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It is no wonder that Fal si.ff exclaimed"Lord, lord, , how ihlj worl is given to lying!" It is RKifcutneptal lying to call a great W.w 40 f-er cent. Tariff a Freo Trade iica-ure.j ; " j The Republicans raised their Wa ! Tariff lo 40 per cent, the year j?er( iJie war had ended, making it higher lUn in lime of actaal war. In 874 th'ey, tha Kepahlicans, had actually rrdiiced it 2 uer cent. ' But bv 1883 ti'Jey had got it up to the startling1. fig uriH of 44.51 per cent, or 44 per criit. Bat this was not enough; riity mast have it higher still. So in lSSj -iney nave sot it to 47 per i - - i ; cci.i. on tnonsands or articles, a s?reat of which mai-y rw'! of li To cui are prime neceasa- e. down this abominable iutional, this grinding, tbis this nr'jnsxJvW unequal Tariff to what t n an iu 1SCC, and 2 per cent, high r than it was in 1874. causes! the 6 I . .. Monopolists and their subsidized or Sans to cry out "free trade, free tr.ide, j" rce trade." There i:i no Kcnee in such stupidity and false! u i We r peat the Mills hill is a very nxwt raltt j red notion bill, although it .ir a vi;rv bieh Protection bill. with a giant Monopoly and il p'liost h to do it carefully, sldwly, niodt-'raLlv. Chv's bill of 1833. juund tie Tariff averaging 33 per fti't. tie proposed to gradually re duet; it io 20 per cent. lie wa i the the so-called "American Syshm' of Protection. j ; n !i I "' , I : ih mocrats who Dronose to so re- J I ! l dncft the Tariff as to leave it hy tb i raders. tt c r:t. twice as Inah as iiriff cf 1833' rroDOsed. are called at 40 tbe Clay lyirg demagogues. useful, certa n Miction J Freo Hero is a table that may be fbund It gives the present tx on articles and the proposed re- ; l l Proposal. 22.45 49 21 4319 29.25 65 64 38 06 42.65 4000 24.01 39.87 1819 84.79 rr E EE'KLY TAR yoL. xix. WILMINGTON, N. 0.v FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1888. NO. 35 HARRISON AND IBB CHINESE. Uen Harrison is in a rather bad fix. He fought the legislation in the Senate to keen out the "HaathAn Chinee." That mav have been irntod .: , : a or bad,' but that is not ihe point.; He fought it and was on the side of the Mongolian. And his platform the Monopolists' platform the Chicago platform is square the other way. . It Bays: "We declare our hostility to the introduc tion into Wis country of foreign cont'Ar.t labor and of Chinese labor, alien to our civ ilization ana our constitution ; and we de mand the rigid enforcement of the existing laws against it, and favor such immediate legislation as will exclude such labor from our snores. lhat is a very knotty plank for him. He will have a rough time as he pirouettes on that plank. So op posed is the Republican candidate to the deliverance of the platform of Monopoly that ho spoke against it, long deferred, ut it came, and with 1 A SENSATIONAL, AFFAIR. devastating re A Tonne Woman of Brunswick ronn- ty Attempts to Kill her Hatband and Afterward Tries to Commit ' snlelde. ' 1 . t ! A correspondent of the Star, writ ing from Little River; S. C, gives an re- fearful, with most suits. o cannot nnaertaKe to give an analysis of Prof. Dabney'a able work. In the coarse of his discussion he oovors tho entire class of causes. He -i,-, . i j ., . I mgiruiuiniue iviver, o. u., give shows the pecuniary pr vileges of the nTlt nf . aJ uuuuity ana clergy; the baa effects of absentee landlords; the intolerance of the clergy; the sinecures of the nobility; the absolatism of the King; the j direct and indirect taxes; the forced laborand military service; the effects of persecutions of French wri- ana tne rationalistic m (wo men t; the attack on the Church and what led to it. and thA various influences! at work that must in the end bring on a crisis. It is a1 scholarly, thoughtful work that will aid the student no little in un worked against it in the Senate. -We I -erstanding why it was that a most find the following Jn the Augusta Chrontcle, a High Protection expo nent: ' " 'He took,' as the Rev. Dr. Bartlett and other prominent Republicans of Indianap- ois lesuiy, -me most raaicai position on the subject, and argued that there would be precisely as much justice and propriety in excluding tbe Germans and Irish as in ex cluding the Chinese. He criticised in the strongest manner tbe action and sentiments of the people of the Pacific slope In their opposition to the influx of the Orientals.' He said be 'was in favor of admitting the Chinese, and be took the broad ground that America should extend to them a welcome hand, and that humanity demanded that they should be allowed 10 come under our benign civilization. ' Tbis is in flat contra diction to every principle of the Chinese plank of the Rcr,ublicauplatform." Judge Tburman has a record the very opposite. When the Pacific States come to consider the records which will they choose, think you? direful Revolution . at last broke bounds and deluged the land with blood and filled it with disorder. turning chaos loose. You cannot read the book without changing your viewB of the Revolu tion and sympathising! with the peo ple in their efforts to get rid of mon archy, and with it the greatest op pressions. If you subject by the aid have -studied the of the many Wri ters referred to by Prof. Dabney Buckle, Taine, Carlyle and others you have already learned to sympa thize with the sureihi'. struerdinff. wild, maddened war of revenge, find this historic j Schedule. Present. tUm'lcalj 39 84 kith(uf are, glassware. . 65.96 I'thk.l 52 5 Wooa add woodenwarc.. 34.60 Sugar, . 