and Confede rate soldiers, and business men. The col ored citizens are represented by one - of their race. The delegation will start next Saturday. : -1. 1 NO, 38 WASHINGTOK. Tli ltlarder of Joseph C. O. Kennedr . I , -Coroner's Inquest.' " " . i Washington, D C. July 14.1-A coro. ners inquest wss held to-day upon the body of the late Joseph a Q. Kennedy who was murdered in the street yesterday afternoon by John Daily. The iury found a Verdict in accordance with the! fac's as telegraphed. Dally, the murderer, was present, but manifested perfect indifference Vry little is known by the police In re gard to the latter's history. He is kn leno raB Irishman of a low order of, intellect and has been nursing grievances I against nia victim for twpntv.fi u Hej thinks Kennedy over reached his father in a real estate transaction many years ago. Hit mother was nnm omnlnuoH im .kl Kennedy family. His weapon was a case knife ground to a point and as sham AS a razor. Ha had a razor in bin ahu h.. searched at the station house. From hii taiK it would seem that he had m,ntni,. intentions toward anothnr man k ,t not known who this intended victim is lJaily had only be3n discharged from the workhouse hospital, yesterday morning tie baa several times been an InmiitA r f winaiuoaw institutions for minor of- IT ABM IN (i TO Pi. .in V id Tha T.. .. ' yoiumerce commission expects to be able to conclude all public hearings which par ties desire to brine fnrwarrt h-f ; - J - "VJ iuil.1 kJlBMU or this month. About Ammu ih. b-. . :M w" "8 tasen so rar as public ing are concerned, the bureau nir :tl i- - . .- . a hear being while continued at Washington as usual tfin IPrllnmiDninn a. ... .,1JU c&pect io visit various jwruons oi me .Northern States, where public sessions will be held. 'Washington. D. n. Jh1 ikLtk Grand Jury this afternoon indictment against John Dally, chareinir him with the murder of Jos. C. Y. Ken nedy; the aged real estate agent, Wednts day evening last Dailir p j na Pleaded "guilty, but not responsible.'" 7 ... uirecteu mat a piea or "not guilty be entered. The prisoner said he had no home, no frienrta ni n and that he would like to have counsel' To the remark of the Court that the j case was alserious one. Daily replied. "I know it your Honor." Two members of the local bar were assigned to act as counsel for the prisoner, and Worthincrtnn Hiatrit attorney, then gave notice that the case be set i or triai some aay next week NEW TORE. Distressing Incident In tbe Stock Ex changeSadden Death of Vice Presi dent A. K. Hill. By Telegraph to the Mornin Star. Naw York, July 15. One of the most distressing incidents that has ever occurred in the New York Stock Exchange trans pired at noon to-day, and was surrounded oy circumstances so sad that their occur rence caused the members to suspend all business at once, without any preliminary notice; from their chairman j ,Y'!!e President A. B. Hill, apparently in full health, ascended the platform to an nounce the death of Mr- P. DeRivas and had hardly finished when he was taken with a sudden sickness. Friends assisted bim tj the main entrance, but be had just passed the flight leading to tha door when he expired. An unnimnmimnl r k; death was immediately made A sptcial meeting of the Govern inu- nnmmiiio. was caiieujiio taae action. Business entirely suspended. remains Fall or a Scafioldlng in the Capitol at Colombia, sj. c.-One Man Kll ed and Three Senoasly Injared. J CoiJbMBiA, July 14: About half-past 8 o clock this morning, by the breaking of a scaffolding upon which they were working upon the ceiling of the hall of Representa tives In the State House, four colored woramen were thrown to the floor, a dis tance Of thirty feet. George Caldwell died from his injuries in ten minutes; Cyrus Jackson, Sam Cunningham nd Wm Oli ver were all terribly bruised. Jackson is not expected to live. They were workiog for Bartlett. Hevward & n ua uatuuiuio. T? fil 1-1 ' - SOUTH CAROLINA. a Honse Struck by Lightning and Two of the Inmates Killed. 1 Columbia, July 15. While Meredith Mansell, colored, of Pickens county, was at dinner with his family the bouse was struck by lightning. Mansell and one child Were instantly killed. Mansell's wife and two children were hariiv ihru.b.i bruised, and cut by splinters. Two more cnuaren were severely shocked but not se- nuuBiy iojurea. GEOROIA. Insurance Companies Cancelling Poli cies Held by Factories. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. AratrsTA." July 16. Insurance comoa- nies operating under Georgia laws and members of tbe Southeastern Tariff Asso ciation; have cancelled policies held by the factories of this city who are carrvinir in surances in Eastern and Western Mutual Companies that avoid tha Georgia State law. Several of the factories deny the right of the companies to cancel these poll cies. ana decline to surrender the same. not-, withstanding the tenders of mony for the time tbe policies have to run. Interesting litigation, it is thought, will grow out of iuc auair. WASHINGTON. examination of Books and Accounts or Disbursing Officers-Fraudulent Pension Certificates. i (By Telegraph to the Morning Star. I Washington. Julv lfl R Hirpottnn of Acting Secretary Thompson, an examin ation of the hooks and