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sssssssssssssssss ! ' 1 j - oW9Jilli2i8Sij WILMINGTON, N. (., FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1888. - j - NO, 27 88888888888888888 UlaK 8 S8S8SS888S8S8838S 82888888282888888 88888888828888888 82882882888888888 gS88SSSS8SS88S8S3 Entered frt4he Post Offloe aewnmtagton, N; C, as Second Class Matter. : i - SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, j The subscription price of thej Wekxxv Stab is as follows : v . - ' . .1 : rnirle Copy 1 year, postage paid,, $ LOO . n it.nntll 1 Aft 6 months .60 ' 3 montlu. .30 UK TARIFF IN THK HOV8E, The Tariff discussion contiones in be House and it is well that this should be bo. The speeches, aa far as we have examined them", are able and instructive. The Democrats are mak ing the best speeches. This ay not be because they have more talents in the House than the Republicans, but because the latter are weighted down I as the start with a burden that is too' it-avy eveo for Atlantean shoulders bearT With a great surplus of 140.000,000, taken from the pockets ofatoilirig people-who need every cent of it, and piled up in the vaults of a groaning Treasury, andj with a principle of finance that their own Supreme Court has solemnly c eolared to be unconstitutional, and that is grinding, crushing in its oppression, the Republicans are not able to do j'i.-tiee to thoir ability. If " tis con science makes cowards of us jail, " it ic a wicked, unjust, tyrannical,' unlaw ful yntem of taxation that pats the iDiwuifince into a straight-jacket, and redness the ablest of the present run of speakers to a condition ol hope eiHiueutil ooustipation. V-uote tbat Representative Mo Cinii, . the eol Republican from JhryliBd, was anxious, to relieve the gret anfj rapidly accumulating sur-J-pius by what do you suppose? Fair! ni'N", humanity, righteousness would say, by giving the people" chuuptr clothing, cheaper household necessaries, cheaper medicines! cheap" er blanket;, , shoes, hats, &p. Bat JAr. M-cCaiaas is not a politician after thai sort. le belongs to the Rob liry crowd. Ho proposes to give the people tobioco without a tax upon it and to cut down the only tax possibly in the whole schedule that altno.it eutirely goas into theTrea- Hury and ojt into the pockets of the Sloaupoiisu that" on--sugar. Mr, McComid would thus get rid pf some 450,000,000 of sugar . revenue, and tirj-i would enable Monopoly and Tknw to keep up the tax on shoes hi s, cl iih'mg, blankets, trace chains, o-iuoii tin, &o. Wonderfu finanj cierin thit ! Astounding political -Kr.i.:nce 1 ... I Representative Lanham, of Texas, on the right line when he said fen pnociple objection to the Demo- cratisJbill wa it wai "too protec iie." Th it was the Stau raised. objection the Representative Carutb, of Ken tucky, took the right vieW of the principle of Protection, thai it was Uvory for the toilers for - all men not enjoying the great bounties. ' He pie id for ''the gradual emancipation of the American people from their slavery monopoly." That is pre cisely what it is. Fall fifty-nine million people are sweating jand la-j-boring for the benefit of less than a million people who aro benefited by the Tariff. . . - : ' I j I Representative Stewart, of Geor gia, had made a calculation. He had ascertained that nnder the pres ent Republican War Tariff a family of b'ix paid a tax of $136 everv vear The Democratic bill proposes to re duce this tax to I96relieving the tax payer of $40. Multiply this ! sum by the number of families of six and you would have a great sum indeed sav ed to the people, and especially to the 25,000,000 working people. Mr. Stewart said that by placing hoop iron on the free list the Southern States would save $1,400,000 on each year's cotton crop, j Think of that. This sum goes by way of a bounty nto the pockets of monopoly. - SOUTHERN METHODIST COR FEB '' Escr, The General Conference of th North( em Metnodiet Church is in New York City. It is , a great gathering of i delegates' from four j continents from America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Of course the Southern Methodist Church has Nothing to do with this meeting, he Northern Methodists have Missionaries in India, China, Japan Ainca, Italy, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Mexico and other foreign countries. There are 103 Annua , Conferences. There is lay represen ; iaon in this body bat hone in ie Annual Conferences. I In the j thern Church there is lay repre- qiuojll j I O ... 5 ' I : I sentation au through in the Cirouit, Station, district and Annual Conferences. . The General Con ference of fte Northern Methodists meets now-daily in the Metropolitan Opera House that seats 2,500 per: ' . or ouu aeiegates is reserved. : ' ; t- Tbe total expenses of the dele gates is estimated at $60,000. Ah exchange says: f - "The General Conterenoe now consists u ue ministerial delegate for every 45 wuxvon ui an annual conference, and two lay delegates for every annual conference "enouj!B nave more than one minis terial delegate. The ministerial and lay aeiegates deliberate and vntA tnAthr .1 one body, but may vote separately on the rl- one-third of 'either class. The uiBuups nave no vote; but a bishop musi Pde. There are eleven regular . opT ana a missionary bishop, whose owius is m aiBpuie. Three of the bishops nave died since the last General Confer enceLnd " to expected that five bishops will be elected at this session of the con ference." EDUCATIONAL BILLS IN THE HOUSE. Tho bad Blair bill stands no chance in the 50th Congress, we re joice to believe. The House " Com mittee will take action upon it this week. It is now given out that the Democrats of the Committee will vote for the Crane bill. . This bill appropriates moneys arising from the sale of the proceeds of the public lands. This is on the line of the action of Democrats (including Pres ident Andrew Jackson) in 1836-7. The proceeds amount to a good deal from eight to ten millions annual ly. iThat the Crane bill is greatly to be preferred to the Blair bill there IS no dOUbt.' The . Andrew .TanVann bill made a loan of the proceeds of publio land sales to the States. The States are liable to be called