North Carolina Newspapers

pF Weekly Star, j : 4:i- i . " , - spmts Turpentine. ' : ; .TUBLISHBD AT JIINCTON, N . C . , AT k YEAR. IN ADVANCE, SSSSS3SSSSSSSSSSS g8SS8888888888 88888888888888888 SUI "OK 8 J WOK f 8288SSS88S8888SS8 dl'l'IV I SSSSSSS8SSS8SS8S8 gSSSSSSS8SSSSS3 oV jj s g g jj gj jj gSgS888SSSS888888 'AY I -totcQaio0taoAO-4CQ'ia 00 kit tbe Post Office atTWllmlngton, N. C, as seoona uiass Matters i BSCmrTION PRICE. ubscription price of the WeekJjT jjTAR is as follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.00 6 montus, ttw 3montha " .30 X.1TION AND KD1JCATION. j , good frienJ, tbe Scotland Our Neck )emocrat, does not relish the idea o ' increasing taxes for tue edu cation of the negro. Tbe Star thinks the'pv blic echools must be improved. To do this there must be longer terms ani b :ter qualified teacher. These caflio;he obtained except by having more money. North Carolina can raise wore money without oppress ing tie whites additionally by hav inga,more thorough syslem of as sesstrent. If the property and pur chase s that ought to pay taxew were mailo to pay there would b8 a hirge iucre ise of revenue. A State that expends $8,000,000 annually on driokp ought surely to give $1,500, 000 (Jo education. If education! js worti anything it ia worth improv ing. If it is of no valu then save the njoney now expended. But if it is important then improve the school. Ourliotion is to avoid all Paternal belp ind force the people to, help themiclves. Bather than be cursed with Blair bills, we would.rejoicein the destruction of every school house. People can live in the enjoyment of peacejjand prosperity without the comiiion school?, but with Paternal ism there a constant racnanco to ,lib" Bit v. we are not entering upon a discussion of the question of edaca- tion "and taxation now. We noticed wha; our highly esteemed contempo rarj said of the Star in connection wit! education. It is pleased to say: "ifhcSTAis i; the &'.:e3t and soundest parr have in tatr fjta'e, and upon principles we r.v- .tr jir'til co:npauy. And we feel . 'i and corapliajcnteil becuae we can ' hisvftjs 8jjrte w:lh the Star But th-it fskrw-T or rmj ciLir .aper or any h.ill H.ivociie a Liabtr talis of taxa or i liic.itioa, we shall Dart comDanv. whc.l mas tion We nlilmil tae educa'ioa tt crtcks have al mostlcaotureil iha &.n:e tni toe Democratic partyj. E !i:cati )o h nf niys a blessing andibe c'.v r bt&iied editor of tbe 8 tar madd ibis very plain." ucaiion, lo uu oi tno right Kina, surely c vt lop and discipline '. ran mau a moral nature. A reoublic that . j ii . labasptl On the virtue and intelli- i -1 gence of the j-eople, mutt not neg lect o important an instrumentality ai the public echooln. Bat this mast be left to the States. They must see tij it that provision for the mental abdjmoral instruction-of the children is duly maintained. The present appropriations are not adequate to the demands. Our excellent friend sys: . I ''Now we are not opposed to education, and we think every man ought to give his children a good business education, and if ble,:a finished and collegiate education, But we are now, henceforth and forever opposed to any more or heavier taxation for education. We now pay 12J cents !on the hupdrcd dollars worth of property for the public fchools. We are ia favor of collecting not one dollar on property for school purposes. We are willing for the poll tax, the whiskey and tobacco tax, and the fines and penalties to go to the school lurid, but farther than that we are not willing to eo. We are not yet convinced tnatiTJod designed or ordained that all men should be educated out of other men's earning?."- j "be rich, the prosperous, the property owner, have to bear tbe toa n burdens, as the true system is to taake the wealth support the Gov ernment and not the poverty of the country. The wealth has to meet the various expenditures of Govern ment. It must also provide the edu cational appliances. THE Win ON SENATOR COLQUITT. I Tbe Atlanta Constitution, a .very jiUra Protection organ, is engaged tbe foolish attempt to defeat Sen ator Colquitt, of Georgia, for re ejection. The Senator stands ; pre C1fely upon the platform as regards the Tariff that is occupied by the Resident. The Constitution sup port?, or pretends to support, with heart and soul, the President, but it Wars upon the Senator because of his lariff views. If we may take the opinions of the Georgia press as an wdication of publio sentiment, the Atlanta paper will have a hard road to travel. The Star is no very spe cial admirer of Senator Colquitt. It haB not aiwav8 indorsed his course, and has not been able to regard him 8 so strong a man as some have thought him to be. But .if he is to sacrificed because of his fidelity Jo the people's interest and. fighting fsyBtemof robbery and oppression, jhen we hope he will be sustained nd indorsed, at home. j I a said that the Senator will stand fP n a square fight for bis principles, . , JL llJUi . : W-JBityiMLi I DI AIiJ : , VOL. XVIII. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1887. ' V r NO. 50 and;; will unhesitatinirlv challenge of his War Tariff , oppo nents backed up as he'hopes to be by the steady yeomanry of Georgia. a recent interview at Atlanta, as reported jn a special to the Louis ville Courier Journal, he is reported as saying: ; ; My view is that the reduction of the revenus should be made by reducing the tax on all article, rif nJL.l ."IS0? ? "J uing wnisaey tree. Tbe farm ers, who comprise the backbone of the COUntrV. ahnnld nnt ..vh . ,. . to the business ventures of others. Only '"".aK"uull"ri products, sugar and rice, receive any benent, leaving the great cot ion . wheat mn nn ....r care of themselves and pay tribute to ft lew mtnnhntnnai T .. . to meet sunn nn laaiia KiF- ,l. i. of Georgia. Georgians do not favor a ta- rm xor protection, I am sure. When the issue is made between free whiskey' and the Benator atonri nn tn .i. .iiT ' lnd taxefl necessaries, there wiu in uu uuum or meir aecision. I ac cept the challenge fully, and will appear before tha rwnnla nn it Tk. T Z.Z- -m . i f miuuvnui ui Georgia, as well as the Democracy of the dens of the nnnr nd am nnnm n class legislation, favoring special interests We like this. They are precisely the principles for which the Star has. been fighting. If Senator Col quitt lived in North Carolina his . ' mm -m . prinoipies would defeat him. Here it is the blessed doctrine, so full of philanthropy and morality, of free smokes, free drinks, free apple-iack especially, and "free chaws." The cry is "Down with the infernal tax on dAnks and smokes." The Star sincerely trusts that Georgians will rally around Gov. Uolqnitt and give the Protection Constitution a tremendous rebuke. lie says: j VI accent fllllv thn tariff rl or.tr in tha , r j - u u .m u last national platform. I regard it being 1 . I. - 1 . 