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: lie Weekly Star; "TBUSIIKD AT . ' :; .... ..,..! ( IIINGTON, N. C., . 'at. ..v-. 4'.;;.-v,;. VEAR. IN ADVANCE. SSSSSSSSSSSS8S38S SS8SS8S8888888SSS 8SS88888SS888S888 SSa33835SS2SS828 88S8SS88S88S88883 8S888S8S88S888888 miaoK I S88888888S8888888 SSSSS8S28SS8888S 8888888888S888888 ri o oo e iri oo e jj jo jj ie gj gj git 33S33SS3S33 ieHioioe cr(jti at the Post Offloe atVUmlngton, N. C., -1 as Second Clau Matter J 1 SUBSCRIPTION FRICJB. . ti), subscription price of the Wbkixv In Is as follows Cony 1 year, ; paid, (1.00 .60 .30 " 6monti " Smonthi -. m mm m m w wi ? construction in the South has er" been written. It is a series of Alters of crime, madness, roguery, JijtioD, oppression, debauchery and scoundrelism without a parallel. Ob, that we had a Thomas Carlyle snioBg us to portray in brilliant, ex coriaiiog, g" impassioned and yet eloquent colors the days of Radical i construction as he has painted the tjcrors and madness of the French Kevolutiop, that most unique and 'orchil prose work of the nineteenth century. - " Uat the truth is not hid under a bth-hel. There are tens of thousands of educated men in the South who kqo.tbe story of Radicalism in the sJutiern States after the war. Even Northern men have had genuine I 'a. . i i L':;rap into me saa recora oi pecu- loa injustice, and unredeemed -I XT . .1 .1 1' . ' vu;aipy. 'jw auu id en we Bee in so in.'! Aoruiern puoiioauon enougu to si iafv us that the leaven of truth is n: woik, and in the years ahead we m iylhone that the Northern people ger.fbliy will be able to understand 8nintjbiEg of 2 hat black chapter in t& N v.i.3.il record. But only those nfcofi.'.etl through the dark days will em fully koow what it is to be "re-c-instraoted" by rascals and in the rri!stof millions of recently liberated sUves who had been clothed with all the powers and privileges of citizen ship jijdudiDg the right to vote. V. e are reminded to-day of the urtpliieant pa3t by reading Senator George's vivid, graphic description oncoDBtruction in his own State, Mississippi, and by an excellent edi torial in the New York Times upon SeDitor Chandler, the little fellow from.' New England .who is spread out full flat on bis little belly trying u !;!ow into life the almost dead j . ji c.iali of sectional strife and recrimi ration. Poor little Senatorial mid- 1 'rl We must copy a part of what the mes says of little Billy: "Pitt be dines, in his blind, stubborn m stupid way. to tbe hone that ha can at th 1 late day arouse the waninsr eneraipa nf M party hy appeals on this subject. He KiierriDi misisseD. The country will cot t:u,-t tbe Republicans again in this matter. There are serious evils in the irutitmeDt cf the suffrage in -the Booth. Ttey bave steadily decreased eince 1831, btn Pnsideot Arthur, for the first time in tbe b:story of his party, conspicuously r ut them aside as a subject of Federal leg ulafioQ. They have decreased still more tinier tbe Administ'ration of Mr.Cleveland, ho3e,firm and impartial course had led oircc'ly to the division of the negro vote tbe only fioal solution of the race problem ill politics. But if this were not so, if the condition of things were as bad as ever in the South, the entire country would not put tbe Republicans in office to mend iff because the party has proved itself at oBce ipcompetent and disloyal. There is so chapter in its history more disgraceful (ban ita sordid, unscrupulous, and base be trayal of the freedom of the. South. The pegroca who were sold on the auction block ia tbe time of slavery were not treated with less respect for their manhood and their "ghtethan were the black voters of tbe South under the cowardly and selfish poli cf of the Republicans. Helpless as they "ere, innocent and trusting, they were M in the basest manner, misled, deceived, debauchee robbed, and deliberately ex Poaed to the most cruel prejadice simply to 'trenetben tbe hold of the Republican poll ticians upon power, patronage, and plun der. f . The whites were hounded, perse cuted, insulted and robbed, while the ignorant, grateful, trusting negroes were deceived at every i turn and jade the slaves of designing, nn priccipled adventurers and marketa--native whites. I r :, he two candidates for j Governor f-and on the same plank as to ''free cba-urp," free gruokes and free drinks. Judge Fowle says: . . , I am in favor of the absolute repeal of tie internal revenue system. Tbe system is "osg. it is a war tax and ought to nave 7 aooiiahed when the war was over. I ket the war tax go if you will but ot ,bu1 the war debt is paid. ; The 'onual tax required to pay pensions to soldiers and the interest on the war qebt are about $120,000,000. If, that ' not raised on the luxuries it is R 0fund to como out of the necessaries. Da you see? the ReDublicans are afraid, of aine. He is their ' Jonah. The JForef says: " J "It is practically an open secret that Col, Wuay and many members of the Republi Committee were orjoosed to Mr. "lame's coming here, and they only gave ' "naer pressure. Bald a prominent Re publican last nlffht: , - . .- J ' The Republican committee that is, a majority of the members are awaiting f- Blaine's advent with fear and trem- "J'PZ- I think Harrison is going to win in "wte or everything, but Blaine Is going to J. OP A 1 -.IjjaoK EI -That is eicellent. : ' ' ' mm VOL. XIX. HOW ITWOBat AOAINST TAB ,:' .-'S"-L .' FOOB. . ' ; In . 1887; the average I tax on all goods manufacture of wool was 67.21 per cent. This tax was paid on for eign goods and home-made goods. Understand that. The" New , York Times gives the operations in woollen fabrios for one year -1887. ' Here are the iignreB: - f- r v'-f Imported woollen . . ,-1 .. . . . . . '. $ 44,235. 244 uutles. 39,728.717 Domestic woollens. ;. 267,182,914 BounUes. . . 4 ... 108.873,165 Total am't paid for woollens.!. 