upon for all they got of the first two in stalments that were. paid. The Crane bill ought to be amended to make a loan before any Democrat votes for it. . The Crane bill is open to grave ob jections, but it does not offer a pre mium, as the Blair bill does, to make illiterates in certain States. The Blair bill distributes money raised by taxation upon a basis , of illiteracy. That is a bid to increase illiteracy. The Stab has again and again dis cussed the dangers that lurk in all r ederal schemes of popular educa tion in the States. , It has shown how the tenocuw A in first cripple and then destroy the efforts of the people in their own behalf and to visit great injury upon the com mon schools, as was the case in Con necticut. But we cannot go into the discussion at this time. The people are lets and less in clined to become pensioners upon Federal bounty. The people are less and less favorable to Federal inter- i - - -i ference in State affairs and institu tions. The Supreme Court of the United States is staunchly favorable to State Bights as three recent de cisions clearly establish. The Presi dent is not favorable to raids upon the Treasury or to measures of more than questionable utility or pro priety. j . The following from the Washing ton correspondent of the Boston Post, Independent Democrat, concerns the Crane bill: ; - 1 "Some of the more timid of the Demo cratic members are fearful that it would oasa i and that its veto by the President would make him unpopular in certain parts of the South. The mere pressure ol busi ness will probably prevent its consideration without special scheming. 1 It attracts sup port like the direct tax bill by reason of the bribe which it holds out to the states. aa like the other raids -upon the surplus, it would be scanned by a coldly critical eye at the White House. It is probable that it would pass the House in its present temper bv a small msloritv. i The division would sot be precisely on party lines, but it is hkelv that more Democrats would vote with the mass of the Republicans for it than Republicans would vote with the ma loritv of the Democrats against it. A heal thy sentiment against it is rapidly growing id both parties." The Virginians are very anxious to retain the services of Mr. John S. Barbour as campaign manager. He has shown marked qualities in this way, bat he is anxious to be relieved as he is not in entire harmony with the policy of the present Administra tion. . What that means we are not informed. Whether it refers to the humbug, Civil Service Reform, or to the . President's pronounced and sound views as to the true lines upon which to move to bring about salutary and much needed Tariff and Tax Reform, we are not in formed. If the latter we would sup pose he would suit the Virginians very well. The Richmond Whig a Protection exponentsays, warmly of him: ; " . ' "; ' . ' ' "The fact is, the Democracy of Virginia cannot brook the thought of lOBing Mr. Barbour's services as the leader of their hosts in the meat contest that is to begin as soon as the two National Conventions shall have made their nominations. Mr. Bar hour not only commands the confidence, the admiration and the esteem of his party, but, by an unbroken series of 6uccesses,and not always under nromisine auspices either. he has inspired the Democrats of the State with a faith in bis capabilities as a party leader which in itself is almost an assur ance of triumph." - : The National Republican League that met in New York could not by rules declare for any candidate for Uhe Presidency, but it is well under stood in that city that the sentiment in favor of Blaine was overwhelming, You now hate the moral and politi cal status of that bod v. It must be r m -t very low, - I . - r TVl rn iL . a ' Tm " Z a rpuVui, uurreuuy 6Btl I " HE Mr RRIDGKS ' I I mated Blaine's true character and 1 f were' familiar with his crooked re- cora and his msmoere, hedging, i equivocating methods; never attach ed any importance to his letter of de fl Innfn.n TT . ' ' ' ' . v"u"io. u&b uqver .aone an open, straightforward act in his life. The announcement that he is in the hands of his friends, and will be the Republican candidate ,if nominated, will surprise no candid or - honest mind. We are glad of the announce ment, and of the purpose of his olaqaers to pasbjiis pretensions. We can only hope they will be success ful. We feel sure that if Blaine can not be defeated, no Republican nom inee could be defeated, We-will havo nia old, corrupt, record to discusr again, with perhaps some new reve lations. y - t - ; f '. We could not understand the Gen. Filz John Porter letter read by In- galls. Here is some light furnished by the Washington correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle: ' "Mr. Pitz John Porter's letter that Sena tor ingalls read Tuesday, was a private let ter. It is said that a Republican saw it in confidence, which he violated to help Sen ator Ingalls out of the hole of villifyingthe war and political character of Union Gen erals. Mr. Porter Is preparing a reply to Senator ingalls, which is Said to equal the Kansas Senator's own caustic measure. It is believed also that the betrayal of confi dence by which Senator Ingalls got a copy of the letter will be fully exposed. It seems the public has not yet heard the last of the iBgalls-Voorhees villiflcation match. Senator Voorhees has been confined to his home in this city ever since Tuesday." It is time now that the Democrats should have a new Democratic Chair man. Mr. W. H. Barnum, of Con necticut, the old Chairman, is a Pro tectionist. He has just been elected a delegate to St. Louis, where an anti-Protection candidate will be nominated, and this Mr .Barnum will vote for him. And that is " called politics. How men of conscience and principle can stand such fooling passes us. - j J The Ball Iload I from fTInnrn- in Atlanta. .