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I is i lie Weekly, Star. pffRH.iffim ax ' " i v ILMINOTON, N.C, AT l.00 A IE1B, I If ADVANCB. S3S8eSSSSS8S8S3SS SSSSSSS8SS8SSSS8S rtqjooH 9 88S8SS888888888SS 888,83888888888883 - j siaoKt SS88S38SSSS8SSS3S qjuojs I 8S3SS8888S88S3883 Z I m I. 8838882388888888 S3S8SS8S8S883S888 SjtSSSJStiSJSI g P- ""gsssssas , rmered at the Post Offloe aCWllmlngton, N. C, lUitereu agSeoondclM8 gatterJ , SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Weexlv Stak is as follows : j I Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, . $1.00 " 6 months " " - .60 " . Smonthi I",..'.-. .80 PRBFEBENfCS. ' ; " . We do not repeBe mfch confidence in the current mode of j ascertaining public preference for men, A paper aks one hundred men what is the public Bentiment on a given measure, and the responses will be -of ten. mis leading. It depends very raooh upon the men to whom application, is made. For instance, A writes ; that in his section all the Democrats are hot for i his measure or that. An investiga tion follow?, when it is ascertained that as a matter of fact not one in five are in favor of the measure. We have known this to be teBled. j We have seen it again and again asserted that North Carolina Demo crats were overwhelmingly almost a ucit - in favor of the Blair PateAal Pedagogy bill. Bat jj.whatj- are th -j f acts ? We have no doabt whatever, as gathered from va rious trustworthy sources, that f ur out of five of the Democratic voters' ia the counties lying between Wilmington and Charlotte add be tween Wilmington and j Weldon are opposedto the Federal school teach i.igjjivasion. Only on Taesday last a (littioguiahed and gifted dfvine in Uh Presbyterian Church, who has considerable acquaintance in several counties, told us that he never met a Democrat who favored the Blair bill and was in favor of freeing whiskey, beer, cigars, etc., from taxation and keeping in lieu thereof the tax on the common necessaries of life. But we do not ' propose discussing tu'w. We wish to say that public iicutiinetit cannot always be ascer tained from seuding but circulars. They, of course, indicate preference Lo some extent. Bat like votes taken n a railroad car, there may not be certainty that the vote k the same ,hat would be given upon a full poll. The Philadelphia Times has been canvassing to ascertain i the prefer ences of Republicans for the Presi- 1. :iual nomination. It confined its rquiiies to five States, namely, IVricsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, New jYork and Minnesota. The result was thie: Sherman; 2,101, Blaine 2,041, Depew'902, Harrison 719, Lincoln 504. with many others p-caUtring" downward. The second choice showed: Lincoln 1,169, De pew 1,033, Harrison 1,023, Sher man 954. Ohio was almost unani mous for Sherman. Minnesota gave most for Lincoln. Depew lead in New York. Pennsylvania was well divided, but . Lincoln was first. Gresham is not first in any State. Iowa is for Allison. ; . ! LETTER WRITERS. W e have not read the Gould-Ben- nett literature. Life is positively too short to. be wasted in reading such stuff. The man who gives his days, and nights too for that matter, to the big dailies, is to be pitied. - He has a melancholy and dry time of it. We would be as soon compelled to read, all of the old almanacs ; of the last hundred years as to wade through the forty or fifty columns of froth and vice that run up and down the columns of a so-called "great news paper." The best way to read the big dailies is to take them in homoe opathic doses; that is, read only the head lines and let the long-drawn ac counts of crime, misfortune and folly, with all of their' boring minuteness, severely alone. Good advice, thai! Will you take . it ? The Stab will give you enough dished 'up without the painful elaboration of the big papers, and free comparatively from their immoralities. The Jay Gould letters are not the sort of epistolary literature we oultl vate or desire. If you wish to read theBest of that kind read Madame de Sevigne, Lady Mary Montague, Mendelsohn, Thackeray, Byron, Wal ter Scott, Shelley and so on. You will be . charmed with their letters. But why waste time ' over Jay Gould's vituperative, sarcastio as sanlts. What paid lawyer got them up for Jay is not known. Jay is a power in the regions of Plato, but be is not muoh in the guild of letters. . T The Bible studies of Mr. Pearson have caused the sale of a great many copies of the Holy Scriptures, and Buch a reading of them hitherto has not been known in this oity. - i : VOL. XIX. K4 i IVOiBIR THE GOURD. sr ! The Democratic Tariff bUlt .we are gratified to see it stated,, will be sup ported dj the Louisiana delegation. They do not "like the redaction ' of the tax on sugar 20 per cent, but itj is far better ta take that than the nauseous physio prepared and prof fered by Republican agents of Mo nopoly. The Washington Ftet says: ' j-' . ' I ", " ' ' i - I "A high protective tariff would sacrifice sugar in the interest of wool. A strictly revenue tariff would double the present duty on sugar. The compromise offered in the committee's bill is the beat the sugar men can hope for in the present condition of parties and of public sentiment. I "Beyond any question there will be a long and bard fight before the bill can pass the House. The debate promises to be in terminable, and all the customary methods of obstruction will be employed." ; ' I I The debate will probably last for months. . All of the olt exploded statements of the Republicans will be revamped, restamped and repro duced ad- nauseam.. The Republi can speakers will trot them out just as if they were "brand Bpanklng new" things, and had the freshness of novelty. But in fact they are the -game old fabrications and false theories are only ; thai "same, "old organ," of wbioh Mr. Pearson spoke -that had merely been dusted and oiled and varnished. The Republi cans have no new thing to-telL It is the old cut-throat theory oppress 58,000,000 of people for the benefit of 2,000,000. It is the old principle of robbery denounced by a Repub lican Supreme Court. It is the old oppressive, unconstitutional theory that compels the toilres. to grind in the mills of the Money-Devil and the Monopolists. The Democrats mast meet it I at every turn and strangle the Hydra-beaded Monster forever. ' ' - 'j OLI.