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The Weekly Star. WM, H. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r. ' WILMINGTON N. C. Friday, 29, 1887. fnn writing to chang front' f address, alwayi Klve former direction as well as fall particulars as where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless yon do both changes can not be made. . SrNotloes of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, Ao., are charged for as ordinary advertisements, bnt only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate GO cents will pay for a simple announcement f Marriage or Death. ry Remittances must be made by Check.Draft- UnnA rWlo-. Voi.lill TAhd. Pmf I masters will register letters when desired. tyonly snch remittances will be at the risk of : the publisher. 1 i; g Specimen copies forwarded when desired. fc REDUCTION IN PRICE Attention is invited to the follow- I ing reduced rates of subscription DAILY STAR, By mall. One Year Six Months , Three Months. . . ... . . , One Month .'. .$6.00 . 3.00 . 1.50 . 50 Delivered to City Subscribers lor ) i f- ny period at the rate of Twelve any peric Cents per week. WEEKLY STAR, One Year. Six Months Three Months. . . ly mall: ..J.... $1.00 J.... 60 I..'.. 30 The reduction in price will, we are confident, add material y ! to our al ready large circulation, thus making the paper more valuable tnan ever to advertisers. ' I I k Our telegraphic news service has recently been largely ii creased, and it is our determination to keep the li . Stab up to the highest standard of .- . i newspaper excellence. GROWIRG IN FAVOR. Mr. Cleveland is steadily growing in popular favor. There is no oppo- . r .1.. : :1 .1, t-v uiui ivi uuiuiuabiuu iu tuts ieuj ocratio party. He will n doubt be nominated by acclamation. That will help him prodigiously. There is great force in numbers in una- : II nimity. lie will be probably elected, (I as far as a matter can be determined so far in advance. He can defeat either Blaine or Sherman, for neither has moral character and neither can be trusted. The South would rather have Blaine President than John Sherman.j ' I Mr. Cleveland's indorsement by Ohio is significant and encouraging. There are known to be a minority in that important State who prefer some one else Judge Thurman, for in stance. But they yield to the ma jority and the result is an unanimous adoption of a resolution that gives a "hearty and unqualified indorsement of the honest, patriotic, and economi cal ' administration j. of L President Cleveland." .'... ' j Mr. Cleveland can strengthen him self and his chances j forj re-election very much between now and the election . If he will continue to turn out as fast as possible all' 'offensive" . Republican "partisans," and put in their places honest, faithful, capable Democrats who are not pot-house 'or small-beer politicians but men of high character and acknowledged in fluence, he will not only do a very proper thing in itself, jjbut he kll strengthen no little his party and himself. But such a course as this would not meet the approval of jhis Mugwump advisers! Tpe New York Times of 22nd inst. is pleased to pub lish the following for the benefit1 of the President: I J -:- j "It is nlain that tin urniilrl Kq atto '.WM.v. TGU stronger with the people, Hand therefore still more invincible against the politicians, were he to be still more radical and con sistent in his application of I reform prtnei pies." . j y.J What a New York paper does'not think it knows of popular feeling is not worth knowing. Tlie New lork daily of any party or political com plexion talks always' with the utmost uwuuuence oi wnat should be done and it can tell to a hair's breadth just what a party in a given State will do or say. The Times ia egging on the democratic President to "be still more radical" in enforcing the Civil Service law. That is, if he will keep in more Republicans by his manner of administering the laV he wilj "be stronger with the people" that is with the Mugwumps and Republi cans. It means that or it means nothing. The Ohio Democrats did . ii i not say one word about Civil Ser-vice- j ' j " ' j The President must' be elected by Southern Democrats pr not at all. The way to build himself up in the South is by standing jjby his party the party that elected! him andjmust re-elect him, and not by heeding the Mugwump oracles. Every time he manages to retain a j Republican in office he weakens himself with many sound Democrats who are not office seekers and have never been, j The greatest mistake! of papers of a cer tain class1 is in Attributing opposition to the British Life Tenure system to beirompted byj a desire for office. We know that the strongest enemma of the Civil Service humbug are men who never held! anj! office inj their lives and have no sort of favors to solicit from "the powers that be The Times thinks that Cleveland's real popularity l is based upon his Civil Service record! We would be : sorry to believe this! No one cen eQ" the President j for executing a law that affects some 12,000 of 115 000 office-holders. ' jThe complaint is mat ne desires to continue and ex- tend the law so as to embrace still other office-holders. The complaint is that he has appointed to office Be publicans not affected by the law. and retains others who onght to go. We have strong hopes that before the midsummer of next year tens of thonsands of Republicans now in office will have been turned out That is the way to strengthen the Administration with North Carolina Democrats who ; believe that the true way to make a Democratic Ad ministration honest, efficient and re spected is to pat on guard none bat a trustworthy, faithful, vigilant Democrat. I J AN INTERESTING FIGHT IN AE.A- j BAIHA. ' We shall watch with interest the progress of political events in Ala bama. It is well known that a boom in mining has been progressing r ; L - T: a lur nuuiB time ai xiruiiuguam sou other centres land that the Protection newspapers have been very earnest and active injtheir advocacy of that startling canon, in Protection Econo mythat the sure way to make a people rich is to tax them high. Such is the Protection theory in essence. It- is a Will -o-the-wisp, pure and simple. ! The interest then in Alabama is to see if the tens of thousands of farm era will agree to accept this doctrine as their doctrine if they believe that it is right that the many should