1 i . - -r . uuiu iisui, auu leoaDie, out i am opnosea to j beginning on the wrong end of the Question, takinir thn tn-r nff vhtalrair nhioh the farmer can do without, and leaving It m bu m ioicb upon every necessity 01 nil wife and children." i r'Them's our sentiments." Tax the useless luxuries and lift the bur den from the absolute necessaries of every household. Free blankets, frfee 6hoes, free : trace chains, free clothing, free cotton ties, free medi cine, free crockery, constitute a far wiser, nobler, juster rallying: cry than free drinks, cheap ' whiskey, untaxed apple-jack, free cigars, &c. If either class must be free of tax then let it be tbe chief commodities ofj life. Help the poor and. do not e - i iavor vice. j "THE PALACE.)) Gov. Jarvis was in tbe main a wise Chief Executive of the State,' lie made blunders of course, but his Ad ministration was popular and satis factory to the great majority. Star can say this, as it has been one of tbe flatterers and shippers of the ex-Governor. The never wor His greatest "folly" was in getting the Legislature to undertake the con struction of a costly and palatial re sidence in Raleigh' for the Governor. It is a regular elephant of Jumbo proportions, and it is not probable that it will be finished in years to come. There are j many papers that favor its sale. To occupy it a Gov- ii . .i ernor should have a salary of not less than 18,000 a year. He must live in a style ia keeping with his lordly surroundings. We wonld not be surprised if a majority of the people would not vote for its sale. The first appropriation j was modestonly 122,000. But the penitentiary was to furnish certain important material and convict labor. It is probable that the building, grounds, furni ture, etc., will coBt fully $100,000 in cash, besides all the work, etc., fur nished by the penitentiary. North Carolina has a plain, solid, imposing building for the Legislature. It might have a nicely finished and substantial residence for its Gover nor. A salary of $3,000 will not warrant any great. display. Proba bly a building, etc., to cost $15,000 would be regarded as equals to the Occasion. AN OPINION. The Lynchburg New is a very acute paper, it nas given the otar trouble more than once. It is a pa per that commands oux highest re bpect. It insists that the Republican party "does not favor the abolition of the Internal Revenue, and it gives some excellent reasons for the position it takes. It says in Con gress the Republicans have always resisted its repeal. We quote: "We have shown that the reduction of the tobacco tax in 1884 was opposed by the Republican Senate, led by John Sherman, and advocated by tbe Democrats, led by Senator James B. . Beck. Can the Stab deny that f Finally, we have shown by riiroot recorded testimony that in the last House 131 Democrats voted for and five agaiost the motion or Mr. iienaerson to modify tbe rigors of the law and that 107 Republicans voted against and only eight for the motion." This looks conclusive. But hear tho other side. The Republican party is quite "capable of changing its tactics. John Sherman can blow hot or cold in almost the same breath. He has shifted his views on some things with the readiness of a weather vane. To us it is plain that now the Republicans are willing, and many are anxious, : to have the - Inter nal taxes repealed. We have copied from time to time within a year probably twenty or more """"" a aval bbsss saw m swam BSSa-amsssasav avasasn BwaaaBH aiaMaMmHMMBMBiBH ' opinions from Republican sources iavonng the repeal. Prominent Re publicans have advocated its repeal. Only the other day Massachusetts Republicans iavored i its repeal. Able Protection ! Republican orerans have for months been . urging the wiping out of the Internal taxes - as the Burest way to get rid ' of the Tariff ; reform .agitation. The columns of the Star . furnish abnn-i dant evidence to sustain this. Judge Kelley is in favor of tbe repeal of the Internal laws. If the Republicans are not now in favor of wiping out the Internal taxes then we are un fortunate in our reading. We would not do even the ji Republican party, oorrupt as it is, injustice. If it is not in favor of the j repeal of the taxes on whiskey, apple-jack, beer, cigars, &o., it possesses a claim to respect that not much else that aU taches to it will command. It is given out that! the last move the celebrated cacetof Mrs. Gaines in will be soon made. ' It has been A long affair. I . ! A Steamer Sunk in Collision. -'L - ' Capt. Pennington, ! of the Clyde steamer Gulf Stream, i which, arrived here yesterday, reports that his .ves sel was in collision with, the steamer B. C. Knight, from Washington, D. C, bound to New York; the Knight sinking within twenty minutes after wards. I. ; J 1 1 ! - i . j The Gulf Stream left New Tork Wednesday at 6 p. m. and about 2.15 a. m. Thursday Off Little Egg Harbor the two vessels j came in collision. ' The iron bows of the Gulf Stream struck the Knight onj the port quar ter, and crushed her like an egg shell. Capt. Pennington was in his cabin and the vessel was in charge of first officer Raymond. I The concussion was a terrible one, and Capt. Pen nington at first I thought his vessel was seriously damaered. The boats were lowered and an examination made. When it was ascertained that the Gulf Stream j had sustained no damage she steamed towards the other vessel, to render assistance if needed. In the meantime. CaDt. Younsr. in command of the JE. C. Knight found that his vessel was sinking rapily and lowered his boats. Himself and crew and two passengers eighteen in all- had barely time to take to the boats, saving nothing but the clothes they wore. They were taken onboard the Gulf Stream and kindly cared for and brought to this port and