82.04 Tobecco 81.67 iWitions 52 89 Cotton manufactures.... C0.90 Ifmp, iuteandflix goods 35.72 wool hud woollens 68.92 Books, papers, etc 24.40 Sundries 44.42 eraee of all... 65.98 48 30 j t will be Been that the Republican j hedule is enormous on tho ar iicles lotted. An average of 63.93 per "P1' 1 1 he Mills bill proposes to re duce these articles, but to lnave jthem Rl'1 at the average of 48.30 percent. iij well to remind the readej" that m-1882 the Republicans appointed a "fnu(A.orami8Bion. ion will re member it. It travelled all It.haff around. ovflf tbe i t - T P'l. Now what did this RePtjbli- free interviews all Commission say in 1882, six years ago? It declared, and remem ber who it is that speaks, thai We of defensive duties j wAicA more than eaunRvn iKpl Mndi those equalize tidn of labor and capital with 'no J foreign competition can be justi fied. Ejxcessive duties, or those above wct standard of equalization, are positively injurious to the interests tollieR thfi.n fi.rfi.ttinnnafi.r7. tnheneflt ' . j Jf Harrison was 2,000 stronger than party when "Blue Jeans" the lint off him. Wii- That "anas took "hows he has really personal strength, of jrec t is said to be a matter of record that Hajrison was never sucoessfu tJ. - - - i. ( any competition for executive or legislative office to be filled by,' the election of the neonle. A SOUTHERN I AUTHOR ON TIIK FRENCH REVOLUTION. We began to read some two months or more since a small work but bad to lay it aside for a time and haue only recently finished it It is entitled "The Causes of the French Revolution," by Richard Heath Dabney, M. A., Ph. D Professor of History in tho State University of Indiana. New York, Henry Holt & Co., 1888. Duod mo, 297 pages. The writer of this book is a son of t the gifted author of "Don Miff," and it is dedicated to him.! It is a work of much investi gation, and covers the ground ex ceedingly well. It cannot be called an original Work in the sense that it discusses a great question in a new way and from a standing-point never before occupied. Nor can it be called original in the sense that tbe author has explored hitherto unknown fields of investigation and made dis coverics among historic memorabilia and material nover before used. But it is nevertheless a bock of ability, of wide reading, of excellent group ing of facts, of entire familiarity with the history ! and literature of France in the eighteenth century, We had not long ago read Lecky'e masterly discussion of tbe causes that led to the mighty social, political and economic upheaval in France in . j - : . i tbe last part of the eighteenth ! cen tury, and we were tbe better pre pared for cnioying Professor Dab- riey'd very lucid and interesting state ment of the many causes that pre cipitated the Revolution and over turned bo completely the "old order" that so much needed overturning. It is impossible to understand the French Revolution nnless you have studied the history of Louis the 14th, whoso reign was an almost unmiti gated curse to France. The seeds sown in his very long and baleful reign, brcught forth a very abun dant crop of cockles, and briars, and thorns. A t" reading of Gaizot's ex cellent "History of France," is a good preparative to a reading of Lecky and Dabney. It is of course necessary to read Carlyle's grand work the most memorable of the century. So, too, a study of I lame is essential. But with Dabney'a work you can have a sufficiently clear, and comprehensive j view of the many causes that led to the most treraen dous social and political convulsio: of modern times. j Louis XlVth had by his tyrann masses in their Bat you will monograph of real interest and value. The unfolding of the several acts in tho greatest of tragedies will bo the better under stood under the guidance of Prof. Dabney. Writers like Arthur Young, the Eoglish traveller, and De Toe queville, the French political philos opher, men of large observation and rare acuteness, foresaw and foretold tho coming of tho great crash. But tbe nobility and the! King and the parasites of the crown did not fore see it and were caught in the mael strom and destroyed. ; Church and State suffered vastly, and the great levelling was complete. To this hour in all lands the effects of the French Revolution are felt. I How necessary then that we should have some know ledge of the causes that produced it. NOT FLATTERING. i . i From a communication in tbe Ra leigh Christian Advocate from Maj Finger, Superintendent of Pnblio Instruction, we gather a point that ought to bo impressed upon the leg islators that are to be, and upon all intelligent voters.! It is this : North Carolina is behind j all the othei Southern States in the rate off taxa tion levied for public sohools with the exception of South Carolina and Georgia. The three States named ought to be ashamed of themselves for doing so little for the education of the children. Maj. Finger says 4 If all the expenditures were raised from tax on property, the rate would be 39 cents on $100 in Maryland; 33. cents in North Carolina; 28 cents in South Carolina; 46 cents in Tennessee; 43 cents in Virginia; 21 cents in Georgia: 44 cents in Alabama: 60 cents in Mississippi : 66 cents in Arsan- sas; 65 cents in West Virginia; 44 cents in Florida, and Otf cents in Missouri. " . Let us amend, r Let us agree to tax more for education. North Carolina cannot afford to have it said that Vir- i - ginia expends per capita on her total population 87 cents, while North Car olina, with nearly as great a popula tion, expends but 44 cents. That will not begin to do.! i The San Francisco Alta says that an the Oregon election there were 1,000 repeated votes for tb6 Repub licans at Portland, truly ! Very free, the fair count. A free ballot But what abont The New York TYibune is letting out the story of Harrison s nomina tion. It was all Blaine's work, through his clique j at Chicago. It was Blaine's last effort "to throw, an anchor to the windward." Commenced at Ins Wrong; End. A leading lawyer, living on the line of the Wilmington! & Weldon rail road, writes:; several of my papers,' among them the Stab, thinking that one daily from the State was enough. I find that I commenced at the wrong end, and write to ask you to put me on your list again, and I think it will re main there as long as I remain in the State and am able to pay the subscript tion price." Foreign