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i lie Weekly Star. . ' IA II M ' u' M "Tr -V "T77 V-C I I" . j .- . I Saints Turpentine. - ' S28S82888S8 ' : . ..,,).,.. . , - - : , j , .. .- . . s.; SSSS8888888888888 S3S3S8S2o&2&S&92S 1 888S8SSS8SS888888 gg8882S88888ggs?82 SS88S8S88SS888S88 iij'"iK t SSSS88888S8888888 ro V ai w W co gj oj jj g MS 8S8888S88S888S8S et co t od at eo oi I os 8S8SS88S888SS8888 et co io e e-qo oa e v-4 oo t 1 S: t -9 :::: "r;'71.rCll a the Tost Office aewtlmlngton, N. C, n'' as Second CaassMatter.1 j SV ft SCRIP TION PRICE. L . . .v.Yir. flu- su,Iscnpuou ihiuc vi rv jx dT.iR is as follows : j n.'U' Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.00 S I- 6 months " " .60 " 3 month! " ' .30 ItH'I ISCAN IKKK AJID COR- ' HUPTiioN FUND. ' A Rs'jmbfican League has sent circular to manufacturers. Oi it in a KCjcret affair, but all wili not. keep, and eo it bag ur.-e m,. tit fasH th3t the public is in- ,.f wii.i:, i Si League. is trying ill.lllHl 1 ! T in very cuto and toL'lideulial document leta ni C.iR ... ...... u'.vw . . i . u ,..L die rtcdvers of it that .woii'jhlitrers "are getting practi- i - i L- 'if benefit of the Tariff jiirCiseiy wiiai ino jemocrats uave i.Vii.vjing aH along, and what the. Ki'nbljicins and their Democratic 'iiii'.exc-s li:ve been saying, was "a jt!."irti Ik'.' wby hhould this secret cir- u! ir t- II thu truth when Republican (KlliCI ins so often thiuk a lie will belter ? It is to induce the le recipients of benefit from the H.'iftnius War Tariff to put up ir-i-Jy !.f tueir profits in order to viititiue the great oppression, that i ; ! y bc-ntfiu manufacturers, and to !Mx i!tul to elect the Republican icki.-tt A Luge! corruption fund to i'bito voters in the North U i t !m raised.. And these are the fel- iri th hot. lit prate and blow over a free Corrupt, knavea and de- Money is to be used like The old rotten Radical party 1-iit-r. ii nit I pbance of carrying the coun r ij vie pt by fraud, intimidation of laboring men in the factories rkshops, and purchase by the k;i-tribution of money made kwyolists out of G0,000,000 of .SWing people. . i the game of the most cor - nli.' i. ( tei ii ftrty in American hirtory. The nali Enquirer says : j ni!o becoming plainer each, day i-Uction is to be carried by the lav r money, j I i:i(jtipoiii9a, the roiHioiiaries, the I'm- t -til i:s!Ui u, itMcr:d lo pool their ullied lni.il crry the election against the n.M.ufnCtuter intends to bhowthat r.iUc'.ive tariff enriches only him- p tut, ti p :if, aiij not the workingman. All over ihij iwltry tltcy are subscribing money fT!liejpu!piS)tjof carrying the ensuing txciiub for ibe Republican party, and to iViiiiin iJ majority Ju the House and Senate t I in; Unittd Slates." j The Surprise Letter, marked "Con fiderrtial," is dated "Headquarters of the Republican League of the U. S.j New York, 23 May, 1888," and is signed "James P. Foster, President." We may print it entire hereafter, but at present copy the following oiiiy ; VTi.( is rubl League stands for protection,' and ii? in your id teres t. Th ccmiDg campaign will be fought fur protection under disadvantages never uti .ru encountered. .Ninety-nine per cent. 'f i be federal officials are Democrats, and will contribute financially for the hope-for success1 of the Free Traders. Never before M th Democratic free trade or 'tariff re form' party been iu so fortunate a position. " ''The Republican league ii not com poeed pf theorists who are forever promie DS to do something . and never keeping their promises, ! We Will win this fight , if you will do your share and help us to finish what we have begun; we want money, and want it at once. We are OTerwfctlmtd with calls for tariff docu ments and for speakers and organizers. We propnge to organize and fight against free trade in every doubtful congressional and Mslsfive district in the United States. n It may not be of your personal know- V, hut it is a fact, nevertheless, that the nihuutactnrera of the Uoited States.who are nwbt. entfited by our tariff laws, have.been nf ik 8 1 wii,!D2 l contribute to the success . Party which gave them protection, ana which is about to engage in a life and oeath struggle with free trade." (The Free Trade part is all blather Bte, Democrats are fighting for a ptjOt!clive Tariff of some 40 percent. Tey indorse the Mills bill that sim ply redttees a 47 per cent. Radical War Tariff to about 40 per cent. u?'7ilhat and nothing more. Uhode Island is determined if pos- ille to protect the ballot. , The new ballot is said to be very, minute in detail. The residence, street, and "umber, as well as name of the can didate, are to appear on the ticket. J no names of candidates must ap pear j in alphabetical order. None Wt voters is allowed at the voting P'acps. Secrecy is enjoined and pe nailits attached for violation.! A voter is allowed eight minutes in a ciOBet to make his choice and mark h ballot. These are only a part of the arrangement. If a Southern "tate was to. adopt so minute a sys tem what a howl from the Radical watchdog 1 j . j ! Harrison is more popular in Indi -KitiUOK 9 j ana than Gresham. VOl.. XIX. THE END OF KAISER FREDERICK The Emperor of Germany is dead. His reign was short, his fight with death moat. heroic, his devotion to duty moat sublime. He was a man to be loved as v well as honored, for he wasca8t in an heroic mold, and was good as well as noble. We hon ored him as we honor but few men born in the purple and who wear crowns. He was a dying man when a few months ago the sceptre fell to him upon the death of his illustrious father. He knew that he was doom ed, but he never surrendered. He did not meet death half way, but forced the "grim monster' to come all the distance for his viotim. From bis ascent to the throne to the clos ing scene he was true to himself and had Germany's welfare at heart He set in motion broad and liberal principles which would have been worked out to a successful issue no doubt if he could have survived for a few years. Bat it was not to be. jThe most conservative, the most popular, the most sympathetic and humane of German potentates was to reign but a few weeks and then be laidaway among sleeping royalty to await the great final assize. . All honor to memory of Frederick the Peaceful! His son succeeds him at once, lie is of a different type. He is a Prns -sian at heart and is not the