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The Weekly Star. "ITBLISHED AT ' WILMINGTON, N . C AT A YBAK, IN 61.00 ADVANCE. SS8SSSSSSS888SSS3 wm w -i h fr 5 ? i" . 88888888888888888 - e w io to fc- So 35 8888888S8SS888888 88888288888888388 88888S3SS8S88S888 888888888S8888883 8S8S8SSS88888888 : S888.888SSS888S8S8 0 " - ' ' fjjtSSSSStSSSSSSS). it -V Entered at the Post Offloe atTWumlnston, N. C., as Second Class Matter. 1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Wkkklt Star is as follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.00 " " 6 months ' " .60 : " 3 monthf. " .30 WIL9HNCSTON- ITS CKOWTU, IiTI PflOVCJIEST, PROGRESS, ADVAN- Wilmington is a much favored place. It is most fortunately Bitua ted. Twenty two or three miles from the ocean, iyiog on the Cape Fear river, with ample shipping facilities and depth of water, and with con stant appropriations for the deepen ing of the channel, there is nothing to retard commerce or to prevent a very great expansion of trade. Com mercially Wilmington holds a high vantage position. When we regard its health, its railroad to Wrightsville on1 tTiA FInmmsijVa ttiaf id 4Tia nnln legitimate word), the quick connec tion by steamer and rail with Caroli na Beach (only an hoar's trip) and the short distance by rail to the bean- turnpike drive to the Sounds to be found in the South, there is much to offer to the pleasure seekers and val etudinarians. ' . Then there has been steady im provement all through the last thir teen or fourteen years. There has been no spasm, no boom, no sudden jumping into great prosperity, but there has been certain, steady, un mistakable progress. There is no error here. This writer began work in Wil mington sb an editor in 1876. He was in the habit of walking much in 1876 7, for exercise. He learned to Know most ot the bouses on most of the chief streets. Year after year he saw steady, sure improvement. Re sidences were going up here and there all the time. Old houses were being remodeled and improved. Stores and other buildings in the business part of the city were being t remodeled or erected. And so progress and growth went on. The disastrous fire of three years ago came and then a fresh im , pulse was given and a new life be gan. , - J.- -r; The Stab for riearly twenty-two years has been a 1 actor in this good work. It has not created "a boom,' but it has steadily helped in that di rection. It has not blowed over the growth or its own achievements. It has essayed to do its duty. It has aavocatea suca cnanges ana improve - ments as it thought were needed and beneficial. The fact remains that Wilmington has grown, has improv ed, has become a comparatively well built and attractive little city. Said an educated gentleman recently to us from an upper town that flourishes "I had no idea that Wilmington was so handsome and pleasant a city.lti -churches are indeed a great ornament and are impressively handsome." We walk or ride around the town to-day and we can point to this house . erected or that house enlarged or that one transformed since we began work on the Stab in 1876. Each year has seen additions and improve ments. The walks are better, but they might be improved. The streets are paved where there ' was mud or sand, but much remains to be done. They can still be improved. Then the street railway, the eleotrio lights, the water works, the increase and improvement in the fire department all snow marked advance and give hope of yet farther strides in the way of development. ' Then we have secured the railroad to the Sound, thus offering advan- tages,that only Wilmingtonians can onnvnniata With tnia mill AnmPH bVIMVUI T f . W u V u u m www the Military Encampment every year. The easy accessibleness of Carolina Beach, a very . pleasant health resort but twelve miles from town by rail and steamer, and which is being improved every year, in creases the attractions. Then the early completion of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Rail-' road enlarges the commercial pros pect and cives ' assurance that soon our merchants will be supplying sec Hons of Western Carolina with their groceries, dry goods, hardware; &c , With the extension to Fayetteville there must come a much larger trade for Wilmington. People who trade with Knoxville, Tenn., mast find their way to the chief entrepot in their own State. When the road shall be extended beyond the State and connection is made with the . -fT VOL. .XX. Ohio . river, then we may expeot a great increase in business, , Then, we are soon to have another important railroad "connection. The Wilmington and Onslow railroad is a "fixed fact." It will be built, and soon. This opens op a : most exten sive lumber business, and a promise of a large development of the fish and oyster industries. Then the road will go on and on no doubt, until a North ern line is obmplete,; All this bodes well for Wilmington. We rejoioe in the prospeot, . Year after, year; the Stab did what' it oould to secure this road. At the ' time whew CoL Pardee addressed ' the -, people here upon the importance of smallei in dustries and a railroad to. Onslow we improved, the occasion, as bur files show, by writing a number of edit, rials urging the construction of this road, and showing its advantages.; This was some four years ago-When you examine into the records, , whioh alone tell the truth, you will find that the Stab has never neglected any important matter that concerns Wil mington. ' jV .. .. It is so in regard to the completion and extension of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. This writer has written more than a dozen col umns on this interesting and impor tant question. It is being built. The Stab did all it could to bring this about. The Stab has for several years en deavored to seoure a free bridge for Brunswick river, and a steam ferry for the Cape Fear. It has had many editorials on the subject urging their utility and necessity. After-a while it will be done. s The Stab's efforts will be forgotten' and some new hand will claim all the oredit. So with - the Boulevard for . Fifth Street. When that widest . of our streets has been beautified upon the plan so often urged by us, and with nice, little, attractive parks