Exports. Messrs. E. G. Barker & Co. cleared the schooner M. C. j Moseley yesterday for Port-au-Prince, Hayti, with. 207,- 156 feet of lumber, j shipped by E. Kidder's Son and valued at $2,786.85. Messrs. George Harries, Son & Co. cleared the schooner Orlando also for Port-au-Prince, with 110,900 feet of lumber and 3,803 pieces of timber, valued at $1,451.08 and shipped by Messrs. S. & W. H.) Northrop, Crops lit Pender, i ; Mr. J. M. Washington, of South Washington, Pender county, sends a cotton bloom to the Stab, which he says was the first to open in the Holly townshiD section, plucked from a field of eleven acres; of good growth. Crops, he says, are very backward, but are fast improving, and. farmers are generally near through with them. peated attempts of a young married woman to poison her husband and his children by a former marriage", and her subsequent! attempts to take her own life. The history of this highly sensational affair, briefly told, is as follows : ! A short time ago Mr. M. T. Vereen, a widower with five children, and a well known citizen of Little River, married a Miss Winnie Lancaster, of Brunswick county, N. C. , The mar riage seemed to be a happy one, so far as any one knew outside of the family, but facts that have since de veloped go to show the contrary. One morning Mrs. Vereen arose and prepared some toddy which she in vited her husband to drink, at the same time telling him to give some of it to all the children. Mr. Vereen told his wife that he would do j so, but at the same time insisted that she should drink some of it also. Mrs. Vereen replied that she had already taken some and. did not wish any more. Her husband, not suspecting that anything was wrong, gave two of his little boys some of the toddy, drinking what was left himself. In a very short time the two boys were taken very sick with vomiting, and soon afterwards Mr. Vereen'was pros trated. Two of his brothers were sent for and a physician was sunimon ed,and when they came found Mr. Ve reen apparently dead.but they finally succeeded in restoring him to con sciousness. Mr. j Vereen, suspect ing that he and his boys had been poisoned, asked the doctor to examine the bottle of whiskey from which his wife had prepared the tod dy. The doctor made an examina tion of the contents of the bottle and found that it contained whiskey mixed with chloroform. j Mrs. Vereen, upon being closely questioned, admitted that she gave the chloroform intentionally and that her purpose was to kill her husband. Since this occurrence, Mr. Vereen says, his wife has made two attempts to poison him with pounded glass, and he is now thought to be in dan ger of dying, as he is satisfied he swal lowed a goodly portion of the pound ed glass both times. Mrs. Vereen gave no reason what ever for making these repeated at tempts on her husband's life only that she did not want to live with him any longer, and she thought she would get him out of . the way. After all this had been found out she made two attempts to take her own life. ! First, by trying: to cut her throat with a penknife, and then by drinking the contents of bottle of laudanum. Since then she left Mr. Vereen, saying that she was going back to her former home in Brunswick county. The correspondent adds that there is a good deal more that could be said about this unfortunate affair. Everybody, however, sympathises with Mr. Vereen, as he is a gentle man who has ever been held in the highest esteem by the entire commu nity, i A Policeman's Adventure. One of the members of the police force had quite an adventure Thurs day night with a colored woman named Sarah Graham. The woman was behaving in a disorderly manner on Market street but managed to elude the officer who wanted to "run her in" and took refuge in the "Long House," on Surry street. Hither the officer followed, when the woman rushed out of the house and jumped into tne river at the foot ; of Church street. Nothing daunted, the gallant officer plunged. S into the water after her and succeeded in bringing the woman to land, when he found that his prisoner, whom he thought to rescue from a watery grave, had been playing a prank on him and merely wanted a bath before taking up her abode in the guard house. After she had donned her street attire the policeman escorted her to police headquarters, where she will spend thirty days as a guest of the city.' CauEbt a Trout. A crowd of little darkies and one or two old colored women who were fishing for catfish in the river at the foot of Princess street yesterday af ternoon, were thrown into a great state of excitement by one of the boys landing a five-pound trout. in that lo cality every) day by scores, but a trout was something unheard of and took them all by surprise. After they had satisfied themselves that it was actually a trout, each one grab bed his pole, put a. fresh "yarth wur- rum" on his hook and went to fish ing; again with greater determination than ever; but not another trout re warded their industry. The little trout-catching darkey wasted no time, however, but taking his prize up-town sold it. still fluttering, to some innocent and unsuspecting citi zen, cyclone at Laurlnbnrg. A heavy "and destructive storm of wind and rain struck' the town of Laurinburg yesterday afternoon at fifteen minutes past : three o'clock, coping from, a southerly direction, and lasting about thirty, minutes. From a correspondent of the Stab at Laurinburg and from persons ar riving on the Carolina Central train last evening the following particulars were gathered: The McCullum Hotel near the railroad depot, as badly damaged; one of the brick chim neys was blown down, demolishing part j of the roof "and crushing through the building to the first floor. The furniture and carpets in the rooms of the building were con siderably damaged; but, fortunately no person was injured. Mr. Parker's gin" house, lying di rectly in the track of the storm, was entirely destroyed, and' also two churchesbelonging to colored people. Col. J. TRoper's stables were blown down, ana two mules in the building killed. The stores of Messrs. McCas kill 'and McLean, M. G. McKoy and R. A Lee and the Merchant's Hotel were unroofed, and also the resi dences of Mr. Berry Bryant and Mr. J. T. Frazier. A number of out-houses were demolished, and trees and fences were blown down in all directions. . At Mr. "W. A. McLaurin's residence two of the windows, with the blinds, were torn from their fastenings and blown into the house. The track of the storm'.was fortu nately narrow. It extended beyond the town of Laurinburg in a northerly directionabout half a mile, levelling everything in its path. So far as known no loss of life occurred either in the town or country. Electoral Vote In 1884. Paste this in your hat for future reference: States Voting for Cleveland. Alabama 10 Arkansas. ..... 