German of Germans his father was. He is a believer in Bismarcktan ideas and a strong personal Government. If he has a peaceable reign Germany will continue to prosper and flourish. But if bo makes war his end and con quest his study he may bring a vast deal of trouble and suffering upon his people. We sometimes meet with views from Northern men that show so much "horse-sense" and are so truth ful and just that we wish they were read generally j throughout the sec tion where they live or whence they corac. Such an expression of opin ion 'that deserves wide reading is that of Col. John A. McDonald, a North ern Republican now long resident in Florida. He is writing of the effects of i.be waving of the bloody shirt and. the Blaine-Sherman-Foraker-Frye-Hoar plan of Southern denun ciation. He says: "We Northern Republicans have been here) a quarter of a century, Our sons and daughters arc southern born. They are white and they are Democrats, and all that we lold-fashioncd Republicans can do would not make Republicans of our sons. And it is not tne soutnern people, our neighbors, wc have to blame for it, but the northern demagogues whom we affiliated with in former years. As eoon as they found that the South could be held no longer for their party they commenced a system of abuse of the southern people, called 'bloody-thirtism,' which they still keep up. and our sons, seeing these false and damaging statements circulated about -our people and our section (for, remember. this is now our country), are naturally dis gusted with northern Republican?, which must depend upon such misrepresentation of our own people, our neighbors and friends, and they early become Democrats.' orac of the over-wise have been jumping at a conclusion. -The fail ure of the' Democratic platform to denounce those baleful and insidious of free institutions and man'd rights sumptuary laws has been caught at and some are saying that the war npon those laws has ceased. Is this so? Speaker Carlisle sees how it is and says: "The Convention re-affirmed the plat form of 1884. That platform contained an anti -sumptuary plank. The failure to speak definitely this time makes no change in tne party. ? That is the plain, common-sense view, in la 84 toe party saia most explicitly that "toe oppose sumptuary laws," &c. In 1888 the party "re affirms the platform adopted by its representatives in the Convention of 1884." If that is not perfectly clear then we give it up. I What was the standard of journal ism and the ability of newspapers in Nprtk Carolina prior to 1844 we do not pretend to know. But since that time we have been a careful and in tereeted reader of the State press and it is our candid opinion that the best weekly prior lo the war was the Fay etiteville Observer; the best Bemi weekly was the Raleigh Standard, edited by W. W. Holden; the best monthly was the University Maga zine. Since the war the best daily was the Raleigh Observer, as estab lished by Peter M. Hale and William ii. Saunders; the best weekly was Hale's Register; the beet monthly, Tlie Land We Love. " iThis writer is certainly under very great obligations to those editors who have recently referred to him in such kind and appreciative . terms. They are very gratifying, and .not because he is vain enough to think he is deserving of all that is said, but because they indicate a friendly and generous spirit. Next to the con' sciousness of meaning well and sedu lously striving to do one's duty,is the pleasure of being approved by honor able and fair-minded brother jour nalists. Thanks, brethren of the Faber, and we invoke upon you those blessings which only God can vouchsafe. , A good sign Foraker is abusing Thurman. . REDHOT. We are to have a red-hot cam paign in North Carolina. A red-hot campaign is a necessity. If we can arouse the enthusiasm of. 1 876, and call out the Democratic voters as well as we did that year Cleveland and Thurman wijl carry the State by full 25,000 majority. The determi nation of the Democratic State Ex ecutive Committee to have a very active, earnest, energetic campaign from the first of August to the elec tion is a right move, and the discus sions should be frequent and vigor ous all through the three months. There should be po flagging of zeal if the Democrats would make viotory assured. Do nothing and overweening confidence and an apathetic spirit will always bring trouble and dis aster. ' I ' . ': - In July there; are to be a great many ratification meetings on a grand scale. These are be held at such important ( points as Raleigh, Wilmington, Charlotte, Durham, Goldsboro, New Bern, Greensboro, Asheville and Fayetteville, and per haps at other points. They will be conducted by the Young Men's Cleve land and Fowle Clubs, under the di rection of the Stkto Executive Com mittee. Elizabeth City, Washington, Oxford, Rockingham and Henderson ville should be included in the series. On the 4th of July next in the city of Baltimore there will be a grand meeting of the Democratic Clubs of of the Union. The meeting is to' be held under the auspices of the Na tional Democratic League. We no tice that in Richmond, Raleigh, and other points the Clubs are appointing delegates to meet in Baltimore. Will not Wilmington be represented ? If so, a Democratic Club must be formed. ; This should be done next week. The National Democratic League owes jits origin to the Young Men's Democratic Clnb of New York and ! the Young Men's Democratic Club of Brooklyn. These Clubs are pledged to euDDort the Mills Tariff bill Administration, rally takes place and the Cleveland Wh4n the! grand in Balti more there will be the heartiest indorsement of Cleveland and Thurman, the incom parable ticket. S Wilmington should j send a strong delegation as to ability, character ami determination to win. There is rumor in Brussels that the traveller Stanley is in a bad way. He has been wounded by the natives. deserted by his men and neglected by Tibboo Tib. We hope it will turn out like other rumors concern ing the hardy and plucky explorer false. ," i i In the First Georgia District there were 85 fruitless ballots. The 85 th ballot was as the first Norwood 20, Gordon 12, Nioholls 8. The New York Herald's reporters at Chicago think "it has a Blainite flavor." Decidedly. It smells of ... i - i Jingoism and rottenness. If Judge Thurman can only sur vive the pictures of him in