will all re turn on the Gulf Stream to New York, with the exception of Capt. Young, who left last night for Washington, D. C. . ! ; : : II1' The E.. C.iKnight had a cargo of flour and furniture and other freight. She sunk in about 14 fathoms of water, thirteen miles off shore. As to the cause of the collision, lit tle could be learned, officers and men being rather reticent. The night was clear and there was no fog. The Gulf Stream was laying a course from Body Island to Cape Hatteras, while the E. C. Knight was heading up the coast for New Yolc First mate Ray mond, who was in charge of the Gulf Stream at the time.says that he sight ed the Knight a half point on his port bow, and did not expect a collision; blew two whistles. First officer Hall, of the Knight, says that he blew one whistle, signifying that he was going to port; and that the two whistles by the Gulf Stream were not blown until just before she struck the Knight The E. C. Knight was a wooden steamer about twenty years old, run ning between Washington, D. C, and New York cityi liHer officers were George Young, captain; D. M. Hall, first mate; Wnl.t Domburg, second mate. K M Death of Capt. V. Q. Johnion. Capt. V. Q. Johnson died suddenly of heart disease in Lincolnton at 2 a. m. on yesterday. A telegraph dis patch from Lincolnton says that be arrived there Thursday evening last, apparently as (well as usual, but was taken sick that flight, and had a phy sician to attend him several times during the night and . the next day. No one, however, supposed there was any cause for alarm, yet Mr. Johnson Suddenly grew jrorse yesterday morn ing after midnight, and died at T o'clock, o'clock. C.nnt.. Johnson was well known throughout the1 State and in railroad nirp.loa. ' Tmmediatelv after the War he was superintendent of the Western Division of the j Carolina Central K. R,, and afterwards 'superintendent of the entire line. Not quite five years ago he resigned that position to re tire to private ife.! He had recently removed from Lin tn nVin.rlnt.tp .nd at the time of his demise Iwasn. prominent mem ber of the Board of Aldermen of tne latter place, j His election to that po sition was songht, not by him, but by the citizens, ! that his experience in public works might be made avail able. TTia vrifa diarl in Texas about a year ago, while on, a journey to California in quest oi neaam. oo ieow bctcim children. One of his daughters is the wife of Mr. T H. Cobb, a prominent lawver in Asherille. His son, Capt. H. P. Johnson.1 is a conductor on the Carolina Central road, and was in this city yesterday, when the sad intelli gence of his father's death was re ceived. Naval Store. The increase in receipts at this port of spirits turpentine so far this sea eon is 4,844 basks the figures being 47,456' against J 42,612 casks. Rosin shows a falling off of 116,484 barrels against 184,274 last year; tar a decrease of about 3,000 barrels and crude tur nantine an increase of a little -over 1,000 barrels. The Cape Fear 4c Yadkin Valley. ,. V I We learn that in addition to the committee from Newbern, that much correspondence is going on between parties in Charleston and the C. F. & Y. V. R. R Co., and that it is nrged that it is ten miles nearer from Ben nettsville jto Columbia, than from Fayetteville to Wilmington, with three connections, viz: at Society Hill, Camden and Columbia, and that at Columbia Is met all the South Car olina and Georgia connections, and that it will cost less to build to Co lumbia than to Wilmington. : The above is taken from the Fay etteville Observer and should receive attention from the citizens of Wil. mington. : . . . - The route from Bennettsville ; to Columbia via Society Hill and Cam den is at least twenty miles further than the straight line from Fayette ville to Wilmington. But the impor tant matter for our friends of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad Company is to secure, as soon as pos sible, the best seaport for its growing trade. How would a connection with Columbia,' an interior town in South Carolina, jaid them in this regard, even were it true that it could be reached at less cost than Wilmington? We jiave: never hesitated to ac? Jinowledgeth&t connection with Eay- !OTteville,Gre1l6h,qro, Mount Airy and thence to- the Ohio river, would be of inestimable -advantage to Wilming ton, bat we are also assured that the advantage to the Cape Fear &Yad- 5fcin Valley Railroad Company cannot well -be overstated This road could never hope to transport any consid erable' tonnage of ' Western produce over its lines by way of Society Hill, Camden and Columbia. Shippers al ways wish to reach tide-water by the nearest route, and beyond all ques tion, the way ; to I this is to come to Wilmington, j J ! We believe we shall see produce, received at Cincinnati, delivered on board foreign steamers lying at the wharves of Wilmington, within two years, and tnat wltnout breaking bulk from the Ohio river to the Cape Feair a consumation devoutly to be wished for ! ! I Tbe Bladen Coal Find. It is probable that at an early day an attempt will be made by, borings or otherwise to determine if coal can be .found! in paying quantities in Bladen. In view of recent discover ies there, t is well worth the effort. Specimens taken from out-croppings of seams of lignite along the .river are proounced by experts to be bitumi nous coal of excellent quality. The out-croppings can be traced for miles short distance above Elizabeth- toWn. It is conjectured that this find may turn out to be the eastern half of the Chatham county coal seam, which Prof. Emmons said was broken in two iby the granite up heaval, and that the last half would probably, be fdund some day nearer the ocean. I The Chatham county coal fields seem to have been neglected since the war. During the Confederacy they were esteemed of great value. Mrs. Spencer, in her work. "The Last Ninety Days of the War in North Carolina," says that the authorities at Richmond looked with anxiety to the Deep River coal field as the point where work-shops could be located, and adds: "It is an interesting and suggestive fact connected with the want of transportation facilities in our last j days and showing the dire extremity to which we were reduced, that coal was carried from Deep River by rail and river past Fayette ville