be oppressed,! "robbed," to use the language of Jthe U. S. Republican Supreme Court, to support and en rich the few-j-if the farmers are will ing to pay a high tax on the com mon necessaries of life as well as on the luxuries in order that a few men i . at a few points in the State may make colossal fortunes and roll in luxury ? Senator Mc rgan is a decidedly able man He is one of the readiest and best debaters in the Senate. He is a re-election and he has oandidate for already thrown down the gauge of battle. At Montgomery -he made a brilliant and effective speech in which he "talked right out in meeting" and no mistake. He told his audience I I I tuat he was opposed to the War Tariff to the doctrine of Protection. An iron furnace wan Rt.artixl nt Mnnt. gomery and the Senator was asked to make an address, He said: i "I would rattier no brick should ever be laid on yonder furnace than that it should ever be upheld by the protectionists." Now that Is plain talk. All can understand that. He does not mean to be. elected by failure of the people to understand bis position. He means to be defeated or elected as t may be by an open, pronounced opposition to(the Rob' Roy doctrine. He says that the iron furnaces of Alabama need no high tax or bounty to favor them but they can take care of themselves. He may be defeated, but he will make a brilliant fight. The combined influence of money monopoly, Protection organs and sel fishness will all strive to defeat him. If the farmers of Alabama are in telligent and know their own inter ests all will 1)e well with the elo quent and bold Senator when the final struggle! comes off. It is manljr and noble to speak right out and let the people know precisely whire he stands. He is no time server or sycophant. He has convictions and principles and he proposes to maintain them at every hazard, j All honor to Senator Mor gan! CONVICT LIBOR. The abstract of the. report in yes terday's Stab of the Commission of Labor is mstructiveX We learn that in the United" Ssates tbere are 64,349 convicts or ljin every930 inhabit ants. So there is one captured, and condemned rascal in every . 930 per sons. This is very bad. If the Un seotenced rascals could be added it would be anj ugly statement. Th goods made by 45,277 convicts ag gregated in value $28,753,999. This is a great sum the product of convict labor which is put in direct competi tion with honest labor. The peni tenttary system is a poor system at best. It is not reformatory, and it fosters a large body of workers who come iii competition, with men who are taxed to half support in part the rascals. We learn from the report that is less valuable than prison labor free labor. The difference cent. jThe Commmissioner discusses the system of employing convicts. He seems to think that if convicts are. made to work with bands alone not using machinery that the com petition with free labor will be.ob vlated. We, do not see it. It is true the convicts will make less, but every) time J a pair of shoes is made it comes in competition r with free, honest labor to that ex tent: (It is; true the price will be higher and jthe quantity smaller if made by hand instead of by ma chinery, bnt 'every suit of clothes or pair of shoes made and sold is after all competition and causes that much less to be sold by free labor. There is a very strong feeling in Georgia, in Tennessee, and. in other Southern States against leasing con victs. The 'ablest papers are de nouncing the system. This feeling will extend.1 There is a growing sentiment in North Carolina in favor of selling the Penitentiary, j It was imported by the carpet-baereers. It was never desired by the white na tives of the State. It is a' heavy .harden upon free - labor upon the toiling,honest white men. We would be glad to see it closed out. Because we have bad it foisted' upon ns when we could not prevent it is no sound reason why it should be maintained at a heavy tax upon the, people. It is an elephant indeed, and a Jumbo at that If there is no other way to get nd of it but by closing it up let this be done and the expense of run ning . it stopped. ... Negroes do not fear. tBe punishment. To most of them it is not punitive at all, and snrely it is not reformatory. OPINIONS, Ex Senator J. McDonald of Indiana now the most prominent figure in the politics of that State, has also been giving his views. First, the able editor of the : Louisville Courier Journal, Mr. Watterson, gave at length his view in tbo N. Y. Herald. Of course he was for reform for a reduction of the surplus and for the consequent cutting down of the Tariff. He opposed the abolition or reduction of the liquor tax but to secure a decided Tariff reduction would agree to reducing or abolish ing the tax on tobacco. Then ex-Speaker Carlisle, about the wisest of our public men was in terviewed. We gave his opinions yesterday. Like Mr. Watterson, he thinks President Cleveland will be renominated. He says it is the wisest and best tning to do. His election is assured, he thinks. So be it. He 'indorses the "sensible, business-like and patriotio character of his Ad--ministration." This is the precise kind of indorsement the' Stab has accorded the Administration all along while taking exceptions to certain specific acts. The reduction of ' the surplus and revenue reform is what the people demand says Mr. Car lisle. ' Ex-Senator McDonald, a man of popularity and force, also indorses the work of the Administration. He likes its record and the independ ence of the President. He will be the choice of the party and his elec tion is certain. On the Tariff the able Indianian stands on the platform long occupied by the Stab to re tain the internal tax, if necessary re ducing the tobacco tax; in order to obtain a certainty of Tariff reduc tion, to take off the "custom duties on the necessaries of life and on what is called raw material." That is the right sortof Tariff and fax talk. The Stab can not go with him in his proposition to retain the enor mous tax on iron. It is wrong to enrich the hundred thousands en gaged in mining by placing such a very heavy tax upon the tens of millions of people. There should be a fair duty one that would put the American manu facturer on a full footing with Eng lish manufacturers but not a great tax that gives the American manu f acturers almost a monopoly and gives them a tremendous bonus. It seems to the Stab that the