friendly papers he will sit in the Vice Presi dent's chair. - There is a big party revolt threat ened in Minnesota, Tariff reform ideas, is in a fix. i on account of The G. O. P. Radicals are now j rattling on the railroads. That ia about the size of their three R's at this time. There are so many bodies to note, we have to yield a part of our pistol- graph space to-day. i In North Carolina G2 miles of rail road track have been laid since 1st January last. ; j The whole Pacific coast is clamor iug for Blaine, and will have nothing else. . I. : I ' r ' " Exports Foreign Yesterday. ' Mr. J"j W. Bolles cleared the Norwe gian barque Christine for Qoole, Eng., with. 3,560 barrels of- rosin, valued at $3,764 70. Mr. Edward Kidder's Son cleared the schooner Roger Moore for Ponce, P. R., with 359,201 (feet of lumber, valued at $3,474.28. RAILROAD ACCIDENT' wrtek on (be FrederleKabars Hold- Three Hen Injured. By. Telegraph to the Horning Stat. Richmond, June 16. --A passenger train ran into a freight train on tne iticnmona, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad, near Hungary station to day. resulting in the wrecking of a number of freight cars. En sineer Bowen. H. D, Burkhimer, mail agent, from Wilmington, N. C, and Chas. Tinsly, colored fireman, jumped from the passenger train. Mr. Bowen was slightly scratched. Mr. Burkbimer's thigh was broken.and Tinsley was injured internally, probably seriously. j -OHIO, A Building Blown tJp at Zanesvllle several Person Fatally Injured, By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Zahesvillb, . June 16. An explosion occurred about noon" in the two-story brick warehouse oi uauey uros. en joM druggists, which blew the building from its foundation and demolished several sur rounding frame buildings. Four persons were taken from the wreck, badly burned and bruised. Two of these are dying one certainly and possibly three men are buried in the debris, which took fire and burned fiercely - for some time. It is sup posed the explosion was caused by gase line. WILMINGTON, tf. 0., FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1888. 8KACOA8T . RAILROAD. - Driving; tne Silver Spike Inureetine I'eremonlea-Tbe -Addreaaea, etc. i "' . At 4.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon the large crowds gathered a Vmnt. street depot filled the canary-colored coaches of the Seacoast road, and were soon flying towards the Sound and the Hammocks. The occasion was the final completion of the road, and the driving of the "silver spike ." Arriving at the grounds, where a large -crowd "was already gathered, Mr. W. H. Chadbourn, the contrac tor, formally turned over the road to its present management. Mr. Chad bourn spoke as follows : Mr. President and Gentlemen af the Board of Directors of the Wilming ton Seacoast Railroad : It now becomes! my pleasant duty. as one of the contractors, to turn Over to you this COmDleted rn.ilrnn.d- but before doing so, I wish to say just a, how: i - It was early in March when th a final contract was made with us, and but few even of. the - most sanguine thought it could be finished before the first of August, while very many contended that we could not com plete it in time for any travel this season, xet, in less than one hun dred worfcing days, on June 16th, your road is ready for operation, al though it has a mile and a quarter of heavy trestling in it. And now, Mr, President and gentle men of the Board of Directors, we as conffactors, wish in this public man ner to acknowledge that but for your valuable time, counsel and advice, which we have so frequently sought and which you have so cheerfully given, it would have been an impos sibility for us to have so succeeded. I have said the road was completed. Yet one thing is lacking a single spike and all is done. May this spike in its purity and value be sym bolic of the future of this little road. Mr. President I leave the honor of driving this silver spike to you. Mr. Wm. Latimer, the President of the road, then responded as follows: Ladies and Gentlemen : Those of vou who can recall the ever generous and openhearted hospitality offered to vis itors at the Sound will, I know, rejoice that by means of this road, its health ful pleasures and innocent recreations can now be enjoyed by so much lar ger a number of those who, in this age of ceaseless effort and never end ing struggle, surely need a place like this where they may rest their tired muscles and cool their heated brows. By a wise dispensation of Provi-i dence, such struggles and efforts are necessary, not only to earn the right to rest from our labors, but also to provide a place i in which to enjoy such well earned rest. It is then to the ceaseless efforts and unfailing courage of the directors and subscribers of the Wilmington Bea coast Railroad Company that we owe the opening of so fittinga resort as this in which to spend a quiet season,! free from the cares and worries ofo ur work-day life, and to breathe with never-ending delight the life-giving breezes which flow from the bosom of the ocean. I say that it is to the enterprise and courage of these : gentlemen that we owe the building of this railroad and the establishment of this resort, since it did indeed vocaivo oonao oouragf. to unaertaKe ana carry out this work. For who, a few short years ago. would have believed that the shunned and despised Hammocks, the resort of the solitary heron, and the breed ing place of pestiferous insects, could be made to become so charming & place as it is now seen to be? J? irm, nowever,in their convictions, in the skill and untiring energy of the Messrs. Chadbourn was found the way to carry out their ideas, and I am more than proud an honored to stand before you to-day as the em bodied will of these gentlemen. Proud, because this is so essentially a home enterprise, conceived and car ried out by local judgment, energy and capital; and honored, by the con fidence reposed in me by such men. But, my friends, while you may sin cerely wish that these gentlemen may meet with that pecuniary success which their courage and enterprise deserve, do not believe that they were actuated by such a motive alone, for I know that they, too, desired by their efforts to help on the growth and ad vancement of our dear old city, and to add their mite to the many evi dences, now so plainly to be seen, that Wilmington has at last