to j Wilmington, thence by rail ia Goldsboro, Raleigh and Greens boro, to supply the government work- shoos in! Salisbury, and Charlotte. South Carolina also sent trains for it to Wilmington. ! This coal was pro nounced to be of the first quality, equal to the Cumberland 1coal, and one-hundred per cent, superior to the Richmond for blacksmith purposes." Tne WblpplDE Poat Dlacuaaed Two colored men1 one an old in firm stutterer and the other a middle aged man had a discussion on Front street a day or two ago. The old man was favoring the restoration of the whippingpost as a punishment for violators of law for both white and black. He said "whip them and then turn them loose to support their fam ilies." He did not believe in putting them in j jails and penitentiaries to be fed at public expense, while their families were suffering, or .had to be taken care of by the people. To this the younger man replied'that he, was opposed to such a law; that it would ruin the country; that the hides old negroes like the one who had just spoken, were so 'thick and tough and nam tnat tney coma noi ioki. the lash, and they would always be stealing and violating the laws of the land Exports ; Foreign . Messrs. Robinson & King cleared the German barque Sirene yesterday for London. Ens., with a cargo of 4,777 barrels of rosin, valued at $4,- 169. ' ' . j -':'. - Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co., cleared the Norwegian barque Frith- Jof, with 344 casks spirits turpentine and 3.595 barrels of rosin, valued at $8,711, also forJLondon. Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the British steamship Moseville, for Reval, Russia, with 4,650 bales of cot ton valued at $196,700. cotton movement. Receipts of ; cotton here yesterday were" 2,437 bales; the same day last vear 1.008 bales: for the week 8,449, against 7,607 ba)es the same week last year. Receipts for the crop year are 58.444. against 84,209 bales to same date last year; an increase of 24,235 bales. I I '. i Stock, 25,890 bales; last year, same time. 18.519. y -Total exports since September 1st, 83.209 bales: aeainst 15.858 bales to same date last year. Bishop Key, of . the Methodist 1 rrrTiTi Rnnt.h. baa TMir- chased a home in Oxford, Ga., wnlcn will nereaiter penis auuresa. "Petty .Bleanness.' . . -.,;-. . In justice to the Register of the county, wea) deem it due to say that the fact that the proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners ap peared alone in the Messenger of Tuesday morning, scores one for the enterprise of this paper, and the fact that it did not appear in the Star, should: not be used to censure the said Register. Our, reporter went in search of the proceedings and suc ceeded in obtaining them, just as the other city papers might have done. Yesterday's Messenger. This hardly agrees with the "Card" of the County Register, published in the paper containing the above. The -Register says that he called at the of fice 6f the Messenger after he had closed his office, and furnished that paper with a copy of the proceed ings; and he adds, that if he had not gone to the Messenger office, "it would have been in the same category that the Star was in." The Star reporter applied person ally at the office of the County Re gister about 4 o'clock in the after noon of the day on which the meet of the Board was held, but the pro ceedings were withheld, from him, and-he was'jtold that there was no Deain of a Printer. ". . ' : 1 " " James R. Davis, formerly a com positor in this office, died at Talbot tdn, Ga., on the 7th inst. His mother resides in this city, as also does his brother, Mr. J, H. Davis, master car builder at ' the W. & W. Railroad shops. A private letter from Mr. W. El Mumford, editor of the New Era, the paper on which Mr. Davis was working at the time of his death says that he had formed a large circle of friends in that town, and that he had every attention during his sick ness that kind hands and loving hearts could render. He was buried from the M. E. church in thatplace. The writer knew Mr. Davis well du ring his residence in this city, and can truly say that he never knew a kinder hearted man or one more wil ling to do a favor or lend a helping hand. . , . ' 1 A New Cbannel. j Capt. Woodside, of the steamer Wdodbury, is engaged in digging a hew channel near the present ship channel near the mouth of the river, litis now 13 feet 8 inches deep at mean low water, but it is the Inten tion to make it deeper, as this is only the depth of- the old ship channel. The channel will be entirely straight and decidedly better than the old One, which contains several sharp Curves. It will be known as the Woodbury Channel. Tbe Fire In Brunswick. The illumination observed in the northwestern sky on Wednesday night, mention of which was made in the Star, was caused by the burning of a barn on what is known as the VOld Hall Place," near the Navassa Guano Work. The building with its contents of about 300 bushels of rice belonging to a number of colored people in the vicinity, was entirely destroyed. The origin 'of the fire is not known, j I Jlneb Better. Seeraldays since a negro named Charles Muller was struck in the head with a cap-stan bar by another negro while they were coming down the river on the A. r. nurt. A promi nent artery was severed and it was for a time thought that he would bleed to death. The other negro af ter striking Muller jumped overboard and swam to the shore although the boat was in motion at the time. His fright seems however to j have been momentary for he has been seen in this citv several times since. Muller, upon the arrival of the boat here was taken to the Marine Hos pital, and when last heard from was much better and out of danger. First Tobacco-Break at Rocky mount. A correspondent from Rocky Mount informs us that the first to baeco break of this season took place there yesterday at the tobacco ware house. Much fine leaf iwas offered and the prices and sales were good throughout some being sold as high as $99 per hundred. The crop in Nash county has all been secured without any injury by frost, and consisted of some of the finest leaf ever raised in that vicini- ty. . , . Bellslons. j The Rev. Robert Strange, of Ra leigh, has been tendered the rector ship of St. James church by the Ves try, which is made vacant