1448.021,040 "In return for this large expenditure we received woollens that are worth only $311, 418,158. The difference represents the tax which the people of this country are com pelled to pay for the protection of manu facturers who; by reason of the high rate Of duty imnoaea noon raw wnol. nrn un able to make thoroughly sound and sub stantlal doth." . j .' , r The " people are burdened sorely The Demoorats are trying to lift a little of the burden. - They propose to reduce th bounties paid the American manufacturers as. well as the tax paid on the foreign goods imported. And what a howl goes up from : the brazen lungs of Mo nopoly. The reduction proposed is very moderate indeed. It would re lieve the consumer of a small part of his burden and would not hurt in the least the honest manufacturer, r The present Tariff is very unjust and unequal. It is not only intol erably higb, but it . is laid in such a way as to be for the benefit of the rioh and for the oppression of the poor. The Star has shown this again and again. The finer class of goods worn by the rich is taxed lower than the coarser class worn by the poor. Tbe present law simply dis criminates against .the laboring peo ple. The following table taken from the 2tmea shows the prices and the rates of imports of woollens in 1887: "In each class we have taken the chearj- est and the dearest goods: 1 it! . -."- Duty. Good. Price. Per Cent. Cloths, per pound......... $ 64 Cloths, per nound 1 21 .90 .69 -.88 .63 "" i- i- 9 .64 .73 .73 .80 1.15 .73 .52 Shawls, per pound . . . . . ... 65i Shawls, per pound. 7".. 1 51 All manufactures not speci- j ally provided for 65 All manufactures not speci ally provided for 143 Flannels, per pound. -26 Flannels, per pound 1 06 Blankets . 22 Blankets... ., 1 15 Hats 47 Hats.. 2 90 Knit goods.......... 19 Knit goods 1 55 Balmorals ....37 .68 Balmorals....... 1 33 .66 Yarns 29 .69 Yarns. 1 21 , .68 Dress goods.... ............ . 15 .68 Dress goods......... - 20 .88 Axmlnater carpets, per yard 2 62 .47 Brussels, per yard 1 03 .59 Druggete, per yard ........ 84 .74 Patent velvet, per yard. . . . . 99$ .55 Wilton velvet, per yardi... 1 85 .54 Tapestry Brussels, per yard 64 .61 ireoie lograin... 70 You will find that the fine goods bear the lowest tax or dutv. On cloth that sells for 64 cents there is a tax of 90 per cent., while on cloth that sells for $1.21 cents, there is, a tax of but 69 cents. That is 21 centB less tax on the pound for fine goods than for those worn by tie poorer classes. Is not this discrimi nating against the poor? Look all tnrougn tne aoove list ana ; you wmi find the coarse goods the highest taxed under the' Radical Tariff. Sure ly such a wicked, immoral, unjust, absurd,, oppressive, unconstitutional Tariff needs readjusting and redu cing...; rjl But Dookery favors it and asks for still more tax. DOCKERV COBH EKED. The white tax payers in twenty- seven counties are dependent upon tbe present system of County Gov ernment for protection against the ravages of the ignorant spoilers and their white" managers. Dockery is now olamoring all over North Card-: Una for a change of this much needed and long tried system. He is so in imical to the 1 true interests of tne race to which be belongs that he would wipe out a system that was long tried before the war, and has been very serviceable in later years to the: true people of the State. Dockery. has in this campaign proved himself.' to be a -man of no mean ability and a demagogue of the highest order. We do not think this honored old Commonwealth has ever produced his full rival, or but one at the farthest. He is a diamond of the first water; he is eighteen carats fine; he is easily at the top'of the ladder ; he is the swiftest racer by far now in 'publio life. When the 6th Novem ber ends and Oliver Hazard Dockery retires to the shades of private life by the sounding, roaring Pee Dee, he oan meditate upon the follyjj of playing the part of a political acro bat and demagogue before a people who were born free like St. Paul, and who love liberty and justice, as they love life. In that solemn hoar of reflection as he bobs for perch! in the flowing stream, you may hear a strange soliloquy, if perchance yoa should be hard by: "r. "Hide "my tears. My heart is heavy. My load of sorrow is great. "The world has now begun to steal Each hope that led me lightly on. "The shadow , of my sorrow is a big thing after all. I 'wallow naked in a December snow' while yet there is no ioe on the great Pee Dee.J I have been sad and disappointed be fore, but woe is me, I never knew now deep the tooth of defeat oan out and wound My-delusion is gone. My- oonoeit" has jhad .thejbottom knocked oat of , it.1: My blood stands Btagnant. - My f ondest . hopes . lie withered .. and blaok In this untimely November frost. iNo more shall I lay the .'flattering : unction to my oul' that I can" bamboozle the white men. of Northj Carolina, i What a' fool I have been 1 1 I have 1 deceived myself in trying tq deceive others. I have made' myself conspicuous, not to say inf amoue,by my demagoguery. "I have tried '.to win votes, but have only succeeded' in "undoing myself. Farewell to oflioe Farewell to the oheap Raleigh hash house 1 Fare- well to campaigning nd the good times generally with boon cdmpan ions at mght and f pliant henchmen all day 1 Farewell to reputation 1 My - demaeoguery f did not pay. It is true I did have the : " "dialect and different skill. Catching all passions In my craft of will,". and still I failed-failed terribly, and Fowle will wing his flight to "Jarvis's Folly" after all my efforts to prevent it. : Alas! alasi what fools we dema gogues are: Oh! j that I had been wise and fair and honest. But all is oyer it is too late, too late, and how I must spend my remaining days in trying to play the jtarmer, of whiohl koow nothing, whilst those who are 'constant in spirit,' true .to princi ples, and real friends of the people, shall enjoy the honors and reap the emoluments of. office, because in the 'reproof of chance lies the true proof of men.' ; I put up my line, for even the fishes in the rushing Pee Dee re fuse to give me but one glorious nib ble." j- " -;:,. . . .j.- . . Bat our business is not with Dock ery's thoughts in November, but with his demagoguery :nbw. He is now posing on the stumps of North Caro na as the dear people's chosen cham pion and faithful j friend. We now turn to the Wilson Advance. That paper says: : ; ' " -1 "Let us see how careful th;s self-same man is to protect the personal liberty of the people. The following letter shows how carefully he guards against any encroach ment upon ua "iioeruea ' or tne peoDle as he terms an effort to protect the' tax payers against the extravagance and cor ruption of the negroes. I WASHTJSOTOisr. D, a, 8ept 24. 