awakened from her placid slumber, and is gird ing herself for a place in the race of progress and improvement. Who, among us, if, after the toils of the day are over, ne would but take a Daily Review of our city, should fail to see that our MoRXiNGt Stab is now rising or that a tireless Messenger is pro claiming to the world the daily recora of Wilmincrf nn'a nH Vftnf.pmftnt. The busy hum of enterprise and progress is now heard with equal distinctness along the banks of the Cape Pear, as on the slopes of the Yadkin "Valley, and the fertile fields of Carolina Central will never be too numerous to supply the ever growing Dusiness oi our Atlantic uoast une. And now. ladies and gentlemen. you will I know join me in, wishing that this Silver Spike may rivet the missing link in that great chain, which should ever bind oar Eastern shores to the fertile plains of our midland counties, and the majestic mountains of our West, forming as one great and harmonious whole, the glorious old North State of Carolina. At the conclusion of Mr. Latimer's speech the Cornet. Concert Club played the "Old North State," many people joining in singing the patri otic air. j . Hon. Geo Davis then addressed the crowd. His remarks were heard with breathless silence and each sentence was eagerly awaited by the audience. He remarked that from his long iden tification with Wilmington, and from his many years of citizenship, he was qualified to speak on the subject of her enterprise and progress. He gave a short sketch of the unwritten his tory of. 'the town, showing from the very first how determined and full of pluck her inhabitants had ever been. He reviewed her conduct during the building of the Wjlming ton & "Weldon, the Wilmington & Manchester and the North Carolina Railroads, and showed conclusively that her people had ever been wide awake, active, intelligent," and progressive people. His remarks were also tinged with humor, as when, he depicted the gun boats of her Majesty's service anchor ing against the pilings in Moore's channel and bombarding the houses on the sound. ; At the conclusion of Mr. Davis' speech the band played, and then Mr. William Latimer swung the sledge and drove the silver spike, which completed the road. Three cheers were given by the large crowd in honor of the event, and thus was fin ished an-enterprise that has so long been discussed, but which few ever dreamed would be a reality, i ! Col. A. M. Waddell was then called for by the crowd, and, after some little delayv was. escorted to the track by Mr. DuBrutz Cutlar. CoL Waddell re plied in his happiest vein, prefacing his speech with the remark that he felt like the girl whose sweetheart had just kissed lierentirely unprepared for h the unexpected pleasure and then, after a talk filled with humor ous hits, 'remarked that he had only one! desire unfulfilled, and that was, he could not take the silver spike with him. This elicited a burst of applause and the ceremonies ended. The undergrowth has been cleared away and seats have been made all over the island . All that conduces to the comfort of the public has been done, and with trains running every two; hours to the .Sound a pleasant time is ahead for our people, and a pleasant resort, built by Wilmington capital and enterprise, has been oried to the public. . Tne Fire Last Nlsnt. Fire broke out about ten o'clock last night, from some unexplained cause, in the rear of Messrs. W. E. Springer & Co.'s hardware establish ment, No. 14 North Front street, and for a time a disastrous conflagration threatened. The firemen, however, responded quickly to the alarm, and in a short time had the fire under con trol and speedily extinguished it. The fire began apparently.between the warehouse in rear of the store and a new building in process of erection, and the flames communi cated to the . warehouse, in wruch a large stock of glassware and cordage was stored, the estimated value of which is about $2,000. The fire did not reach the hardware department, on Front street. Wilmington Hook and Ladder Company, under the command of their Jnew foreman, Mr. H. G. Gerken, did excellent service, entering ;the building while it was on fire and re moving over "a hundred barrels of glass and crockery. The steam fire engines were prompt ly on the ground the "Atlantic" be ing credited with the first stream and did heroic service under the management of Assistant Chief Mar tin Newman. Chief Oldenbuttel be ing absent. There was insurance on the prop erty to fully cover the loss, with Messrs. Smith & Boatwright on stock, and Messrs. Atkinson & Manning and Northrop, Hodges &l Taylor on the building. During fthe progress ofi.the fire Mr. Steljes, a member of How ard Relief No. 1, was accident ally knocked from a ladder by a stream from the "Atlantic" engine. He was severely injured by the fall, and was taken.into. a neighboring store where ho eeelved medical attention and everything possiblewas done to alleviate his sufferings; the members of the "Atlantic" engine company be ing exceedingly solicitous in his be half. It was an unfortunate occur rence, for which no one;is.toblame. Accident on tne Ball. Trains from the North last night were delayed by an accident on the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Poto mac road about nine miles north of Richmond. The mail and passenger train, No. 23, bound South, ran into a freight train, resulting from the engineer of train No. 23 mistaking the signal. Mr. H. G. Burkhimer, mail agent, of this city, engineer Bowen, and Chas.' Tinsley, the color ed fireman, jumped from the train. Mr. 1 Burkhimer's right leg was broken above the knee, Bowen was sliirhtlv iniured. and Tinsley, the colored man was injured internally. A physician was summoned and ac companied the wounded men to Richmond. Persons arriving by the early train last night reported that Mr. Burkhimer desired to come to Wilmington, and his arrival here was expected on the delayed train. Picnic at Wllaon. A correspondent writes the Stab as follows: On the 13th inst. the writer hereof attended one of the most enjoyable picnics of his life. It was given by the young people of Wilson, and all her beauty and her chivalry had gathered there: and not only that,! but the world's larder must be in close proximity to Wilson. Certain it is that my vocabulary is all too iB.ade-i quate to tell of the meats and the sweets