between the intersecting streets, with trees and seats and fountains and flowers, then the editor of that day will sharpen his Faber and tell how he did it. St. Paul was careful not to magnify his office by reaping where ethers had planted. The Stab will oontinue on the same line of quiet, earnest, intelligent labor for Wilmington's prosperity. A gentleman from another State, with muoh Northern correspondence and acquaintance, tells us that in travelling and correspondence he hears a great deal more said of Wil-. mington now than five years ago. He says the Northern people are earning more and more of Wilming ton's commercial advantages. Now that our people have taken steps to invite manufacturers and to give them very material aid, we may ex pect a very speedy development of the smaller manufacturing industries, and it to be hoped that the -larger ones may be planted here also. Wilmington has good schools, has sufficient hotel accommodation at present, and is on a fair way to greater importance as a seaport for North Carolina. A more generous recognition of its importance on the part of the people at large, and a broader appreciation on the. part of the .Legislature, would contribute very greatly to giving a sharper im petus to the growth, prosperity and portanoe of the chief city in the State- It is at present as well sup plied with newspapers as the actual natronage instifies. It may have a paper yet as costly as the Savannah News (more than $125,000 a year), but not now. As the town grows the papers will flourish. Wilmington had in 1880 about 17, 500 inhabitants. It is believed to have now not less than 21,000 or 22,- 000. Some few even think it more, but we do not. It has a lower death- rate among the whites than any city on the Atlantic coast from New Jer sey to the Gulf of Mexico. It has' for ty or fifty churches, a Young Men's Christian Association, hospitals, seamen's home, two cotton presses, many saw-mills, and several manu facturing establishments. A hearty, united null together will help the town. Lot us all work for.Wilming ton. It offers many advantages to the capitalist. Come and see. The Augusta Chronicle praises North Carolina for the noble exam pie it has set in devoting a tax of $110,000 a year for pensioning the Confederate survivors in need. It was well done and no mistake. Now for a Soldiers' Home. sThe N. Y. Herald says that the Protective Tariff olioy failed to get a majority in the North in the Presi dential election. Southern weak kneed Democrats who are looking Repnblioanward should take notioe Matthew Arnold, accomplished, gifted with rare literary art, and en dowed with poetio genius, died poor, His books did not enrich him. Dead, a fund of some $35,000 has been raised for his widow. This is better than neglect. ' ; So handsome Mary Anderson is to wed. is she? Her health is better. She is in England. :: ; SHORT STOPS. The Bpeech of Sir Charles Russell, to whioh we called attention davs since,' appear to have been a very remarkable effort as to length. breadth of treatment, power of reas oning, and eloquence of statement. To call ' forth t suoh enooninms from the press of England, and to oause an unsympathetic Presiding Justice to write him a note exnresainsr his high admiration and pronouncing it "a great one and worthy Of a great oc casion," it must have been of a very high order of excellence and it may! take rank among the great forensio displays of a country veryrlch in Buoh productions. ;. . -. The awful loss of the Danish emi grant steamer; the Denmark, with; more thani-ix; hundred souls, is "a fearful visitation, and again reminds us of the great perils of the deep.: We are madeanulfar " with the sea by the millions who cross it, but the perils are there all the same, ami the oss of life every year is very great.' How many homes and hearts will be made to bleed by the sad calamity just reoorded. - The Democrats in the New , York Legislature very ; strangely voted; against the Ballot Reform bill. It passed by a strict party vote, all the Republicans favoring it. It is grati fying to see "our friends, the ene my," take this very muon needed . step. Surely after the Quay-Dudley- Wanamaker performance - of last year, the positive need ot a law to prevent bribery and corruption and intimidation is apparent to all. The Democrats Bhould have set a better example. They are blind to their own interests. The Commercial Advertiser, Ind. Rep , takes the oorreotvi6w, no doubt, when it Bays: "There are higher reasons why every patriot and every honest man, of whatever party, should favor this reform; but put ting it upon the narrowest ground of par tisan eetf-ioterest the Democrats in a strongly Democratic State whose electoral vote decisive of a Presidential contest has so recently been filched away, should to a man urge a meature calculated to prevent such frauds in tutore." Under the new regime in Germany the younger Boldiers are being ad vanced to high places. The new Minister of War is Gen. Von Verdy du Vernois, aged 56. He was only a Major in the great war with Franee in 1870. The London correspondent of the New York Timet says of him: "He is admittedly the foremost living military writer, and his works on the art of command have revolutionized the strategic teaching of all .Europe. He has been gov ernor of Btrasburg for the past six years. Von Verdy is a stout man oi nne ngure.not very tall, and looking strangely like Grant in face, beard, and expression. His selec tion by the new Emperor for this great Dost is felt here to be a notable stroke of clever policy, and it is assumed to fore shadow still furtherprogreBs in the perfec tion of the German Army as a ngaung force." Gov. Gordon is strongly in f avoi of a Confederate Soldiers' Home for Georgia. He urges the people to raise $250,000 for that purpose. A considerable sum has been raised within a few days. North Carolina and Georgia soldiers used to like to be supported by each other in battle, for they knew they oould depend in safety upon the needed help. Shall our soldiers fare less well than Georgia's? The Greenville (S. C.) Daily Newa has been enlarged and made more attractive. It has been an able pa per under Mr. Williams's editorship, and it is now the paper in