accounts of tbe disbursing officers of tbe Treasury Depart ment was begun at 9 o'clock tbis morning. The count of the cash actually held by each will be made. No notice of examina tion was given to the disbursing -officer. So far everything has been found to he correct.': Aa examination of the books and accounts of disbursing officers of the De partment of the Interior will also I be made, f -' ..' ' . The President has annnintAd VT A Fisk to be postmaster at Portsmouth, Va., vice Ambrose Lindsay, removed. The Commissioner of Pensions is inform ed of the - conviction at Knoxville, Tenn. , of Thomas G. Barry and John J. Ball, charged with making falsa certificates, and of plea of guilty made by Samuel L. Susong to the charge of forging an affl- uavn. PENNSTL. VANIA . Speedy; Collapse of the Coke Strike i . -Expected. ' By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. r-rrTBBUBG. jury io. Tne new men who were sent to the coke regions Yester day, all went to work this morning, and operators say that the reoort from the regions to-day indicate that the great strike wut couapse oy tne nrst oi next week. The sheriff experienced considerable diffi culty in procuring deputies to-day to assist in evicting strikers at Red Stone and Leis enring, and when imnrisonment was threat ened, all the available men secreted them selves, i Sheriff Miller is determined to nro- ceed, and a number of evictions were made this afternoon. ELECTRIC SPARKS. The Comptroller of ' tbe Currency has authorized the Oglethorpe National bank of Brunswicd. Ga., to begin business with a capital of $100,000. . ' 1 ; George R Sibley, a prominent merchant of Augusta and president of the Sibley National bank of Georgia, died suddenly at his residence at Summerville about mid night Friday. ' . . ! i Spirits Turpentine. -Elisabeth City Carolinian: Maj 8. M. Finger, State superintendent of public instruction, addressed conventions of school committees.- fte.; in the court house on Tuesday, whltea in the morning and colored in the afternoon. hCdm paraUvely little tobacco ia being cultivated in tbis section this year, and the area in nee is much less than the past two years. 1 , --Fayetteville Corner: .We are glad to announce that Mr. John L I Allen bas completed all his arrangements to erect a tobacco factory. He will commence at bnce. Last we:k one; of our best farmers vwas in town sad at heart The fchinch bug had destroyed his corn.l and now the lice were all over bis cotton, surely we bave never heard the like of the many plants destroying insects. First the potato bug; a new importation, did much hkrm; then the bud worm, and now comes these pests of the farmer. 1 . 1 Mrs. Leroy Deaton died from fright at Morrisville. The Charlotte me sener says: On the night following their , arrival at that place soma of the youog ' friends of the couple concluded toseren- ! ade them, and at a late hour repaired to the -uaD wucru mey were stopping. One of the serenading instruments was a drum which, when. the. serenade began, wast thrust through an open window of the room in which the couple were sleeping and beaten- violently. Tbe shock caused by the unexpected event was too great for the nervous system of the yonng wife, and she was thrown into Bpasms from sheer fright. . j , j Fayetteville JVetes : Jim Strati derj while digging a well at Wesley Car roll s yesterday, came across a log 19 feet bflo,w the surface of ihe ground. A Mr. I Bullock, from the east side of the river, brought a cow to market, I and while standing in tbe street she became fright ened, aud made several lunges at different persons, when she succeeded in catchibg Mr. Bullock with her horns and . jamming him up against the brick watl of the market when Geo. Jones, a little hnv nfna n, ik years of age, with a well aimed brick, struck the cow just behind the i ear which threw her to th pavement, and i then she was roped and carried off to the I butchers f Raleigh News- Observer: At the regular business meeting of the Y. M C. At last night, six new members werb received, making a total membership of . t' LTT Tho timo for "e Granger's Fair to be, held at Mt. Holly, was fixed for Aui gust 0th 11th and 12th, and tbe meeting at Concord, to be held August 13th 14th ' and 15th. There is but one waytd crnsb Vance in North Carbllna. and that is to break down tbe Democratic party. We hope those who write against him do not desiri to do that But. if they do. thouglf the scheme be well laid, they are doomed to disappointment. Gov. Vance is enJ throned and .intrenched in the I hearts of the Democrats of bis native Stated Whenl he difiera with the administration he does it wisely and with loyalty to principle and the party. From a correspondent. ' Oxford Torchlight: Died, -at his home near Williamsboro, Vance county on Saturday, the 9th Inst., Mr. Benjj Wyche. in his fifty-eighth year. I He wad native of the county, was born near Oxford in 1829, and had many friends in this secJ ll0i U 11 the Present prices of tobacco! will continue till the growing crop is sold I the farmers of Granville will bo in a better! condition than they have been fer years ineynavc plenty of provisions of theirf own raising, and what is made onl tobacco will be clear money. Tbe latest newJ from the railroad is