spread by the Wilsonians. And besides . after-thonerhts of scenes like this are so enticing that the pen will drop from the hand and the mind grow lazy in contented revery. The picnic was at Barnes' mill, by a beau tiful stream, and the party was chaJ peroned bvMr. James Wiggins and Mrs. Frank Barnes, to whom, together with the whole party, the writer ac-4 cords all praise and thanks for one day of unalloyed pleasure. Stepnen Freeman Stephen Freeman, the colored man convicted of rape and sentenced to ibe hanged next Wednesday, expresses himself as resigned to his fate, but evidently still has a lingering hope that he will escape the gallows. He asserts his innocence of the crime of which he was convicted, and yester day afternoon made a statement, the substance of which was that he is not guilty. Freeman is constantly attended by the priests of the Catholic Church, and his relatives have also given him every attention. Mr. Thos.W.Strange, his counsel, who has ;been active in bis behalf, and endeavored to secure a pardon for Freeman or a commuta tion of his sentence, is absent from the city. Cotton. The movement of cotton at this port shows receipts since the begin ning of the crop year flept. 1st to June 16th 167,625 bales, as against 133,634 to same date last year; an in crease of 83,991 bales. Receipts for the week ended yesterday are 49 bales; the same week last year, 103. The stock at this port at the close of the week is 1,318 bales, Bind at same date last year 1,601 bales. SO UTH CA ROL1 NA. Destructive Fire In tbe V own of Union Heroic Deed or a Colored man. Chablkston. June 14 A fire at Union. in this State, yesterday, destroyed tbe brick DutiatDgs occupied bv Farr & ThooiDson. groceries; J. A. Swiok & Co , druggists, ! (building owned by ! Robt. W. Harris); William Gist, ice-cream saloon; and the post-office building, owned by J. C. Hunt er; Ureen Bros., groceries, building owned by r. IF. r ester; John K. Young, con fectionery; f. M. (Jonen. building owned by the estate of John Barter. The dam ages are roughly estimated at $20,000; in surance cannot be procured. The fire originated in Swink & Co.'s drugstore. Cause of the fire unknown. Faithful work and pluck saved the town. i During the fire Sam 1 . Stokes, awver of this bar in his heroic efforts to save pro perty, lingered in Farr & Thompson's store until tbe roof fell in, knocking bim sense- less. A colored man' observed the accident i and rushed in amid smoke and flames, and dragged him out apparently a lifeless corpse. lb is beroic deed called forth applause; from men and screams from ladies. The colored man's name has not been found out. WISCONSIN. Banding" Swept Away by a Flood at Cloqoet. Supbriob. June 14. Several million feet of logs broke loose from the booms above Cloquet yesterday and came tearing aown tne stream to tne island, on which: several hundred people live, doing great damage. Among the buildings 8 wept away; are tbe jail, court house, two hotels, one- boarding house, several stores and saloons,! and half a dozen dwellings. Thirty or, forty other buildings are completely sur rounded by water to a depth of seven or eight feet, and most of them have been abandoned . The St. Paul and Duluth Railroad, at Fond Du Lac, is under twd feet of water; tbe depots and other buildH ings have been abandoned and are likely to be carried away at any time Communication between the main land and the inundated island is maintained by boats, but it is be- coming dangerous. The St. Paul & Du- lutb Hallway has abandoned tbe line from; Duluth to the Northern Pacific Junction.! and is running trains over the Northern Pacific Railroad via Superior. The loss to the lumber men at Cloquet will be enor mous as tbe logs will have to be picked up When they reach the lake by tugs, and it will be impossible to i save them all. The loss thus far is roughly estimated at $500,- out). i " WASHINGTON. Exodoi or Republican Congressmen for Chicago Tbs secretary of tbe Treaanry Disapproves tbe Finding of tbe conrt Martial In tbe Case of Capt. Selfrldge. j Washington, June 15 There were many vacant seats on the Republican side of the House to-day. It was estimated that about eighty Representatives have gone to Chieago, or are about making arrangements to go The attendance on tbe Democratic side was not much better, and practically business could only be done by unanimous eonpent. Any member had it in his power to suspend the proceedings by making the point of no quorum Such an incident happened at the very outset, when Mr. Townshend, smarting under the dei feat of his motion to take up the army ap4 propnatlcn bill, made the point. For ball an hour he resisted ( the appeals of nearly all of the members to withdraw his point; but finally yielded to the Speaker's plain intimation that nothing could be done to day if be persisted. ! The Secretary of the Navy to day issued a general order in the case of Capt. Thos. O. Selfridgc, who ; was recently tried by court martial for neglect of duty, and ac quitted. Tbe Secretary reviews the history or me case aw icagiu, ana coaciuues as lot- lows: " On careful review and considera tion of all the evidence in this case, vizi the testimony and exhibits contained in the record of proceedings of the court of in quiry, and which were in evidence before the court martial, and the additional evi dence introduced on the trial, the Depart ment is clearly of the opinion that the find ings of the court! of inquiry are fully sustained by the evidence, and that the findings of the- court martial are not in ac cordance witn tbe ' evidence, tne Depart ment.therefore cannot approve the findings oi tne court martial. Washington. Jnne 16. The Treasury Department has decided that the cost of granulating imported rice is part of the value of tne goods per e. i n is action overrules the claim of certain importers that the cost of granulation is a non-du tiable charge. Ii was asserted in their be half that the rice was imported in a granu lated condition and not in entire grains, because the ad valorem duty imposed on granulated rice results in less amount than the duty at specific rates prescribed for rice imported as gram OREGON. Disastrous Wind and Cloud Burst- Numbers of Persons Killed and In juredConsiderable Property Dam aged. Br Telegraph to tne Morning Star.; Portland. June 16. A disastrous wind storm and cloud burst