Sbuth Carolina after the leading Charleston daily. It is a large, handsome paper now. Jackson, Miss., after being a Pro hibition town for two years, returns to liquor drinking. A license will cost about $2,000 and the applicant must be backed by 25 property holders. Amelie River's last novel thus far has attracted but little attention. It appears in Lippincotfa Magazine and can be bought for 25 cents. gWe have not had curiosity enough to read it. Carolina Baaen. The New Hanover Transit Com pany are making things hum just now. Work on the new pier is pro gressing rapidly, the new iron for the railroad is on the spot and will soon be in place, and the speedy Sylvan Grove, the pride of the ladies last season, will put on her new dress this week.. It is expected, that everything will be in readiness in three weeks, and then the fun will begin. The management are making every neoes sary preparation for the aeeommoda tion of the , pleasure-seekers, and promise facilities . much ahead of those of last season. Capt. Ingram of the steamer Pio neer, at New York from this port, re ports April 10th, at 4.20 p. m., Cape Henry, bearing NWiW., 43 miles, passed a steam launch with bows stove, gunwale bright and hull paint ed white with round stern, 25 feet long, 6 feet beam, cotton ' rr Receipts of cotton for the week ended yepterday are 1,549 bales; same week last year, 120. Receipts- for the crop year to April 12th, are 150,770 bales;' to the same date last 'year, 166,509. A decrease of 15,739 bales. The stock at this port is 4,869 bales at same date last year, 8,701. weei- V- -. , V' v., - . . - .. "'V .,--.' i n- iTtii 5- v-'i- : ' ' ' tui '" -' ' "v WILMINGTON, .Tf. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1889. ew Bacclns FactoriM. v. v.ir " The negotiations which have been pending, for sometime between the Acme . .Manufacturing Company, of this eity. and Capt.M. Frank of Co lumbus, Miss.; Ool. A. E.,Tbornton of Atlanta, Gal, and other, outside capi talists have been" completed and ar rangements ' consummated for 'I the erection: of : factories at Atlanta and other places in the South for the man ufacture of bagging, from pine fibre. These factories will be run not in the interests of any trusts or ootnblnar tion, but upon simply business prin ciples. They claim that they will de pend npon the merits Of their busi ness for legitimate profits. ' ' : '; Much enthusiasm is manifested by those who have been dependent upon: "Jute" for ' the success of this newj industry which is . now. an . assured fact.. . :i--ii,j-f f f r.:,.-.hf . j:t' This matter was initiated and car ried to its successful issue by Mr.Wm. Latimer of this, city. ; The pine fibre bagging , has been thoroughly, tested, , and has, given great satisfaction, and will no doabt prove a most formidable rival of Jute For.at Flrra, Trains' on the' Carolina Central road were detained for about six hours last night by forest; fires that caused considerable damage. At a point two miles west of Hamlet, about five hundred feet of the track was burned, with telegraph poles and: a quantity of cord wood. A freight train from Charlotte ' for Laurinburg ran into the fire, but was run back and saved. " The flames swet across from the Carolina Central to the Ral eigh and Augusta road, and last night fires were reported at three points along the line one between Monenre and Sanford; one near Manly, and one about six miles north of Hamlet Telegraph wires were down, and but few particulars could be learned. Carolina Oil a4 crMMnCoa)tMra U. 8. Marshal Richardson was in the city yesterday and served the pa pers in an injunction suit against the officers of the Carolina Oil and Creo sote Company to restrain them from Belling or otherwise disposing of 785 shares of capital stock of the com pany. This action is taken at the in stance of ex Senators Mahone of Vir ginia, Warner Miller of New York, and other stockholders. Mr. Thomas, the newly.-elected president of the eompany, arrived in the eity yester day. It is said that this injnnetlon busi ness will not affect the operation of the works, which will be 'conducted as heretofore and with renewed en ergy under the management of Mr. Thomas. - Th DMMM4 Hera.a, Dr. Thos. F. Wood, Secretary of the Board of Health, received a telegram yesterday from Dr. Salmon, ehief of the Bureau of Animal industry, Washington, D. C, stating that an expert wuuiu ue wut w v umiugkuu at once to determine the nature of l 1 3 a. x nr.iM.-.MAAH the disease supposed to be glanders with which two or three horses and mules from Messrs. Boney & Harper's stables are affected, Under the direction of the eity au thorities a hospital has been estab lished near Mount Tirzah, south of the city, where the diseased animals are kept under guard of an officer. Bo far as can be ascertained no other cases have occurred besides those already mentioned in the Star. The mayor requests that if any suspi cious cases are known that they be immediately reported to the Chief of Police. CoL K. M. Murohison's carriage horses which were shipped on the steamer Benefactor for New York were both killed on the voyage. No particulars were learned. The Bene factor is reported as arriving at New York last Thursday. She sailed hence on Saturday, the 6th insL, and en countered the gale that day, with dangerous cross seas from Frying-pan to Hatteras, but sustained no dam age. Capt. .Norton reports passing through quantities of wreckage. CoL Murohison's horses were on deck. For tna Paaraoa JHitai. The . management of the Seaboard Air-Line announce that round trip tickets will be sold at reduced rates to persons ' who wish to attend the religious meetings to be conducted by the Rev, Mr. Pearson, at Fayette ville. Tickets to be sold : on Fridays and Saturdays of each , week, com menoing Friday, April 26th, and un til Saturday, May 18th, inclusive, and to be good to return until the follow ing Monday. The fare from Wilming ton will be $4.95; Charlotte, $5.40; Weldon, $5.10; Henderson, $4.85; Raleigh, $8.10. Gmllford Celabrattoa, ' The Stab acknowledges the receipt of an invitation to attend the celebra tion in commemoration of the Battle of Guilford Court House, to take place on the battle ground May 4th, 1889, the anniversary of