7, Connecticut ... 6 Delaware 3 Florida 4 Georgia. 12 Indiana.... .... 15 Kentucky 13 Louisiana 8 Maryland ...... 8 Mississippi .... 9 Missouri 16 New Jersey. ... 9 New York 36 N. Carolina. . . 11 8. Carolina 9 Tennesse. 12 Texas . 13 Virginia 12 West Virginia. 6 Total.. Total 219 Here is an exhibit of the vote in the four doubtful States, with the Demo- fvrnt.in maiorities: AOiai J-euu States. Vote. mr. Connecticut 137,233 J,a Indiana.....;. 494,793 6,512 New Jersey , 261,537 4,412 New York. .1,171,312 1,047 States Voting for Blaine. California. .... 8 Colorado 3 Illinois 22 Iowa 13 Kansas 9 Maine 6 Massachusetts 14 Michigan. . . 13 Minnesota 7 Nebraska. .... 5 Nevada. 3 N. Hampshire. 4 Ohio 23 Oregon 3 Pennsylvania.. 30 Rhode Island. . 4 Vermont 4 Wisconsin 11 .182 for fifteen cents. Tn mtr orn rfotprTninftfinn to TP and oppressions and extravagance! I trench and reform this year, I cut off j Catfish are caught and vices laid a tram ot powaer totne great magazine in which were 6tored all manner of combustibles that soon or late would bo exploded, and then "combustions dire" must follow with absolute wreck of government and destruction of tho social order. The study of France in the Eigh teenth Century is especially : instruc tive and important to Americans. While our own country's example hastened the great catastrophe, we mav in turn learn mnch from the causes of uin and the failures of at tempted reforms in France. Enor mous taxation was tbe greatest and most grinding evil. It made the poor neoDle miserable and wretched and created an army of rich and lux- urioua pensioners upon the bounty of rovaltv. Wealth was reserved for a few, and poverty was for the many. There were destitution and want and crime and madness on every side. The armed soldiery stood ready todo the bidding pt tyranny. A voloanio explosion was inevitable. It was Great la Pender. Judging from a specimen plant left at the Stab office yesterday, Mr. E- M. Johnson, of Fender county, is a. f J- - 1 IM A.I capital iarmer ana nas a magnincenu crop of cotton. The plant over three- feet ;in length and full of forms. - Our agricultural editor savs it is a splen did specimen, and shows that Pender is at tne neaa ot tne procession in field crops as well as in politics. Crops In Bladen. sending the Stab a cotton bloom from Mr. Wa Stubbs' farm, plucked: five or six days ago. savs that cotton is looking very promising in that sec tion and farmers are in high feather' at tne gooa prospects. v, Tne Encampment. A circular issued by Adjutant Gen eral Johnston Jones, in relation to the encampment of the State Guard at Wrightsville, gives the following information, for the guidance of all concerned: The troops will arrive at camp on Tuesdav evening; July 17. At noon next day the camp will be formally opened witn appropriate ceremonies, and the guard-lines established, Troops will break camp Friday, July 27. Each regiment will hawe its own camp, camp-guards and guard-lines, but the several camps will be located upon the same grounds in close prox imity to each other. The tents will be pitched, floored and ready for occupation upon the arrival of the troops. No efforts will be spared to make this encampment as complete and comfortable in construction and nnnnintments as the means and facilities at nana win aiiow. Each company must rely on itseii for snhsistence. it being out of the power of the State authorities to sup ply rations. Each company should go prepared to establish company messes. To this end two cooks and one caterer should be employed by each company. Fresh meats, fish, vegetables, f rnit, milk, and provisions ol all Kinas can De purcnaseu ai r i mington or at the camp. For special information on xnis suDjeci;, com manding officers are instructed to communicate with Colonel John L. CantwelL Commissarv General. Wil mington, who will aid in making all necessary arrangements for food sup plies. The ioiiowing is a nuerai rauuu. Twenty-two ounces of bread; " three- fourtns oi a pouna oi san; meui, or nne nuund of fresh meat: one-tenth of a pound of coffee; one-eighth of a pouna oi sugar; ana sail, pepper, pickles, vinegar, &c, ad libitum. provision muse De maue ior u. pe riod of nine days, exclusive or tne, time consumed in travelling. The cost of rations ought not to exceea three dollars per man. The provisions shouia De careiuuy boxed in convenient packages, ana should be labelled with the name of the company, etc., and be transported at tne same time witn xne company. : Each soldier must be completely! equipped. In addition to his uniform; a change of under-clothing, his rifle,! cartridge dox, oayonet scauuaru. auu, waist belt and plate, .he must have a blanket, knapsack, haversack, can-i teen, plate, cup, spoon, snue nu fork. The State will supply aii iuto articles except blankets. ,, is is particularly uBsuauw w nnmfnrt nf thn men that all organiza-r tions should be provided with fatigue uniforms jor use in camp anu iur drills. . ! Men should provide themselves with rubber blankets and rubber overcoats. . Each soldier should take with him a bed-sack of light material, t wo feet wide and six feet long, xo do iuu with straw on arrival in camp, as no loose straw in tents will be permitted, the tents being floored. Alligators at Carolina Beaeb. A pail of alligators have been add ed to the attractions at Carolina Beach. They are about eight feel long and were caught in a net in the fresh water lake close to the beach yesterday morning. Besides these two another was caught, but was drowned before the fishermen could extricate it from the net. Captain Harper has had a pen built for the aauatie monsters, and after they are 1 . 