prevailed yesterday at Arlington, Oregon. Willow Creek be came a furious current, making a regular torrent Seven buildings at Lexington were wrecked. The storm first struck a grove below Lexington, and blew down H. J. Brooks' house. Mrs. Brooks was fatally iniured and soon t died. H. A. Harking heuse and barn were totally wrecked. Mr. Harkins was very sick in the bouse and sustained very serious injuries. His little child received a blow on her head and was killed. Mrs. Harkins and two other chill dren were also injured. A school-house, containing its pupils, was. partially de stroyed, and some of the school children iniured: two of them, it is reared, are ra- tallv hurt. Several other persons were more or less injured, bo lar as is Known considerable property is damaged. TRAIN Ro'rRERS. Eighty Tbonsand Dollars Taken from an Express Car on tbe Missouri & Texas Road a Passenger Shot and Killed and Several Persons Hurt By Telegraph to the Horning Star. St. Louis. June 16. A special from Muskogee, Indian Territory, says the southern-bound Missouri. Kansas & Texas Axnreas was robbed about 9 o clock last night at yirdigri's bridge. From parties who were on the train it is learned that the train had stoDned at the bridge to put oil some baggage, and had just started to pull out again, when the engineer was covered by a revolver and the express car entered. The express messenger was taaen pysur- nnse. as KDeiDC very warm mpt ue " .-"- X1 tL sde door was ooen . Before be could close it two men entered the car ana roDoea mm of 8.000 in a valuable package . One shot wa fired into the mail car. the bullet pass ing through tne left arm oi unaries uooi' ton, the mail agent. Two shots were fired at. thp front oi tne smoKing car. one going thrmiirh the right arm of Harry Ryan, the train "hntcher." The other strucs a pas senger named Ben. C. Tarver in the lef t r.hmk. and nassing backwards broke his neon-, nausincr instant death. T The wounded and dead were brought to this nlace. but the mail agent went on anuth. His was a flesh wound. Ttanntv marshal Tvson and a posse are preparing to give pursuit as soon as they can cross the Arkansas river. There were nn mnn nnffaeed in the robbery. No effort was made to rob the passengers. The wn man's boma was in Rosebud, lexas. He was a single man, and was going home from a trin to Chicago. The leader oi tne robbers save his name as Captain Jack. Some of them were masked. Danburv , Reporter md Fost Tko rwm River bridge for the Madison branch of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. is now beine built at Summerfleld. Grading on chia line which ia only eleven miles in iength-rwill be completed in about weeks. six NO. 33 DKATII OF THtS GKKMAff EMPEROR. Official Announcement of lainlatrv of State Intense Excitement In Benin Royal I Family and ministers Pre sent In I tbe Death Chamber .lloeb Sorrow j Expreaaed In England-Tbe Queen Sends Message of Sympathy and Sorrow His ! Son William An nounced as Ills Successor, under the Title of William II. BkblinJ Juno 15.-j-2 IieicTisanzeicer (official paper), publishes tbe following an uouncemcnt: 'The Royal sufferer has ended his earth. ly career. By God's decree the Emperor King, bur most gracious master, passed to his eternal rest shortly after 11 o'clock this morning, after long and grievous suffer ings, which were borne with admirable fortitude and submission to God's will. The Royal house and German people have been twice bereaved within a short time. They deeply mourn the all too early decease of our much beloved ruler. (Signed) Ministry op State " 'Berlin; June 15 Noon. The death of the Emperor caused intense excitement -in this city. AH of the members of tho Royal family and Ministers were present in the death chamber at the Freidrichskran Ministerial Council Palace, Pptsdam. A was held just before the Emperor died. Prince Bismarck; who presided at the Council, was much agitated. Potsdam, June 15. During the first part of the night the condition of the Em peror was comparatively good. At 4 o'clock this morning he became restless, and soon after the Royal family assembled in the room adjoining the one in which the Emperor lay. Court preacher J Per sins had been in attendance since yesterday. Herr Von Werner, sketched the Emperor's fea- tures after dpath. I London, June 15.-r-Much Borrow is ex pressed at the death of the Emperor of Germany,f who was very popular in this city. Flags are flying at half-mast, and the blinds of many I houses are lowered. Numerous messages of condolenca have been sent the Prussian Royal family. Im mediately upon the receipt of intelligence of the Emperor's death, Queen Victoria telegraphed a message of sympathy an t sorrow to the Empress Victoria. The Prince of Wales has returned from Ascot Heath, where he was attending the races, and will probably start for Berlin to-night. , Berlin, June 15. The Bnndesrath met at noon.t Bismarck formally announced the death of Emperor Frederick and the accession to the throne of William, who takes the title of William II. Potsdam, June 15. At midnight the Emperor; sat for half an hour in an arm chair and took some nourishment. At 3 o'clock there was an alarming increase in his weakness, and relatives were telegraphed to return. At 10 o'clock this forenoon ac cess to the Palace was stopped. Count von Stolberg--Werningerode, Court (Jbamber laine, was the only Minister present at that hour Chaplains Persins and Kegge were also in attendance, i At 11 o'clock the death occurred, and at 11.20 the flag flying over the Frederichs-Krohn Palace was lowered to half mast. Tbe Emperor died without a struggle. He was surrounded by all the members of his family. The Hussars oc cupy the road from Fried erichs Krohn Cas tle to San Souci. In the interior of the Castle the Lehr Battalion mounts guard. Before his death the Emperor gave direc tions that bis remains should be interred in the Garrison Church at Potsdam. The Municipal Uouccil received nonce of the death of the Emperor through Herr von Forkenbeck, Mayor of Berlin, while they were in. session. They immediately ad journed to meet in special session this eve ning. The bells in Berlin began to ring at 2 o'clock. Mourning was displayed on many houses. In a number of shop- windows busts of the Emperor, veiled with crape, have been placed. London, June 15th- News of tbe Em peror's death produced a