1888. Hamilton McMillan: i Mt Dbas 8m :-In reply to your favor of the 18th inst, I find that during tbe third session of the 43rd Congress, a bill passed the House to provide a government for tbe District of Columbia, and contain ing the following sections; That the said legislative assembly shall have the power to provide for tbe appointment of as many Justices of the Peace and Notary Publics for said District as may ba deemed necessary, to I define their jurisdic tion and prescribe l their duties. &c , &c. On the passage of the bill the yeas and nays were rordered and O. H. Dockery voted in the affirmative. See House Journal page 193, January 20th, 1871. So you see Dockery proposed to do to the District of Columbia what the Dem ocratic party did for North Carolina in 1876. ; , 'Excuse . this 1 short , note, but I have a chill on me as I write, and as you wanted the information at once I hasten to send it. I i Your -friend, -; ! Alfbbs Rowland. "The Advance would ask its readers how much-sincerity can there be in a man whose heart burns within him at the op pression (?) of tbe people of North Caro lina who are deprived of electing their magistrates and commissioners, who votes to take from the people of the District of Columbia the right to govern the; District as tbey see fit. Is Dockery not an insin cere demagogue V j : ; HOT IiONltSOBIff. The Philadelphia Record has this very interesting paragraph: "Talking of Robert E. Lee the other day, a Southern Congressman said that he was the subject Of two of the finest phrases of eulogy be had ever read or heard. One, which he quoted, was from Ben Hill's ora tion, when be said tn : his climax that Lee was 'like Ctesar without his ambition, Na poledn without his selfishness, and Wash ington without his reward the last clause summing up the whole southern feeling to ward Lee. The other j quotation was from a panegyric on Lee,' delivered by Col. Richard Wintersmitb, of Kentucky, at a dinner party, when he ' said of Lee that, 'going to heaven, be relieved Washington of his eternal loneliness.' " Very fine, in American ble as great. Lee is the great man history. .' He was lova His charaoter is the most engaging off all the heroes of history. If Tennyson would cele brate bis beautiful; character, ' so rounded ' and.' so lovely, as he has celebrated Alfred and Wellington he woutd do the world a service and add an unwithering leaf to his own un fading chaplet. I If Washington is in Heaven he is not "lonely." He finds greater men there than he, ; He may find companionship in that great General, Joshua or in that great statesman, Moses, or in that mighty soldier and minstrel, David, or with Paul, the most intellectual of men, and a hero every inch of him. In Tennyson's splendid ode on Wellington he represents the great est of ' British naval commanders, Lord jNelsonj as greeting ( Welling ton as be comes j into the world be yond. But it is to be hoped that .Washington is j not where Nelson probably is. If so, we do not believe "his eternal loneliness" will ever be broken by companionship with Bob-, ert Edward Lee,k who - loved Jesus and lived for Heaven. : The weather is growing oolder. Blankets are already in order a necessity. It will be much colder in a few weeks., It will be too cold to have a tax of 77 per cent, on them as is the case. There is no fun in that. !: WILMINGTONI N. C, FAY,ipCIpBER 5, 1888. ABWntBMlBSH.. . , A colored steve' Bandy Swann, was arrested yeste? stealing molasses charged wltb. Messrs. Worth, it the foot of irest was made jie police force, i seems pretty & Worth's warehj Chesnut street. by Sergeant Puglj upon information Tom Williams, " a . fl&t-uxman, one Of the witnesses, testified that he bought a barrel of. 'molasses from' Swann, which the latterdelivered to him af ter dark on the , evening of the lOtbi ot September; at Messrs.. Worth.-- & Worth's: shed,- and that -he (Wil- Hams) sold the molasses to Mr. TiW. Maultsby, who, keeps a country store on the river some distance above Wilmington. Swann admitted the fact of selling the; molasses to Wil liams, but olaimed that he had gath ered " it from time to time from old hogsheads. V At jthe : conclusion i of the hearing, whioh took place before Mayor, Fowler, Swaoa: was required tagfurnish bond in the sum ef ' $200 for his appearance at the next, term of the Criminal Court and in default was committed. '' i; v There are other charges against Swann, similar to the above, which will be investigated to-day, probably. B U SIN ESS FAIL UHE. Xhe Firm or Williams, Black: 4c Co., of New -Xorlt Liabilities EsUnaatea ;:r BUlUona. , ' "I u By Telegraph to tha Xornlng Star. j New Yohk, September 29. The failure waa announced on tbe Produce Exchange this evening, . of Williams, Black & Co. The firm is one of the best known business houses down town, and Its credit has here tofore been high. Holding membership in 'the Produce, Cotton, Coffee, and until quite recently the Metal Exchanges, the rirm was well known in all branches of trade. The amount of liabilities could not be learned to-day; one of the members of. tbe firm was seen and declined to even estimate the amount.1 By. a disinterested party it was estimated that they would reach mil lions. A member of tbe firm assured , the tupeiintendent of the Exchange that his house would settle in full to-morrow. , Tbe failure is connected, it is thought, with the Chicago wheat saaeeze, M Bemlttance Received. The following letter acknowledg ing receipt of the last remittance of the Stab relief fund forwarded to Jacksonville, Fla., was received yes terday: r .. j; " . ; J" . jACKSOJnmJLK, Sept. 24, 1888. 1 Mr. TP. H. Bernard, Wilmington N. C. My Dear Sib: Sour favor of 22nd inst. by express, received, with $187.71 for our relief committee. I thank you personally and in behalf of onr suffering people for the donation from the citizens of Wilmington, and ine Kindly words of sympatby. Very respectfully yours, I t Gr. B. Lamar, i For Col. J. J. Daniel. Col. Daniel is down with the fever. out is doing well. Lieut, got. Stedman at Clarktoa. A correspondent at Clarkton writes the Stab that , the Democracy had a gala day there yesterday. The crod. was very large, and a Cleveland and Fowle flag pole, 135 fact- long, wa raised. The correspondent s5ys that Lieut. Gov. Stedman was given V splendid reception, " and that hi speech produced a profound impres sion. The ; county candidates made short speeches also. ! Our correspondent closes his letter by saying, "If any man in the State can beat Stedman's speech, we have not heard him. His eulogy on Fowle was a master-piece of rhetoric and oratory." ; m'am - !j' Liverpool VPUlinc so Accept, a Subett . tnte for J ate BasglBK. ; . . I The New York Commercial Bulletin prints the following: . I The following dispatch, was receiv ed at the New York Cotton Exchange from the Liverpool Cotton Associa tion yesterday: "Cotton sheeted bales are good delivery. Resolution will be moved to make such actual tare." . - - I i ' . This was an answer to "a1 dispatch sent recently by the Exchange asking the sentiment ot Liverpool buyers on the substitution of cotton (or other) bagging in place of the regulation jute wrapping.; While considerable donbt is expressed among members of the Exchange as to the desirabili ty of changing from jute to cotton, yet nearly all are in . favor of doing something that will place the market entirely Independent of the combi nation. No official action haa as yet been r taken in . the matter by the Cotton Exchange, but now that the Liverpool market has expressed a willingness to lend its support to ; the new movement tests of the three materials that have been offered by - different firms to the Ex change will be nrged. Still the sub stitution is a very serious matter, af fecting the entire trade, and among the more cautious the sentiment is to move slowly and wisely. Whatever substitute is made will be first sub jected to a very severe test, though the leaning is to the "new cotton fab ric, as if adopted, it - will materially increase the domestic consumption, especially in the line of low grade cotton, which would be ntilized and which now auite often eoes a beg ging. The three . substitutes offered for jute baeeine are cotton. wire cloth. and a fabric manufactured from the needles or leaves of the pine tree Cotton. - - Receipts of cotton, at this port for the month up to and including yes terdayare 7,572 . bales, as - against 36,582 bales for the same month last year a difference of 29,010 bales. ! j As has been stated, however, the move ment of cotton to the ports has been delayed two to. three weeks, and , the falling off in receipts here is by , no means exceptional. The fine weather of the past week, however, has been greatly in favor of the cotton plant ers, picking has been going forward briskly, and largely increased receipts are confidently expected. The re ceipts yesterday are a fair indication, "of this beipg more than double what they were Friday."" ;-; ;'. Cleveland and Tkarnan. ; A large and handsome painting portraits of Cleveland and Thormaa, the Democratic candidates for Presi dent and ..Vice President are dis played over the entrance to Mr. S. H Fishblate's clothing establishment on Front., street. . The painting is om canvas, in oil, and was executed ii New Yorkr It " measures -twenty feet in length by eight feet in height, and attracts a great deal of attention. Spy Cok WaddtU In Wilmington An Ba ". thnslastie Greeting by the Citizens." y CoL'AvM. Waddell, one of the'elee tors for the State at large, returned to the city yesterday- morning," after having canvassed a ! large ; portion of the Western.' section .of -the- State. The Young Men's.' DemdcraticT.Club, learning pf his presence at jhbme, re quested him'to address the Club and citizens of Wilmington : at the Opera House. At 8jo'cl6ck p.: m a large au dience 'greeted our'distinguished citi zen, who, was introduced by Thos ;W, Strange, Esq;,' in quite a neat speech-. ' . Col. Waddell beganlby eloquently alluding to the beauty of our western section, and the pride he felt in being a North Carolinian. . r " -Z He then, for the' information of the young men," pictured In the , most vivid terms the wrongs and oppres sions suffered by our people from the reign of the .'Republican party, in 1868, and contrasted it with great forcewith the'peace and f prosperity enjoyed by' bur people under Demo oratio rule .since. ;.L. :,f:-'v!' -. He then turned his attention ; to National politics and clearly present ed the rascality of ; the Republican party, after permitting the five twen ty government bonds to be purchased at seventy cents, in packing the Su preme Coort of the United States to obtain a decision compelling the gov ernment to pay the bonds ' in coin, and also for ; its ' legislation, demon! tizing silver soas, to enable the bond holders to receive payment in gold. : He showed bow the public lands, ao- i quired ': by the government - under j Democratic rale, land which by the: Democratic . party , had never been touched except for home stead . s settlements, . had been : squandered upon . corporations : by j the Republican party; stating that the Republican party had given to corporations 149 million acres of land, as much territory as all the New England States combined, and: five times as great as the State of North Carolina. He then discussed the tariff in a clear, forcible and logi cal manner, showing its" great impo sition on the working men. . The speech was an eloquent and in structive one, and his practical illus trations were apt and forceful,and are calculated to do much good. Before closing his speech Col. Wad dell gracefully thanked: the ladies for their presence and paid them .a just and glowing tribute, and after thanking the citizens generally, he concluded amidst great applause. Railroad Backet. : In answer to an inquiry as to the longest railway tangent in the TJntj ted States, it was recently stated in the Bailway I Age, that the Norfolk and We b tern railway had a . tangent 52 miles in length, and the Savannahi Florida and.Western one of 60 miles. Superintendent Jones of the Caroli na Central railroad says that there is a tangentjon that road, commencing neo Marlvtlle and ending near , Lau rel Hill, which is 79 mile in) length. ' A Sumter IS. C.) special says thai while the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company have been .desi rous of making a through route to Charleston, they have been prevent ed from running in the direction of Sumter by some understanding- with the Atlantic Coast line, by which nei ther line was to interfere with the other. '.The Atlantic Coast line is now building a road to compete di rectly with the Seaboard and Roan oke. This the latter corporation con siders a release from its obligations. It now contemplates making connec tion with Charleston, via Sumter, by the Eutawville railroad, j This route, if consummated, will give the Sea board and Roanoke Company a line from Charleston to Norfolk as short, if not - shorter, than any" existing route, and place them in direct loom petition with the Atlantic Coast line. An Escaped Prisoner Captured. I George Thos. Chance, a negro who is wanted in "Fayetteville, having escaped from , the jail "at that ' place over a year ago, wasarre6ted yester day afternoon by police officer Ben Turlington, and I locked f up in . the county jail forsafe