mines of this country in 1887 ought to be able to make good profits aided by' a tax like that favored by the author of the'Americaa System,"the illustrious Henry Clay -20 per cent, ad valorem. Gen. McDonald says he would not at present interfere with the protec tion afforded manufactures. Does he mean really that if in bis power be would keep up the tax on wool lens, on clothing, on medicines, on blankets, crockery, &c? He must confine his statement to -iron, al though he is reported by telegraph as saying, "I would not interfere with the protection of manufacturing at present"-not even after the cod dling and nursing-bottle for a quar ter of a century. He can not mean that or he contradicts himself else where when he says that taxes should "be taken off the necessities of life." r WORDS OP CHEER. A well known Henderson lawyer, A. R. W., writes us on 25th: "I congratulate you upon the appear ance of the Stab, which continues to shine with a brilliancy not equalled b any Southern - paper. It is the only daily in North Carolina I derive pleasure in reading, and certainly the only one I derive any informa tion from." A distinguished Pro fessor at the University writes ns naitenngly on the same day, and thanks us for our recent editorial on the "Shakespeare Club JournaL" He is pleased to say: "No man in the State is better qualified to paes judg ment on a literary production." It is the letters from many sections of the State that we are ( constantly deceiv ing that encourage us and show as that oar labors are not altogether in vain. The encouraging, sympa thetic words Of appreciative friends are always grateful, however extrava- gub lu expressions, iney come from those who are constructives and not destructives and who are willing to uphold the hands of. those toilers who are day.and night striving to build op North Carolina and to teach sound doctrine, political, moral and literary. i Too Odbc or Prevention. ' The satisfaction of feeling safe from catching any disease from drinking water, from impure air, from a sick person, from contact with foul clothing, infection or contagion from any source, ia complete and all anxiety allayed by the use of Dar bys Prophylactic Fluid.. A , bottle will give more safety, comfort and confidence than all the doctoring in the world. f Tlia Wlltoa Bxenrslonlais. 'k - The excursionists from Wilson and other points along the line of, the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad south of that place arrived here yesterday, morning: about , h alf-past U , o'clock on a special train, consisting' of five passenger coaches and a refreshment car. The party numbered about three hundred and fifty. Probably . one third of the entire number are from Wilson, with representatives rom Toisnot, Enfield,' Mount Olive, War saw, and other places. The Fairview Cornet Band, and the Wilson JBase Ball Club caml with the excursion ists; the band enlivening the trip with music. Its members are W. C. Hewlett, C. J. Warren, Thos. Hayes, W. B. Alley. D. - E. Winston T?.rf Hawkins, R. L. Alley, Joe Barnes, S. Warren, J. O. Gordon, and Q. Winstead. There is quite a ' large number of: ladies among the excur sionists, i ; , I Our streets were thronged with the visitors during the forenoon.; They gathered on the water front ;and vis ited all the places of interest in and around the city, r In the afternoon many went down to Carolina, Beach. the Passport being crowded; others went down to Wrightsville Sound, and the remasnder sought the base ball grounds; so that by 4 p. m. scarcely a stranger was to be seen . upon -the streets. j . . j . The visitors evidently had a feas ant time yesterday, and we trust that nothing may occur to mar their full enjoyment of the trip. Most of them will return! on the special train which leaves for Wilson this evening at 7 o'clock. - A Southern )yelon '' v'f' - The first 6f the West Indian cyclones incident to the latter part of summer, made its appearance on the Gulf boast yesterday. It was central in the vicinity of Pensacola at ! 3 p. m.,' when the barometer recorded 29.70. From this point it moved in a direc tion a little east of north, and by 10 p. m. it was central at " Montgomery, Ala., with the atmospheric pressure measuring 29.58 inches the lowest in its short passage. ,- j The Signal Service furnished a map last nigh t-j-showing the loeation and probable course of .the storm. From it we should conclude that the centre of the Rtorm will strike this State in the extreme western part. and if it does not deviate from its present course it is not probable that its se verest effects will be felt in this sec tion. . . The highest wind reported from the immediate vicinity of the storm thus far j reached, was thirty-two miles an hour. The rainfall, how ever, is unusually heavy. The Signal Service reports show nearly three inches at; some points during the seven hours preceding 10 p. m., and our Press dispatches show a fall at some places of nearly six inches, r The following telegram was re ceived relative to the cyclone at the Signal Office last evening: J' Washington, D. C, July 27, 4:50 P. M. Hoist cautionary signal. Cy clone from the Gulf now central in southern Georgia, moving northward. 1 Greely. A Kixw Investment. j The well known mercantile firm of Bridgers & Rankin, of this city, have purchased the line of railroad in Sumter county, S. C, running from Atkins toj Bishopville, S. C, a dis tance of fifteen miles. It connects with the Wilmington. Colnnibia Jfe Augusta Railroad at Atkins, and passes through one of the richest cot ton producing sections in South Car olina. It is estimated that during the coming season it will transport from 5,000 to 7,000 bales of cotton. The road is the exclusive property of the firm and solely under their man agement and control. Mr. P. L. Bridgers is president and treasurer, Capt. John Barry general superin tendent, and Mr. N. B. Rankin freight and passenger agent and auditor. Messrs. JBridgers & Rankin propose to extend the road", if concessions as to right of way are made. j The firm have also bought the saw mill at Atkins, and the stock of mer chandise jof the company formerly operating the mill and the railroad. 