profound impres sion throughout the provinces. Business was practically suspended on the Liver pool. Manchester and Glasgow Exchanges. Potsdam, June 1 15. Some details are now becoming known in regard to the last hours of tbe Emperor. An hour after mid night the Empress dismissed the members of the Imperial family to their apartments and prepared herself to pass tbe night watch in a room adjoining the Emperor, Dr. Hovell shared in the vigil. The Em peror was in the full possession of his faculties. Shortly after 1 o'clock he wrote on a slip of paper the following question, which he handed to Dr. Hovell. "How is my pulse T Are you satisfied with it I" j He then wrote something more, but re tained the piece of paper in his hand, after erasing the words. I Between 2 and 3 o clock his breathing becamo terribly labored, and some mo ments of struggle would occur, alternating witb spasms and great distress, as the hard fight with approaching death progressed. By this time the strength of the dying Em peror was seen to be waning. As soon as it became evident that the ena was near, the Empress caused the Koyai family to be summoned. At 8 o'clock the Empress caused all to be gathered around the bedside. Dr. Koegel, Court Chaplain, who had been summoned by a telegram from Ems, did not arrive in time to admin ister the last sacrament. Dr. Persins therefore officiated this evening. Pas tor Kegge was I also present in the death chamber during the administration of the sacrament, ! and indeed even to the wine, fifteen minutes before his death, the Emperor appeared to be conscious. He showed by the expression of his eyes and the movements of his eye-lids that ne sua recognized all who approached the bedside relatives and others. A number of officials who had been summoned early in the morn ing reached the Palace before his death bad taken place. Among those present at the time the Emperor died were Count Yon Btolberg-Wernigerode, GeD. Von Albedyll, Count Eulonberg; Ger. Rsueh, Cunt Ra-dolin-Radolinski, Gen. Pope and Gen Lin dequist. I Count isismarcK uiu not go to roisuam from Berlin until: after the meeting of the Ministerial Council, where he formally an nounced the decease or the Emperor, The Emperor's! remains will probably lie in state in the Garrison Church at Potsdam. By order of the Evangelical Church Coun cil the bells will be tolled at specified hours for fourteen days succeeding in all the Protestant churches of the Kingdom. MARINE DISASTER. An Untbown Schooner Blown Up at j Sea. (By Telegraph to the Morning Star, PHTLADELPHLi, June 16L Capt How ard, Of the schooner Edward W.Young, at this port from Providence, reports that while near the capes or the ueiaware, may 24, he sighted and followed a large two masted schooner for several hours, and then observed that she was blown to pieces, apparently by some explosives on board of her. Owing toi the prevalence of light winds, Capt. Howard couia not get up with the unfortunate vessel in time to see whether any of the crew escaped. A ; man on the schoonor Young, who witnessed the affair, says both vessels were proceeding slowly under nearly full can vass,! when all of a sudden a noise was heard, preceded by a Durst oi DiacK smoKe and followed by flash of flame, apparently out lot the main hatchway. ,In a few seconds the spars and sails were burning, and it was not long before tbe trim schooner was transferred into an unsightly smoxing bulk. The observer is of the opinion that t all on board perished. 1 Inquiry in maritime circles fail to dis-! close what vessel the unfortunate one could ! have been, as there has been none cleared ' lately southward with explosives on board. ! The Goldsboro Argus says of Prof. E. A. Alderman's literary address be fore Fremont Institute: "Mr. Robinson, in a very pleasant manner, introduced Mr. E. A. Alderman, who arose and delivered one of the most eloquent, instructive and pleas ing lectures that we nave ever naa tne gooa fortune to heart" New Bern Journal: Nearly llOO names have already been enrolled with the Young Men's Democratic Club. j - J Oxford TorehligU: Grounds have been purchased for the Colored Ox- -ford Orphan Asylum and operations hve been! already begun, having now about fourteen orphans. Gen. M. Taj lor, j who has been located here for the past few years, has accepted a position as surveyor on the C. F. & Y. V. R. R., and departed for his new home Monday. I "-.' -4Wadesboro Messenger: ThefirBt shipment of raw silk ever made from New York, south of "iason and Dixon's line.t' was sent by John T. Walker. Son I & Co., of this city, on Use 32nd .' instant, to the Wadesboro Manufactur ing J Company, the new concern!- nt Wadesboro, in which Messrs. Murry. Hose and Singleton are interested, and w lucid has just begun operation. Mrs jSirah Boggao, relict of the late Msj Jas Bnnn, died suddenly at her residence in Wdes boro! township on the 11th inst cf apo plexy, j i j- Asheville Citizen: The cpm mencement exercises of the Benedictine College at Belmont took place yesterday. Bishop Northrop was present, as was also Vicar-General Gross, of Wilmingtoo. -The graduates numbered twelve. About twelve hundred men will go into camp at Wrlghtsville, on July 17th, and every pro vision for their transportation, commissary stores, pleasure and comfort has been made, and lit is safe to predict that the en campment for 1888 will surpass aj.1 others heretofore held in North Carolina. 