keeping. Chance said "that he escaped from'.the jail io Fayetteville in company with four or five others, and that he was charged - with having .1 attempted rape on a colored girl. After leaving Fayetteville he went to Wacoamaw, and from that place came to Wil mington, getting employment on a gravel train'on the W. JC. & A. rail road. . The" police have been on the lookout for him for some time, but Chance has alwaysjmanaged to avoid them when in the city. Yesterday, however, he wasnot sp fortunate. Police officer Turlington was return ing from Meares Bluff with two pris oners in , custody deserters from a vessel in port and when near the railroad depot saw Chance seated on a flat-car. As soon as the latter spied the policeman approaching he at tempted to get away but was brought to a halt by the . officer presenting his pistoL . . r ' Officer Turlington deserves credit for making the capture, and no doubt will receive the reward offered by the authorities of Cumberland county for tne arrest oz unance. - - . - - Bart on tne Rkll, A colored woman . from the coun try,' apparently aged about twenty-? five years, and said to oe deaf, while walking on the track of the W. & W. railroad near the old Union depot yesterday morning, was "struck by a locomotive and severely injured. . - She was walking near the track as the shifting engine was moving down and just before it - reached her she stepped towards the track." The en gineer saw her and reversed his en gine and blew the whistle, but she was struck on the left leg Just below, the knee as she put her foot on the rail, 't The' leg was broken -below-the knee and she "received a Bevere contusion on the head, v A physician t was summoned and she was sent tail way on the oackaoi nones .wnicn naa w tbo fiiltv Hnimita.1 for treatment. K. I : . WASHINGTON. . , Procreea o( tbe Readlnc of the Senate . ! . r ' TarifiT Bin. -. -"..;;--:;. :L - " : By Telegraph to the Xornlng Star. ; L - WASHnsaTOW, " Sept. 27- Ths Senate Committee on Finance continued tbe read ing of tbe Tariff bid for an hour to-day, and has now progressed to page 135, (the first eighty-feven - paces being the Mill; bill ) A meeting is called for to -morrow, at which the reading will probably bo con cluded, -s-, y -l , Washihotoh, Sept. 29. It is estimated at the Treasury Department that there has been a decrease of $14,500,000 in the pub-i-. lie debt tince September . lat. The total amount of bonds purchased under tbe cir cular of Apiil ? 17tb, is $60,188,900, of which $11,631,000 are fours and 18.555,200 are foure-aod-a half. Tbwir cost was $73,4 840.268 of which $53,415,853 was paid for fours and $19,924,915 for toura-aod a -hair, FOREIGN. Tne Emperor of Anetrla RIakre a Nar. row Escape from being; 8k ot Politi cal Affaire lit Berlin French Cabi net Council Strained Relation Be tweea German? and KncianaV .' .I' By Cable to the Morning Star. . ( ( "VrBNNA, Sept., 29. The artillery " prac tice yesterday, at which Emperor Francis Joseph narrowly escaped being shot, took place at tbe Steinfeld ranges. The Empe ror bad ordered that the ougle sound that signal to cease firing, in order that he might) inspect tne target. . tub omcer in com-; mand of the battery; located one thousand yards away, did not hear the signal, and as it was impossible for bim to see the Empe ror as he advanced, owing to the deorec sion in the ground, the battery agaia.flred. Fortunately the Emperor and his suite were out of line of the fire, and consequent ly were not hurt, i Orderlies inshed to the, battery and prevented any further firing. London; September 29. The officers of the Inman Steamship Line state that the dispatch from .Qaeenstown yesterday, say ing that two passengers on the steamer City of New York were thrown to tbe floor and sustained fractures of their ribs, and that another became insane and was placed in a straight jacket daring tbe gales while the vessel was on her last voyage from New York, was untrue. ! ? ; - 5 CJiyrlght 1883 by the N. Y. Associated Press. Paris, Sept. 29. Another Ministerial Council . was held to-day. The Cabinet decided to introduce in the Chamber of Deputies during the coming session a bill for tbe revision of the Constitution. Berlin. Sept. 29. Although notice of aetion has been delayed in Berlin Land- seerlcht, our court of first.instance. against the editor of the Deuitthe Rundschau ju dicial authorities nave not vet decided up on the exact course ot prosecution. The public prosecutor has not settled upon what clause in the penal code to proceed, and the Minister of Justice is in a quandary as to whom, to prosecute. The manager of the Deutsche Rundschau has surrendered the name of Herr Gefflcken, of Hamburg, as that of tbe person through whom he ob tained the diary or jsmperor n reaencK Gefflcken has been Professor at Strasburg and renresented the Hanse towns for eev eral years in Berlin, when be became known to Frederick. Afterwards he waa Hanseatic resident in London, and became a freauent contributor to English papers and magazines. In recent years he has lived ortvatelv in Hamburg. He is a con servative, with liberal leanings, is no ene my of Bismarck, nor Is be known to have even no 88 eased the special confidence of a Frederick. The government suspects high nersnnaea of using Gefficken as an instru ment. If the translator refuses to reveal the original source Bismarck may hesi tate about nroceeding. Neither - Ro de nberg. I of the Deutsche Rundschau, nnr Gefflcken is likely to submit to two years' penal' servitude for the betrayal of Btate secrets, without protesting against hein? nuntahed for the mere exercise of the functions of a iournalist, acting without bias against the State or Government. Bis marck is known! to "suspect the English Onnrt aa the source of the publication. hence the language of his statement is dueeted aeainat that Court. The Chan netlor'a outsooken declarations have not tended towards allaying party strife over tbe diary. They have rather excited public passion to fever beat; nothing else is taixeu v about in places of resort and furious quar rel are a fiowient result. Tbe press, in th rf.rMinsi&n ofhe affair; reflects vigor ouslythe party strife. The semi-official papers do not hesitate to assail the i of Frederick, villlfying both his character and intellect. The Kolnitche Ztnbuna Rsavs the diary shows himself a nnmnlacent idealist, rich in beautiful phrased generalities, and crudejin plans for improving tbe world, but poor in practical statesman qualities. -' The