4'oronrr'a Inqneet, Coroner Miller held an inquest yes terday morning over the Lucy Williams, . a colored body of woman, who dropped dead the evening be fore in the road near Melton's butcher pen just beyond the city limits. The jury rendered a verdict that the cause of death was neuralgia of the heart. Dr. Potter, city physician, was present at the inquest, ! but did not consider it necessary to make a postmortem examination? jThe wo man's husband, Emanuel Williams, said that his wife had been unwell ior some. time. In company with two of her children she was on' her way to town with a cart-load of mel ons, and a few moments before the fatal stroke got out of the cart to walk. After the inquest was held the husband of the deceased had the remains of his wife taken to his home about four miles from the j eitv - fr burials .-j : j . " . mistaken Identity. I ; . Deputy Sheriff Barnes, of Wilson, arrived in the city yesterday; He visited the jail in company with seve ral other gentlemen of that place for the purpose -of seeing if they could identify Orange Wooten, the colored man arrested last Monday, as arf Es caped murderer Cajsar Wooten from Wilson county. - As soon as they sawtne man they, said that he was not the murderer. Orange Wooten was thereupon discharged. As stated in the Stab Wooten was arrested on an affladvit made by a colored man from Mts Olive. He says that he will sue some One for false imprisonment. Mr. George P. Lamb, the well known florist, of this city, died last evening after - a protracted illness. He was a man of kindly feelings, and the announcement of ,his death will be received! with - sincere regret. The j machinery and boiler of the steamer Susie, burned some time ago while lying at her wharf at Point Caswell, have been raiaori ori brought to the city. . - Messrs. Alex Sprant & Son cleared the Nnrwixri -yesterday for Antwerp , with at$35 000 8 8 8 turpentine' r. valued I 1 DISCOVERIES IN B LADEN, Kileuilrt Bmi or L.lcalte Hear the r . Cmp Fear River Poasblllue of Coal Belna Pound. f Recent discoveries v in Bladen and Sampson counties are likely "to at tract the attention of scientists, and perhaps of capitalists at ho late day. In April last'the Stab published an account of the finding of traces of coal in Sampson county by Maj. W. L. Young of .this "city, .Since the "find"; in Sampson was -; recorded, several large and well-defined seams of lignite "modern coal" as it' is sometimes termed have ! been dis covered .on. the plantation of -Mrs. Guion at Owen Hill, on the Cape Fear river, a few miles above Eliza bethtown. Some ; of this "modern coal," taken from near the surface, has-been sent to parties in this city for examination.1 It is thought to be a superior quality of ; lignite. One gentleman, who is familiar with such matters, says , it is of high grade, nearly approaching pure coal, and is in character the same kind of lignite that is found adjacent to the Cahaba coal fields of Alabama. . V t The late Dr. Emmons, State Geolo gist, held the theory that the granite up-lift severed in half the coal mea sure found at Egypt, in Chatham county, and that the eastern half of this bed would some day be found be tween Chatham and the ocean. The evidence is accumulating that the theory of Dr. Emmons is correct, al though it has slumbered sq long. Coal is always found in what geolo gists call the sand-stone- formation. Sand-stone is found at Fayetteville, and is known to extend thence sea ward half way to Elizabethtown, and igneous rocks have been found near the Carolina Central railway, about thirty miles west of this city.- The gentleman above referred to, says that it is more than possible that the sand-stone extends from the in terior seaward under the cretaceous formation, and if so, then the lower beds of lignite in Bladen would be found converted into coal. On the same plantation where the lignite is found in Bladen county, there are several sulphur springs, and large beds of iron pyrites. One of these beds, cropping out on the river bank, is about fifteen feef thick. It might be . profitably utilized in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, used so largely in the preparation of com mercial fertilizers and for many other purposes. Traces of petroleum, it is mentioned, are also found in the same neighborhood. These discoveries in Bladen and Sampson are well worthy of atten tion and investigation. They may lead to the development of mines of wealth and the erection of large and important industrial enterprises. Should a working seam of coal simi lar to the bituminous coal measure of Chatham county be found at Owen Hill or any other point as convenient to the navigable waters of the Cape Fear, there would no longer be a ! question as to the rapid advancment of Wilmington in commerce and man ufactures, and consequent increase in wealth and population. At the Jan. There are twenty-six prisoners in the county jail, but of this number eight will be shortly removed four to the State Penitentiary- and four to the county House of Correction. The execution of John Jones, the colored man convicted of burglary and sentenced last week, will take place Tuesday, August 9th just two weeks from to-day. Jones is perfect ly resigned to his fate, it is said, and yet has a lingering hope that the death penalty will be commutted by the Governor to imprisonment for life. A petition is in circulation for this purpose, and has been numer ously signed. Am Alleged Murderer A rreated. A colored man was arrested in this city last, night who is supposed to be one Caesar Wooten, charged with be ing the murderer of Mattie Strick land, in Wilson, N. C. on the night of the 23rd of May last. The arrest was made by J. W. Bryant, (colored) dep uty sheriff, assisted by Balaam Fuller, on Front street between Castle and Queen. The man arrested has been employed as helper to brickmasons. He denies that he is Caesar Wooten and says that he has never been in Wilson. But for all that, he answers to the description of the murderer, for whom a reward of $200 is offered. Wooten is described as a slender black fellow, about five feet nine inches tall, weight about 135 or 140 pounds, twenty-four years old. with a pleasing countenance showing his upper teeth when he talks." Has a small head and is quick in his movement. The man, who did not give his uuuie, was commuted to jail, where he will be held until the authorities in Wilson are communicated with. Mr. E. S. Warrock, formerly of Wilmington, has established a weekly , paper at Brevard, Transylvania eounty. The first number has reached us, -and we are glad to see that it is handsomely