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I- VOriXG ipOPt'tATtON OR
J ANIMATION A NECESSITY. J
Mr. Spier. Whitaker, Chairmari of
x : Cuta 1?riUnftira
I . -J ' ... 4i. ..:.c:
nielligenco that his Committee "has,
rom its orgsnizitioD, been working
Uery day ' and" oftentimes in the
aht. to organize the party. 7 We
Wete not advised of its work, knd
therefore, know that 'it was!
Ljm sedulously to organize the
iV, Wo have not known any
rc:
ihizUion since the war.
I-
I:i jj-hips one or two counties there
his beeu thorough Drganizalion.ibut
for ihe most part parades and speech
nuking have' been relied upon, jand
iili very dangerous results at times.
Jams came very near defeat in
13S0, although he, i.licll up; by his
gpecial admirers as Wing so wonder
fully magnetic and popular, j ;
In 1870, tteipopulat;ion uf j North
Carolina, over 21 years old, was 214,-
224, in 3 total population or 1,071,
3G1. The population h3d increased
folly al the rmte of 30 per cet. This
would make not less than l,264j,003
irTlS76. Tba total vote for Tilden
and Haves w3- 233.844. An incieasa
; -j ' ;(
of 250 per ced. of the voting popula
tlv. of 1370, shows there was 52,
73i4 .flectors in 1S76. The canvass
w'n- vt-ry remarkable in 1876 Owing
tij.G vernor' Vacce's extreme pppu-.
Le was able to arouse the
we have never known
ihtm xo Lei aroused. The voters
3 i
generally were brought out remarka
IjIj well, so that only some' 19,000
xemained from the polls. :
In 1SS4 the vote was for Cleve
land 142,952; Blaine 125,068;
Pri
ority was
hibition 454.' Cleveland's ina
was 17,884
2C3,474.!-
The total vote
Now what. was the voting; popala
tt-if! in 1834? The population in
in was 1,399,750. The voting
p'ViulaUon over 21 years old
wliue-, 189,732' blacks, 105,078;
total, 294,750. Add 30 per 'cent, iii
craM for four years and we have
330,120; males over 21 years'olc. Of
thee only 26S,474 votei. ' .This
f!;vs that 6 1,640 "did not vote. i
In 1 8 SS there are some 3'r0,0;00
Vetera. The whites are mainlv Denio
r
cms. If you get them to
I'm Democratic majority
the polls
must be
very ! ro -40,000 at leastj
Flic o'.ly effective plan
wo have
kno A M to be worked since
the war
Va-, the Jarvis plan in Pitt
cpuuty.
have ro many times told
this was we will not repeat!
what
The Stau believes that Chairman
Whitaker and the ' Executive Com
mittee wilJ do all they can I. to effect
a thorough organization. jThey are
a' work heartily, zeaIou1v,j judi
ciously. A circuHr letter has been
stt out into the counties' from.
which g,J0I must come. A Canvass
Iook for iach township j in every
county i supplied to the County Ex
Motive Committees. The Stale
('om-.inuce is doing its duty. Now
mi 1110 County Executive Committees
do their- work well and thoroughly,
ana the voters of the State will be
bached and the stay at homes be
greatly diminished. j
'; Speech makinc is a necessity as
tbe voters must be iostrqeiea as 'to
lhe grct issue of taxation
eed light very . much. Tens j:of
tnousands are profoundly ignorant
01 the outrages perpetrated upon
tiietn under an oppressive and un
con8tuuiional tarifif. Tbey must be
nght they must be enlightened,
ft . i
f uqnsapds cannot read. 1 pere are
9tLer thousands who can read but
"ever, see a political paper. If the
Press could reach them they would
and out much about the Monopolist
'ystem pf "robbery," as a Republi
iau bapreme Court of the
-Utes well described it. j
United
But the
people will not read. Stf Wal in.
"'ruction is a necessity. Clear, forea
'Bl speeches on the ffreatficonnmin
i8ue should be mado all ariund the
vanous counties. - j
; J-ei tue democrats hnld nn tha
Jands of Chairman Whitaker. We
KQow him. Ha is a foofl
man for
1110 place. He will do ha
part in
gently and faithfully, f
' ". Alabama doing with a
""Plus of $570,000.
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VOL. XIX.
TBI REPUBLICAN DECLARATION
j. AND BLAINE.
It is amusing to see how the Re
publicans are beginning to -wriggle
and worm under the electric light of
truth as the free-whiskey plank is dis
cussed. Id and out of the Congress
they are swearing that the platform
does not favor free whiskey. Old
"Pig Iron" Kelley was so absurdly
silly that he said the other day in
the House that . he was opposed to
the internal tax upon wbiskey but
was not in favor of free whiskey.
Suppose you were to hear a candidate
say that he was opposed to levying
a cent's tax for the public schools,
but was not in favor of popular ig
norance, what would you think of
him ? His head or his veracity would
have to suffer.
What does the Chicago platform
say? Here it is: " We'' favor the en
tire repeal of the Internal taxes rath
er than the surrender of any part pf
our Protective system? &c. , :'
If this does not mean free whiskey
then what does it mean? All of the
Independent papers so understand it.
The Boston Herald, the Providence
Journal, the Springfield Republican,
the N. Y. Nation, Harper's Weekly,
the N. Y. Times, the N. Y. Herald,
the Philadelphia Times, the Wash
ington Post, and others of this class
understand the Republican plank to
mean free wbiskey. j
The leading Democratic papers so
understood it. Here is what the Bos
ton Post says of the plank:
' Is wbiskey to be made free, or is the tax
upon it to be continued T This ia tbe pro
blem presented, and the Republican plau
form answers it by asserting that rather
than' cut oil the least tentacle from the oc
topus of protection, it prefers to have the
entire tax upon whiskey repealed. If it
does not mean this, then the platform has
no meaning at all. But it is clear that this
was the latent of its drafter?, : for if it had
not been no mention would have been made
of the whiskey trust, which, it is assumed.
is benefited by a tax system that prevents
any but those who are possessed with large
amounts of capital from entering into the
distilling business.