Berlin Post says, even at the risk of rUmiiffini? the memory of Frederick by laying bare his lamentable weakness that tbe interests of the Empire required disclosure, that the Crown Prince, far from being an active promoter or uerman unity, formed tna most serious obstacle to it. - It is difficult to believe that public senti ment concurs in this seml-omctai attempt to defame Emoeror Frederick, especially tbe contemptible comments which attempt in terms of indignation to belittle bis men tal powers and to disparage ms aim?. Tun a ktaniflcant fat that comments ot the nressL concurrent with the tenor of pri vate discussion, jdo not question the au thenticity of tbe diary. The reasons that Prince Bismarck advances against its gen uineness are completely ignored outside the official world. There is not a man in a thousand who refuses to accept the diary as a faithful record, written by Emperor lFnutertakVi own hand. ' Court circles exonerate Empress Frede rick from any j knowledge ot the pubil nation. ! The stories published in French papers of the violent - Quarrel between Empress Frederick and Emperor William, and that the former fears ' that spies are set on her movements, ce .certainly false. The Em nresa Uvea an ttedv retired life Members of her own circle declare that she does not want Emperor Frederick's name mixed up in party struggles. It is officially announced to-night that she will shortly proceed to Kiel, where she will remain a fortnight o October 18th. she will lay the founda tion stone of .Emperor Frederick's mauso leum. She will afterwards go on a visit to Scotland, and will be accompanied Dy tne PrinnPMfiH. The relations between Jbm nernr William and the English court are undoubtedly strained. "V? Pabis'. September 29.-Tbe Boulangist agitation has been renewed. A. stormy mAAtinff wm held last evening at which a vote of confidence in Boulanger was passed. SNOW AND FROST. ery ld Weatherlin Maryland and -, !-Tirctnia. - -' ' Br Telegraphito the Xornlng Star. Baxtimobk; Sept 29. A special from Deer .Park, Md., timed 1 p. m., savs a snow storm has been raging there for the last two hours. LYircHBinier, Viu, Sept. 29. A very beat y frost -fell tnrougnoui; inw sec tion last nlghtv and it is thought that a-ffreat 'deal of tobacco has. been ruined. L-na: -r '': i " Roajjokk, Va., Sept. 29,-Fitf ul f.ll of (mow fell : to-day at Pulaski City, Pulaski county, and a light faU in the mountains. , . TTtiH.TsoTrBnB.. ,Va. . Sept. 29. A 1,'r.v, ! foil here to dav. ' The mountains in this county are covered with it. -The weatner is very com. 1 , m ' . -.'Lenoir Tonic: Durinir the freBh- et of last Saturday ; night week on Johni river, when the water was .three feet above a. nrinna hlh water mark, the flood wae almost td tha cailtng of the first floor f tna dmllinff house of W. M. Michaux, r, TTertinTriiie and : drove his whole family to the upper story.1 vMrs- Michaux's . cries were heard by , neighbors and e na tho ohtiiiren ware aavedbv means of riding be swum UP to the nouse. NO, 48 TRIALS OF REFUGEES. V The Shot-Gun Quarantine Enforced Agaloat Women and Children Flee lag from the Scourge. - By Telegraph to the Honing Star St. Louis, Sept. 27. The steamer City of Providence, which runs regularly be tween this city and Hatches. Miss , arrived here yesterday afternoon with nearly two hundred people chiefly women and chil dren, on board, who . have fled from the lower river towns on account of tbe yellow fever scare. . They come principally from Yicksburg, Greenville, Natchez, and other points below Memphis. There was no sickness during the trip, and - none of tbe passengers era from any of tbe interior infected towns. . It was known along the river, however, that the people were from the lower river towns, and the boat was met at nearly all points by the ehot-gun quarantine, and while the steamer was al lowed to coal and take oo and dtscbarge .freight at few points, none of the passen gers were allowed to land until they reached Cape uirardeau, Jtto., about fifty miles above Cairo, where they were hospi tably treated. : The passengers are all well and have come - north simply as a precau tion, the , male members of the famnies remaining at borne to look after their busi ness. - Most of them have friends of rela tives here, and wiil be well provided for daring their stay. , Tbe remainder went to the hotels. 1 ! DUN'S REVIEW. j Yield of Corn and Oata tbe Largest i Record The Iron and Money Markets Business Failures. By Telegraph to the Komtng Star. New Tobk, Sept. 28 The doubt about the com crop has . vanished. Estimates vary either way from 2,075 million bushels, but it is doubtless tbe largest crop ever raised. - An increase of more than 550 mil lion bushels in this crop far outweighs in value any loss in tbe yield of wheat, and also any possible loss in tbe yield or cot ton; but the yield of oats is also the largest on record, and the yield of hay and pota toes is excellent. It is safe to say that this yeat's agricultural products will represent at least one hundred millions more money than last year's, at average prices for both. in view or this great gam in actual pro duction of wealth, it is natural to expect in creased activity in - business and manufac tures, but as yet improvement has been but moderate. This is in part because trade has been checked by artificial prices. Opera tors in cotton have gone so far that Eng lish manufacturers have begun to work on short time In order to "break the corner," and In this country the demand for cotton goods is slow and conservative. The iron market; is quoted stronger at Philadelphia, but weaker at Pittsburg. Southern No. 1 is quoted at $18 10, but fear of interruption by yellow fever tem porarily affects the market. No improve ment appears in steel rails, oi wmcu is,- 000 tons were sold, mainly by Western mills, their $30 being relatively lower than the current price (Sas) at Eastern rains With several more furnaces added to the producing capacity, the prospect of main taining any advance in pig iron is not clear. Iron and some other products would more readily advance If railroad building should increase, and latest accounts indicate sub stantial progress toward a settlement of the Northwestern wars. Reports begin, to be frequent that supply of rolling stock on many roads is not adequate for .the traffic offering, Reports from interior points are uniformly hopeful; even those from regions disturbed or threatened by yellow fever at the South express prevailing faith that frost