printed, well edited, and has a goodly number of advertise ments. Price, $1.50 a year. ' The Ramie Plant. ' '.' It has been frequently suggested that the Ramie plant might be suc cessfully grown in the rice, fields in the vicinity of Wilmington. The fol lowing, therefore, from the Savannah -ZVrws,may be of interest in this section: "Mr. George Gibson, of Pittsburg' ia uu . Tiam iv iiuo kjuum in xne interests of the Pittsburg Ramie Man ufacturing Company, recently organ ized in that city. It is the intention or tne company to select sites for and establish one or more nurseries for the growing of the Ramie fibre plant, and it desires to interest some promi nent planters in this locality in it's culture, and thus develop that branch of the industry at once. . ' Mr. Gibson is the inventor of a machine for de corticating ramie, and the Company, which has been organized under ' his patents, hag for its stockholders gen tlemen well known to the' business public." . , . '- The death, of Mrs. Edwin E. Burrus, which occurred yesterday morning, was a great shock to her" numerous relatives and friends; and coming so soon after the death of her lamented husband, it is inex pressibly sad. . She was a daughter of tnA lfLT.A - TflflAA'- "N"V!:Vwvr. - , .wwuwr, uuu wag greatly beloved. by all who knew her. She will be sadly missed, and by uue : bu juiucu an . uy me IOUT" little orphans who survive her. j WILL, GO TO ST. LOUIS. Animated Sean at the White Home A liarce Ueiccatlon Call on the Preel dent He Consent , to Vlalt i St. ; Looli Dnrlns Fair Week Interest ing IneldenU C ike Visit, j tT Telegraph to the MornlnjtSUr.l ; v. WASHOtOTOK, July 25 The White House presented an animated scene this af ternoon on the occasion of the reception of the delegation from Missouri to invite the Prefeideni to visit SL Louis during the Slate Fair, in October next. The: delega tion numbered nearly one hundred persons, representing all interests of the city of St. Louie, as well as the principal sections of the Siate. It was beaded by Mayor Francis, of St. Louis, and included ex-Qov. Camp bell, ex-Gov. Branmeyer, Chas Green,. B N. Auderson, Mr. Conley, Robert White, J. C. M8jars. Dr, Gray, Mr, Rozier, J.J J. Russell. U N. Mitchell, Maj. C. C. Rain water, Jno. G. Prest, Jas. A. Venar (col ored), Geo. Castleman, Jno. J. Maffatt, Col. J. G. Butler, and Dr. A. J. Mullen. Several ladies also accompanied the party. : The President received them in the Library and shook hands cordially, with each. .- . - - j -y . Mayor Francis made the presentations, and when all bad been received addressed the Ptesident and invited him to. visit St. Louis during the first week in October. Mr, , Francis said: "Mr. President It was my fortune sixty days ago, accompa nied by twenty-five representative citizens of St. Louis, to supplement and earnestly endorse m behalf of the people of that city, an invitation previously extended to you to attend the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held in the city of St. Louis during the last week of September next. The success of that mission in eliciting from you a favorable response was highly gratifying to the reo- pie oi oi. uouia una 01 aiissouri. ineais appointment of late consequent upon your letters of declination was deep and all pre vailing, but co-extensive with it, was the sentiment of sincere approval of patriotic motives which prompted you to such ac tion. Citizens of St. Louis, irrespective of party, nationality or race, in mass meeting assembled, the day after your letters were received, with one voice enthusiastically resolved to extend to yourself and to your estimable' wife, a cordial invitation to visit their city during the first week of October next, and instructed their Mayor, with a committee of fifty citizens, to convey and deliver the same in person to you. Assem blies of like character were promptly held in almost every county in the State, en dorsing and emphasizing the action taken in St. Louis. Delegates were appointed at those meetings to proceed to the capitol of the nation and there to express to the Chief jiixecuuve in a manner as effective as the words end form would permit, the warmth of the creeling which awaits him from the people of Missouri in the metropolis of the State. " . .. , i We are here, therefore, sir, in obedience to the mandates of our people, represent ing all sec:ion8 of Missouri, her commer cial, manufacturing and agricultural inter ests, andrtflecting the desire of every city, town and hamlet within her borders, to urge you and Mrs. Cleveland to favor us with your presence. This invitation ema nates from the people, your sovereigns and outs, and not from any organization, civil or military, political or religious. It is the spontaneous outburst of a commu nity that never suffers its reputation for hospitality to be aspersed. . It is a vigorous and feeling protest from a generous host against the absolute declination of a dis- unguisnea guest to ue the central figure of an invited company. The reasons why you should visit the West arl even stronger now than on the former occasion when your reply was a favorable one, whether viewed from our standpoint or your own. Our appearance before you in largely in creased numbers, coming as we do from even most remote sections of the State, furnishes an indication of the feeling pre-, vailing at our homes. The- people of the West revere the high offlce of Chief Magis trate of the Nation, and their loyalty and patriotism impel them to honor him who fills that exalted position. Especially is it so when the man who occupies it performs his duties with thr nriarlnm foorloe.noeo and patriotism which characterizes your administration. 