1 ii i w-X inorougniy tamea win peu" WASHINGTON. Action In tne Honse and Canens of Democratic Senators Relative to Pro visions for Expenditures of Govern ment. Washington, June 28 The Democrats of the Senate held an order of business meeting this morning and formally decided by vote to Insist on iho postponement of all matters before the Senate, except the regular appropriation bilU. and to oppose the usual adjournment from Thursday un til Monday, tbe purpose being to secure the passage of tbe more important appro priation bills before tho end of tbe fiscal year, aud thus avoid tbe necessity of pass ing makeshift resolutions to keep the de partments running. The House haa passed a joint resolution providing temporarily for the expenditures of Government in case the appropriation bills have not become laws prior to July 1. Washington, June 29. Collections of internal revenue durioz the first eleven months of the fiscal year ending May 30, 1888, amounted to $114,094,759. being $5,428,867 more than collections during the corresponding period of tbe last fiscal year. The collections were: On spirits, $64,194,612; an increase of $3,378,509. On tobacco, $38,123,733; an increase of $781,313. On fermented liquors, $20,800, 932; an increase of $1,213,365. On oleomargarine, $817,969; an increase of $126,646. On banks and bankers, $4,041; a i decrease of $247. On miscellaneous $153,473; a decrease of $70,818. The ag gregate receipts for May last year were $275,529 greiler than those for May, 1887. Senator Vest to-day presented petitions from the Merchants Exchange of St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Chattanooga, Atianta and Tampa, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Tamps, Florida. The peti tioners represent that tbe improvement of this harbor would be of immense value to the South and West, as it would enable goods to be shipped to Cuba and South Americi via Tampa, and thus greatly shorten the distance over which they have to be transported. i Washington, June 30 The House Committee on Elections to-day decided by a strict party vote in favor of Elliott, the sitting member, in tbe election, contest in the Seventh South Carolina Distriet. I General Sheridan was removed from bis residence about 11 o'clock this morning, and carried on board tbe Swatara, which left at 1:15 in the afternoon for Foil Mon roe. Washington, June 30. It is estimated at the Treasury Department that there has been a decrease of $13,500,000 in the public debt during the month of June, and a de crease of $112,900,000 for the year ended to-day. Tbe total receipts during the year are estimated at $370,000,000, and the total expenditures at $273,000,000, leaving a surplus of $97,000,000. JTOREIGN ' Emperor William's Visit to tbe Czar Bismarck Tbe Anstro Alliance, Etc. 1 (Copyright by the N. T. Associated Press.) ! Beklin, June 30 If the present ar rangements looking to an interview be tween Emperor William II. and tbe Czar come to a satisfactory conclusion, the meeting will take place at Kroozstadt on the 14th of July. Gen. Van Schweinitze is conducting the negotiations at St. Peters burg, which have so far progressed that an officer of the household of the Czar is about to come o Berlin bringing a response to the letter which Emperor William sent to tho Czar. Bismarck, according to official opinion, will not accompany the Emperor. The proposed visit of the Em peror to tho Czar is a personal matter, and gives proof of his desire to maintain the friendship which has existed between the two reigning :amilies for over a hundred years, and which is cemented by the lies of kinship. Doubtless the Emperors will not meet without exchanging views on the po litical situation. Bismarck, who goes to Friedrichsruhe Monday, has been yesterday and to-day in a long conference with Emperor William at the Marble Palace. It is reasonably sur mised that he has been placing the Em peror in possession of ideas as to what atti tude to preserve during bis interview with the Czar. f The Chancellor' furlough, it is under stood at the Foreigh Office, will extend till the middle of August. He is suffering from prolonged troubles and excitement. ;He has been in Berlin since the end of January constantly at work and harassed by an incessant stream of worries. Public opinion in Austria has grown alarmed at the rapproachement of the Em perors. It appears to dread tbe breaking up of the alliance, which event would leave Austria to face Russia alone. These fears are not shared by tho Austro-Hungarian Ministers. London, June 30. The property de stroyed by recent fires at Sundsvael and Umea, Sweden, was valued at 45.000,000 krouen Twelve thousand persons were rendered homeless by the flames. King Oscar is visiting the district and is en gaged in relieving the wants of the suf ferers Houses, forests and standing crops on farms in other districts were also burned. DEMOCRATIC COMMITTER. ft the Appointed by chairman Barnnm Headoaarters at New York. New Yobk, June 29. In conformity with the vote of the National Democratic Committee, empowering tbe Chairmsn to appoint an! Executive Committee, the Chairman, Mr. W. H. iBsrnum, has ap pointed tho following as suoh Executive Committer: j California' M. F. Tarpey; Florida, Sam uel Pasco; "Georgia, John N. Estill: In diana, Erakine M. Phelps; Iowa, J. J. Richardson; Kansas, Coarlea P. Bluir: Ken tucky, Henry D. McHenry; Maine, Arthur