&POBI&lf A. Henry James is one of the most accomplished' men of letters this country has produced. His novels are exceedingly well written and have a certain interest although lacking in incident and often, tedi ously psychological. He is a fine critic, and his occasional contribu tions in this line are exceedingly clever and enjoyable. For an example of excellent work of this kind read his vmost pleasurable discussion of Robert Louis Stevenson in the last number of the Century Magazine. Mr. James shows rare insight,' and the portraiture : is striking and ar tistic. The Stab has had occasion to emphasize the style of the gifted Scotsman, who ..has positively more genius than any living countryman of his. The critical reader will not fail to enjoy the clear, limpid, teau tifnl style of Stevenson,. Mr. James finely and acutely says: i I -j "There are writers who present them selves before the critic with just the amount of drapery that is necessary for decency. but Mr. Stevenson is not one of these; he makes his sppearanca in an amplitude of costume. Before all. things, he is a writer ith a stjle a model with a complexity of curious and picturesque garments. It is bv the cut and the color of this rich and becoming frippery I use the term endear- inely, as a painter might that he arrests the eye and solicits the brush, l hat re, frankly, half the charm that he has for us, that he wears , dress, and wears it with courage, with a certain cock of the hat and tinkle ol the supererogatory awora; or, in other words, that he is curious of expres sion, and regards the literary form not simply as a code of signals; but as the key board of a piano,! and as so much plastic material." j j His best work is no doubt "Kid napped." It is the very best narra tive of adventure that has been writ ten Bince De Foe immortalized him self and gave-tbe world a story that will last with the language. . We of course refer to "Robinson Crusoe." The story of Stevenson is finer work even than the pepetnal delight of aU boys. It has all ot the life of "Ro binson Crusoe," but is in a higher strain of artistic and yet Bimple enough writing. It is written in the style of a past time, and'is an, exqui site expression of that genius that can project itself into the past and reproduce the mode of thought and the construction of sentences, the life and manners, the rythm and col ors of a people long since gone ipto the everlasting silences. -The appre ciative reader of Thackeray's literary masterpiece -?"Henry Esmond," will recall with delight the exquisite achievement of that . greatest of sa tirists among novelists, in which he places before us a picture of Queen Anne's time and in the language of fA4diBon and SteeleMr. Steven son's success is almost as pronounced. Aside from the story of adventure, which is full of moving accidents and stirring life, some of which is abso lutely perfect in the manner. of pre sentation, "Kidnapped" is worthy of the attention of all lovers of the best literature. It is a most genuine ad dition to the literature of this fecund century. ; Who would give a fig for the opinion of . an ignoramus on a ques tion of pure science ? What is the value of a fool as to the teachings of God's Revelation ? Who oares for the judgment of a man npon ques tions of Greek philology if be be ig norant of the Greek language ? Who cares for the opinion of a f el low as to the merits' of a poet or a poem when he has no . taste, no cul ture no insight, no sympathy, no 1: gift whatever that makes him re sponsive to. tbe inelody, tbe rymth Inical cadecoes, the admirable art, . the high conceptions of the poet? A man blind from his birtb,led through the Louvre in Paris, would be quite as well qualified to deliver an intelli gent and just opinion as to the merits of the thousands of j paintings which grace t the . magnificent collection,' as a man is , qualified to pro nounce judgment upon a great poet to whom a true taste has been denied; who is thoroughly blind to every beauty of thought and every "grace of expression to all that constitutes genuine poetry, having neither poetic eyes, poetic ears, nor a poetic heart. An able mn may write admirably upon many topics, sho wing ingenuity, plausibility and foreei. " He may even write charmingly npon a' subject he does not understand, as has been done by literary men. He may make the worse appear the-better reason, and yet of what real value is Aw opinion after all ? The singular thing about man is that he feels himself so far-; nished as to authorize him to pro nounce judgment on any and every thinghow to run an ocean steamer, although he never saw one; how to conduct the affairs of State, although he has no knowledge of political ser vice or State craft; how to preach, although he could not say amea in a class-meeting; how to inter pret Holy Scriptures although pro foundly illiterate and not even ac quainted with the names of the books that constitute the critical ap paratus for a complete study of the Book of books, and so on. Such a man will tell you what he thinks of the great painters, the great musi cians, the great poetB, and at the same time be utterly ignorant of colors, of the notes in music, of the laws of prosody! and language. Man's presumption is only equalled by man's ignorance. ! A good illustrative story is going the rounds. Fra)nk Stockton and George C. Egglcston are writers of stories. The latter hit upon a novel theme that came to him directly by a purely personal mental experience. He thought it over with much satis faction, and at last concluded that only Stockton could handle it prop erly. Now for the sequel as told by the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Timet: : "That theme,' said Mr. Eggleston to hia brother, when the latter nrsed him to write tbe story, "requires the Stecktonian touch. Heeting Stockton at tbe club, Jfigeleston described the plot in outline and found an interesting listener. 'Capital I exclaimed Stockton. 'That is really a strong thing. Tben. after a reflective moment, 'now would you treat that idea?' Eggleston now gave so much of the detail as had oc curred to him in considering the theme. 'Finel' ejaculated Stockton, 'a very good idea so good that I have already used it.' 