that the surveyors have reached the Hicks placo, about two miles' distant from here. Tfiey started at Clarka- --" uu.u .ui Tojrcu tuiwu routes,- anu have at last decided upon one which they wuoiuci iud uoat. mere seems to be no uouDt aDoui tne completion of the road now. - j j poldsboro Argus: It is with ex ceeding regret that we chronicle the death' of a yery worthy young farmer of this county, Mr. M. B. Grantham, of Fork township, which occurred at his home on Tuesday night, of typhoid fever. I A single! manufacturing enterprise here has made j $30,000 clear . in the past twelve months, and yet there be those who go out West to make fortunes. . If our people will make an united effort it is more than probable that we get both the White Nor mal School at Wilson and the Colored Nor mal School at New Bern moved here. These I places have suffered their graded schools to go down, thus leaving Goldsboro alone. Prof. E. A. Alderman writes to a friend in this city that the Normal School; at Asheville opened with prospects of a good session. He also says that Ashe ville is a second Birmingham everything in a bustle, real estate agencies numerous, and property has advanced 100 ! per cent, since last summer. 1 ; Durham Recorder: A party of fifteen I persons from Atlanta V passed through Durham to-day. They go to Morebead. The brick storehouse of Captain Wm. Mangum, corner of Mangum and Hicks street, Hickstown, was nearly completed. The brick masons were at work this morning, when tbe scaffolding gave way and fell, throwing the men vio lently to tbe ground, a distance of eigh teen feet. Bill Thaxton, a colored laborer, was caught in the timbers and severely in jured in the side and shoulders, i He was brought to Durham and examined hv Dr Johnson, who rendered as bis: decision that the injuries were not necessarily fatal and that no bones were broken. Two cars for the street railway arrived in Dur ham oh the freight train last night. Tbe sealing capacity is sixteen persons to tbe car. Hands have been employed throwing dirt from tbe rails, and to morrow morning the routes will be inaugurated and travel begin. A company bas been formed to erect an ice factory at once. j I i : ! Raleigh News- Observer i Thero has been going the rounds of the State press recently a report to the effect that there is an epidemic of typhoid fever in Raleigh. Nothing could be more mischie vous or misleading. The Wake county!; Horticultural Society will hold a grape show at Raleigh, N. C, on Thurs day, August, 4th, 1887, In Stronach's ware house, j Officers and committees: J. - M. Heck, i president; C. B. Edwards, vice president; S. Otho Wilson, secretary; J. A. Jones, treasurer. The Board of Agriculture met yesterday morning with Gov. Scales in tbe chair. All of the mem bers were present. Tbe question of analy ses of mineral waters and ores was then taken up and a resolution waa : adonted whereby all applications for such analyses must be referred to the executive commit tee before any such work will be done, and the said committee will then designate such subjects as are to be analyzed. Ap propriations were then made for tbe next five months, .which close tbe fiscal year, amounting to $8,700.. The insurance on the building was fixed at $10,000,1 and a policy ordered to be written. It waa order ed that 3,000 volumes of chapter 2 of Kerr's Geology be printed. This is the chapter on mines and . mining and will contain a map. j - .i Charlotte Chronicle: The names of the killed in the blow up in South Caro lina Saturday last, are: Bill 8mith, Ellas Chappel and Jack Farmer, of Virginia: Cephas Means, of Mt. Holly, N. Q; Tom Dogan, of Lincolnton; Milas Bennett, of liiiesvuie; Jim Jones, of Kocfc Hill, B. C. ; and Henry Morrison, of Mecklenburg. The Monroe Enquirer and Express learns that one day last week the skeleton of a negro man waa found : on Dr. J, T. Kelt's plantation, in Providence township, this county, by some negro boys who were out hunting. The appearance of tbe skull indicated that there bad been foul play. The Hornets, on their way to More head last Tuesday, bad a lively time of It at Wadesboro. It teems that the 'busman and backman, between whom there is a great rivalry over securing passengers for their respective hotels, got into a fight and Hammond, the colored backman, was cut five times, deep wounds-, by Fesperman, a white man. Of tbe part the Hornets took in the matter, is thus told by tbe Wadesboro Intelligencer: "A few seconds after the cutting there waa considerable excitement around the plat form, in consequence of a report, which flew rapidly, that one of the Hornet's Nest Riflemen had been cut The Hornet's Nest boys were on tbe C. C. train, going to Morehead City, and when tbey heard that one of their men bad been cut, they rush ed out desperately, with their pistols and were about to 'clean up' everybody. 8ev eral guns were projected from the car win dow and one was levelled at a negro who Bianea towaras air. jreaperman wtin a coupling pin. '4 i j " , .'.-'.'. -7 : Vi ' !--: ' ".. ;'. J'-- . - X:-. ; . : s".- I-, IT t4 ' - 4 T 7' i -'is "rr.. :h " 'ft 't' i'f f 17 rr i i
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 22, 1887, edition 1
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