- : j Our press dispatches of yesterday say that there was a meeting of the Richmond and Danville' and Georgia Central railroads in New York and that much alarm was manifested from a reported : -extension of the Seaboard railroad from Monroe to Atlanta, - thereby catting directly ixtwothe territory ofj the Georgia railroads, and it was announced that it was necessary to build a parallel road to the Seaboard and Roanoke. It isiioped and believed that Col. John M. Robinson will build this road from Monroe; to Atlanta, for it will be of great benefit to Wilming ton, as the road passes through a very fertile country. In fact, the road is now being built, and is progressing rapidly, and will soon be finished to Chester, S. C. The road will of course : be of ben efit to other places, but as the the interstate commerce law will reg ulate traffic rates' andj as the Wil mington route will be the shortest to the seaboard, Wilmington will have greatly the advantage of other places. It would be well for our merchants to cultivate the trade of the section traversed by this road,1 which prom ises to add greatly to I the material prosperity of the city. s Col. Jno.M. Robinson, the Presi dent of the Seaboard and Roanoke, is well-known for his business ability : and conservatism,! and the strong financial basis upon which the Sea board road stands renders the build ing of the line a certainty. Of course it is presumed that the! Seaboard sys tem, maturely considered the diffi culties which would arise in embark-, ing in such a great enterprise, but no doubt it has provided for these em ergencies and it is hardly probable that the company will abandon this move because the Richmond and Danville road puts forth the threat that a parallel road will be built. Bin Sentence Commoted. Sheriff Manning received an official communication yesterday from the Secretary of State at Raleigh notify ing him that the sentence of Daniel Biggs, colored, had been commuted by Gov. Scales to imprisonment for life in the State penitentiary, and last nisht the prisoner was sent to that institution, in charge of Deputy Sher iff Elder. " i I Biggs was convicted of burglary at the last term of the Criminal Court and was sentenced to be hanged on Tueadav next. The crime for which he was convicted was J breaking Into the house of a colored woman during her absence and stealing some provi sions and other articles. - It was claimed by his counsel, Messrs. J. T. Elliott, D. B. Cutlar and Junius Da vis, that it was simply a case of lar ceny, and these I eentlemen exerted themselves to secure Executive clem' ency for the prisoner; circulating petition which was signed by a large number of citizens, asking the Gov ernor to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. I I I Political Point. A telegram from Goldsboro.received last night, says j thit the town ship meeting held there yesterday, sends a delegation solid for Stedman to the County Convention, whioh will meet next Saturday. The County, Convention of Rich mond met at Rockingham last Friday. .The delegates elected to the State Democratic Convention are largely for Stedman for Governor. ' A special dispatch from Payette ville says the County Democratic Convention! met there yesterday and appointed delegates to the State and Congressional Conventions. The Convention did not i endorse or in struct for any particular candidate, -j T 'i i: : Over tb cape Pear Biver at N4asa and Over the Ifortb East BrajJh of lb Cape Pear at Hilton. Owing to the- increased weigjt of rolling stock pow - being run -onjthe Atlantic Coast Line and Caw iha Central railroads,',the mahagemei of the Wilmington Railway and Br ge Company some time since deeme it prudent to renew the i bridges i rev the Cape Pear river at the Nav jsa works and at Hilton over the N -th East . river. Bids virere asked - f m prominent bridge building ; c m panies, and the contract was awai ed to the Edgemore Iron Company, of Wilmington, Delaware, who at ilee commenced the manufacture ottl&e bridges, according to the specula tions in use on the Atlantic Ciast Line system of railroads. , - ) ' These - specifications require ' the constructive j bridges '".j designed to carry heavier loads than are rfciuired by other oadsin the United fetates, and in the matter of detail -of jjaanu facture are based on the highest and most approved practice . ' , ' On account of the frequent fr shets and heavy drifts; in the CapdFear river the Wilmington Railwajl and. uridge Company required the bridge, at me JMavassa works to be erecte before those at Hilton, and this iridgi it . -.-r . I . vnio one at xs avassa) will be complete' A Stab reporter, through the cour tesy of the officials of the Atlantic Coast Line, visited the bridge at tie Navassa works yesterday afternoon and found the bridge building pr(- gressing rapidly and nearing comple tion. ... !- The method oferecting this bridie was very interesting, and the rapidity with which everything was done and the seeming ease with which the im mense pieces of iron were placed in their proper positions showed conclu sively that the workmen were no bun glers, and that the supervision of the work, was done by one who under stood the business most thoroughly and knew how to make every stroke of the hammer tell. Many useful les-, sons in lifting heavyweights could be learned by any one visiting this bridge. The Bridge Company is to be congratulated on having rr nf the finest bridges in the country, and one which, for durability and excel lence, cannot he excelled anywhere. The total length of this bridge is two hundred and sixteen feet between centres of end piers, and the height thirty-two feet from centre to centre of chords, and seventeen feet from centre to centre of -giwMVm7)bgpi; w plates and angle -irons made into a rectangular column, 26x20 inches. The bridge consists of nine panels twenty-four feet each. I All the eye bars are made of mild steel and all the other material is j of wrought iron, there being no cast iron allowed in the specifications whatever, and no wood, excepting the cross ties every precaution having been taken to make the structure most firm and du rable. ! As soon as this bridge is completed which will be Monday1 or Tuesday the Hilton bridge will be commenc ed and built on the same plan, for the material is "now being shipped and the false work is now in posi tion, i A Hndiome Boat. The Sylvan tGhrove, the. steamer chartered by the New Hanover Tran sit Company for the excursion season, arrived here yesterday. Capt. Har per, who is