'No organization, however strong, and no occurrence, however im portant, will be required to add interest to the occasion of your presence. The peo ple of all Missouri and of. the West will congregate in vast numbers to meet and welcome you in the commercial centre of the M is sis lippi Valley. We have designated the first week in October as the time for your visit, because we thought that lime would be most con venient and agreeable for you; because it is the reason when our fall festivities are at their height; when our trade pageant gives its nociurnal display; when the mys terious Veiled Prophet, surrounded with Oriental splendors make his annual visit; when our streets are brilliantly illuminated by arcbes of blazing lights, and on a scale of magnificence never approached; when our Exposition and Agricultural and Me chanical Fair, each the greatest of its kind on the continent, are in progress; and be cause, finally, it is the season when the sturdy yeomanry of the land, the bulwark of the republic and the greatest contribu tions io iu weann, can witn tne least detri ment to their agricultural interests, assem ble in our city to do you honor. If, however, another time would better suit your inclination, or engagements, your welcome would be none the less genuine. The city of 8t Louis, State of Missouri, and people of the West, say to the PresU dent of the United States, ''Honor us with vour nresence." nd m n.rnwtr monotone the honest, fearless man, who so ably fills that high office, "Come and be our guest." These remarks were frequently inter rupted by applause; reference to the hon esty and wisdom of the administration be ing loudly cheered, j In response the President sid: "My re ply to your very complimentary and hearty address will be very brief and practical. At the time you did me the honor, with so many of your fellow citizens, to invite me to ycuir city, I felt it was ! an invitation which should not be declined. I felt that you had something there of which you were deservedly proud. You had a city and locality there of which it was only right and just that you should wish the Chief Magistrate of the coUntrv to see and appreciate. Of thia feelm T h able proof. It was not at all necessary to convince me of your good faith and since rity, that so many of your good people should come here at this inopportune sea son to bring this invitation, and yet you don't know how much it has pleased me to see y ou all . Cheers. The desire to come to see you has increased each day. I don't feel now that I can do otherwise than acept your invitation. Great applause. The arrangement made before was entirely free from any complications and presented no likelihood of any. You are aware that I agreed to visit the city of Atlanta early in October. I only speak of this because when we are about to decide upon a day when I can visit you, this Atlanta visit must be taken into cnnniffaraHnn tt ever, this is a matter that can be arranged afterwards. Luckily we have plenty? of time. 1 shall be clad ta meet with a committee of your citizens, and fix a date and make arrangements in detail But one thing must be done. V - I At thia point the President asked Mayor Francis which would be the most attractive d.iyKof he.fftir.week' Tne Mavor reP"ed, The third of the month, when the Veiled Prophet Parade will occur; but if you Sffh-i wi?Ti 1 might communicate with the Veiled Prophet in some way to postpone his visit, as you have postponed y0mr8, (Lghterand applause.") 1 The Mayor also enjoined the President net tp forcet to bring Mrs. Cleveland and the President responded, "She will not let me forget her." i - tne members of the Cabinet and their families are included in the invitations. ' ALABAMA. 'a Narrow Eacape-Hia Horae Killed by Contact with cib . V"3 By Telegraph-to the MorntaKStar.i I , MoNTooiraBT, July 25. Gov. Seay was the Victim nt a rvannl;.. T. J . BS Vv . t"M Buuiueni wis alter noon. He and his private secretary, J. K. Jackson, were driving down the main tooroughfare of the city when one of the guy wires wbich support overhead the ca ""F ,the, Wecttic Street Railway, broke and fell to the aronnd. strife! vernor'a hora Th r? charged with electricity and the horse b ti 0. . W8B snockea and burned to death in a few minutes. Of course a second later thn wir u.JL ""f88 the Governor and SoiS the horse. The accident created irreat about the rfffiSK CONVICT LA BOB. Facte and Figure aa Gathered From v: the Worfclnca of the Penal Insllin v tlons of the Country by the Commit : aloner ot Iiabor- IBr Telegraph to the Horning- 'Star. . Washington, D. C, July 24 The Commissioner of Labor has just received from the Public Printer advanced copies of his report on convict labor, in the, United States. "; i'-'-r- . ;v;; l: The total - number of prisoners of all grades employed ia institutions compre hended in the report is 64,849. The males numbering 58,454, and the females 5,895. Of this total number, 45,277 are engaged in productive, labor of some kind; 15,100 are engaged in prison duties, and 3,972 are sick or idle. Of the total number, 14,827 are employed under the piece account sys tem; 15,699 are under the contract system; 5,696 under the piece price system; and 9,104.under the Case system.. The State having the largest number of convicts in the institutions considered, is New Xrk, its total being 9,703. Included in these computations are 1,240 prisoners of the United States sentenced to different penal institutions of the several States and Territories. - , The prison population ' of classes of institutions treated of, is as stated.64,841 a'proportion of the population of the United States as at present estimated of 1 in 930; but the proportion to those engaged in me chanical, agricultural and mining pursuits in the whole conntv. ia 'nhrmt An a "" n rifr to every three hundred persons employed. The total value of goods made and work done by productive labor in the penal in stitutions Of the whole country is 28,753, 999. It took 45,277 convicts one year to produce this total value. It would have taken 35,5X4 free laborers to produce the same quantity of goods in the Same time; Of. in Other words, a fren lnhnrnr ia on 11 a 1 tsi J . ww awwwaw w w WW 1.27 convict; or, to reverse the statement,one convict is equal to .78 of free laborer The number ot free laborers necessary to per form the same labor has been figured from the estimates of prison officials, and others familiar with the work. . The State producing the largest amount of convict made goods, ia New York, the value there being $6,236,267 worth of con vict made goods. Indiana comes next, with a product of . value of $1,570;901: while Ohio stands next, with a product of the value of $ 1,368.122. Then Missouri $1,342,020; then Pennsylvania $1,317,265; Kansas $1,270,575; Tennessee with only $1,142,000; then Michigan $1,087,735, and last of the States producing over one mil lion dollars worth, New Jersey $1,019,608. Each of the other States and Territories drop below the million dollar point, Da- um coming at tne Dottom or the list, with a product of $11,577. The Commissioners discuss