ill soon terminate tbe interruption and that business will soon recover by greater activity what it is now losing. The cotton Crop is about three weeks late and forward Ing is further delayed by the stoppage or traffic, and in many quarters serious incon venience arises from the arrest or couec tions.r At all Western points beyond the danger of fever business is reported good of improving, though rather more com plaint of slow collections is heard. " uoney is generally in ample supply, .ax- changes for tbe last week show a 'gain over last year of 6 per cent, outside of New York. Foreign trade improves but little.' August imports exceeed exports by $11,671,352. aud . the excess for eight months was $87,420,928. From New York exports for the past four weeks have been 4 per cent, below last year, with imports equal to those of 1887. .Business failures during tne last wees number for the United States 186, and for Canada 84 Total 220, Bgainst 228 last week. NEW TOMSK. i William, Black dc Co.'a Failure Only a Temporary . Embarrassment a Great Republican Rally Speeches by ' Blaine and Foraker, ' By Telegraph to the Morntog SUr. New York, Sept. 29. The failure of Williams, Black &Co , commission mer chants, of No. 1 Warren street, whose sus- fension was announced yesterday on the roduce Exchange, was only a temporary embarrassment, and before the Exchange opened this morning a member of the firm called on Superintendent Howe and an nounced that the firm was Iready to settle with their creditors in full. The (firm's trouble was caused by the fact that its sur plus capital was locked up in margins. Nxw Yobx, September 29. The polo grounds to-night were transformed into a living plane of humanity and brilliancy. One hundred thousand persons congregated within the enclosure, tbe occasion being a grand Republican rally at which were pre sent the shining lights of the Republican party; . - "; . . . . - Among others were ciaine and jroraxer. Foraker was the first speaker at the prin cipal stand. He.t spoke mainly on tariff matters During nis speech ne was inters runted freauently by loud cries for Blaine,! and "here he comes." Then a scene of indescribable enthusiasm followed. .Can non were fired, roebets burst inbe air. bands struck up "Bail to the Chief," and deafening cheers rent the air. The chair man then introduced Mr. Blaine, who was received with unbounded enthusiasm, He started his speech by saying, "General Harrison has tbe agreeable faculty of condensing the whole araunaent within the dimensions of a proverb. It it a faculty which was a striking feature in Beni. Franklin's mode-of reasoning, and tilncoin possessed it in a very remarsaDie degree. Never was a happier argument more felicitously stated tnan wnen earn. son said that free traders were studying maxims instead of markets. In a single phrase he exhibited the fallacy and weak ness oi tne wnoie argument. RIVERS AND HARBORS. An Important Ruling on the Act Mak- . Ing; Appropriations. Washington. Sept. 27. First Comp troller Durham has decided an important point arising out of the act making appro onatlons ior tne improvement oi rivers and harbors. It is in substance that- ap propriations made in this act are specific in their character, anu can ne urwu. opuu from time to time until axhauetcd or tbe oblect for which thev were made shall nave been accomplished. The decision is based upon questions raised oy tne acting oecre tarv of War as to whether the unexpended balance of appropriations ior me operation of snag boats, removal of snags, gauging of waters and surveys in tbe Mississippi river, would laose into tbe Treasury after the exniration of the present fiscal year. The comptroller noius inai tne rtvnr aou hurhnr soDrorjriations are not "annual ap propriatlone," and that their expenditure is not restricted to any particular time. ;.. .-. . sr. louis. , liberal ContrlbnUonaXto Tel low Fe- -: i ,: ..." -. ' ver Sufferers, t Rt. Tttis'' Scot. 29. One thousand do! lars has been sent to Jackson, Miss., by this morning's mail, and a like amount will wo to Decatur. Ala . to-day. out of the seneral yellow fever relief fund, subscribed in Rt, Louis, which now amounts to over $9,000. . - - Spirits Turpentme. After jnst a week we are in i postesaionof another Charlotte Chronicle, that of Friday. -, u.'f -. .-' .- 1 New Beifn Journal: A postal card from Barnwell, Craven county, states that the damage to the crops by tbe recent rains is at least fifty per cent. On last Sunday night Rev. H. W. Battle de livered a sermon at the Baptist Church on tbe yellow fever, which was followed by a collection of thirty-five dollars. It is with much regie t that we announce lb at the accident" to Col. John.N. Whitford. spoken of in yesterday's issue necessitated the amputation of the fingers of his left - hand. The" accident was caused by a horse which he was leading behind bis buggy by a very small line wrapped around -his hand. IT. C. Fresbyterian: Rev! A. McQueen writes from Queensdale, Septem ber autn: me second communion" service at Phllippl church, lasting four dars. closed yesterday with encouraging result?. tfev. A. JM. Ferguson, did most of tha preaching ten persons were added to tbe membership of this new church. A friend writes from Davidson College. Sen- lecnoer sist: iaviason is entering, wo -hope, on a new era of growth and influence We have enrolled an unusually lar&c Fresh- . man class this year, they are a fine looking set of students too, and promise well for the future. Dr. Sheater has made a flno impression on faculty students and vil lagers, j i . - . '. Wilson Mirror; The editor, of this paper will deliver a lecture in Clinton -on Friday night. - Good biscuits are ' always kneaded. Eddie says that a bustle is a base imitation. All who heard the admirable and very scholarly lec ture oi tne gmeo and brilliant ti. f Mur ray Of this place on Friday night, pro. nounced it one of the moBt felicitous efforts Of bis life.; We are pained lo an nounce that Dr. Brooks, chairman of tbe board of county commissioners, and a very ' ' prominent and highly respected citizen, was stricken down with paralysis on Sunday morning, and lingered until Monday night at 10 o'clock, when his spirit took its ever lasting fight. Durham Plant: Mr. Andrew Meeks had the misfortune to get his left hand badly mashed in a packing press this morning, in tbe long cut department of Blacxwell's Durham Co-operative Tobacco factory. Col. R. F. Webb, who ia everything desirable in a well ordered community from