the organiza tion of the Guilford Battle Ground Company. There will be suitable ceremonies, civic and military dis plays, including an oration bv Hon. Zeb. B. Vance, also a poem and speeches by distinguished men from all parts of the Union. A Derelict. The captain of the schooner Banen- hour which arrived, here . yesterday. reports having passed an abandoned three-masted schooner last Tuesday, sixty miles southeast by east of Fry ing-pan - shoals lightship. ' The schooner ' was : apparently water logged and recently abandoned. The tug Alexander Jones will probably go m searcn oi. me aereuct. Itaval Stores. ; The weekly statement of the move ment! of naval stores at this port shows receipts here since April 1st, as compared with receipts - for the same time last year as follows: Spir its turpentine, o4 casks: last year, 821. Rosin, 7,108 barrels; last year, 8.905. Tar. 5.147 barrels: last year. 2,604. Crude turpentine, 117 barrels last year, ww. ot Fowio-Tfca Peraaaaaat fine - , GovFowle was here yesterday for the purpose of; selecting the., site, for the : permanent .enoampment of the .State, Guards He wasiaocoinpanled from Raleigh by iQuartermaster Gen eral F. A. Olds, and soon after break fast at tho Orton. .went down to iWrightsvilJe on. a special train on the eaooaat railroad. He was acoom- panied;,to the Sounds by Col. T. , W Strfcnge, of the Governor's; staff. Col. W; C. Jones, CoL . Jno, W. Atkinson, Mr,, J.H. Watters, Mr. H,0. McQueen, Mr. Ri M Melntire; Mr &. S. Latimer, Mr, Jaa, H.;Chadbourn,.Jr., and Mr, Wt, Ai Bryan. - The places from which the selec tion of a site was to be made were each visited by the - Governor and party and a final- choice was made of the site: on Bummer Rest, adjoin ing the premises ot Capt. Jos. Price, the plot having a J frontage of 1,650 feet and 'a fdepth of 2,800 feet, and formerly : the property of Mr. Wnu; Larkins and Mr. H. M. Bowden. The price tof the land was $8,000,' of which the -- two gentlemen named donated $600, and the balance, $2,400, was raised by subscription The Governor and party spent the remainder of the day at the Ham mocks and returned in the evening in carriages over the turnpike road The weather was charming and a de lightful day was enjoyed by all. It wasjearned that Major Arnold, of the IT. S. Army, may be expected here in a few days to select a location for the battery to be erected by the General Government. The Governor has appointed CoL W. C. Jones, of the State Guard, to meet ' Major Arnold upon his arrival here and render him all necessary aid. The Governor, in company with CoL Olds, left for Raleigh last night by train on the Carolina CentraL 8mbom4 to bo iaaora A disease supposed to be glanders appeared a few days ago among the work-horses of Messrs. Boney & Harper of this city. About the mid dle of February last, the firm bought a mule, from a drover, who it is thought came here from Pennsylva nia. The mule was put in a stable with Other stock belonging to the firm, and a few weeks ago was taken with what seemed to be distemper. . The animal was doctor ed for this complaint, and , separated from the rest of the stock, but did not get welL and Mr. Boney, believ ing that the mule was affected with glanders, sent it out of town to be killed, but found, subsequently, that instead of killing the sick mule the man gave it. to some one living in the neighborhood of Third and Castle streets. Last Saturday, however, two mules in Messrs. Boney & Harper's stables were . taken with tne same disease, and on Snndava pony from the same stable was also found to be Bimiiarl affected. These animals were also separated from the other stock. Mr. T. J. Southerland and Mr. Dan Quinlivan examined the sick animals yesterday, and both were of the opinion that the dis ease is not glanders; but notwithstanding this, it has been deemed advisable to send all the sick stock out of the city and place them in a temporary stable, where they will be completely - isolated, and this was done yesterday. A police officer was also detailed to kill the mule which was taken with the disease. The Board of Health, we learn, have written to the Agricultural Depart ment at Washington and made a re quest for an expert to be sent here to investigate tne matter. A salvago Salt. The suit of J. T. Harper of this city against the British steamship Albany for $50,000 claimed as salvage, was tried in the U. S. Court at Norfolk, Va., this week, before Judge Hughes. Judge RusseU, of Wilmington, and Mr. Elliott, of Norfolk, appeared as counsel for the plaintiffs, and Messrs. Sharp and Hughes, of Norfolk, for the defendant steamship company. After argument the Judge took the papers and reserved his decision. The Albany, it will be remembered. got aground on the bar at Little River, S. C, and was pulled off by the tugs Blanche and Italian with the assistance of the revenue steamer Colfax, after throwing overboard part of her cargo of cotton. TIm Oaolow Railroad. The , surveying party of the Wil mington, Onslow and East Carolina railroad began work yesterday under the direction of .Mr. Robert . Lamb, chief engineer; Mr. F. L. Pitman, lo cating engineer, and Mr. Walter G. MacRae, constructing engineer. They commenced the. survey in the south ern part of the city near Kidder's mill and will continue the work stea dily. The construction of the. road, it is said, will be commenced just as soon as a sufficient length of the line is located. . Reaened mariner. - The men rescued from the barque Albatross by the steamer State of Texas; Stewart, of the Mallory line from New York to Fernandina, and taken into Port Royal, .8. 0., return ed to this city yesterday. They were taken off the barque last Sunday at 4 p. mn and were landed at Port Royal, S. C. They were ' treated with; the kindest consideration by the officers and crew of the State of Texas, to whom they are deeply gratefuL orretion. The W. . R. Terry who figured in the police reports a few days ago was not Mr. W. R. Terry of ; Rockingham, edi tor of the Spirit of the South. The Stab is requested to make this expla nation, and also to state that an item copied from the Charlotte Chronicle, "stating that several Republicans had gone to Washington to : try to have Mr. Terry's appointment as postmas ter, at Laurinburg revoked, is not true," and does him injustice. TAR. A Fataat Oflloa Official nutans to Bo ; atgn Naval Affalra-Capt. I Wat. A ' Wlara Petition icoart martial to :r capt. Aranosi-rw "b; '':-'"'"-:" Washington. April ll.