'What do you meant' asked Eggleston. ' mean,' said Stockton, 'that I have written that story, and by this time it is In type.' A further comparison of notes revealed the fact that the story which Eggleston had thought out and tbe story which Stockton had already written were even to tbe de tails astonishingly identical." j This is interesting. It shows that men do often "think alike" and quite independently of each other. The Bo-oalled plagiarisms of tbe great poets are often entirely independent, for in many known cases the writers charged with plagiarism knew noth ing of the sources j whence they are supposed to have drawn their inspi ration or material, j There is a dialect spoken in Eng land known SB "Shelta." It is said not to be known to the makers of dictionaries and the Slang Diction ary. It is a Celtic language. That eminent American writer on the Gipsies Mr C. G. Leland, says: "Three or four years ago there was prob ably not an educated man m all Ureat Britain who was aware of the existence in that country of the very singular Celtic language known as 'Shelta,' which is pecu liar to tinkers, hut which Is exclusively uni derstood and spoken by most of the con- fir me i tramps and vagabonds." He thus accounts for the probable origin of this dialeot: , "It has been very ingeniously suggested that as the tinkers of Great Britain may be the descendants of the old bronze-workers. so their tongue may have come down to us from prehistoric times. Discoveries have shown that the early bronze-smiths were nomadic, that they went about from village to village, making and selling new objects and buying up old and broken ware to melt and re-mould. Therefore, the bronze- smiths must have travelled in large bands for mutual protection," Nothing is more likely than, that they formed, in time, a community with- distinct laws and lan guage. Nor is it improbable that this was transmitted to the tinkers. It takes a long time for men to form a distinct class with a separate tongue. The Celtic tinkers of England are unanimous in claiming for their class or clan a very great antiquity Mayor McDowell, ofCharlotte,is a man of brains,' of character and of observation. ; The New York Trees, a blind Protection tooter, wrote to know how about Protection, &c, in Charlotte. We copy a part of the Mayor's reply, and we have no doubt it was correct. (He writes: -- . ''The principal manufacturing industries are cotton mills, iron foundries and ma chine shops I am informed that the own era of such enterprises have no dread of free trade, j Our people join in the general demand ror a reduction or me surplus, ana I am satisfied want a reduction of the taxes on the necessities they use. They do not want the tax removed from whiskey nor to bacco, but wish the odious manner of col lecting the internal revenue taxes changed." After doe inquiry the following is the result of the meetings in the Tabernacle up to the close of Fri day night't services: Professions of taitn in Uhrist, eos; oacKsuaers re claimed, 208. Total, 816. , ; inrT ' .7 1 WILMINGTON, N.,C. FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1888. TUB EXCURSION SEASON & Large an HUuftdsame Steamer Clfar tared ta ZRaa. to; Carolina Beb and Soataport- The budding trees and the flowers that bloom t . in 5 the spring. ? tell us that the excursion season is "coeV ing on,? and people axe beginning to think, of ; the! delights of v. Carolina Beach,: and ask'when will the boat begin to run? . A Stab representative in - search of news in this - direotiofc, ran up with. Captw S. W. Skinner yes terday," and learned that, as a result of his recent prolonged visit North the steamer Sylvan Glen,qt New York, has been chartered for the Carolina Beach and ' Southport route for the coming season. The Captain speaks in the highest terms of the boat, and: says. that for speed, beauty, size and draft the Sylvan Qlen is the very boat for the route, and is considered to be the choice boat of her class in New Yorkv She is a side-wheel f saloon excursion steamer, one hundred and forty-six feet in length, twenty-v feet beam, and five feet draft, and will run sixteen miles an hour all day long. She is equipped and licensed for six hundred passengers, and has often had special permits for eight hundred. Her engine is a beam-condenser, thirty-six inch cylinder, eight feet stroke. Her boiler, engine, fur niture and inside finishing, and in fact everything about her from stem to stern, is first-class : and in perfect condition, . and she has' lost been docked and thoroughly overhauled and painted for the season. The Sylvan Glen is a favorite wherever she goes, and her reputation for speed and safety is worth thou sands of passengers to any route. She has saloons on both the main and promenade decks,' and in addition an abundance of open space forward and aft. In short, Capt. Skinner says, the Sylvan Glen is by all odds the finest boat that has ever run on a North Carolina route. Captain John Harper will take command of this new excursion steamer when she arrives, and we learn that she will start running early in May, perhaps as early as the first, being all ready to come on now. Better Mall Facilities. Mr.. R. M. Turner, superintendent of the mail service for this division, was in the city yesterday for the pur pose -of making inquiry with. regard to carrying mails from Wilmington over the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta railroad with a view to mak ing arrangements that would be more acceptable to the public than those now in force. After conference with the railroad authorities Mr. Turner decided to recommend to the Depart ment at Washington to discontinue the service on the 8.10 p. xn. train and transfer it to the 2.40 p. m. train. This change will enable people along the line of road between Wilmington and Florence to get their letters and papers the same day that they are mailed, instead. of as now on the day after. Under j the ; present arrange ment the local mail is carried through to Florence and brought back and distributed the next day. . The State Bank of Ralelsb. Col. Tate, the bank examiner, fur nishes the News and Observer with a result of his examination of the af fairs of the State National Bank of Raleigh, as follows: ' Col. Tate estimates the total short age at $143,560.61. The amount due to other banks and to depositors, all told, is $401,783.41. The assets are nominally 2456.703.91. but consisting of notes, overdrafts and real estate in the main, will not pro duce exceeding $284,uou