"By abolishing the tax the trust would
go to piece, for the reason that Brown,
Jones and Robinson, ia fact everybody who
cared so to do could set up a distillery of
his own -witbout let or Hindrance from tne
United States government."
But there is one fact that - clinches
the matter and fixes the design of
the Convention and shows beyond a
shadow of doubt that the members
understood 'the platform to : mean
free whiskey It is this. The Con
vention sat for four days after adop
ting the free whiskey plank. The
Chicago papers right under the noses
and eyes of tbe members discussed
the plank and condemned it, and
still the Convention gave no sign that
it was misunderstood in its purpose.
Tbe Post says:
"The delegates were plainly told by such
a repu'.able Republican newspaper as the
Chicaeo Tribune that they had made a
grievous mistake in thus indorsing the de
mand for free whiskey, and they were be
sought by this important party organ to
correct the error by changing this particu
lar plank. Unfortunately 4or the success
of tne ticket in the approaching campaign,
the convention did not see fit to adopt the
advice repeatedly given. It had accepted
the issue of free whiskey and it proposed
to stand by it.
Bdl there is another point not to
be overlooked. The Republicans are
beginning to look to Blaine for help.
Some are saying that he will make a
splendid canvass for the ticket and
so on. Very well, what will the
Plumed Knight do with that free
whiskey plank ? He will be forced
to denounce it unless be is silent and
dodges, or after his manner denies
his own reoord
What did Blaine say in his mani
festo issued from Paris last Decem
ber? Have you forgotten it? The
country remembers well enough what
he said, And how plainly he said it
It wii' be interesting to j hear him
stand up before an intelligent meet
ing and say, "I honestly indorse the
declaration of tbe Chicago Republi
can platform that declares that we
favor the entire repeal of
internal taxes .. ' rather j than
surrender any part ; of our
Protective system." All that will be
necessary to give him a full reply is
to read tho - following from bis De
cember manifesto. Here is what he
then said: j j
"Other considerations than those of fi
nancial administration are to be taken into
account with reeard to whiskey.' There is
a moral side to it. To cheapen the price of
whiskey is to increase its consumption
enormously. There would be' no sense in
ursine; the reform wroueht by high license
in many States if the national government
neutralizes the good effect by making whis
key within reach of every one at twenty
cents a eallon. Wbiskey would De every
where distilled if the surveillance of tbe
government 1 were withdrawn by the re
mission of the tax, and illicit sales could
not then be prevented even by a policy as
rigorous and searching as that with which
Russia nurses the NibilUtS. It would
destroy high license at once in all the
States." ; j
So said tho Maine oracle. Who
is wiser and abler
Republicans ?
than; he among
The Chicago Staats Zeitung is out
for Cleveland. The St. Paul Pioneer
Press, Rep., is advocating Tariff re
form. And so is the Waterbury
American, one of the most influen
tial Republican papers in Connect!
cut.
We hope to see full ranks at the en-
Aim nmnnr ifn hiiBinefifl man should
difficulties in the way of
.nii.i 'hAiuiniii tr tha miard. that
would Intercept their attendance. Uhar
lotte Chronicle.
Employers ought to take a pride
in the State Guard. Let them now
show it.
II II II H . l M . H IIAV II Y I 11
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THE RECORD,
The Republicans : butted 1 their
heads against a very hard wall at
Chicago. They have found it out.
They see now that their platform is
a very big mistake. They see also
that in Chinese Harrison and Money
bags Morton they are heavily handi
capped. They have resorted to their
old plan of lying and denying.. They
deny that their platform means Free
Whiskey knd High Clothing. They
deny that Boodle is their . chief re
liance in the; campaign, and they are
trying to get rid of Harrison's fatal
reoord on the Chinese immigration
question. But jthe blood will ' not
out -the Ghoet will not down. The
gory locks will still shake at Harri
son. T He may well say now
' 1 "This even-handed iustica
Commends the Ingredients of our poison 'd
cnance
To our own lips
Harrison in his recent letter to
Rev. Mr. Brandt admitted that - he
vo??l ayainst the Chinese restriction
bill, and . that settles it. Senator
Harrison voted no and so didfour-
teen . others, j The New York Star
reproduces j the Congressional Me'
cord's report of what occurred and
thus sums no: If
i i . -"The
summary of Harrison's Chinese re
cord is as follows: Eight votes against pro
positions to j exclude Chinese labor from
this country, one vote to admit Chinese to
citizenship, two Votes dodged; not a single
vote in his six years' term recorded against
Chinese immigration.
now that General Harrison has told the
truth about his Chinese votes, is it not time
that his organs should cease telling some
thing else about them J"
Harrison! isi a soldier a proud,
oold, brave man and he will not lie
about 4iis reoord. He says by his
acts as Macbeth said:
"At least we'll die with
harness on our
back."
THE WAGE DECEPTION,
Tbere is One very important
fallacy that is being thoroughly ex-
posod that higher wages are paid
in the United States in proportion to
the work ! done. Tbe American
bread-winner does a great deal more
work than hisj European competitors,
and ho gets less for it really. He
receives more each day, but he earns
more. He is not paid in proportion
to his work. I The Stab has again
and again shown this by an appeal
to statistics. Tbe American Consul
at Tunstal, in his report to the Go
vernment,' shows that . American
weavers get per day 85 cents; Eng
lish, 65 cents j. Swiss, 47 cents; Ger
man, 48 cents, and French' 57 cents.
This looks Very favorable to the
United States. But go farther.
An American weaver gets 40 cents
for 100 yards1 of printing; an English
weaver gets 55 cents; Swiss and Ger
man 60f cents. The Stab recently
gave all thisj and much more, but
line upon line is necessary. So we
copy from a communication in the
N. Y. Times which brings out tbe
facts again j-precisely those we have
before published. The writer says
of the difference in wages:
"This explained in the fact that while
those different countries have the same kind
of machinery which is driven by the same
jBteam and water power, the greater skill of
American operatives gives tnem, at tne
lower price per yard, the larger wages, on
account of the larger Quantities produced.