in command, says that he had a quick and pleasant trip from Norfolk; leaving that port Thursday morning last, the Grove passed Hat teras that evening and arrived at Southport at 5 a. m. yesterday. . The steamer came up to theeity about noon and made fast to the wharf at the Champion Cotton Com press, where crowds of ; visitors, inx ious to see the new craft, thronged her decks all day. Every! one Beemed pleased, and there was but one ex pression of opinion that the boat is admirably adapted for the purpose for which she is .to be used, of just the right size, comfortably fitted n, with well sheltered decks, abundant light and Ventilation in all parts of the vessel, and with every appliance for safety and speed, j ' I The ' Sylvan Grove is licensed to carry 650 -passengers, but has ample accommodations for a much larger number. She ! registers 320 tons, has one condensing engine of thirty-six inches diameter and eight feet stroke, a turtle-back boiler twen ty-seven feet , long, and is equipped with a full complement of life-boats, life-preservers, fire extinguishers, etoi She has three decks, including the hurricane deck, that are all roomy and comfortable, the boilers and en gines all being below the lower J deck. ; j The ladies ' saloon Is on the upper deck, abaft. It is handsomely fitted up with mirrors and elegantly up holstered furniture. , The steamer will open the excursion season next week, and will probabl; make her first trio on Monday. Sh will make the run to Harper's Pie: the landing for Carolina 7 Beach, i less than sixty minutes; her speed b ing about sixteen miles tfn hour otnnnt.h wilf fir. , '' . i TneC. P. dtY. V. R. B. . . ' Maj. R. P. Atkinson, Chief Engi neer of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Val ley Railroad Company,was in the city yesterday. He left on the Carolina Central for Greensboro. He has ' lo cated about twelve miles of the road, beginning three or four miles from Wilmington. In a short time bids will be sought, and a part of the road put nnder contract, and work will be gin. . - ! A new passenger car, to run be tween : Harper's Pier j and Carolina beach, was turned out yesterday from Messrs. Burr & Bailey's shops, and run down to the foot of Dock street ready for shipment down the river. Arranging f or tne Encampment. At the meeting of citizens held yes terday at the Produce Exchange, to make arrangements f Or the approach ing encampment of the State Guard, Mayor Fowler was called to the chair, on motion of, Mr. H. C. McQueen, President of, the Exchange, and CoL : J ohn I Cantwell was requested to act as Secretary. . , : : Mt. McQueen explained the object of the meeting; to take the necessary steps for the proper - reception and accommodation of .the large number of visitors expected at the ; encamp ment in July next,- and also to make arrangements to raise funds to meet expenses incident thereto. , ;, ! On motion of Mr. D. G. Worth, Col. Roger Moore and Messrs. Oscar Pear- sail and W. HSprunt were appointed . numlttee on Buosorlptioas. .'' :- ' On motion of H. C. McQueen, Esq., Col. W. C. Jones, Capt, Joseph Price and Adjutant M. S. Williard were ap pointed a committee of arrangements to aid in the preparation j of the grounds for the encampment, and to arrange the details and expenditures. . On motion of DuBrutz Cutlar, Esq., the I following gentlemen were ap pointed a reception committee: His Honor, John J. Fowler, Mayor of the city; Col. F. W. Kerchner, President of the Chamber of Commerce; H. C. McQueen, Esq., President of the Pro duce Exchange; Hon. George Davis, Hon. Chas. M. Stedman, Dr. G. G. Thomas and Messrs. Donald MacRae, J. A. Bonitz, Josh, T. James, Frank Hi 'Stedman, Wm. Latimer, T. W. Strange and Pembroke Jones. On motion of C. H. Robinson, Esq., a committee of three was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Geo. P. Cochett, Gv.'H. Smith and D. M. Williams, as a bureau of information, to whom citizens are requested to report the number of guests they will entertain and the charges therefor, and to whom visitors seeking accommoda tion will be referred. . The chairmen of the different com mittees are requested to act promptly in the matters committed to their charge. Rew Air Brakes Tested Tbe Atlantic Coast Blspateb. One hundred and fifty new cars are being built at the Wilmington 8c Wel don shops, under the supervision of Mr. J. HDaviMaster Car Builder.for the Atlantic Coast Dispatch, as the traffic oh this line has increased so rapidly within the last few weeks. These cars are so arranged as to be available for both summer and win ter traffic, being provided with means for- perfect ventilation in summer for fruits and vegetables, and with storm and other merchandise in the winter. Fifty of these cars are to be equip ped with the Garey coupler and Westinghouse improved automatic brakes. Yesterday morning at 9J o'clock six cars were equipped, as described abOve, with a coach attached for the accommodation of Mr. G. A. Kar wiesc, representative of the Westing- house Air-brake Company,and others, and were" carried about twelve miles down the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta R. R- for the purpose of thoroughly testing the brakes. The first test was; descending a steep grade andstopping within a short distance from the place where the brakes were applied. Other tests were made from the front and rear of tho train, which were also quite satisfactory. - Survivors of Co. 1, 18tb N. C The meeting of the survivors of Co. 1, 18th N. C. Regiment, called for last night at Dr. Thos. F. Wood's office, was well attended, the following hav ing responded to the call : Hon. O. P. Meares, Josiah Merritt, J. H. Mitchell, B.:F. White, Josh. T. James. C. H. King, R. S. Love, Dr. Thos. F. Wood, Capt. James I. Metts, Capt. John Cowan, Wm. Blanks, T. C. Lew is, A. B. Cook, O. R. Hollingsworth and Geo. W. Huggins. Hon. O. P. Meares was called to the chair, and Mr. Wm. Blanks was re quested to act as secretary. On a call from the chair, Mr. Josh. T. James explained the object of the meeting to be. for the purpose of forming a permanent organization of the survivors, of Company I, 18th North Carolina Regiment, the com pany name of which was the Wil