by the re signation of the Rev. W. H. Lewis. The many friends of Mr. Strange in this city would be delighted to hear that he had decided to accept the call. . I ' Rev. W. H. Lewis, for two and a half years rector of St. James church, left last night to join his family and enter upon his duties in his new field of labor in New York city. Mr. Lewis has made numerous friends during his stay here, and the well wishes of many greeted him on his departure. Flire In tbe Steamship Parland's Cargo The British , steamer Parkland, loadiner with cotton at the upper I ompress for Europe, was discovered to be on fire about two o'clock yester day morning. The fire originated in the hole and nearly ;one hundred bales of cotton were damaged. The flames were extinguished without giving the general alarm, and the t.n the drv dock 1CDOC1 vv mj a. t;uiv t where she will discharge her cargo to ascertain tne extent -i mo uamogc. Tha oartrn urna fnllv insured and. it 18 thnno-rit. thn the damage- is but slight. Damaged cotton. The cotton damaged by fire and water on the British steamship jfarc lands was all discharged yesterday, It was found that eighty bales were damaged by fire and about eight hundred by water, most of these very olin.ViT.lir Tha hnlag from holds NOB. o nvtji a wava i?av a-rrrfaH the -rest of 11.. n nr.-ll ..th. latrn-rherl- The but? UBbXKV nut uuv wo . . J.X .11 3 .mjV, Maobm At. kinson & Manning in the Atlantic Mutual uo. oi jxew xor- THK INDIANA HORROR. Farther Particulars of the 'terrible Railway Accident Sixteen Pr'son Burned to Dea'b. and dehtrcu Wounded The I. ilrrulne or . the Wreck. ; -1 ' (Chicago. Ojt. 13 S.t'cUl iii-itebea to ibe Chic go papers bia tnoiu ha U the extent of tbe Chicago and AlUtiiio bor ror, coafirms tbd At--.itcd Press report, direct from Kaats, tbe day of tbe disaster. The Inter-Ocean hat a paiticu'ariy sinbili cant inter vsew iih Dr. F G AJcLsire, of Boooe Grove, wbo wiih Dr McKx-e. of Kauts, wag active iu uidias ih uff- era at the wreck "I bose temaini which were recovered," said Dr McLure; ' nre of per sons who were D'.Uinj ou seats near the windows and fell outwards when ibe cbr red frame work fell to piects; but those whD were sitting inside, ana whose remains fell on tbe rails, were burned to a powder, acd not a vestige of tbeni. except pernaps a few pieces of bone, could be found. Tbe bust between these rails Ws sufficient to have destroyed all remains. In such a be4, when tbe charred mass cooled, it wcu'd go to powder by tne embers lalliog on it. and nothing would ever be known of them il was told by one of the wreckers that he saw little heaps of boces, and this was cor roborated by the statements of other, and doubtless tbal was ail that remained of those who fell between the tracks, for when the heat is suffici' nt to make the rails underneath red-hot, and to warp and bend tbem into every1 conceivable fchape, jit la almost as intense as a crematory.?' Dr. Ale Lure states that tbe number burned to death was at least sixteen, .aad that eighteen were, wounded, which makis the totaljevcn higher than tbe Press estimate. Dr. McLure says at Miller's hotel, in Kauts, after tho accident, there were seven ladies and lea men, ! making seventeen in all. He got the name and address of the lady mentioned in tbe Press report, as hav ing done moat neroic wore at tne wreca, helping others to escape Here it is Mrs. John Weneinger,. Carey, Wyandott county. Ohio. i J. W. Fredeiick. who lives at Kauta, and failed to get aboard tbe train at Hammond, said he knew there were over fifty pas sengers aboard the train when it left Ua!ii mond. . The Daily News has a special from Wh - bash, saying Lew, Thorn, a well known travelling man, interviewed the porter of the rear Pullman car on tbe train wrecked at Kauts. Tbe porter stated that the tickets in the possession of the conductor showed that nineteen passenger were mUsing. Tbe porter himself counted fifteen bodies all burned to a crisp. YELLOW FBiVER. Appearance of the Disease at Palatka Tbe rity Quarantined Six New Cases at Tampa and Two Deaths. j Jacksonville, Fra., Oct. 13 The fact that a death from yellow fevrr bad occur red in Palatka became known here t-day about 3 o'clock. Tbe president of the County Health Board immediately declared quarantine aginst Paiatfta and soot out a special tram with extra officers slop the train from Palatka at the border of ibe county. The train was met at Orange Park, and all persons from Palatka were sent back there on the special train. Kigid quarantine has been established on rail and river, and it is not thought the fevt r can reach Jacksonville A special to the TinAes Union, from. Tampa, says there have been six new cases to day and two deaths. Dr. Porter and tbe nurses from Key West have arrived. Washington. Oct 14 Tbe .Vtariue Hospital Bureau is informed by Deputy Collector Spencer at Tampa, Fia . that two deaths and three new cases have occurred since the last report. Hesaj.s: "I failed to get a house for & hospital There is no concert of action between the Board of Health, Town Council and the Citizens' Committee, and no head to a system to put down the epidemic." Surgeon General Hamilton answered this telegram as follows: "Dr. : Porter is amply able to make a diagnosis when your citizens agree as to what you want. Tbe Bureau is ready to help so far as reasonable heeds are concerned. ' Another telegram from Dr. Wylly, at Banford, Fla , says that a rigid quarantine is maintained against Tampa, and that they have nothing to fear at Sanford. I Health officer Strauss, of Palatka, tele graphed a follows: "At a special meet ing of the Board of Health, held to-day (13tb, health officer Strauss made the fol lowing special report of a sporadic case of yellow fever. "A refugee, six days from Tampa, died here this morning jof yellow fever. Tbe . premises are under strict quarantine, and everything in the room and belonging to him was burned. Nothing to fear from a spread of thehsease." Palatka, Oct. 14. The case Of yellow fever reported yesterday did not originate here. The man who died was a refugee from Tampa. The house where he died was promptly quarantined and the bedding and effects of the patient burned. i There is no reason to fear that the disease will spread. The health of the city is good Washington, Oct. 14. A telegram was