In Switzerland. Germany, and France an
expert weaver operates two to three looms,
in England three to four, in America six to
eight, in tne priming a sun greater uiner
ence is seen, and in favor Of the greater ef
ficiency of the American manufacture.
"These actual figures only verify what
has been generally stated for a long time as
comparative and relative facte, and wmcn
at once show; how unnecessary are tariff
rates for the protection of manufacturing in
this country, which, when levied, are ne
cessary only in transferring means from the
consumer i to j the manufacturer, and no
more unjust to any class than to operatives
themselves, who buy largely or their own
production at ereatly increased rates on ac
count of tariff duties added to the goods
that they have made cheap to the manufac
turer by their skill and efficiency, tho cheap
ness of which! however, they are not allow
ed to participate in."
The Republican Senators are really
getting alarmed, but it is no use,
The handwriting oa the wall tells
them that the Republican party has
been weighed in the balance and
found wanting The platform of
Free Whiekey and High Taxes for
Monopoly must stand. The party is
split up as to economic views and
Tariff bill of Republican manufac
ture would not be supported by all
Republicans. The Philadelphia Press
says a bill of reduction will be intro
duced by the Republicans. That
will be a grand concession as to tfc
wisdom of j President Cleveland ....
message and the aotlon of the Demo
crats in the House.
Representative Nelson, of Min
nesota, made a very conclusive ar
gument in
the
House against the
for merchant ma
subsidy schemes
rine and steamship lines. He is a
Norwegian and his illustration drawn
from his own country was telling and
unanswerable. He saiS:
- i . i
- "He referred to the country of his birth
Norway a poor country with less than
two million inhabitants. She was so poor
that she could not subsidize a single ship
for a single year, and yet with free trade
and free ships! stood next to the United
States in tonnage and commerce. Ap
plause on the Democratic side. In every
port of the world could be found a Nor
wegian ship, and the idea that in this
country, with all its wealth and all its re
sources, American shipping could not ex
ist without subsidy to a few steamship
lines, was preposterous."
R. A. ! Jones, a colored editor of au
Ohio paper,1 thinks that State doubt
ful. Doubtful.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1888.
Cardinal
City
The young Catholic Friends Socie
ty met in front of Hibernian Hall
last night at 9 o'clock, with Maj.
Jas. Reilly as marshal, with on a hun
dred and nine men in linei 1 The
Cornet Concert Club headed the
procession and proceeded to the
depot ro meet Cardinal Gibbons, who
was to arriye from Baltimore on the
9.50 train. , " -:'!--
As " the ; Cardinal appeared at the
gate of the depot - and proceeded
through the double line which was
formed,' he was saluted with canes,
and the band struck up "Hail to the
Chief," which was continued until he
entered his carriage, accompanied by .
the newly appointed Bishop,' Leo
Haid, and Fathers Dumont, Felix,
Gross and Burnes, ' : j v -
The line was then reformed and
preceded . by the band, marched to
the residence of Col. F. W. Kerchner,
followed by the carriages containing
the.Cardinal and others. Upon their
arrival fet Col. Kerchner's house, the
Society opened ranks and the Cardi
nal and his suite passed in, where an
address of welcome was delivered by
Mr. W. P. Price in most befitting lan
guage, which was ;responded to by
the Cardinal and Bishop Haid. The
house was brilliantly illuminated
ana tne scene was one of Joyous ex
citement, a large crowd of ladies and
gentlemen having assembled to greet
this distinguished prelate.
Cardinal Gibbons is not unknown
to the people of Wilmington, where
he spent several years of his busy
life, and with which he is still identi
fied by social, religious and business
ties. A gentleman of . high Intel
leetual attainments, of culture and
refinement, he will be welcomed to
our city by his many friends, without
regard to sect or creed, and that his
brief stay here may "be pleasant, and
that it may serve to increase the high
esteem in which he already holds his
former home, is their earnest wish
J ac RaMell's Declination.
Judge Russell has written his letter
to the Republican State Executive
uommittee, declining the nomina
tion for Supreme Court Judge on the
State ticket, as he stated he would in
an interview with a representative of
the Star : on the 3d of July. The let
ter of declination is a lengthy affair,
but the points are the same in sub
stance as published in the Star on
tha 4th inst. He advises withdrawal of
the entire State ticket and a coalition
with the Prohibitionists, arguing
that it is useless to make a canvass;
that taking the figures for the last
sixteen years, the Republicans have
had no chance of success in this
State; but that by withdrawing now
and uniting with the Prohibitionists
they may break the color line, make
gains in the Congressional districts,
on the electoral ticket, and ia the
State Legislature.
He also says that the Republican
leaders who managed the machine in
the Prohibition election in 1881, and
succeeded in throwing the bulk of
the negro yote against Prohibition
now Bay thai it would have been bet
ter to have coalesced with the Prohi
bitionists. He takes the ground that
the South is solidly Democratic, and
that the j political struggle of the
future will be f ought out on sec-.
tional lines. ,
Tbe Fifth Street Outrage.
The city of Wilmington and county
of New Hanover should join hands
in a determined effort to run down
the scoundrel who perpetrated the
horrible I assault on a defenceless
woman a few niehts since. Neither
time nor money should be spared. If
this infamous crime is allowed to sink
quietly into j forge tfulness, it will em
bolden other human devils to com
mit similar acts beyond a doubt.
There is enou&h circumstantial evi
dence in the case referred to, to give
a skilled detective a fair start: and it
is by no means improbable that in
proper hands the case may be carried
to a successful issue. But immediate
action is necessary.
To Lat Intra. Topping:.
Concerning-the death of Mrs. Top
ping, mentioned in the Star of yes
terday, the Goldsboro Araua has the
following: j
"The sad intelligence reached this
city yesterday of the death of Mrs. N.
B. Topping, at her home in Hampden
Sidney,' Va after a lingering illness
of manyj 'months. She had a wide
circle of friends in this section by
whom this 'announcement will be re
ceived with the sincerest regret. She
leaves a husband and three children
to mourn tlieir loss."
la Bad Lack:.