mington Rifle Guards, with the view of perpetuating,by reunions at stated intervals, the memories and associ ations of tho war. so fax as they per tained to the services of this com pany. Mr. James suggested also that after this had been successfully ef fected, the - organization might be- extended and. might be made a regimental instead of company af fair. -v J On motion, it was resolved that a permanent organization be effected, and that it be known as "Survivors of Wilmington Rifle Guards, Company 1, 18th N. . Regiment, and that the chairman and secretary of the meet ing be made President and Secretary thereof respectively. ' . . . , ? The chairman read a communica tion from Mr. P. Gumming, Chief Marshal, inviting the organization to take part in the services on Memorial Day, which was accepted, I with the understanding that the members at tend in a poay. t , On motion, it was resolved that a badge, temporarily distinctive- of the organization, be adopted for Me morial Day. .:. - '-' The meetiner then adjourned, sub ject to the call of the President. Improving. . . ,A correspondent, writing to the Star from Rocky Mount, says: Your correspondent, while at En field yesterday, called on Mr. Morgan, one of the wounded last Sunday by he railroad accident, and found him improving. He is at the hotel, at tended by his two sisters from Vir ginia, who are giving him every pos sible attentiqny .-'!- . Mi. Jjamer,at ttocsiy mount, -va a n i o ?tt,Hti-slowlv. The rtinnti mrvVioy who has lust, re turned from Florida to watch at his bedside. I GREENSBORO. Tbe Celebration at the Battle Oroond An Immense Crowd Tbe Oration military Display, etc. Speolal Star Telegram Gbeknsboho. N. C, May 5 There was a good rain last night, and to-day j there is no dust and the weather is splendid. Incoming trains brought immensg crowds. The hotels are packed and i jammed, and the streets thronged with holiday!, people. The military procession formed at 10.45. There are two companies from Reideville, one from Danville, one from Durham, one from WiDston, and one from Greensboro. They made . a fine display through the streets;' Col. J. D.Glenn commanding the battalion. ' A long train carried thousands to and frpnMhe.btgr5frery hour. -TltemrSces Begstrat'noon with, an elo quent prayer by Rev. J. E. Manni of the M. E. Church. The orator was introduced gracefully by the Chief Marshal, J. A. Bar ringer. Judge Schenck's effort was a mas terly vindication of North Carolina valor during the Revolution, from the extermi nation of Ferguson's band of tories, tbe de feat of Tarleton, to the battle of Guilford. It showed great research, and gave an im partial array of evidence of.the devotion of North Carolina's militia on that eventful day. The State owes him a lasting debt of gratitude. . ; Tbe Chief Marshal then introduced Gov.' Scales, who filled the vast crowd with en thusiasm by a glowing tribute to the elo quent orator of tbe day. The martial mutic during the day was superb. There was a base ball match, tar get shooting, and a dress parade by the military after the dinner. The order and management were perfect, doing great honor to the Chief Marshal and the Officers' Association. j . The crowd on the grounds is estimated at from eight to ten thousand. ! Many beautiful women, and the besi people of Greensboro and other cities were here in force. GEORGIA. A New Departure Among Sontbern Cotton Mills Delegates to tbe State Convention. Columbus, April 3. Arrangements were perfected to-day for a new departure among Southern cotton mills, to be inaugu rated in this city. Col. C. T. Swift and John Burkhard, of Atlanta, in connection with an experienced mill man, will at once begin the erection of a cotton mill for the exclusive manufacture of fine grades of seersuckers and ginghams, t These grades of goods have not been manufactured in the South heretofore, and the result of the enterprise will no doubt be watched with interest by manufacturers all over the coun try. The gentlemen have unlimited capital and will start the enterprise with $200,000. Atlanta, May 3. All the counties in the State have now selected delegates to the State Convention, which will nominate delegates to the St. Louis Convention. Out cially instructed delegates to vote, not only for f resident Cleveland, but lor bis tarm views as well. Senator Colquitt was unan imously recommended for renomination. WASHINGION. Tbe House Committee on Bales. iBy Telegraph to the Horning Star, Washington, May 4. Although Ran dall's absence prevented a regular meeting of the House Committee on Rules to-day, there was an informal discussion among the members who were in attendance upon the advisability of taking some action upon numerous pending proposition?, for assign ment of days in the House for conside ration of bills reported by the various com mittees. There was a general feeling that it would not be expedient to undertake to make any of these assignments until it could be definitely learned when the tariff bill will be out of the way. The disposi tion seemed to be to again give the Com mittees on Territories, Pacific Railroads and Commerce an opportunity to dispose of their business. There was also some discussion in a favorable tone of the Sprin ger resolution to appoint a committee to act in conjunction with one to be appointed by the Senate, to sit during the recess and endeavor to devfee some means to relieve Congress of the accumulating private legis lation. ! Washjbgtoh. May 5. The discovery was made at the Treasury Department to-day which it is thought points to a defalcation at American Exchange National Bank! of New York. The Express Companyj in making its usual deliveries of National Bank notes forwarded for redemption, submitted a package from the bank named. It bore the usual label and seals and pur ported to contain $41,000 In handling it, however, one of the Treasury experts found that it was not altogether right, and it was temporarily laid aside. Packages containing notes for redemption are usually made up in the most compact manner, but this particular one, while of the right size for tbe amount it purported to contain, did not seem to be closely packed, and yielded readily to hand pressure. It was subse quently opened in the presence of officers of the Express Company and found I to contain nothing but brown paper. An examination of the sealed label also dis closed the fact that it had been neatly! cut from its original place and pasted on the boeus package. The Treasurer refused; to receive the package and notified the bank accordingly. The impression at the de partment is. that the bank put up the money for transmission to the department, hut delarcd forwarding It. and that while in its custody the package was abstracted and another put in its place, bearing all the marks and appearance ot . the original package. I Representative Cox. chairman of the Democratic caucus, has issued a call for a caucus of the Democratic members ot the House of Representatives, to be held Wed nesday evening next, lor the purpose considering what amendments snail made to the tariff bill now pending. 