a Mexican veteran down to an unconquered Confederate, and who saw Prof.! Morse and his daugter plant the first telegraph pole that was ever put in the ground in the world, sat ia our telegraph office here in Durham, a few days ago, and sent a cable message to London and re ceived an answer to it before leaving the office. He sold leaf tobacco by cable in London sitting in the telegraph office in Durham. I Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. J. H. ' Webb, formerly of Hillsboro, in this State, is interested with Dr. Hercules Banche, of Birmingham, in an electrical - machine, which they claim will cure any disease. It is called the "Electric Liberator." Mr. Webb and Dr. Banche went to Jacksonville at their own expense, and have been testing their machine on the yellow patients there. They claim to have entirely cured cases ia the course of a several hours. The electri cal application produces a profuse perspi ration, and is perfectly harmless. A printer who was taken down one night with yellow fever was harnessed in the machine, and the next morning he reported at the office for work. Mr Webb is a cousin of Mrs. Gen. Barringer and Mrs. Joseph B. Cheshire. f this city. Raleigh Visitor The directors f the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Com pany met in this city yesterday and de clared a semi-annual dividend of two per Cent. The first annual meeting of the Durham and Northern Railway was also held at the office of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Cnmpany, at which the following board of directors were elected: Messrs. K. C. Hoffman. W. W. Chamberlalne, R. 8. Tucker, D. Y. Cooper, J. Devereux, Jr., and capt. is. J. rarriBh. Major John U. Winder, of this city, was re-elected presi dent. Major W. W. Yass tendered his re signation as treasurer. It was accepted and Mr. John Sherwood was elected trea surer to j succeed him. Major Yass con tinues as treasurer of the Raleigh and Gas ton and Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Railroads. . Raleigh News-Observer'. The procession to the colored fair formed yes terday morning at 11.15 o'clock and march ed up Fayetteville street to the capitol, where Governor Scales and Commissioner Robinson joined it, and it proceeded to the grounds. Governor Scales opened the fair in a few appropriate remarks. He express ed his gratification at the progress tbey had made, his sympathies with their eflorts and his interest in the improvement of the col ored race. He was followed by Commis sioner Robinson, who spoke at some length on the progress which the colored people had made, their relations to tbe industrial development of the State, and said that, thev had his best wishes for their welfare. Col. Dockery delivers an address at the fair to-day. Winston dot: Mr. Pearson's meetings are crowded night and day, and great interest is being manifested. People of all classes and denominations are pro fuse in their praise of the great evangelist, and every minister in town, without a soli tary exception, shows the greatest interest in tbe meetings, and all participate In them. Mr. Pearson preached to-day in the chapel of the Salem School to the young ladies of that institution. : . Raleigh News- Observer'. It was reported by passengers on the east-bound train yesterday that a homicide had been committed in Hillsboro on Monday night last. It was said that a negro named Charles Jones had been killed by another negro named Abe Mebane- Rev. Dr. J. M. Frost of Selma, Ala., who was re cently called by the First Baptist Church of this city to the pastorate has declined the call. The revival meeting at the Central Church goes on with still increas ing Interest,- There are quite a number of penitents, and conversions at every service. We regret to icarn tnat an accident, which we trust, however, will not prove serious, befell Dr. R. B. Haywood last evening. Dr. Haywood nas ior some time been ia delicate health and was on the way to pay a visit in a wheeled chair which he uses, when by some unlucky means the . chair was overturned and the Doctor was. - thrown out, dislocating bis hip. - The Governor, on yesterday, issued commis sions to the following officers of tbe Btate Guard: Mr. J. M. Emmett, first lieutenant and adjutant of the third regiment; Mr. W. E. Bastine, first lieutenant and adjutant of third regiment; Mr. Ellison L. Gilmer, first , lieutenant Co. B, third regiment; Mr. M. O. Patterson, second lieutenant Co. B, third regiment; Mr. F. B. Satterwhite, , Jr.,! second lieutenant Co. G, first regiment; Mr.. Chas. H. Williamson, . second lieutenant Co. A, third regiment.. Yesterday was a gala day with the colored people. It was the big day of their fair, now being held here. They formed quite a parade at the foot of Fayetteville . street, with fire companies, bands, &e., and marching by the Yarboro House, halted for Col. O. H. Dockery, the principal orator of the day. He was taken in a carriage and tbe procession proceeded to tbe . grounds. During the day the colored peo- ' ole assembled and were addressed by Capt. - .Amis, of. Granville, who tried to makes partisan political speecn ana tnen ownea . . that he couldn't. Col. McKesson, Republi can nominee for State Auditor, and Col. . Dockery. The exhibits at the fair were ' creditable as usual. A white man who gave the name of H. 8. Perry and who says that he balls from Bonth Carolina, got into a difficulty on West Cabarrus street near the street car shed, with a negro named Henry Alston. Perry was very much under the: influence of liquor, , and was abusing some one violently, when he suddenly con ceived the idea that Alston, who was stand ing near, was interfering with him in some way and began to curse Alston, using very insulting epithets. Alston knocked him down and then took to his heels Perry laid down the valise ha was carrying, drew a pistol of the bull dog pattern, calibre 88, ; and started in pursuit of Alston, whom he overtook near the gas house, and who la -his flight had picked up a brick: ' Ptrry 1 shot at him twice, one ballet going through ' his coat, but neither of tbe shots took ef-. -feet, and Alston knocked him down again, . took tbe pistol from him and threw it away. - Winston, N. G. via Boy kin's. Bept. . 27.4 Mr. Matthew Lowe, formerly of Ma. -a ryland, but late of Tunis, committed sui- -. cide yesterday, the 26th, at about 11 o'clock, by drowning in the Chowan River at Tunis, N. C. 3 'it it A .... . , ... i 7 '
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