It is related of a prominent gentle
man of this city, that he went to , the
Hammocks a few days ago, where he
encountered a continuous run of .had
luck. First,! the frolicsome winds took
Dossessibn ! of his hat and bore it
; i I
away in triumph. Being a zealous
follower of Zack Walton, he next pro
cured a fishing rod and the necessary
bait and tackle, and seated himself
on a tarred and creosoted piece of pi
ling, full of excitement and eager ex
pectation. The fish didn't bite, but
the tarred, piling did; and when he
rose to go jto the pavilion for one of
Warren's pine-apple sherbets, he was
horrified to discover that the seat of
his pants; had ignominiously left
him. .Curtain falls.
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Naval Stores.
A compararative statement of re
ceipts at this port since the begin ¬
ning of the crop year, April 1st, as
taken from the records at the Pro
duce Exchange, makes the following
exhibit: Spirits turpentine, 20,936
casks: for same time last vear. 24.5SW,
Rosin. 68.991 barrels: last vear. 96.429.
Tar. 12 390 barrels: last vear. 15,304.
Crude turpentine. 4.717 barrels; last
year, 8,817. ,m
Interments in. the city ceme
teries' the cast week were as follows:
Oakdale, two children and one adult;
Bellevue. one child: Pine Forest (col
ored), four children and four adults.
Total number of interments, twelve.
" T. " , " . AOBTXT CAROLINA. ? TEMRIBJj IS ACCIDENT. ; A FRENCH DUEL.
Democratic Nomination for Congreaa
In tbe Flftb Dlatrlcc. I
" Special Star Telegram. -
Grkbitsboro, : July 12. The Conven
tion adjourned last night at midnight with
out making any nomination, to reassemble
this mornine at 9 o'clock. Promptly at
that hour balloting began and .continued
nntil the one hundred and seventieth ballot
was reached, when the names of Buxton
and Williams were withdrawn to make the
nomination of James, T. Morehead,
of
Guilford, unanimous, which was carried
with a whoop. , 1
J. H. Dobson was nominated for Elector.
WASHINGTON.
Tbe Investigation Into tbe Subject of
Traata All sides of tba Question to
be Looked Into Bond Offerings.
Wabhihstow, -July 12. The House
Committee on Manufactures, at its meet
ing to-day, decided to continue its investi
gation into the subject of trusts. It wul
shortly report the evidence so far taken! in
tbe sugar and Standard Oil trusts, and
will then, in all probability, within the
next ten days or two weeks, begin an in
vestigation into the whiskey trust. "A
great many people," said a member of the
committee, "think that - the - protective
tariff tends to propagate trusts, we have,
so far investigated a trust the sugar
trust which is protected by the tariff; and
we have investigated a trust the Standard
Oil trust unaffected by any tariff. Now
we propose : to probe into the whiskey
trust, which is affected by an internal
revenue tax, so that we will beable to pre
sent to the country the result of an; in
quiry into ail sides of tbe question."-
The bond ouennes waay aggregated
$552,850, all of which were rejected; j
Washington, July 13. Tha President
has commuted to eight months' imprison
ment in Jail the sentence of W. P. McKee,
convicted in the Western district of North
Carolina.of robbing tha postorace, and sen
tenced in May, 1883, to two years impri
sonment at hard labor in the penitentiary
at Columbus, Ohio. I
Mr. Randall continues to improve, ! and
his physicians and family are cheerful over
the prospect of his speedy and complete re
covery. The family of the invalid have re
ceived messages of sympathy from all parts
of the country, and in such numbers that
individual acknowledgment has been; im
possible. They express tnrougn tne Asso
ciated Press their cordial thanks for the
touching evidences they have experienced
of tbe public and private respect felt for
the sick man.
Conferees on the River and Haibirj bin.
who have been in session about a week,
adjourned over to-day till Monday. Agree
ments have been reached in respect to all
but canal projects, which are embodied in
the bill, and in respect to which neither
side manifests a disposition to give way.
Kev. Mr. Cleveland, appointea a memoer
of tbe Sioux Reservation Commission, is
nut a brother of the President as stated
yesterday, but J. W. Cleveland, an Epis
copal minister, and formerly missionary at
Rosebud, Dakota Agency . He speaks the
Sioux ianguace fluently.
Washington. July 13. P. M.4-Mr
Randall had another hemorrhage this even-
in?, and though it was but slight there is
much anxiety mamiesiea concerning uio
condition.
j HE DYNAMITERS,
The Arrested fflen Slaking Confession
or their Sbare in tbe Conspiracy
Against tbe .Bnrllngton Railroad.
Br Telegraph to the Horning Star;
Chicago. July 14.Bowles, the man
in the conspiracy against whom the
testimony as given yesterday was
most conclusive, has, it is stated.
made a full confession of his share in
the conspiracy. He says that in his
case there was little hope of escape
from conviction, and early this morn
ing it was made known to District
Attorney Ewing that Bowles was
ready to saueal. Arrangements were
at once made to take down his state
ments, and he was conveyed to Mr.
Ewing7s office to ten ail ne Knows.
Another or tne arrested men, oq-
,nr. it ia an l n aisn surrflRn i.i) f-iiiiiH i ii-
to camp,, and by noon to-day all that
ne Knows aoout me cuiiBpiraujr
against Burlington will be told.
The case oi unairman noge cum
Murphy, which was to have come up
before Justice Lyon this morning,
was postponed for one week.
It is understood that Bowles has
told the prosecution facts which will
make the conviction of Hoge certain.
Chairman Hoge, It would seem, is the
man they are really alter, not oniy as
the blow they wish to strike at the
Brotherhood, but because the road
officials dislike him personally. The
other defendants they are ravoraDiy
disposed towards. The 'text oi tne
squeal was not made public; but it
was important enough to necessitate
a postponement of the case before
the Federal Court as well as in the
Stat a tribunal. It Is certain tnat
when the three jail prisoners,lBowles,
Broderick and Wilson, were brought
over from the jail this morning and
put in the cage in the marsnai s omce
Bowles sent word that he wanted to
see the district attorney. He was ta
ken to Ewing's office, and there con
fessed to brenerai Manager etone, m
spectorBarfield and attorney Coollier.