1MMIGATION. Action of tbe Convention Held at Hoc springs, N. C. By Telegraph to the Horning Star.) Columbia, 8. C May 4. The Southern Tmmitn-fttion Convention, which assembled at Hot Springs, N. ., April 25th last, In structed its secretary,- L. A. Ransom, j of this city, to forward copies of the resolu tions adoptea Dyine convention, providing far the organization of the Southern Immi gration Association, to the Governors of the eleven oouinern oiams eaai m tuo uuuv- siDDi river, to the presidents or railroads, and;to the mayors of towns having a popu lation of one thousand or more located in the same States. The resolutions are being mailed toiday to the various officials men tinned. M -'- - :l The Convention also requested the co-operation of Trade, Industrial and other or ganizations in the immigration work, and provided for the admission of such organi zations into the Association upon the same terms as States, railroads: cities and towns. The secretary will mail copies of the reso lutions and furnish any other information i regard to this work to all such Indus trie or immigration awwuhivw. "Bt-Nevis-Observer i ' An teresting card "Ov. Geo. W. I Sanderlin, oi wayw. .--".-twml- .rnmi th Uio be found elsewhere in this issue. It is manly and unmistakable. . 1 RLAINE. A Triple-beaded Candidate for Nomi nation jfor the Presidency by bis Friends. I By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Philadelphia. May 4. The Timet will publish to-morrow the following, triple- leaded special, from New York, which it will indorse as coming direct from the most authentic source: . New York. May 4. I have entirely re liable information that the friends Of Blaine have within the last three days re ceived direct from him his assent to an aggressive movement for his renomination lor 1'resident, and the assurance lhat if nominated in the face of his Florence letter of declination, he would not feel at liberty to decline. . A general and systematic effort has been made by Blaine's closest friends such as Chairman Jonep, William Walter Phelps, Whitelaw Reid, Charles Emory Smith and others for two months past to get Blaine into the attitude of a passive candidate. " v .,.. me Washington conferencs was onlv a part of the varied methods by which the influences had been brought to bear upon Blame, and the publication of his portrait, freshly taken from life in Italy, and issued by the Judge this week, was decided on more than a month ago as the starting point for the avowed effort to make Blaine a candidate.- -Every nossible nressure has been put" upon Blaine to get from him a direct assurance that he. will not decline 'if nominated, and that assurance has been received in this city from Blaine within the three days. " la a very few days it will cease to ba a secrect that Blaine is in the hands of his friends, as the Blaine leaders will at once come to the front and make an aggressive campaign! for his renomination. This movement has been -pretty clearly fore shadowed for some weeks in such Blaine organs as the Tribune of this city and the Philadelphia Prets, and all the affectation about Blaine's candidacy will now soon be thrown off and the battle made an aggres sive one. Part of the original programme was the election of Charles Emory Smith as a delegate at large from Pennsylvania, and tbe failure was a great disappointment to the Blaine junto in this city. But Smith gives assurance that Blaine can com mand a majority of the Pennsylvania dele gation under any circumstances, and that if Blaine's nomination shall seem to be as sured the delegation will bs solid for him. Unexpected expressions in Massachusetts and Vermont for Blaine were not accidental nor are they unexpected to Blaine's friends. When all of the anti Blaine men were reposing on their arms, because they regarded Blaine as out of the; fight, the friends of Blaine were most energetic in their work in the two anti Blaine New England States, and they got possession of Vermont and Massachusetts, while others were sleeping in fancied secu rity. It was the expression of these hitherto anti-Blaine New England States that made Blaine cast aside bis doubts and assent to the; importunities of his friends for his renomination. It is now a positive fact that Blaine is in the field; that his friends have his assent to the movement in his favor, and that he will be nominated at Chicago.if hard work and plenty of enthu siasm can accomplish it. FOREIGN. An Epidemic of a Cbolerale yatnre In Madrid The Situation In Berlin Emperor Frederick Tbe urotvn Prince, etc. - (Copyright by the K. Y. Associated Press.) Berlin, May 5 The Emperor's nlnfiv mrmngr' t vrsa vqb uesi Bleep hu Has en joyed for many weeks, and he awoke from it with a good appetite and in good spirits. Ue assed the physicians if he would be able to enjoy the open air, but the doctors after , holding a consultation decided in the negative. The Emperor dined with his family, and this afternoon took a lone rest and slept for a considerable time. His tem perature remains almost nominal. Though his fever has abated, his inquietude regard ing the slowness of return of strength does not lessen his attempts to walk. Yesterday, and to-day proved bis utter weakness of therlimbs. He could not walk a step, though he was able to stand