-Jerome B. Burke? Chief of the Gazette Division in the Patent Office, has been notified by the Commis sioner ot Patents that if tendered his re signation will be accepted. But ke, how ever. . declines to resign, and declares his intention to allow the Commissioner to dismiss him, if he so desires. tSurke is a Grand Army man, and was atone time Commander of the Department of the Po tomac G. A. R. ' . . . Wasbjnston, April 11. SecreUry Tracy has ordered the Board of Inspection and Survey, of which Admiral Jouett lis president, to be omcicially present at the celebration in New York on the 80th in stant, and has instructed the commandant of the New York Navy Yard to send all of the vessels ia commission to an anchorage in North River. . Lieut. Parker of ihe Navy . will accom pany the 8amoan commission, which sails from New York Saturday, in the capacity of secretary: . He has been attached to the Adams for three years, and it is expected that his knowledge of - Bamoan- affairs, ac quired during the stay . ot the Adams at Apia, will be of assistance, to the commis sion. ' - . ; ' - r . -. Lieut Buckingham, now naval attache af the United States Legation at London, but lately attached to the Berlin Mission in a similar capacity, will join the - commis sion at Berlin, and also act in the capacity of secretary. Col.. Julian Alien, of North Car olina, has made application for re lief to the President, in behalf of Cspt. Wm. A. Winder, late of the Uni ted States army. From the papers present ed it appears that the applicant served eighteen years in the army, beginning with the war with Mexico. During the civil war he was desirous of going to the front, but he fell under suspicion of disloyalty be cause bis father, Gen. Winder, was an offl cer in the Confederate army. Although President Lincoln was Satisfied upon the assurance of Capt. (then Lieut.) Winder, as to his loyalty, Secretary Stanton insisted upon his being sent to California. This was done, and in California the charge of disloyalty was renewed, finally resulting in a trial, by which he was honorably ac- ?uitted. While on this duty he secured the ormal thanks of the Maryland Legislature for gallant services in connection with the rescue of shipwrecked crews. After the war Capt. Winder resigned, and now, as his papers recite, broken down in health and fortune, he seeks to be reinstated in the army and placed upon the retired list. Washington. April 11. The court mar tial, appointed to try;Capt. Arraes for con duct unbecoming an officer and a gentle man, met at the War Department this morning, and the members of the court qualified. In response to a question as to whether.be had any objection to the com position of the court Capt. Armes replied in the negative, but suggested, that in this case the cart had been placed before the horse, and that not he, but Capt. Bourke and Col. Gibson, who had made the charges against - him, should be standing upon trial. -The defendant announced that he had selected Capt. Knox, of the First Cavalry, as his counsel. Inasmuch as Capt. Eoox was a member of the court martial it was necessary that bo should nret be relieved. The Judge Advocate therefore seenied the consent of the Secretary of War to the arrangement, and Capt. - Knox was relieved by special order. He stated that he was not prepared immediately to pro ceed in the case, and the court adjourned until to-morrow. Specifications of charge against Armes are pulling the nose ot Gov. Beaver, of Pennsylvania, and bringing false and friv olous charges in the police courts against Bourke and Gibson, and failing to prove Washington. April 12 The President has appointed Lyman E. Knapp, of Middle burg, Vt., to be Governor of Alaska; J. B. Burke, chief of the issue and gazette divi sion of the Patent Office, has been removed, and J. W. Babson, chief of that division, has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Burke is an ex-commander.in-chief of the G. A. R., department of the Potomac. His resignation bad been called for by Commis sioner Tanner, but Bnrke refused to resign. Babson formerly occupied his present posi tion, but was removed during the Demo cratic administration. The President to-day appointed Henry 8. White, of West Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the District of West Virginia. White lives at Balton, Marshall county, where he has been engaged for many years in farming and mercantile pur suits. He has represented his county in the State Legislature several times, and is said to be a man of ability. The commandant of the New York navy yard at New York has received instruc tions from the Navy Department to fur nish to the custodian of the custom house such bunting and flags as can be spared for the purpose of decorating the public buildings of New York, under the con tract of the Treasury Department. The sailors at the yard will be assigned to ren der any assistance that may be required in the work ot decoration. The Secretary of the Navy has referred to a Board, consisting of Chief Constructor Wilson, Engineer-in-Chief Melville and Capt. - Howison, the application of he Union Iron Works of San Francisco for an extension of time under their contract for the construction of cruiser No. 5. Rear Admiral Franklin, president of the Board of American Delegates to the In ternational Marine Conference, has sub mitted to the Secretary of State the pro gramme of subjects to be considered by the conference, and it will be transmitted to the several Powers that intend to participate. In his letter of transmittal the President says that in conformity with the intentions expressed by our government in correspon dence with the British government, tne consideration of the international code of flag signals was excluded from the pro gramme and the consideration of the "load line" was included. With this exception and this addition, the entire subject matter of the act of Congress of July 9th, 1888, was arranged in general divisions following as nearly as