The only direct information as to the
nature oi tne comesBion wua a. wen
defined rumor that a United' States
warrant had been issued lor tne ar
rest of Hoge, who is out on $1,500
bonds, under the conspiracy charge
brought under the State law. i
The crowd waiting in tne x euerai
Court room was again large, and
chiefly composed of Brotherhood
men, whose looks of sympathy, cast
on the prisoners as tney were Drougus
in. indicated their appreciation of
the danger their comrades were In.
Bowles came in with the district at
torney and took a seat beside mm,
opposite the other prisoners, who
flashed vindictive and contemptuous
looks at him. He was visibly agitated
and moved restlessly in his seat,
keenincr his eves bent UDon the floor.
Before the attorneys for the Brother
hood had a chance to interpose.
Bowl An. still tremblinir. was induced
by the district attorney to rise quick
ly and waive examination, a eeuoar
tional scene ensued. The Brother
hood attorneys, Donohue and David,
protested loudly that they had been
treated with great unfairness and
given no show from the very outset
of the trial. Lawyer David hotly de
nounced Commissioner Hayne, de
claring, "we could xpect nothing
else from this court, and have receiv
ed nothing else." The commissioner
m-daron1 Tn.vid t.o be arrested by the
marshal, but the latter did not at
once comply, and David subsequently
made a Pickwickian apology to the
Court. Bowles was released on $5,000
bail- ; . : m. '
After court adjourned the hereto
fore reticent prisoner, Wilson, sav
agely denounced Bowles, ridiculing
the Idea that the latter was innocent,
and exclaiming, "The chicken-heart;
he had laid down."
KENTUCKY.
Vn BEan Fatally Injured a uas
: Explosion.' . ;
CaarciKNATi. July 14. A battery of
eight gas tanks, in Ludlow, K.y, ex
ploded this afternoon, injuring
fifteen men, four of them j fatally.
The gas is generated irom napma
for lightning the railroad shops and
for Tise in tne joanu uuy""
The escape of a small quamtity from
one tank caused an explc
irv
fiich
exploded the other sever
room oi tne maun w
pany "was
Tbe Soutb'bonnd Train en tba Vir
ginia midland Road Goes Tbronsb
n Trestle Five Parsons Killed and
: Abont Forty Wonndcd.'
Bv Telegraph to the XornbtK Ur.
AliBX AHDBiAi Ya , July 12. A terri-:
ble accident occurred on the Virginia Mid- j
land Railroad early this morning The
Southern train which left here at 11.25
last night went through a trestle between
Orange Court House and Barboursvilie, a
distance o fifteen feet, killing five persons
outright, and wounding upwards of forty,
some severely. : Among the killed is Cor
nelius Carr. of the engineer department of
the road. The names of the others are not
yet received. The train hands were all
more or less hurt, but none of them seri
ously. -
Ch aiUjOttksyille . July 12 Express
train No. 52 left Orange Court House,
south-bound, on time, at 1 50 this morn
ing, conductor C. P. Taylor, engineer
Watkins and fireman Kelly. About two
miles south of Orange is a trestle forty
eight feet high,, which was known to be
weak, and the i railroad company was en
gaged in filling it in The, train was mov
ing at a speed of six miles, crossing the
trestle under regular orders. The engine
had passed safely over most of the trestle
when the smoker,mail,baegage and express
cars went down with a great crash, drag
ging down the engine and tender and two
passenger coaches. Two sleepers remained
standing on the trestle. The engine went
down pilot foremost, thns communicating
no fire to the wreck. All of the lights were
extinguished in tbe fall.
' As soon as the accident occurred tbe en
gineer, who was but slightly injured,!
walked back to Orange and teiegraphed
for assistance. Dr. W. C N.Randolph
and other physicians left here on a special
train for the wreck. The dead and some
of the wounded were taken to Orange,!
while tbe more seriously hurt were brought!
to Charlottesville and placed in the CoU
tage hospital, hotels and houses of -friends. '
As far as can now be ascertained, five
were killed. C. Cox, of Alexandria, ofj
the engineering department of the Pied
mont Air Line was instantly killed H. T. !
Whittington, of Greensboro, N. C, postal !
clerk, lived ten. minutes. H. C. Bright-;
well, postal clerk, of Prospect, Prince Ed-!
ward county, Ya , lived until he reached
the hospital. W. D. Parrott, of Albe
marle county, postal clerk, badly injured ; ;
J. Q. West and J. L. Walthall, of Wash
ington, D. C. postal clerks, badly injured;1
Louis Jenkins, of Lynchburg, postal cierk, I
slightly injured; Potterfleld, Express Agent,
seriously injured; z. Jennings, of Lynch
burg, a passenger, internal injuries.
Captain C. P. Taylor, of Alexandria,
who was in the car next to the smoker
when the accident occurred, was hurt
about the head and one leg was injured, j
The injured are estimated at about twenty-five.
Washington, July 12. General Man
ager Randolph -has received further details
of the Midland Railroad accident In ad
dition to the list of killed, three more per
sons were found dead in clearing away tbe
debris; they were passengers. Two of
them were men and one was a woman, but
at latest accounts they bad not been re
cognized. It was ose of the passenger
coaches in the middle of the train that ran
off the track, causing the accident.
C. A. Nicholson, of Baltimore, one of
the survivors of the accident, has arrived
here, and relates his experience ae follows:
"It was a horrible thing, and it is a miracle
how any one who went down in that ter
rible fall escaped. It was in the dead of
the night, and we had got nearly across the
bridge when it suddenly gave way. The
engine had reached the other end, but was
pulled back by tbe falling of the baggage
car, and it fell on top of it. The mail
car . was knocked out of recogni
tion and the smoker was totally de
molished. I was in the sleeper .that went
down. I don't know how I escaped. When
I was awakened I looked out and found
the car hoisted high in the air, resting on
the remains of the cars below. The coup
lings connecting us with the other sleepers
had given way, and they remained on the
track All went to work as soon as possible,
though it was pitch dark.and did our best to
rescue the injured. The scene that followed
was of indescribable horror The shrieks
and moans of the injured, the shouts of
the wildly excited passengers, and the
hissing of steam were terrible to hear.