occasionally. The danger Is that in the event of a recurrence of the crisis, with his powers ol resistance reduced to the minimum, there will be no chance for him to servive long. The alum nium canula now used has been a positive relief, as during the night since it was first inserted tbe Emperor's fits of coughing have decreased On Thursday the .Em peror had five attacks of coughing, which required cleansing of the canula. Yester day he had only three such attacks. He does no more than is necessary of official work, and relieves the tedium by changing his department. He is wheeled from his bedroom to the hall under the cupola. where he receives oral reports, thence to his study, where he spends some time reading, and thence to his bed room, where he rests. His condition is certainly a credit to Dr. Mackenzie, and everything indicates that the Emperor has again entered upon a period of compara tive freedom irom tbe worst symptoms oi his malady, which have hitherto been fol lowed by an increasingly dangerous crisis. Dr. Mackenzie will not take a holiday until the Emperor is able to venture into the open air. The weather grows warmer daily. A cottage will be erected in Schloss Park for the Emperor's special comfort, which will be his first place of rest. Tbe Crown Jfrince, though absorbed in his! extensive duties, confers with the Em press daily. Apart from his visit to his fathee this marked change in the Crown Prince's demeanor was coincident with the visit of Queen Victoria, whose success in conciliating him proves to be more endu ring than was anticipated. Tbe Crown Prince s attention to tbe details of military matters is evinced in an order to the bri gade under his command as to what tunes the bands shall henceiortn piay on me march. They must not be borrowed from operas, but mnst be the' old-time tunes f or- -merly played when going to war or on the triumphant return therelrom. Aooveaii, he recommends the march, "Entering Paris." the "Organ March," and "Hohen- friedberg March." London. May o. A. Madrid dispatch says an epidemic prevails in that city. It is feared the disease is ot a choleraic na ture and its spread is attributed to the ex treme heat and the drinking of impure milk. GEORGIA. Tne Business Part of Sandersvllle j Bnrned-Kioee $100,000. Augusta. May 5. Sandersville. Ga., sixty miles f rpm Augusta, had a disastrous nre last night. itoriginateo,aoouuiio'ciocK in the small grocery store of Costello ;& Bro., on Harris etreet The cause is un known. . The flames spread rapidly and the town had no adequate fire apparatus, and by 2 o'clock the entire block was in flames, and all that portion of Harris street (which is the main street) from McCarty's brick Btore to C. R. Pringle's residence, across to Haines street and back on Haines street as far as the residence of Mrs. Cohen and J. A. Robson, was burned The loss aggregates $100,000, and the insurance $20,000. The business of the town is tem porarily prostrated. Andrew J. Kennedy, travelling salesman for a Macon firm, was severely burned about the head and face. There were no serious casualties. j Fayetteville Observer : We call attention to the card of T. H. Sutton, Eaq.r who for the sake of unity and har mony withdraws . his name from the Con gressional canvass. It hurts our feel ings to see, as we do every day, bales of Northern hay being carried into the coun try. We have plenty of land, and our sou, a good deal of it, is adapted to raising hay; and although it is a paying crop, it eems to be entirely neglected. Mr. J. H. Myrover, who has been in the Observer office since the first of February, bas ac cepted a position as editor with the Greens- ' boro Patriot. The Patriot intends about the 15th of this month to issue a daily, so Hr.wtttab.ead, to be fully prepared has oren me fieryicRa or Mr. J. M. Myrover. ! sen i Greensboro - State: We are -glad to learn that Mr. J. Henry Gilmer is putting in machinery and getting ready for ' the tomato crop, which he intends to can on an extensive scale. : He will fit up at his country home near Boone's Mill, in Jefferson township. This will make the . ' second cannery in Guilford county Who will be the next man? There is room for hundred, i: i Asheville Sun: Several work men were Injured by an accident on bo railroad near Jarrati's yesterday. la ac cordance with the order of Judge. J. C. McRae, the county commissioners met cs- . terday for the purpose of considering the' additional petitions asking for an election on the question of local option. The board, after due consideration, decided to call tbe election on the question on the 4th day of June. ' "'. Charlotte Chronicle: The pas tor of Tryon street Methodist churcb, has received upon profession of faiih, nc-d by letter, 230 into tbe membership of that church, Bince he took charge of the cbuich seventeen months ago. The Sunday-school has increased its roll in that time from 200 to over 850. Miss Lizzie Ingle, a young white girl, 21 years. -of age, was burned to death in a field en Mr. J F. Kerns' plantation, in Long CreeK township, last Wednesday, the cause beiBg the Acci dental ignition of her dress from.a burning . pile of cornstalks. It was a most ' shack ing affair, i- i - Goldsboro Argus: Think of it, oaly-82 deaths inGoldsboro during the past twelve months, as shown by the Lord Mayor's report published in this issue. Can any city in the world with 5.000 in habitants beat this record? Hon. E. E. Smith, U. S. Minister to Liberia, whose confirmation last week by the Senate has been followed by the official documents, under the Great Seal of the Nation, arrived in theeity yesterday from Fayetteville, on a visit to his family. He will take the oath of office before U. S. Commissioner Cog dell in this city. Asheville Sun: Senator Vanco is at his country residence, Gombroom, planting Irish potatoes. He arrived Satur day evening. Trinity College com mencement will come off on June the 14th. Rev. Dr. W. W. Bays, former pastor of the M. E. Church, South, in this city, will deliver the annual address on the 13th of June. - The French Broad Avenue Baptist church is receiving a handsome coat of paint. This new church will be completed in a few more weeks, and will be decidedly! the