Bewail; Maryland, Arthur P. Gorman; Michicao, O. M. Barnes; Minnesota, Mi chael Doran; Missouri; John G. Prather; New Hampshire, A. W. 8uIloway; New Jersey, Miles KoftS; New York, Herman Oel.richs; North Cirolina, M. W. Ransom; Ohio, Calvin S Brice; Pcncsylvanis, W. L Saott; Rbode Island, J. L. Barnaby; South Carolina, F W Dawson: Tennessee, R. F. Looiiev ; Vermont, Hiram Atkins; Virginra. John S. Barbour; West Virginia, Wm. M. Clemen ts; Wisconsin, John L. Mitchell. i - The committee app tinted by the National Committee to procure headquarters, con sisting of Chairman Barnum and Messrs. Dawson and Oelrichs, have this day select ed house No. 10 West 29th street as such headquarters. It will be put in order, and mado ready; for occupancy and business at tee earliest possible moment. ALABAMA, Electric Street Railway Balldins In Montgomery Burned Engineer Seri ously Injured ' By Telegraph to the Morulas at Montgomery, June 30. A fire at 2 o'clock tbis morning destroyed tbe electric street railroad ouilding ' and all ot tbe machinery six cai a were also Lurnc-d . The loss is about $30,000, which is covered by insurance, j Engineer i Wallace, who was sleeping ih the third story, was cut off and he jumped to the ground: He bad one leg broken and was otherwise badly in jured. The leg has been amputated and the chances are against his recovery. POLITICAL, POINTS. It is better toi be right than be President, but Grover Cleveland will be both. -Louisville Courier-Journal, Bern. When asked whence comes our candidate Our sole reply shall be He comes from Indiana And his famous ances-tree. j i Kama City Star. The response of President Cleveland; to the notification committee yesterday was decidedly the beet pronounce ment that he has made since he delivered his inaugural address: Still wags the clacking tongue of the tariff orator in Congress, unmindful of what he has been required by the peo ple todo. ( Less money in tho Treasury; more in the people's pockets that is the thing, Phil. Record, Dem. It is reported that Mr. Sherman charges! Gen. Alger with the purchase of "no less than fifty Southern delegates who were pledged to Sherman." We warned the Senator some time before the Conven tion met that this traffic was going on, our information being Wash. Post, Ind. entirely reliable. - SOUTH CAROLINA, sentences In tbe Corpse Trust Cases at ' Cbarleston. By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star. Charleston, S. C, June 30. The last act in the corpse trust tragedy was per fnrine1 in the Court of Sessions to-day, when Judge Norton passed sentence on the. conspiratora. John H. Bond and Dr. L. M. Shafer were sentenced to five years hard labor in the penitentiary: Dr. James P. Bond, Thomas P. Bond and Dr. R. E. L. Shafer, to three years each; Henry Mat thews, colored, to six months in the peni tentiary, and Mary Dudley colored, to thirty days in the county jail. These sen tences were in tho aggregate, each of the nrinr.inal consDirators being seateneed to a specific term of imprisonment in each of the cases in wnicn mey naa pieaueu gumy. After the verdict of acquittal yesterday in the case against James S. Purse, Jr., keeper of Magnolia Cemetery, the solicitor deemed it impossible with the jurors at this term to secure his conviction, and noli pressed the remaining cases against him. The cases against Jacob Levin, an other of the corpse trust conspirators who is said to be in New York, were continued. The evidence against the corpse trust was worked up by Gustav Frank, of Pinkerton's agency, and the cases were prosecuted with great ability by solicitor Jervey and lawyer Mordecai. Judge Norton was very severe in his denunciation of the conspiracy in sentencing the prison era to-day. John P. Bond and Dr. Shafer are men in middle life. Their pals are young men. LOUISIANA. tors to beach. visi- ride them up and down the The County Register issued four marriage licenses the past week two for whites and two for negroes. A Jealoas Negro Kills Himself after Sbootlng a man and Woman. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Nbw Orleans, June 80. A special dis nth tn the Pieavune from Natchitoches, says: A tragedy occurred on tbe Curry plantation, in this parish, yesterday. A colored man named Porter shot and wounded a woman named Martha Surin day. He also shot a man named Carpen ter, colored, breaking his jaw. Porter then placed tne pisioi in ms muuui uu flred, killing himself instantly Jealousy was the cause. Porter desired to marry the woman and she had refused. He was beating her, when Carpenter interierea, ana the shooting followed, resulting as above Mated. ARKANSAS. cotton Fields Attacked by Worms Fears of Great Bamage to tbe Crop, j By Telegraph to the Homing Star. ; M Little Rock, June 80. Cotton worms have appeared in five counties in the south era part of this: State, and it is feared that ttwv will do as much damage to the crop as- in 18V57. when the crop was a total failure. Jiji Asheville hotel has had 45,000 a rrivals in five years, says the Citizen. Tho speech jof tho President is a piece of patriotic oratory. It breathes the true sentiment of a man who, having been tried in the crucible and found almost perfect, aims to still further improve, that those who have trusted him may be tbe more happy in a better and larger confi-dencc-HPA. Eecord, Dem 'Qne of the best letters I have received jyet," said : General Harrison on Wednesday to a representative of the New Yorkun, as he paced the room with his hands behind his back, "was an anonymous one that came to-day . All it said was: "Don't travel; don't talk to reporters; don't write any letters; don't make any speeches." PERSONAL. William III the new Emperor of Germany, spent two years in learning to set type and one year in a press room. I Dom Pedro haa reigned over Brazil for fifty-seven years and a liberal salary. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. f The Rev. Warren A. Candler, who! has just been chosen President of Emory College, Georgia, is only thirty-two years old. He is tbe Emma Abbott critic -f- Secretary Fairchild has been made a Doctor of Laws by Harvard, and Secretary Whitney j a Doctor of Laws by Yale Both graduated from their respect ive colleges in the same year, 1863. -j General Harrison's wife is a daughter of tho Rev. John Witherspoon Scott, who was for a long time a professor at Washington College, Pennsylvania, and also filled similar positions at Miami Uni versity, Ohio, and College Hill, Cincinnati. Phil. Times. j M. Perrotin in a letter to the Acacamie des Sciences, speaks of the remark able changes recently noticed by him on the planet Mars, of which confirmation is de sirable.; The tract of land extending on both sides of the equator, which has been named Lybia, would appear to have been submerged by the sea. Ex-Senator B. K. Bruce, of Mississippi, and Percy Bysshe Shelley Pinchback, of Louisiana, are two colored men who took their wives to the Chicago convention. The two men dress well, and a correspondent asserts that their wives were the most becomingly attired women at the Palmer House. Boston Pott. RIPPLES OF LAUGHTER. Some one has asked, Where do flies go in winter? We don't snow, but we wish they would go there in summer. Baltimore American. Fond Papa (to daughter) - And so you think you must learn Frencb, data? Daughter Yes, papa; in fashionable socie tv there are so many thiDgs one can sav in French that wouldn't sound well in Eng lish, you know. Fond Papa H'ml N. T. Sun. Wife (to her husband, wbo has been ostensibly to church) I was so sorry not to go with you this morning, John, but I really didn't feel able. Were there many there ? Husband No, the grand stand was only about half er oh, ves. a fair congre gation for hot weathei . N. T. Sun. Don't despise the graduate. If a young man he will find out in time that there are other men in the world wbo know almost as much as he does, and he will then settle down and become a useful citizen ; if a young woman,1 some one will be sure to inform her that there are other young wo men in the world as pretty as she. Per haps you were a graduate yourself ouce. Be charitable. St. Paul Globe. t The. latest catalogue of Bing ham School is received. We note that the 219 pupils in attendance represent 14 States of the Union, and two are from England. A circular giving the impression made by the school on Lieut. Batcbelor and Capt. Wygant, both! detailed from the U. S. Army as tactical omcers, is wen worm me attention of parents. Artillery drill is added to the military instruction, a feature possessed by no other preparatory school in the ! South. We are glad to see a North! Carolina enterprise bo progressive and so successful. I av-ev-s 4- Raleigh Visitor : Mr. Josephus Daniels, the accomplished editor ot the Slate Chronicle left last evening for Lexing ton, where he delivers the annual literary address to-night before the High School of that town. Mr. John C. Palmer, our venerable and highly esteemed fellow citi zen, who fell in his store a few days ago, and hurt himself very badly, has not been able to walk vet. though he is able to sit up in a chair. Spirits Tufpentme: Sanford Express: Thos. Har-. rison, a colored man from , Merry Oakc, deputed by the proper authorities, is now in Moore county organizing Farmers' Al liances among tbe colored people. He or ganized an Alliance here- last Thursday! evening, ana expects to tpena some unysi among tne colored people in this county in uie interest or, mat order. - Kirjstbn Press'. The crop pros pecta of this county have been much im-l proved by the recent favorable weather. Tuesday at midnight tbe cin house ori the place leased by Mr. Bhade Jackson of Mr. R. H. Rounlrec, wbb burned to the ground. Mr. Jackson's loss is about $300; being 200 bushels of oa t, a lot of (teas; : cotton teed, etc. ' Mr. Rountrce's loss on house and machinery is about $1,000. Thoucht to bo incendiary, ! i' - f I Roanoke Patron; Tho n.'-rth-i- bound train on tbe Roanoke and Tar River Railroad was wrecked about three mileB north of this place on Monday evening of this week. Ten of the fourteen cars of the train were loaded with logs, and whiio iho v train was going down grade and tunning at a rapid speed the standards that held the logs on one of the cars gave way ami the' logs rolled Off and got under the cars, throwing them off tho track and causing a . complete wreck of seven of them, besides tearing up a portion of the track, i Fortu nately only one man, a train band, was hurt, and he very slightly. i 4 . i! i I New Bern Journal: As an eyi dence of the success of tbe present truck ing season, a! small patch containing less than three acres which originally cost but $2.50 per acre has produced a bean crop which has 1 netted over $700 Our Jones county itemizer notes tho death of W. E. Ward, Esq, of Trenton. Mr. Ward was a son of the Into W P. Ward, and was a member of tbe board of County Commissioners of Jones at the timo of his death. Mr.! Ward entered tbe Confeder ate service in 1861, being yet in his "teens." as a private in Company 1, 27th Regiment. Teachers' Assembly notes : Committee to recommend eight vice presidents report ed as follows, the 1st vice president. Prof. W. A. Blair, having been previously elect ed according to the constitution: 2d vice president, Capt. C. B. Denson, Raleigh; 3d vice president, Prof. P. P. Claxton. Ashe ville; 4th vice president. Prof. G. W. Man ly, Wake Forest; 5th vice president, Prof. J. H. Horner, Oxford; 6th vice president. Prof. E. M. Koonce, Richlands; 7tb vice president, L. W. Bagley, Littleton ; 8th vice president, Rev. N. B. Cobb. Lilesvllle; 9th vice president, Majors. M. Fingcr.Raleigh. These gentlemen were unanimosly elected. Prof. Blair reported from Committee on Formal College: That the Assembly ap point a committee to memorialize tue Leg islature on the subject of Normal Schools. President Alderman introduced Professor Henry L. Smith, Professor