received at the Marine Hospital Bureau tbis afternoon from Dr. Joseph Y. Porter. President of the Key West iioard of Health, announcing his arrival at Tampa last evening, and saying "Have seen in discriminately. The disease is undoubted ly yellow fever, presenting the character istic tests of albumen, irritable stomach and black vomit." I A telegram was also received from Depu ty Collector Spencer, saying: "Three deaths last night and several new cases. ! Dr. Por ter i9 here and pronounces it yellow fever. The town authorities are acting and taking measures to disinfect." Jacksonville, Oct. 14. A Palatka special just received, says "there is no cause for alarm. There has been one death, and there are no more cases." it is not believed that the disease will spread in that citv. The death was that of a Tampa refugee. There is no statement as to the disease. There is no danger oi ine lever propagating there and there is no cause for rear nere. Washington. Oct. 15. Surgeon Gen eral Hamilton has reaeived the following telegram from Dr. Ames, Secretary of the Board oi ueaitu oi rutnam county, r ia dated Palatka. Oct. 14: "A refugee, six davs from Tampa, died at Interlacben, eighteen miles west bf Palatka, yesterday. I made an autopsy, and the microscope confirmed the diagnosis of yellow fever, The refugee, six davs from Tampa, who died in Palatka yesterday, -and reported by the city health officer as yellow fever, was. not reported to tne county tsoara oi neaun until af fer the natient was buried. There was no autopsy." Washington. Oct. 15. The Secretary of the Treasurjr-received a telegram from the Governor of Florida to-day as ioiiows: t,a onMamln at Tamna ia VAllrtw f fiVfir. t T resoectf ullv ask such aid to the local health authorities in suppressing the disease and preventing its spread as you can ai red." Secretary Fairchild sent a telegram in reply, saying orders have been given Burn geon uenerai Jttamuion.oi ue manuc auo pital Service, to render such aid to the lo cal auuiomies as uo may uociu cavcuieu.. Surgeon General Hamilton subsequent! telegraphed Deputy Collector Spencer, a Tamna. instructing him to.consuU witn tn health authorities, ascertain their desires, anrl aMinir that the Marine Hosnital Bu nan ia milliner tn nrnvirle all nenessarv 6X4 1WU M """-ft " r ... " , penses for the hospital, such as nurses, and such incidental expenses as may be abeof lutely necessary. Disinfectants nave ai ready been forwarded to Tampa. Goldsboro Aram: The steam cake and cracker bakery of Messrs. Cogdell & Barnes in this city is an interesting place to visit. There were three hundred and over bales of cotton on this market yesterday and sold readily at 8f cents. Dunn i Signboard: The bar of Mr. W, EL Pone, who lives between Dunn and Godwin's, was destroyed by fire last Tuesday morning about lignt. FOREIGN. (aflaret tbe French General Found Guilty of Habitual misconduct-now Coercion Ten oris s the Irish Jen nie Llnd Reported Dfloit. Pabis, Oct. 13. The Council of Gener als! which was appointed for tbe purpose of frying Gen Caffarel, on the charges pre ferred agaist him of selling civic, decora tions, has pronounced the accused cuiltv of habitual dishonorable misconduct. It was decided by the Council to place Caffarel on the.' retired list of tbe army, and he will be deprived of his decoration of tbe Legion of Uonor. His pension, granted for thirty- nine years' service ia the army, will be re duced from 8,000 francs to 4 900 franc?. Dublin. Oct. 14. United Ireland. ilr. William O'Brien's paper, to-dav publishes nix columns of reports o various National League meetings, and-observes that "tbis is how coercion terrorizes tbe Irish." London. Oct 13. Jennie Llnd Gold- schmidt is reported to be dying. ir arts. Hot. 14. lhe order relieving Gen. Boulanger from his command and placing him under arrest, directs that he be 'Placed under close arrest for thirty davs." During that period tbe Ministry will decide wnetner or not uen. Jjoulancer shall be de prived of his command. Tbe Radical members of the Chamber of Deputies have decided to make Gen. Bou langer a candidate for-that body if he, resign or is removed from his command. Fur ther complication are imminent. tiemarks are persistently circulated to the effect that Gen. Boulanger has resigned his' commission in the army. AL. J E VI LI SIl'fFORK. Attempt to Wreck tbe Presidential Train-Railway Trestle Set on Fire Another Horror Averted by Its Time- i 7 Discovery. By Telegraph to the Horning; Star. Chicago, Oct. 15. A Nevis special from Memphis, Tenn.. says when the pilot tram preceaing tne presidential train ari rived at the trestle between Bonnerville and Jonesboro, Ark., yesterday morning. the engineer discovered the trestle to be on fire. He did not make the discovery until it iwas too late to stop tbe train, and not until the engine had passed over the burn ing portion. As soon as possible he back ed the train off the trestle and jumped down to examine the fire. Ho found that a isection of aboutten feet square was in flames and that the fire bad been started on the under side of ths timbers. The engi neer and all of the rest of tbe tram men, With the help of some of the passengers, succeeded in putting out tlie fire, when it was discovered that tbe flames had not eaten dangerously far into tbe wood, and tba the trestle was still safe for the passage of .trains. Had the train been ten minutes later, however, there might have been an other Chatsworth horror to chronicle. I The News' staff correspondent, who hap pened to be on the train, made a careful ex amination of the burned timbers, which gave unmistakable evidence of an attempt at train-wrecking. I Tha fire was started on tbe under side of the cross -ties in such a manner that there can be no possible belief that sparks were tbe ctusc of it. Then, too, tbe fire was certainly set to more than oae tie at a time, for it could not have jumped from one to another without burn lug tbe sides of the timber more tban it did . The conclusion is almost irresistible that somebody had applied tbe torch to at least eight or nine of tbe umber. TEXAS. . Railway Train Stopped by Robbers, wbo Hurl a Dynamite Bomb at tbe mall Car One of the VII aloe Shot Dead by. tbe mall Agent Escape of tbe Otbers. . j i . . . (By Telegraph to the Horning Star. El