at length the system of employing convicts now in vogue. In each of these serious faults are found, the principal one being that by either of them convict labor is brought into direct competition with free labor. The plan which finds most favor with the Com missioners is that offhand labor under the public account system. Of this plan he says: "It involves the carrying on of the industries of the prison for the benefit of the 8tale, but without the use of the power ui uiacuinery, nana macmnes only being allowed. The goods to be made con sist of such articles as boots and shoes, coarse woollen and cotton cloth needed for the institution or for sale to other institu tions.harnessand saddlery, and many other goods now made by machinery or not now made at all In prisons. With such a plan in vogue throughout the United States or in iub majority or states, there could be no complaint as to the effects of convict labor upon the rates of wages or upon the sale of goods, either in price or in quantity. The convict should be constantly employed un der the direction and supervision entirely of pr son officers. None of the objections or disadvantages arising, under the contract system, or piece price modification thereof, or under the public account system with power machinery, can bo raised against this plan. WEA.THEB. A.ND CROPS Bulletin of the Signal Offlce for Paat Week. By Teleeraph to the Morning Star. , Washtnqtoit, July '24. Following is the weather and crop bulletin, of tbe'Sig nal Office, for the week ending July 23. Rainfall, varying from one-third to three-Quarters of the Marked , seasonal deficiencies of rainfall yet obtain, amounting to ten inches or more in Iowa, the lower Mississippi valley, Ala bama and Georgia. In Iowa this deficient cy has steadily increased during the past month, but in the other regions named the deficiency has slowly diminished. General Bemarks Reports for the week show the weather favorable for the cotton crop, except in the Carolinas. where many localities much need the rain to-day pre dicted. While the rains falling tend to rapidly mature the. growing corn, yet more rain must be needful for Kansas and Iowa westward to Indiana. The great heat and bad distribution of rain may pos sibly affect the tobacco crop in North Car olina, where, however, the indications of this morning, July 23, look to occasional rams. . , BainfaU During the week ending July 23, the rainfall has been in excess over the New England, Middle Atlantic States and the interior of the South Atlantic and East Gulf States, as well as in the greater part of Nebraska. The excess of rainfall has come largely in severe thunder storms, especially in Pennsylvania and Maryland, while Southern Michigan has been favored by a Blight excess. - NEW YORK. Fire In a Baken-LarH NnMi.. Horace Burned Succeaaful Strike of Ice Company Employee. New Yobk, . Jaly 24 Fire broke out this morning in the building Nos. 43 and 49, West Twelfth street, in which one hun dred horses were stabled, and forty-eight of them were burned to death. The building is occupied by Fleichman's Vienna bakery the basement being used as the mixing room, the first floor as a storage house for delivery wagons, and the second and third floors wore fitted up with stables occupied bV an hundred hnrasa nuJ i . .fradJhroughout the Loss $30,000. The drivers and helpers employed by the Mut.u B?nefit Ice Conipany Bteuck suc cessfully this morning for an advance of wages to $15 and $12 a week respectively. Heretofore the drivers and helpers received $12 and $10 per week. The men employed eTerai ic companies throughout the city intend to strike for a similar ad vance. - VIRGINIA.. A Black Sneep in tne city Democratic committee of BIcnmond. Richmond, July 25.-Tonight there ?itfeetlDe0- th City Democratic Si'-lt' ao.d "ttentiqn having been called to the ham en nf .ttC ,.., ,Trru by Lewis H. Blair, member of the com- York ltndependent, charging Democrats in the South with fraud in elections and in timidation of negroes, and advocatine mixed schools, and similar doctrines the committee unanimously adopted a resolu tion requesting Blair to resign. Blair is a SSty Promtnent business man of 4 ' ' . Mmt1MnmMna-MMM, : FISHERIES TROUBLES. American Plbermen Captured by . a Canadian Crulaer oar Pn... : ward's Island. . ; Chablottbtown, p. E. L. Jniv 9ft I Captain HnrrU f tk U1". M- Coi. J. H French, and Z TTlll n,i.ZT" w wuHeuie dominion cutter mrT-SS. W iPon.them. The iy.lZ." , 'uo,F uones and made for theuv vessels, and succeeded in wtting to be a whitA aianii.. appear tii. iTaZl V WTCIB1 oiaei American SjSSrS?? .niraltyCorbVh Ad" ir25" pete,r8'. .rtrik Chicago is not a vniymose men who have been tnnHnKg more hou" or f or kS than 85 cents an :.u . 8 imi. k, . uon-union Spirits tS don recorded 111 iffi fi We . mometer nil " 8nale thfi .v. mometers all over town J, . e ih 97C The signal InsSe 9 byapowerfnl reflection. I ,nauic iher. or iced - Greensboro TFoJ-m J.C Price, of SalishnrJ T,' Ennwn in TuAk r K n woo mi. " ""li and delivered atectn n.er.e. 5teT eloquence, was !" Warensville, u iaS Wd sumed his journey northwTrd Lht foro him a number of enL ' "aviI1gbe The lightning whTch struck ? Dts- -Buchannon's house a few If ear Mr performed quite a curioul w 1D were five pigeon boxes, cont" The 'uf,?igeon8' nled to the IZ an,,,n the bolt went down it weht X 88 boxes, leaving the pigeons unW ?f "e confirm people fn the This feather bed is a eood r..Z ?'on llt . a8ainst department of agriculture is rccivin he ters from almost everywhere??leU about the diamonds now be L ?qmrin8 this State. Mr. W A tJLvoi1D( i treasurer of Durham county hlB- " his offlce as fully as he himself in person, and that power is to w d? " ; the entire term.. In other ,'woS , ?uTtin kins has abdiaated his office Tht be done, but a resignation is the onlvi?ar fulway, and .Ir Jenkins' &l!f'a! agwnst public policy and is void In " who do not attend to the duties of .?? nfflnor ova i;DKI " "uutS 01 the . mi m . i i . '""Moment. ville, N. C July 22. About thin 3 have been riding' over the moSmain, i,tors this city to-day escorted by the rf,? Beat They were splendidly entertained board of trrde at their club rooms to L T They will visit the BulphS Bprhl ' morrow morning. Prng8to- --Asheyille Citizen: Jobn Wil think in 1819. We knew him wellS ,!e University. There was no more " J fun-loving popular man intheUnivS than Bush