The passenger cars . were crushed cut of
all shape, while the sleeper was held high
in the air by the ruins of the broken
coachts. A little stream runs under the
trestle, and recent rains had swollen it far
beyond its wonted proportions. It is feared
some were pinioned below its surface and
perished in its waters."
RESPITED.
Pottr, tbe JKardersr of Paul Llncke.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Raleigh, July 13 W. A. Pottp, con
demned to be hanged at Washington, N.
C, to-day, for the murder of Paul Lincke,
has been respited by the Governor till
Tuesday, the sheriff having telegraphed
here that Potts is dying.
Raleigh, July 13. W. A. Potts, who
was to have been hanged at Washington,
N. C, to-day, attempted suicide last night
by taking morphine. He was found by
one of the prisoners this morning uncon
scious. The sheriff was notified and medi
cal aid promptly called in. . On examina
tion the doctor pronounced him in a dying
state, but in a short time afterward he
rallied. The sheriff recognized his en
feebled condition and wired Gov. Scales
for a respite until next week, to which an
almost immediate reply was received;
granting a respite until Tuesday, the 17th i
Potts had written a letter to the sheriff
thanking bim for his kindness, and slating
that he had relieved him of a painful duty,
and that the physicsans were in no wise;
responsible for his possession of the drug.
Upon the reception of the respite from the
Governor, the sheriff placed a death-watch;
over the prisoner, with rigid instructions to
allow him to see no one except the physi-j
cians. He made no response upon being
told of his respite except to ask for how
long it was granted. Potts stated that he
took twenty-five or thirty grains of mor-j
phine, but the attending physicians say
he could not' have taken over two or three
grains.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Snlclde at Columb!a-To men Killed
in an Affray in Lexington County .j
By Telegraph to Ithe Horning Star. 1
Columbia, July 14 Joseph Supe, a
Bohemian tailor, committed suicide to
day by cutting his throat from ear to earj
with a penknife, after trying to kill his
wife with a saw file. He had been released
from the insane asylum but a few weeks
ago, and was undoubtedly insane.
At a reunion of Confederate soldiers i
Lexington county, two brothers, named
Reedv. forced a Quarrel upon Manuel Wil
liams, a peaceably disposed man, who in
self defence shot and instantly killed one of
the hrothers with a pistol, and stabbed the
other through the heart with a pocket
knife.
FACTS.-
It would be easy to beat the
Sugar Trust if every man, woman, and
child in the country could be induced to
dispense with sugar for a month. They
might be in better health for it, too.-
FhU. Keeora. j
-- President Cleveland has signed
the bill providing for the appointment of
Commissioners to represent the United
States at the proposed International Mari
time Conference, aid the other great mari-
I time Powers have expressed their willing
ness to join in such a movement. rm.
Beeord. . j j
Greystone, Mr. Tilden's expen
sive Hudson River residence, have been in
the markets Swov nW. wwn na ugyer.
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NO. 37
Gen. Bonlaager and in. Flouaaet.
Prime minister FIgbt wltb Swords
Eseb of Then Wonndcd Tbrss
' Times One of Bonlanger's Wounds
. Thought to be of n Serlons Nature.
By Telegranb to the Morning Star.
Paris July 13. As was expected, the
insult offered by Gen. Bonlanger to Prime
Minister Flouquet, in the Chamber of De
puties, last evening, resulted in a duel.
The; two gentlemen, attended by their
seconds, met in the vicinity of Paris at 10
o'clock this morning. Swords were used
and both combatants were wounded. .The
duel occurred on Count Dillon's estate, at
Neuilly Buf Seine, a short distance from
the city. Gen. Boulaneer was wounded in
the arm and neck. His wounds are ' not
dangerous. M. Flouquet's hand was
scratched by ! Gen. Boulanger's sword;
further than this he was not touched.
Flouquet's colleagues in the Ministry
were waiting at his house for the news of
the due), and Were overjoyed to see the
Prime Minister return safe. He was given
an ovation. j
A small crowd of Gen. Boulanger's fol
lowers were in front of his house wh?n he
reached home j
Paris, July 13, Noon. Later details of
the duel are to the following effect: At the
second encounter Gen. Boulanger was
slightly wounded in the leg, and M. Flou
quet received a cut on the right hand.
After resting the men renewed fighting for
tho third time. Gen. 'Boulanger made a
lunge at M. Flouquet's left breast, but only
slightly touched his mark. Gen. Boulan
ger then received a wound in his throat,
which put an end to the encounter. The
wound is a severe one, but on account of
the hemorrhage the doctors are unable to
decide whether it is likely to prove serious.
Paris, July 13; The duel was fiercely
fought. Gen, Boulangei tried hard to kill
M.,! Flouquet, and threw himself upon him
again and again. When M. Flouquet re
ceived the wound in his hand, and it began
to bleed, the seconds decided that the fight
be discontinued, but both combatants re
fused to stop, i It is now believed that the
wound in Gen. Boulanger's throat is a
serious one. M. Flouquet received scratches
on his hand, chest and foot.
Pabis, July 13 The seconds have
made a formal report, in which they state
that Boulanger received a serious wound in
the neck. Dr. Monod, who is attending
Boulanger, has issued a bulletin regarding
his condition. It lays there is a deep
wound in tne right side of tbe General's
neck, and that it causes marked difficulty in
his respiration At present tbe doctor is
unable to give an opinion as to what turn
tbe case may take. j
iPabis. July 13. Midnight Partly ow
ing to the duel and partly because it is the
eve of a fete, the streets at ' this hour are
crowded, especially in front of the Laearde
office. The merits of the quarrel between
Gen. Boulanger and M. Floquet are ex
citedly discussed, and shouts for and
againstthe General fill the air. Maquet,
in the absence of Gen. Boulanger,
presided at the banquet this evening.