4- Durham Daily Plant; Tobacco i3 advancing rapidly in price. Strong de- mand for gocd tobacco. Durham is a too coy maiden lo have her many attrac tions out on dre6s parade, to be seen from '. the rear platform of a railroad car, but we have them all the same Take a week ! and come back to Durham, The Durham, Oxford and Clarks ville Railroad baa about seventeen miles of track completed. The builders oh the Oxford end division are in camp near! Tar river, and a construction engine runs to the camp daily, but some time will elapse before the bridge over! will be ready for the track. Sevch miles 1 and ' more of track has been laid ou the Dur ham end division. Those iu authority say that the two divisions will bo connected by the middle of July, and the entire road ready for the trains by August -j Durham Recorder: W. Duke, Sons & Co. received an order yesterday for 2,000,000 cigarettes, from Australia. If the "good looks of Durh am" did not make a favorable impression upon him it is because he did not take a "good look" at Durham. i While it is true that some places are noted for their Jwide streets, beautiful lines of shade trees, and symmetrical lay out, others lay claim to business.cnergy and push. Durham does not brag on her beau ty. Like a homely maid, there may not be beauty of form or face to admire, but there are elements and graces which attract and far outshine- the former. It is not expected that a person on the train can form a clear and correct opinion of Durham, because Jhe railroad does not run through the . centre of the town, like Goldsboro, for in stance, where there is a fine opportunity to display the comeliness of the nlace. i Wjilson Mirror'. Cleveland Thurman, Fowle and Holt, and from it no true man will bolt. On Monday at 12 o'clock Mrs. John O'Hagan passed from time to eternity, and entered upon that rest prepared for the people of God. The sweet school girls have now returned,! ana laddies hearts are made to burn. ' Brother C. C. Daniels, the bold and ag gressive editor of our excellent and sterling contemporary the Advance, has beenelect ed a member of the State Executive 'Com mittee, and a stirring and capable one he will make too. The report of the ac complished principal of the WilsonkCol legiate Institute showed an enrolment of 104 pupils during the past session which was an increase of one hundred per cent, over that of the first session. F. A. Woodard, a gentleman of great legal abili ty; and political adroitness, has been made chairman ot this Congressional district, and we congratulate the people upon hav ing at the head of their Committee a gen- - - tleman so admirably equipped. Raleigh News- Observer : John Morgan, of North Carolina, has ! been appointed copyist, at $900, in the Bureau otr Provision and Clothing, Navy Depart ment, Washington, under civil service rtiies. Senator Vance was acorded an ovation at Wako Forest yesterday, and he deserved the compliment. The direc tory which will be issued by tbe Observer Printing Company in a few days will con tain the following carefully compiled cen sus of the city: There are 13,050 persons in the limits of the city proper. These limits do not include the old fair grounds, or any of the suburbs. There are 6,897 white, 6,653 colored. LLangdon C. Hubbard, Esq., of Clinton, in the county of Sampson, has been appointed by His Honor, Judge Seymour, a United States Commissioner for the Eastern District of North Carolina. At the regular club meeting held last night considerable enthu siasm was manifested and the business transacted evinced a firm determina tion to push forward to a victorious campaign work. Several new names were added to the roll. The club last night joined the National League of Democratic clubs, indorsed the National and State De mocratic platforms, and at the next regular meeting will elect delegates to the National League. The sad news was received here yesterday of the death at Banner Elk, Watauga county, Sunday the 10th inst., of Rev. George Badger Wetmore, the well known Episcopal minister. Mr. Wetmore . was in his 65th year. He was born in New Bern, N. C. When a boy his parents moved to Raleigh, and here he spent most of his youth. He was a nephew of Hon. George E. Badger", and read law with him . before going into the ministry. He was pastor of St. Andrew's and Christ churches in Rowan county and St. James's in Ire dell for thirty years. He was also a prom inent and effective temperance worker in the State. He leaves four sons and four daughters. We believe he was long ago made a D. D. He was an earnest, evangel ical Christian. This writer formed his ac quaintance more than forty years since. Stab. Charlotte Chronicle : Ground was broken yesterday at Wadesboro for the new Baptist Church, which is to cost $7,500. It will be built with brown stone. The summer term of the Federal court was convened in this city yesterday, Judge B-obt P. Dick presiding. We regret to learn of the death, at Mooreeville, on the 8th instant, of Mr. W. L. Rankin, a highly respected resident of that place. Par ties who arrived in the city from Ruther fordton yesterday report that a serious run away accident occurred in that town last I Sunday, in which Capt. J. M. McCarty, a conductor in the 3 C's road, was badly hurt. He was injured internally and his head and shoulders were bruised. When he was picked up, blood was trickling from his nose and ears. He wiil be laid up for a week to come, v The buggy was broken all to pieces. Dr. Elliott, of the Spark ling Catawba Springs, writes us that wheat, ! oats and com in Catawba promise splendid crops. A fine crop or iruu is promised ana blackberries were never more abundant. A party of our young men have or ganized an instrumental band, and their set of horns arrived yesterday. There are ten horns in the set and they cost $370. ! They are silver polished and are beautiful instruments. ' A big contingent of witnesses and princi pals on the Federal Court docket arrived in the city yesterday. The Carolina Central train ; brought a couple of car-loads and when the Air Line train came in it unload ed an assorted consignment. Mr. J no. Snider, a son of Mr. W. F. Snider, Was yesterday thrown from a bicycle and had one of his arms broken, and all on account of Stebbins dog. Mr. Snider was riding along the street on his machine when a dog belonging to Mr. D. G. Stebbins ran out and got between the wheels of the bicycle. The Charlotte bound passenger train on the Air Line road, due here yesterday morning at 5 o'clock, had a narrow escape from total destruction at South Tiger river, where it ran upon a bridge, a portion of which had been burned away. The bridge over South Tiger is a very high structure, the track which is laid upon it being 120 feet above the ground. The capacity of the Charlotte Cotton Seed Oil Mills is to be doubled by tbe improvements ana addi tions that are now being made. - Rcck- cham, June la. 1 he stockholders oi tne Great Falls Manufacturing Company met here to day. - The cotton around Rock ingham is in BDlendid fix and the stalk is much larger and healthier than any county around. 11 i ;4 V. : mm mm mm 'It- r 4 v. .1 J i H -Y. 5 f: .J..5 . ". -f r ' .1! si ?M if in iH i ;1 is , 'ft: 4' is
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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