Cunningham. Mr r, w ham graduated creditably in 1840 in ?f class of Gov. Caldwell. Judge ShiDD n Albert Shipp Col. William JohSn h others whombecame prominent in JS? ' hfe. - The trial of James ThonS r the present term of Henderson SnSrb court for the murder ot James R bS in the vicinity of the Boilston mines on th 3d of October, 1886. was concluded ! Friday night. We learn that on & evening the jury returned a verdict of mS der in the first degree, as charged? in the biU of indictment. Miss 1W Hatchet read a very graceful poem at The recent session of the Press Association Brother Daniels, of the Raleigh ChroS Wall of the Rockingham Rocket, read n essay aU of which were Umely. usefu S ,UHWD3yCd; .We Wil1 1101 anticipate the pubhcatian of the proceedings byreoro duction either, but can unife with T brethren in admiration of all. .Charlotte Chronicle; Earnest Barringer, colored, was buried in Pine wood cemetery, last Sunday afternoon hdiI his funeral was attended by a large crowd pf colored people. Among the crowd weJe Thomas Plummer. Wm. Plummer and Gibson Kimmons. who were at enmiiv with each other, and on the way home from the funeral, as they reached Cicero Smith s house, in the Greenville suburbs they proceeded to fight it out after the modern style with their pistols. As Smith advanced upon him, Plummer drew his pistol and commenced firing, but Smith ran into him and grappled with him. Eimmonfi. vhn vsa in Smith', u ... cured Smith's pistol and running out to where the two men were scuffling, he pre- ocmcu me muzzie at nummer's body una fired a shot that put an end to the proceed ings. The bullet entered Plummer's left side, making a painful wound. Last Sunday closed the -first year's pastorate of Rev. J. Y. Fair, at the Second Presbyterian church in this city. Mr. Fair has preached 135 sermons and conducted 70 prayer meetings, making a total public ser vice of 204. He has administered 48 bap tisms, attended IS funerals and made 503 pastoral visits. One hundred and fifty new members have been received, giving the church at present a total membership of 495. During the year the Graham street chapel has been erected at a cost of $1,600. . i Raleigh News- Observer: The demand for tobacco has grown so' large here, and buyers are so anxious to scoop it in, as it comes, that low grades have ad vanced 100 per cent, in price. Tbere was not a single death resulting directly from the heat in Raleigh during the hoi days. .Very few places the size of this city can show such a record. There were one or two cases of sunstroke here, none of them fatal however. (Wilmington did not have a death by sunstroke. Star.) Col. John W. Hinsdale has returned from Mt. Airy, where he ! and Major Graham compromised the several actions pending in the United States Circuit Court at Greensboro, by the Brower Manufacturing Company against ten insurance companies. The aggregate amount claimed in all the suits was $25,000, with interest for nearly four years. Tho companies had previously compromised wih one of the partners, Mr. Nutt, who held a one-third interest at $4,000. They have now settled with theotn era ,J.M. Brower and the Falls of Neuse Man ufacturingCompany for $10,000 and costs. The Raleigh District Conference met Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in the Methodist Church at Franklinton, N. C. The pastor in charge announced that the Presiding Elder could not be present on account of the death of his son, and re quested Rev. J, B. Martin, of Gary circuit, tO act an tAmnnnm I ligious services, the organization of the conference was perfected by the election of Rev. Dr. Dixon, of Oxford, as president, and Mr. D. W. Bain secretary. Yesterday afternoon addresses on Sunday school forests were delivered by Col. W. F. Green, of Franklin ; -H. T. Jordan, Esq., of Vance county, and Rev. W. C. Norman, of Ra leigh; and last night Rev. S. D. Pool fol lowed on the same subject. Able and in structive sermons have been delivered by Revs. J. D. Arnold, Dr. Jno. R. Brooks and W. L Cunninggim. Charlotte Chronicle: A spe cial train of eight cars, having on board 8,000 watermelons, was due in Charlotte early -yesterday morning, but it didn't come. It stopped rather suddenly, down on the South Carolina road last Saturday night, and the train hands and the darkies for miles around had the biggest water- uiciuu least oi wmcn mere is any raw in the history of the Southern States. The midsummer communion services of Davidson College ! Presbyterian church were-conducted by Rev. C. M. Payne last Sunday. There were twelve additions. - , Yesterday's consignment of gold by Mr. Cramer, makes a total of $45,500 Which he has brought in from the Genesee mine within the past few days, this amount having been realized from forty-six work ing days at the Genesee. Mr. f Harvey Henderson returned from a trip through Mecklenburg and Gaston coun ties, and brings encouraging reports from the crops. He says that the rains have been - general throughout the two coun ties, . and that the crops look better than he has known them in years pat - Minnie Armstrong, an eight year old (lAllfrlltn.. ff Vf- T TI . l...f..nir WBS burned in a terrible maimer by a kerosene explosion, at the home of her father, on oevemn street, between JS ana wjci" streets, yesterday at noon. Mrs. Arm strong was burned slightly, while Mcs" Quinn and Bennett were severely bumeo on their hands. . The little girl was burned from head to feet, the flesh in some pis'9' peeling off in great flakes. Tbree freight trains, loaded with water melon", passed through the city last Saturday nig" for New York. They carried 46,000 mel ons. Since the season opened a total oi 200,000 melons have passed through Char lotte. Two cases of wife besting were tried before Esq. D. G. Maxwell yes terday, the parties implicated being colored- A young white man named So'0 Moore, was yesterday arrested and plsewj la jail in this city, on a warrant from Shelby, charging him with larceny. -T" Talking about the good yield of osts, p J. G Shannonhouse reports sometwojj that Will do to vn on reenrrf. Be sowed six bushels on four acres, and threshed out One hnnrtrml tnil flrttr Knoliola W' A. A, Crowell. a larire lumber dealer of this city, yesterday made a contract to sup ply the 8 Cs road, with 420,000 feet of luO' ber to be used in the construction of bridge and trestles, j
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