Paso. Oct, 15. Tbe train on the Southern Pacific Road, which left here at 4-30 yesterday afternoon; returned three hours later with the mail car badly knock ed to pieces by a bomb, and a dead train robber on board.. When the train had reached a point four, miles east of here it was naggeu ana tne engineer stopped me train. Immediately three men ran up and burled a dynamite bomb at the door of tbe mail car. The door was badly shattered and the mail agent considerably shaken up, but he recovered sufficiently tq seize a dou ble-barreled shotgun, and - when tbe fore most robber appeared in the doorway to dll aim full of buckshot, tie fell dead, and his two companions started away as fast as they could run. Tbe mail agent fired the second barrel at them, and thinks he hit one. The train returned to El Paso and remained here last night. NEW YORK. j outbern Railroad and Steamship As sociation Flxlns Freight Rates and Passenger Tariff. fBv Telegraph to the Morning Star New Yobk, Oct. 15. The session of the Southern Railroad and Steamship Associa tion at the Astor House closed to-day, re sulting in the repeal of the present rates to ff Ihoplooryin Havonnoh onrl irlrinrfa nitnta1 and the reestablish men t of the figures of last year. A passenger tariff and classifi cation were also agreed upon . 3 Those attending the meeting were S. Cl Boylston, General Freight and Passenger Agent of the Florida Southern Railroad; J. D. Hashagen, of the Savannah, Florida & iWestern Railroad; O. D. Owens, of the Florida & Western Railroad: T. M. Emer- a r i :.i.t a ti k ot the Atlantic Coastline: Theo. u. JSger, Traffic Manager of the Clyde Steamship Co.; Henry K. Mallory, otMallory's Steam ship line, and Gen. G. M. Sorrell, General j Manager of the Ocean Steamship Co. NOT AN EARTHQUAKE Cause of Interruption of Telegraphic Communication with Charleston. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.; Washington, i Oct. 15 Telegraphic i communication with Charleston, . u. which was cut off shortly after midnight, was restored lat an early Hour tbis morning. The interruption was caused by a fire at Magnolia, a suburb oi Cnarleston, which melted ail of the wires running into the city. . Charleston, Oct. 15. A report was sent from Washington this morning, inti mating that there had been serious trouble at Charleston, and as ajconsequence dis patches have been arriving here all day making inquiries as to the condition of the city.and whether there had been, as re ported, another eartnquaae. au tnis trou ble grew out of a small fire at a railroad crossing about tnree mues irom tne city, which burned down some telegraph poles and cut off communication with this city for several hours. The total loss by fire did not exceed $3,500. and not more than one man in a thousand in this city knew that there had been a blaze. As for atmos pheric and electrical disturbances, we have had nothing of this kind here to amount to anything since August 31st, 1886. The earth is more solid at Charleston than it ever was before, and there ha3 been no seis mic disturbance of any kind whatever in the last two months. COTTON. A Summary of the Crop to Date. New Yobk,. Oct. 15. Receipts of cot ton for all interior towns. 177.314 bales; re ceipts from plantations, 808,457 bales; total- visible supply oi cotton lor tne wona, 1,946,049 bales, of which 1.403.149 bales are American,, against 1,468,157 and 1, 107,557 bales respectively last year ; crop in sight 1,413,050 bales. Hickory, Press: Senator Ran som spent Monday in town. Girdine Helton, the young m&n who was accident ally shot by James Ekord, .Sunday, Octo ber 3d. died Tuesday night, we near mat Ekord has skipped. ! Durham Recorder: Durham's former Anarchist, Julius A Strickland, is storming the devil s stronghold, as Captain of the Salvation Army in Kaieign. .New Hern Journal'. The com mittee appointed by the inasa meeting oa Tuesday night to confer with the Governor in regard to an extension of the A. & N. ' C. R. held a mcctiDg yesterday', evening and fixed next Wednesday as the time t. go ro Raleigh for that purpose. . ... "North 'Carolina seems to bo richer in metals than any other pan of th worm, i recaon jxoah must have had a i cabinet and accidentally spilt it out risU'. there." Such were tho remarks made a ft-w days since by Prof. Edison, ibe electrical wizard, to a newspaper correspondent wlif called upon him at his laboratory Reidsville Weekly: A move ment Is on foot in the city for the nrgani -zation of another military company to bo named the Reidsville Gniys. A Dreliiuina -ry meeting was held last nighi for that purpose. 4r- Mr. Billy Worsham, near Ruffin, lost a fine bam of tobacco by f3ra onthe6ihJ Mr. A. Stacev. in the tanj.- section, experienced a similar misfortune. on the 9lh. Three barns of tob'ici'o were consumed by fire at PrestonyilUi tn one day last Saturday. They belonged to Messrs. P. L.- Smith, Peter Martin and Raleigh Scales. At the expiration of the five years teim of lhe Tteidvi!! T.ioht. Infantry, a meeting was held last Tuesday night for election purposts. The result of the contest was the re-election of Capt. Ellington for the position which he baa to capably filled. Mr. Robert Roan wo elected First Lieutenant and Robert Galla- way Second Lieutenant. Kaleieh News- Observer: The following topics and speakers have been selected for the Farmers' Institute to le held during the Slate Fair. Tbe institute will commence on Wednesday, October 19th. The day meetings will be held iu the Exposition building and evening mett ines in the capitol. 