possible the precise language of the act. The Board of Bureau Chiefs of the Navy Department, to which was referred for re port proposals received for the construe-' tion of an armed coast defence vessel, is in daily session and expects to complete its work to-morrow. In the Armes court martial Judge Hub bell, of this city, appeared as counsel for the accused. Judge Hubbell entered into an argument to convince the court that the case presented was one which belonged to the civil and not the military jurisdic tion, but the court decided that it was a proper case to be decided by court martiaL Capt. Armes, through his counsel, thero nnnn ontpred a ceneral nlea of not suiltv. " The Secretary of Stale has been in formed that the government of the Argentine Re public will send a delegate to tne confer ence of the American States to be held in Washington on the 4th of Octobert -next The Navy Yard has reported to the Sec retary of the Navy that the Pensecola, which was sunk in the late (storm, was again placed In the dock yesterday. The ship was not strained and the damage to her will not exceed $50. . Final instructions to the Bamoan Com missioners were completed at the Depart ment of State after they had been consider ed in the Cabinet this afternoon - They were dispatched by a special messenger to the commissioners, who are now in New York and will sail to-morrow for Europe. Washington, April 12. The President intends to enjoy- a little rest and the fresh air of the Potomac on a revenue cutter to morrow, leaving Washington in the morn ing, and returning in the evening. He will probably be accompanied by Mrs. Harrison ana several mem dots oi we uaomet. Wasbttoto, April 13. The President to-day appointed John W. Fisher Collector of Customs for the district of Richmond, Va., and Thomas B. Coulter, of Ohio, to be Solicitor of the Treasurer for -the Post Office Department NO. 24 Secretary . Blaine received a cablegram this afternoon from Mr. .White, Secretary Of Legation ' at London, stating that he has been advised by the Lloyds that the German ship Olga arrived at Bidney to day from 8amoa, reporting that the Nipsio is afloat, with her . rudder and propeller lost and that the Trenton is full of water. John W. Fisher, appointed Collector of Customs at Richmond, Va , is the present Deputy Collector, which position he held throughout the last administration, not withstanding his earnest support of the Republican party, Attorney General Miller to-day received the resignation of. Daniel M. Lockwood, United States Attorney for the Northern District or New York (Buffalo), to take effect on the appointment and qualification of his successor. The office of the First Assistant Postmas ter General la being- overrun with applica tions xor appointments oi lounn-ciass post masters and Presidential postmasters. Thus far, during the month ot April, there have been received at the office of the First As sistant alone over two thousand letters con taining applications of this kind. The Postmaster General to-day appointed Estes G. Rathbone, of Hamilton, O , chief postofflce inspector. Rtthbone is at present a member of the Legislature of Ohio." At one time he filled the office of Chief Pen sion Examiner, and previous to that time was Chief of the Cincinnati Division ot the Secret Service Division of ihe Treasury De partment. There are about 900 applications for the positions of 117 postofflce inspectors em ployed by the Department Four hundred of these applications are on tile in the Post offlce Department and 600 were lodged with the Civil Service Commission. The contract for reconstructing the tower of the public building at Wilmington, N. C, has been awarded to Wm. EL Smith, at $4,207. The Kearsage. now at Hampton Roads, Va., has been ordered to the navy yard at New York. She arrived at Hampton Roads yesterday, fourteen days from Barbadoes. The naval contingent at the Centennial will consist of about fifteen hundred offi cers men and musicians, and will form a brigade, under, the command of an officer of appropriate rank. The naval cadets at Annapolis will not be sent The commandant at the New York yard has been authorized to add to the experi mental board, of which Chief Engineer C. EL Loring is president, from time to time, as occasion requires, for temporary duty, mechanical experts fsom the yard. Many applications have been made to the Depart ment to have examined inventions of differ ent kinds for which great merit is claimed, and to this board inventions will be sub" mil ted for examination and report HARRISON'S POLICY . Relative to Noatbara Appolatmeata. Washington, April 11. The Star this evening prints the following: The President's policy with relation to Southern appointmevts has been made clear to Southern office seekers here, and there is not a little unavailing -discontent He has declared his intention to select none but men who have the respect of their neighbors, and who are intelligent and ca pable. Re wants to recognize young men. and progressive men, who can do the party good, and will not act merely as leeches for the party became of what they can get out of it. Any distinguished man, who is Re publican in principles, whether so by avowal or not, may be selected for ap pointment The idea is to get rid of self constituted leaders who bring the party into disrepute, and to let down all barriers that keep white protectionists out It is reported that the President . spoke very plainly to a Southern leader who call' ed with a delegation lately to see about the apportionment of the patronage of his State. The same leader had been there many times before, and was. assuming to control thejatronge of his State. "Now," the President is reported as saying, after listening to him for a moment "you have been here several times and I have heard you. I know you, Mr. , and know odyou very welL I do not think you are the sort of man to distribute the patronage of that State." THE WRECK.ElT DAN MARK. Nothing; Bailable Coneerntna tne III Fated Steamer Spaealatloaa Rela tive to taa Safety of the Paaeencere and Crew Aaxlety of Frleada. NbwYohk, April 13 The mails from the White Star steamer Britannia, which ar rived last night were distributed this morn ing, and among the letters