handsomest in the city. It is to be nicely carpeted and the pews, which will be of an elegant desiga, will be cushioned. : I ; " Tarboro Southerner: Kev. John Huske held services at the Episcopal church Sunday morning and evening, and made a most favorable impression. He in an eloquent divine of a most pleasing ad dress and exceedingly affable. Ninety in the shade in April, is what the thermo meter said Sunday and Monday. Only about 83 in Wilmington. A revival is going on among the Masons and Odd Fel lows. Both orders are receiving many new members. : The membership of the Y. M. C. A., has reached seventy -five, and that of the Ladies Auxiliary about fifty. At Mildred last week a negro was shot through the arm with a pistol by another negro. The wounded man said that he was invited by the other to his house, and scarcely had taken his seat, when he was ordered away. He left the house followed by his strangely acting host, who shot him a few yards from the house. Hamil ton dot: Sunday evening the Rev. O. J. Lowell baptized six people in the river here, the fruits of the recent revival which he was aided in by the Rev. Mr. Hutson, carried on some time ago. - Raleigh News Observer: Ed. Carter, a prominent young lawyer, was shot on Patton avenue, near Court Square, by Mrs. Clara Deaver, at 4 p. m. to day. The shot took effect in the thigh, making a bad flesh wound. A few minutes previ ous to the shooting Mr. Carter had a diffl culty with Mrs. Samantha Wilson, mother Carter is doing well. Not fatally in l 1 jured. Asheville jotting. J A homicide was committed ten miles below Greenville, at Pactolus, on Saturday evening of last week, i A difficulty j arose be tween a crowd of negroes who worked in the shingle swamps and some farm hands in that section. Sticks were used and dur ing the affray one James Wbitehurst shot, Newton Clemmons, killing him almost in stantly, the ball passing through his heart. Both parties were colored. Whitehurst made his escape and was captured in Wil liamston yesterday. He was brought back to Greenville this morning by an officer and lodged in jail. News was re ceived here this morning that the largo barn of J. J. Laughinghouse, Esq., a pro-' minent agriculturist in the southeastern section of the county, was burned yester day. Besides the building, about 1500 bushels of : corn, 1500 bushels of peanuts and a large quantity of forage were con sumed in the flames. : Raleigh Visitor: Early on Wed nesday morning last the saw mill belonging tor Mr. A. F. Page, at Aberdeen, was en tirely destroyed by fire. Loss $1,200; no insurance. Mr. J. R. Renn, who was so badly hurt on Tuesday morning last at the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad depot, was reported as being much better this morning and entirely out of danger. ' The an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad took place at Fayetteville yesterday. From the report of Mr. J. W. Fry, General Superin tendent, it is gathered that the gross earn ings of the road for the year ending March 31st, 1888, were (291,589.64 against $236, -066.05 for the year preceding, showing an increase of $55,523.59. The gross expend" itures for the year .ending March 81st, 1888, were $148,816.12 against $124,480.92 the year preceding, snowing an increase oi $24,835.20. i This shows that the net earn ings of the road for the year ending March 31st, 1888, are $31,188.89 in excess ot the net earnings for the preceding year, or nearly 28 per cent.! This is a most excellent show- i ing. It was officially announced that 239 miles Of track were in operation. Among other important business the contract be tween the board of directors of tbe C. F. & Y. V. R. R. and the North State Improve ment Co. for the extension of the road to Wilmington was submitted, receiving the unanimous endorsement of the meeting. The old board of directors was unanimous ly re-elected. At a subsequent meeting of the directors all the old officers were unan imously re-elected. i Fayetteville Journal: The friends of Judge James C. McRae will present his name to the State Convention for the nomination as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. We see by a special to the Neiet-Observer that Ja tho accident on the A. C. Line about five miles " from Enfield, Mr. Thos. H. Pemberton, conductor of the Pullman car was Injured. -Tom is a Fayetteville boy, the sou of Col. - J. A, Pemberton. We are sorry to learn of a painful accident which happened : to Mr. Jas. Musselwhite. On alighting ' from a sulky on Bunday afternoon, his foot became entangled in the harness and he fell, and his arm receiving the full weight of his body, was ; broken just below the elbow. Rev. Dr. Huske, who has for the past 37 years been the Rector of the St. John's Episcopal church in this town, owing to feeble health, resigned the Rectorship of the church a year ago. The congregation was so reluctant to sever the life long relationship with their ven erable pastor, that they refused to accept his resignation, but instead extended him a year's absolute freedom from the cares and labors of the office hop ing that rest would restore him td his wonted vigor. After a year's respite Dr. Huske again submitted his resignation to the Vestry last week saying that his health was still so imperfect that efficient dis charge of the duties of his office as Rector was altogether beyond his strength, and that he felt compelled to retire from the : Rectorship. Under these circumstances the Vestry accepted his resignation, but at once elected him Rector emeritus with 'a liberal salary. Thus has been brought to a close a long and honorable pastorate. His predecessor was Rector twenty years. This church then has bad but two Rectors in fifty-seven years I Dr. Huske has the love and confidence not only of his own people, but of the entire community. - We understand that Rev. Thomas Atkinson has been elected to the Rectorship of tho gt. John's Episcopal Church, made vacant by the resignation of Rev. Dr. Huske. Mr. Atkinson has been the assistant minister of that church for nearly a year,' and has proven himself to be an earnest and active . worker. , , R 1 ! : w r ii t
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