He announced that the General's condi
tion was ; as favorable as possible. The
Zoir says that the condition of the Gen
eral is serious; that high fever succeeded
extreme prostration, and that his respira
tion is rapid and sometimes very diffi
cult. The doctors are unable to form a
definite opinion as to the General's pros
pects of recovery. No bulletin haB been
issued since the one issued by Dr. Moriod
this afternoon.
I Paris,! July 14. Boulanger is im-
E roving. Several friends called upon
im to-day and the General was able
to converse with them. He was also
able to take bouillon. j
j The taking of the Bastile was cele
brated throughout France to-day. In
this city secret societies, accompa
nied by bands, and carrying banners,
marched to the Strasburg statue and
deposited wreaths upon it.
I Dublin-, July 14. At Maryborough.
,to-day, the Kerry moonlighters were
sentenced to penal servitude for terms
ranging from 7 to 15 years. i
(Copyright by the 17. T. Associated Press.)
I Berlin, July 14 Emperor Wil
liam's departure from Kiel prevented
a spectacle, splendid beyond any
thing ever before witnessed on the
German seas. The town and the har
bor were uniquely decorated. The
route from the station to the harbor
was lined with masts covered with
oak leaves and adorned with weapons
and banners. The German, Prussian
and Holstein colors were conspicuous.
Triumphal arches and floral decora
tions in which naval designs predom
inated, entirely transformed the as-
Sect of the old town. The Emperor
rove slowly towards the harbor,
giving, as he went, special greetings
to the guilds and corporations which
lined the streets. The yacht Hohen
zollern was moored at Diepenbrook,
at the outer end of the harbor. A
man-of-war's boat conveyed the Em
peror to the yacht at 10:30. His Ma
jesty was received by Prince Henry,
Vice Admiral Blanc, chief of the Bal
tic station, and Admiral Montz. j
Shortly after 11 o'clock the Impe
rial yacht put out to sea, escorted by
the torpedo flotilla and the iron
clads. A number of private steamers
accompanied the escort for several
miles.
Kiel is crowded with visitors and
holds high carnival to-night. During !
the four day's voyage to Peterhof the
squadron will execute a number of
manoeuvres. On the 18th the Czar's i
yacht Derjava will receive Emperor;
William on board at Cronstadt. The !
Emperor will remain four days at St. .
Petersburgland return by sea to Kiel. ;
His after programme will include
an inspection of the troops, manoeu
vres of the guards and third array;
corps in August; in September he;
will visit Alsace-Lorraine, meeting!
the King of the Belgians at Stras-j
burg; at the end of September he
will go to Vienna and probably visit
the King of Italy in October. j
Communications from v Emperor
William to his mother were trans
mitted ! from Spandau last evening,
and from Kiel to-day. This fact,
though insignificant in itself, has;
significance in the face of the per-;
sistent foreign scandals regarding the
alleged! unhappy relations existing
between his Majesty and the dowager
empress Victoria. If the messages
only referred to the progress of the;
son's expedition as Emperor, they,
still showed that the difficulties be-;!
tween him and his mother have not
approached a rupture.
j MB. RANDALL,
Beeurrence of Hemorrbages- onsnl
tatlon of Physicians-Danger of
Stubborn Bleeding.
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington. July 14. Between the
hours of midnight and 2 o'clock this
morning, Mr. Randall sbffered from several
slignt nemorrnages. Aiier mat uue uo
succeeded in securing some needed sleep!
Dr. Mallen, with Mr Randall's personal
attendant, remained with his patient until;
6 o'clock this morning. He returned at 10
o'clock, when he met Dr. Lincoln, and a
consultation was held. As the result, it
was decided that powerrui styptics snouia
be applied, which it is hoped will , check
the hemorrhages, for a time at least, until
the patient can gain strength. Dr. Lin-i'
coin was very conservative in his ex
pression of opinion as to the proba
ble result of these remedies. He. belisve
that their effect would be to check the
bleeding for a time, but would not go f ur4
ther in his forecast. There was danger
of stubborn bleeding, which would be
difficult to control meanwniie. air. Kan
dall's condition this forenoon is fairly com
fortable. Dr. Martin, the Philadelphia
specialist, is expected to-day. jj
Washington, July 14. Mr. Randall is
resting quietly, and his condition appears
to be improved this morning. There has
been no recurrence of hemorrhage. Dn
alien remained witn mm untu i o wou
N. C. Board of Pharmacy meets
at Goldsboro on the 8th August.-
Henderson Gold Leaf: Mr.
James P. Ellis, a well known and popular
citizen of Kittrell, died at his home in thst
place last Saturday.
Reidsville Weekly: Belle Boyd,
the famous Confederate spy. lectured at the
Opera House Friday and Saturday nights.
Our people were very much pleased with
her. ii The Raleigh Savings bank ha
$55,930 on deposit.
r-. Charlotte Chronicle: Millie
Robinson, a colored woman who lived in
Sharon township, was murdered a'lout 12
o'clock last Wednesday night, by Ann
Wallace, also colored Ann cut Millie's '
throat, causing her death almost instantly.
Cause jealousy.
Raleigh Visitor: A gentleman
who has travelled extensively in the north
eastern part of the State, says that tbe crops
in that section weie never boiler. t.ud the
prospects are for a fine yield. He snys he
saw fields that will yield fifteen l)sn is of
corn; to the acre.
f Rooky Mount Phcenix: The
revival at the Baptist church tins c used.