of Physics in Davidson College. Be plunged at once into his subject, "The Teacher Outside of his Text Books." He illustrated tho power of the teacher out of school by the great forces of nature, which are silent and unseen. With an eloquent peroration the speaker closed his speech of a halt houi's length. New ! Bern Journal: A card from Richlands, Onslow county, informs us that the report that John A. Koonce is dead is a mistake. Teachers' Assem bly notes: ' President Winston's inaugural was highly complimtary to the teachers. He spoke of the false statements that had gone abroad concerning tho illiteracy of our native State. North Carolina has not been behind in high education nor lacking in refinement or bigher civilization. iTbe old South must not be contemned. The President appointed the following execu tive committee: Messrs. Geo. T. WinBton, University, chairman; E. G. Harrell, Ra leigh; E. A.! Alderman, Goldsboro; C. D. Mclver, Raleigh; Robert Bingham, -Bingham School; M. C. 8. Noble. Wilmineton; M. H. Holt,! Oak Ridge; J. J. Blair, Wins ton; J. R. Burwell, Raleigh. President -Winston introduced Rev. J. 8. Dill, of Goldsboro, as the speaker of the morning. Mr. Dill, after a few happy preliminary re marks, announced as his subject, "Veneer ing as applied to Education' and Charac ter." His address received close attention and elicited frequent applause. Professor W. A. Blair, of Winston, being then intro duced by President Winston, announced his theme, "The Tenure of the Teacher's Office." The strongest points in a teacher are insniration and qualifications. Com mittee on Normal College: G. T. Winstont O. D. Mclver, E. P. Moses, E. G. Harrell, D. Mat. Thompson, E. A. Alderman; Miss Mary Goodloe and Mrs. J. A. McDonald. Immediately after the adjournment of tbe Assembly, ! the teachers of modern lan guages and English literature met and or ganized an association. Rev. Dr. Thomas Hume, of 1 the University, was elected President; Professor Currell, of Davidson College, Vice-President; W. A. Blair, Sec retary; and these, with Dr. R. H. Lewis, of Kinstori, I and Professor P. P. Claxton, of Asheville, were made the Executive Com mittee, ! Asheville Citizen: There are twentyone prisoners now confined in the Buncombe county jail. . Rev. I R. G. Pearson i and wife, have returned to the city, after an absence of several weeks. A few days ago, a mother living in Madison county, not many miles from the Buncombe county line, gave birth to a female child, perfectly developed in every5 respect. ! In addition to all this a fully de fined bustle, natural as a bustle can be, was also discovered on that portion lot the body where a bustle is supposed to be worn by all I well-regulated and fashionable ' females.' This bustle formation Is like unto the famous Goodrich rubber patent, and is not the result of deform ity. The child is healthy and strong. -i bunday morning nr. Aaoipn w un lock and Misses Gella and Hannah Ham mershlag of this city wero out driving. Coming into Patton avenue at its intersec tion with lower Haywood street) several dogs ran out from a yard near by and be- ' gan furiously barking at the horse. So near did they approach the animal that he became frightened and broke in a headlong run up the avenue, the dogs pursuing and barking like a pack of coyotes, i A crash followed and the Misses H. leaped from the vehicle to the ground, the elder of which, i Miss Gella, breaking one of her lower limbs in the fall. The other sister received a terrible blow on the head, which rendered her unconscious for a time, and in addition received severe painful flesh wounds and bruises. Mr. Wbitlock also . had one of his legs fractured just above the ankle, and it is feared that the boae is bro ken. The other occupant of the carriage, a younger sister of the Misses Hammersh- ag, wbs not in j urea at an. Henderson Gold JLeafii Work is progressing rapidly on the Durham & Henderson Railroad. As much ! progress has been made this month as during the past three perhaps. Crops are growing nicely since tbe rains, and as a general thing, look well. Lightning struck a dozen or more times in town. A two-story frame building owned by Tom Richardson, colored, situated back from Turner avenue and about fifty yards to the iear of tbe res idence of the editor of the Gold Leaf, was. struck and set fire to. It burned down without damage to any other property. It was at one time occupied as a tobacco fac tory, but was used at the time by the col lored Presbyterians and colored Odd Fel lows. I All the property and effects belong ing to them were lost. Richardson had it insured for $350. Mr. Arch Davis' dwel ling house was struck and some of the shin gles were knocked off . Mr. Owen Davis who was writing in an up-Btairs room was ! somewhat shaken up j but not hurt. ' ! A chimney was knocked off of Mr. R- E. Young's j residency. No- other damage was done to it. Mr. Walter Stark's dwelling wbb struck and some of the shingles and weather boarding torn off. His wife was severely shocked and is yet in an almost helpless condition from the effects of her injuries. Mr. Stark was slightly hurt as was also their little child Fox's gin j house was Btruck, but little damage was done.) A chimney on Mr. W. N. Ellington's house was knocked off. A tree in Mr. H.I H. Burwell's yard was struck. The rod on Mr. George B. Harriss's dwelling was hit; as was the top of the Henderson Tobacco Company's factory. Mr. L G. Newton, who lives near Steedsville, In this county, had a fine mare and colt killed by lightning the same night. It struck a tree in his lot under which the animals happened to be standing at the time. We learn that the storm was quite severe in other portions of the county, and that many trees and out houses were struck by lightning. Alto gether the thunder storm of last Thursday night was the moat terrific and: appalling the severest this writer has ever known. r?4 - i
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