in cash. The Park Bank of New York has a debt of $54,000 which is secured by some of these notes as collateral, and hence are to be paid in full. This will leave, of the debt, $347,783, and a naiance of assets of $230,000 with which to pay it, or about 66 cents on the dollar, less the expenses of col lecting ana winding up. . JMotning is counted in this for the recovery of stolen money nor assessment of stock holders. CoL Tate says that the ag gregate amount or roreenes is S07.70U. He is sure that all forgeries have.now ueeu uiucuvereu. -Rice Planters Aroused. i&ice planters in the south are aroused at the position of the Tal- mages in favoring greater reductions in the tariff on rice, and a delegation representing the planting interest in Georgia has gone to Washington to appear before the Ways and Means Committee this week. One cause of complaint is in the grading of such rice as has been imported! ' recently and sent South to be milled. The rice was hulled and all ready for the brush, yet it was admitted for d'uty as unclean rice, and escaped a tariff of about 75c. per 100 pounds. The mills of New York have been kept busy muling tnis sort of rice, ana the plan ters all along nave opposed su on t grading for it. Tbe First Spike Driven. - As previously, announced, tretck laying on the Seacoast railway will begin Monday, with e force of fifty hands. The first spike, however, was driven yesterday by Mr. S. M. Taylor, yaramaster or tne -. Wilmington fit Weldon railroad, who put down the switch timbers and laid the iron tor the connection to be made with th? W. Sc w. track on Brunswick street, C. F. Be Y. V. II. K. A letter from : Maitland. Samp!on county, dated April 6th, says the surveying partyof the Cape Fes ft Yadkin Valley Railroad are in Samp son, on the "Nigger-head" road, forty-seven miles from Fayetteville, and making good .progress in the direction of -Wilmington.. The" party are all well. .' . - . Mr. John D. Williams, who re cently resigned his position as statis tical clerk at the Custom House here has been elected ' teller of the Fay etteville National Bank. He iWill leave Wilmington for that place some time this week. First of the Season ' Mr. R. W. Hieks receiveTyesterday seven barrels of rosin of the crop of 1888-9. ' It was shipped fj.rom Maxton, on the Carolina Central railroad, by Mr. W. S. McNair. &2 DIED IN A DITCH- A Cart Upset on the Turnpike and a j Colored Girl Thrown Out and 5 J' Drowned. - : ' - Rosanna McDaniel, a colored girl -about .thirteen years of age, was smothered to' death in a ditch; about a mile and' ahalf from the city on the turnpike road 1 last Wednesday night, at 9 o-ciock.' ' -: - i The deceased,in company with her sister Mary ; Jane McDaniel, was rid ing in a cart with J.L. Brock," a white; man, who was returning to his home: on. Greenville Sound from the "city, and had taken the two girls into his; cart. at Fourth: street market, where; they had been selling oysters which they- brought from the Sound that morning. Brock had been drinking heavily, and the girls, it is supposedj were also under the influence of li4 quor.-. AU three laid .down in the cart and dropped asleep soon after leaving the oity, and .Brock and -the elder girl claim that they -were only awakened by finding themselves in the ditch by the roadside, an hour or two afterwards. The horse and cart were also in the ditch, which was about four feet wide, j with water standing in it about two feet deep, j After getting out Brock got a light and search was made for the younger girl, but it was some time before they found her, lying face downwards in the mud in the bottom of the ditch and quite dead. In her j evidence at the inquest theTgirl Mary Jane said she tried to pull her sister out of the ditch but Brock told her to let the body stay there and he" would go to town and get help. Brock and the girl, however,- remained there all night until Mr. Jesse Williams came along from the Sound and Brock got into his cart and was brought to the city. j Coroner Miller, when notified of the occurrence, went out, to the place with a wagon and brought the body of the dead girl to the city. He found her lying face downwards in the mud, a few feet from the horse, which was also in ( the ditch, with one of its legs broken. At the inquest, which was held at an undertaker's shop on Second street, the janitor at the City Hall testified that at about 6 o'clock yesterday morning a cart was driven up to the Hall and he was told by the driver that a man lying down in the cart requested to be brought to the Hall. After being told of the j accident the janitor awoke the man, who proved to be Brock, still very drank, and locked hhn up. I ! Brock testified that; he hadj,been drinking and fell asleep in his cart and knew yery little about the mat ter. His horse, he said,! was blind in both eyes. , ' j The j ury rendered a verdict that the deceased earns to her death by acci dental drowning. . I - ; j Coroner Miller sent word to the pa rents of the girl on Greenville Sound and in the meantime had the body prepared for burial. Brook was re leased from arrest and went home. His horse was found so badly injured that it was killed to end its sufferings. JL Schooner Wreefced. . 1 The schooner Douglass Hovey, Capt. Blake, from Perth Amboy for Bruns wick. Ga., with a cargo of railroad iron, grounded on Frying Pan Shoals about five miles west of the lightship, at daylight last Wednesday morning, and a few hours afterwards filled with water. Capt. John W. Harper, with the steam tug Alexander Jones, went to the assistance of the stranded vessel, but found her in such position that she . could not be floated. The captain and crew, eight In number, were taken off and the vessel was stripped of sails, boats and some of the rigging. The officers and crew saved all their effects, and came up to the city yesterday on the Alexander Jones. It - was thought that the wrecked schooner broke up in the heavy gale that prevailed ou j the coast yesterday. I i A. Woman to e flanged. A colored, woman1 named Alice Brown was convicted of murder at Whiteville (Columbus) Court (last Wednesday, and - sentenced to be hanged. The crime for which she is to suffer is the murder of an old ne gro known as "Squire George." He was oveT eighty years of age at the time of the murderj last February. His Honor Judge Phillips sentenced the prisoner