was one for Furch, Edye& Co., containing a list of the passengers who were on board the aban doned steamer Damn ark. The Britannia arrived at her dock about 6.80 p. m., but the letter for Furch, Edye & Co. was not opened till this morning. No news con cerning their fate has yet been received, but the agents of the steamer, which is by this time probably on the bed of the ocean, are hopeful that some passing vessel may have taken off the passengers and crew. In hop ing for this good fortune they are half expectant that it will have fallen to the' lot of their own steamer, Island, to have performed such a good piece of work. The Island left Christian sen on March 80. and is expected to arrive here at any moment. She was, in fact looked for last evening, but up to an hour before noon today she had not been sight ed. No. other steamers Lave arrived with' any news of having fallen in wiih drifting boats, and this increases the hope that some steamship had rendered timely assistance, and took the shipwrecked passengers and their boats all on board. Telegrams are arriving every hour at both the office of the agents, Furch, Edye & Co., on South William street and at the passenger agent's office, No. 13 State street asking for information concerning friends who were to be on the steamship. London, April 13 Captain Bond, of the Inman line steamer City of Chester, which sighted the abandoned steamer Danmark, believes that the passengers and crew of the Danmark were rescued. He bases his belief on . the fact that the Dan mark's boats were gone. A chain cable was seen hansine over the bow of the Danmark, and this leads Capt BothSiJ believe that she had been in tow of an other vesseL Nbw Yobx, April 18 A great number of people, who by this time bad expected to greet their friends, linger, around the door of the passenger office,' amious to hear tidings, and yet fearful that the news that may reach them may blast all hopes of ever seeing their friends again. They search the countenances of all who go in and out as if they would try and learn if they had reason to hope. London, Apiil 13. It has been defi nitely ascertained that there were 682 per sons on board the steamer Danmark. This number included 628 passengers and 54 officers and crew THE RECENT GALK Aa Ieland avar Oeraeoke Sabaaersed . , aad People Drlveai to the House top , Bkauport, N. 0., April 12 During the recent gale. Portsmouth, a narrow island near Ocracoke Inlet in this. State, was submerged, drowning cattle, sheep and hogs. The water rose to many feet in the houses, and there was great destruction ot groperty. The inhabitants . took to the ousetops, remaining there until the storm was over. Great suffering was experienced, but no lives were lost Durham Flanti - Rev. J. L. White, pastor of the First Baptist church, who was not well when he came here and who has been suffering from general de bility for. some timer has been granted a month's vacation by his congregation, and will leave to-morrow afternoon for Cleve land Springs, with the hope of recuperating his health. Washington City dots: Mrs. CoL Ike Young is iar aneaa for the Henderson postoffioe. Senators Yanee and Beck were at the White House yester dav to unre the appointment of Assistant Secretary Hugh B. Thompson to be - the Democratic memner ox tne - mvu oemce Ctonunuwon. Spirits Turpentine. V i: - 'J " ' aaaaaaaaet , 2 " ' ''? " : - Monroe Jnquirer-Bxpre8s:Yhe dwelling, kitchen and smoke house of Mr. A. S. Crowell, in Goose Creek township, was destroyed by fire on last Thursday ' night The fire originated in the kitchen, and was discovered about ten o'clock. The : roof ot the kitchen was then falling in, and the residence was on fire. Two or three . beds, some bed clothes and a few other ar- - ' tides were saved. A lot ot bacon, wheat, &c, was destroyed. We have not learned the total loss. - : ' New Bern Journal: On Satur day last, the dwelling house of Mr. R. L West, of Band Hill township, Lenoir coun ty, was totally destroyed by Are. The fire originated from a defective flue in the, kitchen. The house was a new and com modious one, and is a heavy loss to Mr. West. No insurance. Joe McCoy, col., living near Core creek lost his house and all its effects by fire on Monday even ing. : Jones county - items: Corn sells at 60 and 65 cents a bushel. Wo ' learn that a new steam saw mill is in full . blast near Trenton on Crooked run, cutting ' cypress lumber. Mr. John Homer ia the proprietor. The Jones county farm-;- -era have planted a large crop of oats and' . Irish potatoes. The run of ebad in the Trent is very large this season, Shad tells at Trenton at 20 cents per pair. Judge Bbipp at our last court .sentenced Robert " Smith to two years hard labor In the pent-' ' tentiary for the larceny of one hog. Hay- . wood Smith, hli son, and William Sim- ' mons, colored, one year each for helping " Smith conceal it Raleign News Observer'. Prof. Veaable, of the University, left "the Hill" Monday and was expected to sail from New -.York yesterday for Europe, where he is to remain until about September, engaged mainly in the prosecution of studies in the ' German universities. Negro railway Sostal clerks are now replacing white men ally on all the lines in this section, and even so the Radicalism ot the present ad ministration, . for all its fair words, sticks out like a barber's striped pole. From the Baltimore Sun we learn that on Monday Dr. Kemp B Batchelor te ceived a gold medal the University prize at the Baltimore University; and that night at the Alumni Association, Dr. R. H. Lew is, of Raleigh, delivered the oration.. News was received here yesterday of two assignments at Bmithfield. Messrs. A. S. & 8. R. Morgan assigned to Dr. L. L. Sas ser. . Their liabilities are stated at $15,000, assets unknown. The loss to them by the recent conflagration was very heavy.' Mr. W. L. Woodell also made assignment to . John Hood with liabilities estimated at $2, 200, assets about $500. Fayetteville Observer : "Roson vie," the tasteful and pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. T. 8. Lutterloh, on Hay mount, about a mile from the market place, was entirely destroyed by fire last Thursday af- - ternoon at about 8.30 o'clock. Work on the Wilmington