There were several nceccsions to the
church. The farmers generally
throughout this section are pluming h very
large amount of pea this year. Itotu for
fertilizing the land and for slock ft id
-r Greensboro North Stater Dan
Cummings, living near Gibsoovillr, was
killed by lightning Sunday about sundown. '
He' had just returned from feeding his
horses and was in the act of hanging the
barn key on a nail driven in the chimney
facing, when tbe bolt came down the chim
ney killing bim instantly. Cummiugs was
a colored man in good circumstances e.od
respected by all who knew bim -
f- J. H. Lindsay, Sec and Treas.,
Bays in his paper the Kcrncrsville Newt and
Farm: The next meeting of the North
Carolina Press Association will be com
posed wholly of men who have Hid interest
of the profession near their heart. If any
one succeeds in getting to Morehead City,
upon the representation that he is editing a
paper, and it afterwards appears that ho is
not, all courtesies will be forthwith dis
continued. i-Wilson Mirror; I The man in
jail in Raleigh stated that he had worked
at the brick yard of Taylor & Cobb in Wil
son. On interviewing Mr. Taylor our re
porter found that Mr. Taylor discovered
the fringing of this person in being an
Irishman and made him talk squarely
"United 3tateB" to him. He told bim he
was born in Buncombe county, N. C, had
lived in Johnson and various other places,
that he had been married three times ; two
of his wives were dead, the other he had
divorced. Mr. Taylor recollects distinctly
the missing finer, the marks on his face and
scar on the abdomen.
jj Danbury Reporter: While wo
have intimated that there! were four rail
roads which we thought inclined to head
this way, viz. : the R. & 8., the Cripple
Creek extension, the N. W. extension
from Winston, and a branch of the C. F.
&?Y. V.. from branch , Walnut Cove it
turns out that since uncovering of the- im
mense deposits of magnetic iron which
have been developed here within tbe last
few weeks, it is now, not only possible, but
probable, that the Atlantic & Danville,
aided by Northern capital, will build direct
from the latter place, or from Stuart.
Stuart is only 15 or 18 miles from the very
centre of the iron region in this section.
! Asheville Sun: The heirs of
Professor Mitchell havo commissioned Mr.
Phillips, son of Professor Phillips, of
Chapel Hill, to erect a bronze statue of the
lamented professor at his grave on Mount
Mitchell. Mr. Phillips arrived at Cooper's
station yesterday with the statue and will
proceed with the erection of tbe same at
once. The North Carolina State
Funeral Director's Association met in their
Annual Convention yesie.day at Temper x
aoce Hall. Addresses were made by Prof.
J. H. Clark, of Ohio, and Mr. J. W.
Brown, of Raleigh. The day was taken
up with the business session and with sight
seeing.
! Raleigh News- Observer: The
Governor yesterday pardoned James M.
Yaughan, convicted at the spring term of
Vance Superior Court of 1886, and senten
ced to six years in the penitentiary.
John Lewis Johnson, Esq., of Panther
Branch township, was here yesterday and
gave in his verdict on the Scott Parlin mat
ter. He knew Partin well and after exam
ining the prisoner asserted positively that
he was Partin, and said he hadn't a particle
Of doubt about it. Also Mr. J. A. Buries,
of Panther Branch township, who says he
was at work with Partin in the field raking
straw three days before tbe murder, was
here yesterday and after examining tbe pris
oner said he was certain he was Partin.
Asheville Sun: A caning af
fair occurred on Main street yesterday in
which HarriBon B. Brown and J. C. Jack
son participated. Brown remonstrated
with Jackson concerning the tatter's atten
tions to his sister-in-law, which Jackson
refused to take in what Brown thought
was a proper spirit and he proceeded to en
force his words with his cane. Pro
fessor Henry E Shepherd, who lectures
for the Library Association next week, is a ,
native of Fayetteville,- N. C. He is a
graduate of the University of Virginia and
when but 18 years old entered the Con
federate service a member of Hill's 1st
North Carolina troops. At the battle of
Gettysburg he was desperately wounded
and made a prisoner, remaining such for a
year.
Tarboro Southerner: As soon
as the cotton factory building gets well un
der headway, two other real estate owners
say they will erect several tenement houses.
The Fourth in Greenville drew the
largest crowd that has ever been seen in
that Dlace. The day was celebrated in fit
ting style, music, speeches and fire works.
As announced last week Donnell Gilliam
of this place was the orator of the occasion. .
A gentleman present said his speech was a
fine effort. The excellent Wilmington
Stab celebrated the Fourth by publishing
an interview with ex-Judge Daniel L. Rus
sell, radical nominee for Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court. Tuesday morn
ing at Bethel two men, Geo. W. Nelson,
white, and a negro man, Were crusned to
death. Nelsou sells logs to the Tar River
mills at this place. He and the negro had
been loading two flat cars. The place of
loading is on a grade. The two men were
jammed between the ends of the logs.
The negro was killed outright. The white
man only lived a short time.
Fayetteville Observer: One
hundred and twenty convicts came down
on Thursday's train to go to work on the
Wilmington extension. This makes the
total over two hundred. . The Gaueat-
ian is very anxious for tbe C. F. & Y. V.
to iun thtough or near Clinton. The
huckleberry crop has been enormous, and
they are anxious for ways of shipment.
Clinton is improving, and-we are glad to
noto it- The postofflce at this place has
been raised from a third to second class
postofflce, and the salary raised $100. This
increase is on account of the increased
amount of business. Fayetteville was
honored by the presence of Gen. Wade
Hampton on Thursday last, and our. citi
zens hearing accidentally of his coming
gathered at the depot to do him honor.
When tne train arnveu mu air
fairly resounded with cheers for the grand
old officer, who when last here was near
ly surrounded by Sherman's men. and
who m our streets made a desperate fight
to cover the retreat of our forces. Gen.
Hampton was escorted to tho Cumberland
House, and was called upon for a speech,
but he said he was too fatigued to do more
than thank them for the cordial reception.
He left immediately with the Hon. W. J.
Green for Tokay: where he' spent Friday.
Thursday, David Watkins, tbe night
watchman at the Fayetteville and Wilson
depot, shot Minnie Wade, alias Carter,
alias Carrol, a bright mulatto woman of
rather doubtful character who had recently
come to this place from Wilson. It appears
that this woman had insulted Watkins a
wife, and soon after he L0
tertag an alley opposite Uie Short Cut de
pot, he immediately made for her. firing
Uro shots, one of which entered near the
back bone and penetrating beyond reach of
EpSJ rt 'houhl U would prove
fatal bnt by Monday she was pronounced
out of danger, and Watkins was released,
giving bond to the amount of $300 for bis
appearanw
In other words, the fathers of
the republic, whatever their descendants
may be, were what would now ne - term ed
"free traders." Boston Pott, Bern.
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