to be hanged on the 7th of July next. j -j The hanging of a woman is some thing unusual in this State; but the correspondent of the Stab writes that the sentence of the j law in this case will most likely be carried into effect, and "justice meted out to her on that day, as she is looked upon as an ex ceedingly bad character." An Octogenarian, j Mr. John P. King, a former resi- dent of Wilmington, but now a citi zen of Bladen county, was in the city yesterday and called at the Stab of fice to .renew his subscription. Mr. King is nearly 85 years old, but is re markably well preserved, and is very entertaining in conversation.:- He is well posted in the. early history of Wilmington and is acquainted with many of the older citizens. Mr. King remarked as he was leaving that this -would In all probability be his last visit, but he was reminded that he made a similar remark when here aerveralyears since. j Ttbe A. c.X. and tne Department of : Agriculture. - : .' -' : ; Officials of the Atlantic Coast Line are In hearty sympathy with the plan inaugurated by the Department of Agriculture in the establishment of experimental farms . in the (various counties in the State, and the grati fying announcement is made that they will mdvocate most liberal terms before the Associated Roads in grant ing fr transDortation for articles for experimental purposes other ways. land in - I .' "- - I "f'C ';- ' - " '" ' -i WASHINGTON. J ' : - .'v - Democratic convention Washington, -D.' O .' April 5 The District of Columbia Democratic Conven tion to-night selected Win. Dickson and Trench ard Gardner as delegates to the Na tional Democratic Convention. Tbe plat form embraces &u emphatic endorsement of Cleveland.; v' -; - ?'',-;-;-.-;'j r4--- Washtjiotoh, April 5. Major General Alfred H. Terry waa placed on the retired list of the Army to-day. - TbU it In ac cordance with the report' of the Armr Retiring Board, of ' which Major j General I acnoneia is rresioenu v- j - - Washusgtoh," April 6 The President to day nominated Brigadier General Geo. Crook to be Major Gen., and Colonel John R. Brooke, of the Third Infantry, to be liricadier ttenerat. . ;r 1 . The Mill surplus bond purchase resolu tion with the spooncr-iJecs amendment, reached the House to day -from the Senate ana was referred to tbe Uommittee - on Ways and Means. - - . - .-H k fTL. Oahrm iam:.4 AH V TO to-day completed the consideration of, the I Post Office appropriation bill. An agreed upon ii appropriates fou,ia4,ov, against revised estimates by the fostmaster uen eral of $60,820,840. : . , - fcr . The principal reductions were on the item of $25,000 in estimates for mail de predations, post office . inspectors, and fees to U. . 8. marshal?, attorney?, ; and ex penses connected ' threwlth.: An item of $25,000 for - extraordiary expenses allowed by law, was stricken out, and - ah estimate for $35,000 for binding disallowed. Last year's bill appropriated $55,694,650. The principal items ot increase overlap years appropriation are as follows: Compensa tion to postmaster is raised from $11,700, 000 to $12,800,000, that of clerks in post offices ia increased from $5,450,000 to $5,950,090; tbe item of free delivery ser vice ia iecrased from $5,522,500 to $6,000, 000. The appropriation for inland mail transportotion by star routes remain the same, at $5,400,000, as does that for inland, transportation by steamboat routes, - at $450,000, and that for mail messenger ser vice at $900,000.; For Inland transporta tion by railroads there is an increase from $15,867,962 to $17,000,000. The item for necessary and special facilities on trunk lines remains the same, at $295,987. The appropriation for the transportation of for eign mails is increased from $450,000 to $647,000. There is inserted in the bill an appropriation of $50,000 for compensation Mt clerks in post offices for unusual busi ness. Unanimous consent of the Housa was given to the Committee to insert in the bill a new provision of the law authorizing an allowance for rcnt,light and fuel, and by virtue of this a new item of $650,607 has been inserted. It places third class oflices, as regards expenses for rent, light and fuel, on a footfng with first and second class offices. There are now 2,452 third class offices which will secure tbe benefit of this clause. Washington, April 6 Senator Daniel to-day introduced a bill to repeal section 1218, of the Revised Statutes,. which pro vides that "no person who has served in any capacity in the military, naval or civil service of the so-called Confederate States, or of either of the States in insurrection during the late rebellion, shall be appointed I to any position in toe army oi me unitea States." Washington, April 7. Shortly after eight o'clock to-night, in answer to a call from Chairman Cox, about 125 of the Dem ocratic members of tbe - House of Repre sentatives met ia caacus to decide upon the line of policy to be followed by the party in the admission of territories as States of the Union. The caucus was in session over two hours and a half, and the proceedings were not enlivened by anything of interest bevond the matter set out in the call. After a long discussion and without devel-J opment or any strong diversity oi sentiment. lUlo lOJluwiaK rcauiuiiuu was auupLeii uu imotion oi Mr. Springer, ot Illinois: i Resolved. That it is the sense of the can ens that an enabling act for the territories nf Dakota. Montana. Washington and New! MoTiVn nhnnlri : hn ntuoful st thin session.) providing for a Constitutional Convention in each territory, and the submission of those Constitutions for ratification at an election in November, 1888, , substantially as provided for in the bill reported by the Committee on Territories at this session. I At Mr. Holman'a instance, after he had .v -" , f - 1 set out the political necessity for some ac-r tion on the part of the House, the Caucus adopted a resolution requesting the Com-j mittee on Rules to fix a time for consider! ing bills reported from the Committee on Public Lands forfeiting unearned railroad land grants and reserving the remaining nnhlin lands for the benefit of actual set- lers. I . The bill to create a territorial form of government for Okalohoma was also dis cussed, but no nnai - action was taaen in the way of formal endorsement Just before adjournment a suggestion was made that a caucus be held Monday