extension of theC. F. &Y. V. Railway is progressing nicely, and especially do-we know this to be the case on the bridge over the Cape Fear river at this place. The address de livered in Williams OperaHouse by Rev. J. H. Cordon of Raleigh, last week, on Odd Fellowship, has been praised in the highest terms by those who were so for tunate as to hear this powerful elocutionist. We have been authorized by the com- 1 tnittee in charge to announce through the columns of the Observer that all ministers ot the Gospel attending the Pearson meet ings to commence here on the 28th of April, will oe provided with homes by apply ing in person or by correspondence to Dr. J. W. McNeill, chairman com mittee, or Revs. R T. Gray, Jos. Wheeler, T. P. Barclay or L. B. Etheridge. Forest fires have worked great damage to property in Rockfish township, this county, since our last issue. The fire -started from Mr. Lewis Hardin's place, about one mile below Hope Mills, Friday last, and by reason of the high winds which prevailed was soon beyond control, and not until Monday.morning were the de vouring flames extinguished. A gentleman fresh from the scene of destruction tells us that hundreds and thousands of pannels of fence were burned to the ground, besides two dwelling houses, occupied by colored people, together with their contents. Also a few hundred turpentine boxes. A great deal of damage was done to shipping in the inland waters of the State. In the Norfolk Virginian ia re ported as follows: The schooner Susanna, owned by the estate of Wm. T. Brinkley, was broken into three pieces and the rew perished. The schooner Susan Caroline, owned by Bannister Midgett and command ed Fied. GaskilL is also ajotal loss, with all on board. The schooner Parrott, whereof Matthew Granberry was master, also went down with the entire crew. The oldest in habitant never witnessed such a storm, and so great a loss of life in the inland waters of our State before, A large three-masted schooner, the name of which we have not been able to learn, came ashore at Nag's Head, the vessel is a total wreck, but the crew were all saved. The houses of Henry A. Bond, Jr., and of Mr. Beary, on the sound side of Nag's Head, were . wrecked and washed entirely away. In Camden county, near Bhiloh, the barn of William Bartlett and an outhouse of Luke Stevens, were blown down. Fences were taken up bodily and the rails were scattered in every direction. Garden peas and all tender truck were badly cut to pieces by the hailstones, in some places Irish pota toes were washed clear out of the rows. The amount of losses caused by the storm cannot be estimated, it reached into the hundreds ot thousands. The steamer Mary , E. Roberts, commanded by Captain A. S Conklin, who is very popular here, was due i on Monday evening. Bhe did not arrive and great anxiety was felt for her safety, but her appearance last night afforded great relief. The first report of the effects of the storm comes from down Pasquotank river. The sloop Maggie and Etta was struck by the cyclone ana sunk near Bank's Landing. Bhe had 700 bushels of corn on board, be longing to Mr. E. W. BelL The cargo was insured. We have not been able to learn whether there was any insurance on the vesseL Mr. Charles Martin went down to Roanoke Island on Saturday night on bus iness for the firm of Robinson & Co. He had a veiy rough, time. x Rockingham Rocket: There was a sad case of burning at Moss Neck, in ' Robeson county, last Saturday. Wm. O. McNeill, Esq., lost his dwelling, outhouses and everything he had, except his horses and a part of bis household furniture. His total loss is about $2,000 not a cent of insurance. Mr. McNeill is 80 years old and the loss falls heavily upon him. The fight waxeth furious over the spoils.. The Renablicans of Rockingham aee divide ed one faction advocating Messrs. Mod rison and Terry for the postofflce at Rock ingham and Laurinburg respectively, while the other faction is fighting them for "all they are worth." On Sunday last the body of a negro man was found in Shoe Heel creek, about two miles from Maxton. The body was in Richmond county, one or two hundred yards from the county line. The negro a well known character about . Maxton went fishing last Thursday and had not since been seen, but bis absence ex cited no remark .He was subject to epllepesy. Forest fires have been raging for sev eral days to the South and East of Rock ingham. Great destruction to timber and fences has been wrought by the flames, and in some instances barns and dwelling have been burned. In the neighborhood of Gib son's Mills, in this county, the fires burned with great fury last Saturday and Bunday. Mr. J7 W. McLean's dwelling house nar rowly escaped destruction, and all of his fences were burned. Many of his neighbors were equally unfortunate. A negro living near by lost bis barn containing a quantity of shucks, fodder and corn. It broke out on the Fremont lands on Friday evening, and the high winds ot Saturday and Bun day rendered it impossible to check its pro gress. It swept over a section of country about eight miles wide and ten or twelve in length, and was still burning in the neigh borhood of Whitaker's saw mill, near Hoff man, on Tuesday evening, but our inform ant old not know the extent of the damage done to Mr. W. J. Whitaker, who lost heavily in lumber and timber. The follow ing persons are the greatest losers so far aa we have heard: H. B Ourrie, fencing and turpentine timber; D. B. and N. T. Currie lost all their outbuildings, fences, fodder, &c; Wm. Bounds lost (every panel of his fencing; Jno. D. Loven lost lightly in fenc ing; Ellas Watkins, colored, lost all of his fencing and a barn containing about 40 bushels of corn and all of his forage; W. W. Graham lost 700 or 800 panels of fenc ing and a quantity of timber ; Richard Daw kins lost nearly all his fencing and a quan tity of timber; J. B. Gibson lost between $700 and $800 worth of crude turpentine, turpentine timber, &o - . ...--. v - ... , : - fc -4; w I' m i: f m m ii iij. J " -CM i ' I' ! 1
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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April 19, 1889, edition 1
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