1st. "Tenant Sys tems," Prof. J. D. Hodges; 2i. "Diversified Crops," Col.lElias Carr; 3d, "Trucking in North Carolina," George Aliens 4th, "The bho ana Ensilage " Dr. K. U. Lewis: 5th, "The Profits of the Cow," Dr. D. W. C. Benbow; 6th, "Manufac turing and Small Industries," Henry E. Fries; 7th. "Grass and Clover:" Dr. Jas Bird; 8th. "The Bright Tobacco of North Carolina,' Col. W. H. S. Bur- gwyn; tn, "The Grape, Its Care and Profits " 8 Otho Wilson: 10th. "Home- Made Manures," Dr. II. B. Battle; 11th. The Possibilities of an Aero." Milton Whitney: 12th. "The Farmer Should be Educated,"! Hon. Kemp P. Battle; 13tb, Immigration," Natt. Atkinson; 14th. "Should Farmers Organiza. " 8. B. Alex ander; 15th; "Wheat Raising." John Dor sett; 16th, VThe Horse We Need." W. P. Bachelor; 17th, "Our Agricultural Col lege," W. S. Primrose; 18th, "Fruit Grow ing;" J. Van Lindley; 19th. "Impediments to Southern Farming," T. B. Lindley; 20th, "Plowing," Capt. D. M. Payne; 21st. "Agricultural Fairs." Hon. T. M Holt; 22d, "Restoration of Run Down Lands," Col. C. M. McDonald. Raleigh News-Observer: Yester- terday trains on the road ran to Pilot Moun tain station, making the total length of the line now iu operation 220 miles. Freights over the line are far beyond expectatioa, and the general business of the road is in creasing daily. As an example of this wo understand tnat 4U.UUU bales of cotton will be hauled this season into Fayetteville front the Bennettsville, S. O, section, an increase of 10.000 bales over last year's business ia this quarter alone. - A white man by the name ;of Nipple, from Wake Forest township, was jailed yesterday on a charge of disposing ot mortgaged property. Tho offense itself was bad enough, bnt the offen der was a Cripple, having only one eye and one leg, and altogether it was a pitiable affair. Judge Manning left many relatives and a host of iriends and admirers in his native State, who regarded his ca reer with an honest pride and wbo will mourn his loss to them and to the country. lie was a brother of Hon. William Man ning, who represented Gates county in tbe State Senate some years ago, and an uncle of Lion. John Manning, Professor of Law at the University. He was about 70 years of age. -1 Asheville correspondence of October 11th: The subscription of $50,000 to the C. ( K. & W; road was carried iu Transylvania county by a large majority 785 to 84. The Buncombe county commis sioners yesterday submitted a proposition for a railroad bond subscription to tbe vote of tbe people. The election will be held November! 19th. Tbe proposiiion gives $100,000 to the Carolina Central, $200,000 to the C. K. & W. and $100,000 tbe Ashe ville & Burnsville road; the bonds to be issued only on the completion of the roads and to bear 4 per cent.- interest, payable in thirty years. Raleigh JVeios- Observer : W . N. Jones, Esq., Commissioner of Labor Statistics, has undertaken and is now wri ting a comprehensive history of labor in North Carolina. A gentleman from Chatham county who was in the city yes terday reported -that extensive work had been cemmenced at the old coal mines near Egypt. 1 Large quantities are being taken and it has proven to be of a better quality than was ever thought could be found there, and in fact equal to the best. ; The family of Capt. B. P. Williamson have been grievously smitten this week. On yesterday morning at 7.30 o'clock, death entered the already sorrowing household and cast over it a still deeper gloom by taking away Garland, a bright and lovely little son, aged eight years. Only two days before, Ruby, Garland's sweet little sister. aged five years, preceded him to tbe land of the angels. For the year 1887, the pensioners will probably number 4,000,mak ing the amount for eachjindividual $70.60. - jar. J. 1. PatriCK, utate immigration Agent, has received letters from Judge C. C Pool and Arthur Arlington. Esq.. the former of whom had charge of the State exhibit fecently made at Jefferson, Ohio, tbe latter at Pottsdam and other places in New York. Judge Pool writes: "It is a great pity j for me to have to send the exhibit back to North Carolina for want of money.! ! It is the best possible advertise ment of our State. I was on my feet yes terday from 8 o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock in the evening. A perfect ruBh of people filled the building allotcd to me, and our exhibit is a great feature of tbe fair." Mr. Arrington writes from Pottsdam, New York: "I returned to this place from the Malone fair, which was largely attended, and where our exhibit made a big impres sion. One of the best things ever done for the State, I am persuaded, is the getting up of these exhibits. I start for New York this morning, thence to New Hampshire. " - Raleigh Chronicle: . John W. Thompson, Esq., steward of the Insane Asylum, wno nas aeen sick seven weeas, is well again. On Sunday, morning and night, Bishop Key preached to large congregatidns at Edenton Street Methodist church. His sermons were strong and scriptural.; At the close of the morning sermon I a collection, amounting to $400, was raised for Missions. The State Agricultural Department will have a large and varied display of the resources of the State. I This will be a tine show of itself. - A depot will be built at Milbrook. six miles north of Raleigh, by the R. & G. Company.: And it will be a nice oae to be in keeping with the other depots on this road. ! Mr. i a. jsngelbara succeeds Mr. M. M. Moore as local manager of tbe water; works. Chapel Hill, Oct. 12. The University Chapel has been well filled on several occasions of unusual in terest Within the. past week. On Sat urday night Colonel Alfred M. Wad dell j gave the first lecture of . the season , for the Mitchell Society, choos ing for his theme the history of North America prior to its so called "discovery" by Columbus, in 1493. Colonel WaddeU has, we all know, a very pleasant way of putting things. One may say this much without infringing on the copyright of bis discourse, and may confess, also, that .he beguiled us into believing that North America, and possibly North Carolina, . were settled by Irishmen and Welshmen long centuries before Columbus landed on the :i Bahamas On Monday the Shake speare Club invited the public to a lecture delivered under its auspices by Colonel Waddell on the legal knowledge ot Shake speare. This was a very sprightly and in teresting resume of the facts in the case. If it take a thief to catch a thief, of I course ; it must be best to set a lawyer to catch a lawyer, aud accordingly - the lawyers, headed by the Chief Justice of England, have settled it that Shakespeare had "familiar, profound and accurate knowl edge of English law as it stood ia his day." A large and appreciative audience indicated that Capt. A D. Jones has lost none .of hia popularity with Chapel Hillians. His theme was "The Character and Influences of Willliam R. Davie, our Statesman of tbe Constitutional Era, and the Father of our University." . ! v I V I Ji' rl . i. t 3 3 i i H 1"i 3 ... ' - -..'-!; . i . .-! ;. . . . .... - - - : , .-