for the purpose of taking steps to break tbe exist ing dead-lock in tne iiouse, caused ny tne nendinz Direct Tax bill. It was observed that little progress could be made in terri torial or other legislation until the dead lock was broken. It soon became apparent, however, that a dangerous subject had been broached, and to prevent the possibility of such a disaster as a split in tne caucus. some of the more cautious spirits drew- at tention to the fact that the caucus had been called for a specific purpose, namely, terri torial legislation, and no other matter could nronerlv come before it. Therefore, they insisted upon the regular order and the caucus adjourned. RA1 LROAD DISASTERS. Fatal Boiler Explosion Two Far i mere Killed at a Croealng Collision Between Frelgbt Traine Fatallttee In a WreeK Canaed by a Waihonl. Nbwbukg, N. Y., April 7. At 5 o'clock last evening a big Mogul freight engine exnloded on the Erie railroad at Craigville. Three men were killed; two instantly, ana one died this morning. The train Was standing still at the foot of a heavy grade. and the engineer, conductor and fireman were standing on the ground beside the en gine, repairing the sandpipes; which had become clogged. The explosion hurled the boiler several hundred feet over the stream and into an adjoining field. The fire-box was thrown far into the air and rame down into the stream. A heavy iron rod was thrown a quarter of a mile, land other parts of the machine were scattered in all directions. .The report of the f ex- nlosion was heard for miles . around, and windows of houses were broken. - Only the heavy driving-wheels were left on the track. The engineer and fireman were thrown on either side of the track, I and when assistance . came they were dead. nnndnetor Clarke was still alive, his skull crushed and be had internal injuries.! He waa taken to a house near by where he died. i' - I Two farmers in a wagon crossing tracks n Middletown were run over bv the' Erie train and killed. They were so badly mutilated that their remains had to be shovelled into a barrel. 1 . rtct.TjOws Paxls. Vt.. April 7.r-The train leaving Bellows Falls over the I Rut land Railroad-eleven o'clock last night, no a wmnked one mile above Rockingham station by a washout Xngineer Moses Pratt and fireman John frattwere Kiuea. The baggage and express car. with their contents were burned. Many other people were badly bruised. The sleeper and pas senger coaches did not leave the tracK. HON. ROSCOE CONKU1NO Renorted to be Very Mueb Belter. New Tobk, April 7. Hon; Roscoe Conkling passed a comfortable night hut niffht ami ia renorted to be.verv mucn. net- 7 ; - . - TJ..W ter to-uay. mi pay diuibub u and Anderson, and he is attended by a pro fessional nurse. " f I- - An Animate. Ga.. dispatch savs a con- iront hu been awarded for a $100,000 hotel on the Sand Hills near Augusta for Northern visitors. Philadelphia capitalists purchased 2,000 acres of land within a mile " . . . . 13 fft. .1. if . . oi tne cur uuuw. , i NO, .3 h CROSS AND WJII1E. j the Boodiera Wiling to Come Rack. Special Star Telegram. - .v";, :'-V Raleigh, N. j 0.. April 6 Mayor hompson received the following telegram is afternoon from C. P. Heartt, Chief of Police, now in Toronto, - Ontario : "No Compromise. - Parties are willing to go home. The Norfolk Bank made a claim to the : money, ' which is the cause of delay. Hope to leave to-morrow." It was mentioned in the Newt and Ob- tercet's telegram from Toronto Wednesday, that Mr. P. Hi Busbee had made a propo sition that if White and Cross would " turn to Raleigh he would undertake not to prosecute them under the banking laws of the United States; further agreeing that he would only proceed against them on three Charges of forgery. This Is probably the compromise alluded to above, as not being jmaae.j Raleigh, April 6 The Evening Vitttor of this afternoon contained the folio wine special telegram from Toronto, Ontario, of this date: '. j - -: .", j White and Cross were before the police magistrate this morning, when it was for mally agreed that they would waive an ex amination of proceedings and return to Rak-'ga witiii Chief of Police Haartt fcr trial on three charges of forgery, to be j named by their counsel. The charge of ! bringing stolen money into Canada will be ; withdrawn, and the $24,000 found on them when arrested is. with consent of the po lice magistrate, to be placed in the custody or some party, to be named br Cashier Hardy, of the Norfolk (Va.) National Bank. pending decision by tbe Raleigh authorities as to the final disposition of the money Hardy has till to-morrow to name the party wno win nave the custody of the money. and White and Cross will probably leave Toronto for Raleigh to-morrow. 8y Telegraph to the Morning- Star. ' Toronto. April S. White and Cross. the Raleigh bank forgers, were again ar raigned before the police magistrate this morning. Their counsel stated that they had consented to return to Raleigh upon the same conditions as if they had been extradited on the charge of forgery. They were also willing that the money now in he hands or the police should be placed in the bands of Chief Heartt, of Raleigh, or U. S. District Attorney Busbee It was thought, therefore, that the charge of bringing stolen money into Canada should be withdrawn. ! Counsel for the State Bank insisted, however, npon this charge being pressed, but the magistrate urged him to allow the money Question to be settled at Raleigh. Finally, the case was put over until to-morrow, in order that an amicable settlement might be arrived at. Tbe Ralelgn Bank Boodlere on tbclr ii Way Beck from Canada Tbe Agree- i . i ment Under wblcb tbey Return. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, j April 7. Chief of Police Heartt left Toronto, Ont , at 12.20 this af ternoon, with Cros8odiWhite, for Raleigh via Washington, and they are expected to arrive here at 2 15 on Monday afternoon next. An agreement waa entered into this morning between Busbee, Cross and White; and the arrangements under which the prisoners consented to return to Raleigh, as if extradited, were, that they would not be prosecuted under the National Banking laws, and that they would be prosecuted only on the Charge of forging a promissary note for $19,550, signed by different par ties. I ToBOHTOJ Ont.. April 7. White and Cross, tbe Raleigh Bank forgers, left for Raleigh in charge of Chief of Police Heartt on the noon train to-day. At tbe Police Court this' moroinco evidence was offered on the charge of bringing stolen money into Canada,- and it was withdrawn. An agree ment regarding the money round I on: the prisoners has been made, to the effect that it be sent by express to a bank at New York, to be held in trust to the joint order of tbe cashier of the Norfolk Bank and of the receiver of i the State National Bank of Raleigh, until the question of which is en- i titled to it, is determined by the proper Court in North Carolina. United States Attorney Busbee signed an agreement also, that the prisoners would only he tried oh charges of forging a promissory note for $6,250, purporting to be sigied by D. H. Graves and W. H Sanders; second, for forging a note for $7,500, purporting to be signed by W. H. Avery and D. I. Barber; third, forging a promissory note for $5,800. purporting to be signed by 11. A. Morgan, James terser .and c. fcr. Keddick. NEW YORK. Democratic State Convention Jake Sharp Dead Sally Resigns tbe Presi dency of i the Rlcnmond St West Point Railroad. j New Yobs, April 5. The Democratic State Committee have decided to hold the State Convention in New York city at noon on Mavl5.i I j An adjourned meeting of the directors of the Richmond and West Point Railroad Co. was held at their office here to-day. President Alfred Bully resigned in favor of Vice President Logan. The following tea- olution, was; adopted: "That this Board . will resist in every proper manner any at tempt to transfer the control of the Rich- mond & West Point Railroad to any other Company' i Jacob Sharp died at U.sO p. m at his late residence, 881 West Twenty-third at His two daughters and his grandson, Geo. Sharp, were present. N EH' YORK. Western N. C. R. R. Co Bondholders Bring Salt Against tbe Richmond & Danville, as Lessees Troubles of tbe West Point Terminal Co; j j Nkw Yobk, April 6. Wm. H. Gibson, of Long Island City, on behalf of the holders of $210,000 of "ten-share bonds" of the Western North Carolina Railroad Company, has brought suit in the TJ. 8. Circuit Court against tbe .menmond as Danville Railroad- Company. The latter Company leased the Western North Caro lina Railroad, agreeing to pay semi-annual dividends ion its stock, most of , which is held by the State of North Carolina. The complaint j alleges that the interest j has , never been paid. He demands that an in junction be granted, restraining tne lessees from lurtner receiving earnings or me Western North Carolina . Railroad, and prays for the appointment of a receiver for its stock. I --.-v -T -f- '' At a meeting of the directors of the Rich mond & West Point Terminal and Ware house Company to-day, Manuel Lehman, director, offered bis resignation, which was . laid ! on tne taoie. jwiwara i.au- terbach also offered bis, but on request of the board be agreed to act with them. A long address was then prepared for tbe stockholders in which the directors defend their action. Isaac L. Price said his party controlled 200,000 shares of the company's stock. Alfred Sully said the control was in tne majority oi tne biocb, waereas Gen. Samuel Thomas said it required two thirds of the stock. - i ' New Yorac. May 7 Gen. Quincy A. Gilmore, who has been suffering for some time from. kidney disease, died this morn ing at hia residence. 147 Remsen street, Brooklyn.! The deceased was a; very dis tinguished officer during tbe war; and com manded the Tenth Corps. He was engaged in the siege of Charleston and. j the bom" bardment of FOrt Sumter. The General was born in Ohio in 1825, and graduated from West Point. He leaves a widow and four sons. I m "'"I'-j' - '-Vij Daniel Sayne, for thirty years Grand Secretary of the Masonic Grand i bodies of Alabama, died yesterday, aged 82 years, i SpiritTurpentine. i .' -r Eterftsligilance is the price of sevtuai wings otner tnan liberty. A caan- , drawer, a treasury and an umbrella require . " a perpetual, igil- Louisville Courier-Jour- . v nal.. :yU'- r , j Omaha Man: Been to the Wo- men's Congress at Washington, eh? What - - , is it for? Distinguished Female: To re- ' move the evils which cry aloud. Omaha " " Man: Well's its high time. For my part I r can't see why any woman of sense should, ' . take a baby to a theatre, anyhow, Omaha - World. r- - ; . r Henderson News: CoL W . H . 8. Burgwyn and wife went, to Jackson, N: O., Saturday to attend the dedication of an ' '- V Episcopal church built in memory of Mrs. - -' ''"' Burgwyn, tbe Colonel's mother. The ' - Vance Guards met in business meeting at J . ' -: ' Lycreum Hall on Friday night last, by or- v der of Captain George Field. AU the ofnV cers resigned their commissions, and the . v following were elected: Col. W H. 8. - . Burgwyn, Captain; George Fitld, First Lieutenant; Arch. Lewis, Second Lieu- ' y -tenant. - ,;. I . Franklinton Dispatch: John f Parks, a citizen of Vance county,4 was run over by the 10:40 mail Monday morning - . : ' . nearly in i front of the old Crudupbome- ' ' " stead, about two miles north of Tar river - v" bridge, and instantly killed. No one "" " was near him and the engineer did not see , -him. A tramp camo along and found him - dead and reported to tho nearest house. " " -Parks was about sixty years old and was v addicted to drink. In fact those who saw him just before he was killed said he was pretty full of whiskey. . y?,-. I Fayetteville Observer: There are now twenty-eight Farmers' Alliances in -Cumberland county. Many friends of ,H the Rev. N. B. Cobb will sympathize with - ' him in the loss of his estimable wife, who ? r died of meningitis at her home in Liles-L , vllle, Anson county, on Wednesday, the - -i'sf -28th ult. I She was about 42 years of age -and leaves a large family of children v : - " 10 nu tne vacancy causea Dy tne e&a ueatn of CaetMa T.a T. Tayicr, the directors of the Bank of Fayetteville have chosen for the position of cashier Mr. J.C. Baight Jr who has heretofore held the important post of teller. ' ... " , Warrenton Gazette: Mr. Solon Southerlin, a prominent citizen of Vance. - died at hia home in Henderson, 6n Monday last, of paralysis. . He had many warm friends in the county. Mr, W. L. Harriss died of pneumonia on Saturday ' 16st, at his home near Macon. He was ' about seventy years old. Mrs. Dr. Sol. Perry, of Macon, had the misfortune to have her dwelling burnt to the ground on Saturday night last A bad stove chimney did the work. The family were unable to save any of the furniture and wearing: apparel. The building was new and commodious and was insured in the Georgia Home for $100,000. Charlotte Chronicle: Dr. Mem minger, a well-known citizen of Charles ton, contributes to the Philadelphia Medi cal and Surgical Reporter, an interesting - ' article upon the advantages of Flat Rock . and Hendersonville, in this State, as health r resorts, I Mr Walter Brem returned to the city yesterday from his trip through Stanly and Montgomery counties, and -brings a glowing report of the outlook for the Great Western Air Line road. He says that both these counties, and also Bethel . township, in Cabarrus county, guarantee to pay the expenses of the survey of the road in their respective territories and are anxious for tbe work to begin at once. There were 500 people attending court at Troy last Tuesday, and Mr. Brem says that they were a unit for the road. - Wilson Advance: The people of Jackson, Northampton county, are pret ty confident that the Gumberry Railroad will be extended to that place The exten- -sion of this road would be a great conve nience to the people of that place. A sad death occurred last week. Miss Lucy Cockrell, a daughter of John Cockrell, who lives in the edge of Johnston county, run away and married Mr. Jesse Brewer. In running away from her father (who kept a close watch onher) she took a deep cold, from the effects of which she died in less than a week. Brother W. H. Blount delivers the address at the close of Prof. Ellis' school at Dunn. Mr. Blount appears to be very much in demand at the close of schools. People love to hear the words of sweetness and beauty as they fall from his . hps, that are so richly freighted with the sunbeams freet loveliness. Marion Index:' About a year ago Dan Rutherford, representing the Co lumbus (Ohio) Buggy Company, visited Marion; and at one of the hotels, without provocation, opened a bitter denunciation of the South, the late Confederacy and our leading men, saying that we "were all . ' d d rebels, and ought to be hung." His -abuse of Jeff Davis was bitter in the ex treme.! He was spared a thrashing by the proprietor, who had been a Confederate -soldier, because he was a guest under his . roof. ! But last Friday he was here again, and while waiting at the depot, began just as the proprietor came up to boast of last -year's: performance. Rutherford cowered at the command to stop, and without re sentment even by word, submitted to- as strong a presentment of his character aB words can convoy. In a few moments he would have been severely thrashed had not the cars afforded a timely retreat. . Charlotte Chronicle: The Hor- , net's Nest Riflemen, of this city, will par ticipate in the ceremonies attending the laying of the corner stone of the Guilford Battle Ground monument, on May 5th. - Charlie Bland is in bad luck with his arm. I He received a fall yesterday after -.noon that resulted in a fracture of the arm at the same place where it was broken twice before. A little daughter of Mr. George F. Bason was yesterday pain fully cut by accidentally running against a mowing scythe that had been used in cut- ' ting the grass In the yard. A severe gash was cut in one of ber legs. We learn that I President MoEinnon, of Davidson College, is urging the acceptance of his resignation on account of continued bad health. His final retirement will be a de cided loss. ySt take it that his resignation will be accepted at tbe regular annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the in stitution during the commencement exer- cises which close the current scholastic year in June. A number of the la- ' dies of the city are making earnest efforts to build a hospital for the colored people, and the project is being vigorously advoca : ted by Mrs. w. J. tr. liiaaeu.- I New Bern Journal: Governor Scales has been notified by tbe State Shell -fish Commission that they have decided to ' throw open the entire Pamlico sound public oyster grounds on the first of June. Those of Hyde and Pamlico counties were opened the first of April. North Carolina has fallen in line with the march of pro gress. A permanent fair has just been or ganized here, and one that intends to be second to none in the State. Burgaw.Pen der county.ls taking steps for the establish ment of a fruit and vegetable cannery; also one is being constructed at Asheville. Fay etteville is to have a fruit and vegetable -fair. Charlotte has a new cigar factory. Hillsboro is striving to have a cotton fac tory and another is being put up at Shelby. Greensboro is to have street cars. The Egypt coal mines in Chatham county have been reopened and a number of other in" dustrles started in the State recently. A horse on which Miss Maud Amyett was riding yesterday afternoon became fright ened and ran down Pollok street at a rapid' gait,. At the corner of Pollok and Craven streets the animal attempted to turn up Craven street, but so great was his speed that he ran into the McLean building, throwing Miss Amyett into the alcove ot ' the door, and fell on the sidewalk himself. She was soon taken to ber home. Her escape from immediate death is almost mi raculous. She held her position in the sad dle securely until the horse fell. We are glad to learn that her Injuries are not. deemed very serious by ber physician, though very painful, j Tuesday even ing, while Captain R. L. Robinson, of the schooner Gov. Vance, was at the lower end " of Meadows's mill dock, he heard tbe cry, "Jack's drowning I" ! Hastening out of the : cabin and running forward, he saw a boy about five feet under water. Captain Rob inson immediately lumped overboard.swam to the boy and lifted him above the surface and called to the crowd of boys on tbe shore to throw him a rope from the his ves sel, but for some cause the boys would not. throw the rope. .The wind cut Captain Robinson and the boy down, below the schooner, against the .' wharf, where he caught hold of a post and held thereto for f some time, ' when finally a colored boy ' named Roman Chadwick went aboard, got a rope and threw it to the Captain, by which means he got himself and the boy on the wr-ari. . i - ;. v., it n 4. i -5 ! si) St V m V 4l . ? T. . .. !. t
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