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THE THRKB AiOEBIOlS KXPOSI
X10N. .
It is proposed to celebrate the
400th anniversary of the discovery of
America by Christopher Columbus,
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"J grB"U lDuuBtnai . exposition 01
the three Americas at Washington
in 1892. On the 23d of October the
National Board of Promotion, com-
posed of the Governors of the respec
tive States, Mayors of principal cities
and committees of Boards of Trade,
will, meet in the city of Washington,
to discuss the matter. This time has
been chosen because then the Com
urercial Congress of the Three Amer
icas, with delegates from the nine
teen Amerioan countries will be m
session there, which will afford a
good opportunity for an interchange
of views and for getting the opin
ions of all interested in the subject.
This is one of the preliminary steps
to forming a better acquaintance
commercially and otherwise with the
people on the continent south of ns,
and to making them better acquaint
ed with us. Commercially speaking
we know but little of them, and they
know but little of us, because our
commerce with them . has been
strangled by a high protective tariff
system, which has closed their ports
to us and opened them to rival na
tions on the other side of the ocean.
British sails whiten their seas, where
American sails are seldom seen, and
the British flag proudly floats in
their ports where the American
flag, when it floats at all, is
a very lonesome sight. We buy
but little from those nations, and sell
them less than we buy, when, because
of our proximity to them, and our
ability to supply their wants, we
ought to sell them everything they
need. TJnhandicapped by restrictive
and, practically speaking, prohibito
ry tariff laws which blockade their
ports against American shipping, we
could and would. These countries
are rich in agricultural, mineral and
foreBt resources, which, with genial
climate, cheap lands, inducements
held out by some of them to immi
grants, will make them in the not dis
tant future wealthy, populous and
mighty. The acquaintance of such
people is worth onltiyating, trade
with them worth seeking and worth
fostering.
We live in an era of pro
gress and of railroad building,
and the time will be, within . this
. generation, when the three Americas.
will be linked together by rail as the
States of the Atlantic and Pacific
now are. This is not visionary, not
more so than the talk a little over a
quarter of a century ago of speeding
across the continent between the two
oceans, behind a locomotive.
The United States are interested
in this industrial exposition, and the
Southern States are especially so, be
cause Borne of these countries are
near neighbors, and railroada'passing
through Southern territory carry
passengers to the city of the Monte-
zumas. When the meeting is held
in October to discuss the movement
we trust the Southern States will be
well represented, and that North
Carolina will be there.
Savsthe Courier' Journal'. "Talk
of the seaside and of the country!
Where at the seaside, or where in the
country, is there any landscape so
pleasing as one of the broad, well
shaded residence streets of Louisville
at the decline of day ?" The poet of
the C.-J. has never seen the Switch
back at the Hammocks or the skele
ton of the whale at Carolina Beach.
Senator Washburn, of Minnesota,
is now eneaged in denouncing the
use of money in eleotions. Mr.
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TV hduuuiu uas uruuiiuiY .reuutvu)
for it is known that not many
months ago he was charged with
buying his way to the United States
Senate, and it took the biggest
whitewash brush in Minnesota,
wielded by a Republican Legislature,
to make him appear at all decent.
The snake editor of the Savannah
News has "whooped up" a hoop
snake about seven feet long, and
that had a horn about two inches
long on the end of its tail. We
patiently await the returns from our
own county of Pender.
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VOL. XX.
STATE TOPICS.
There "is a movement on foot in
Charlotte for san exposition of the
Piedmont section of this State in that
city in Ootober next.' Mr. P. M.
Wilson, State Agent of Immigration,
and Mr. J. T. Patrick, President of
the Southern States Inter-State Ex
position Company, have pledged their
hearty co-operation' to bring people
from a distance if Charlotte sub
scribes enough money to pat the
scheme on a solid footing. Charlotte
is a live town, and her people gene-,
rally come to the scratch in -commendable
projects, and if they take
hold of thiB matter with their usual
determination and energy we have
no doubt it will prove a grand suc
cess. Piedmont North Carolina is a
fruitful field to draw from, and Char
lotte a good point to draw to. Wil
mington and the Stab take an inter
est in this movement and will note its
progress with pleasure.
Mr. J; S. Spencer, a good square
Democrat of Charlotte, who was ap
pointed, by Mr. Cleveland, disbursing
agent of the public building at Char
lotte, has been ordered to turn over
his books to Mr. J. R. Holland. The
remarkable feature about this is that
Mr. Holland is also a Democrat and
has never been anything else. This
is a departure from the precedents
under the present administration,
and the only way it can be accounted
for is that Republicans of average
business qualifications and financial
capacity must be somewhat few and
far between in the "hornet's nest" of
which Charlotte is the . capital. Or
maybe Mr. Harrison, realizing the
fact that he administered a bitter
pill when he appointed J. Sims, Esq.,
as superintendent of the publio
building, conoluded that he would
somewhat counteract the dose by the
appointment of a clever Democrat
like Mr. Holland.
It seems that the Trustees of Trin
ity College are anxious to move the
College from its present location, in
Randolph county, to some more cen
tral point, where the railroad facili
ties are better, on condition that the
city which desires to secure the col
lege will contribute money enough
to pay for the site and erect the ne
cessary buildings. The News-Ob'
server states that the trustees nave
agreed to move the oollege to Ral
eigh provided the sum of $25,000 be
assured. A committee appointed by
the Chamber of Commerce has raised
$6,000 of this sum, and it is thought
that when the regular canvass is
made, which will be at once, there
will be nddifficulty in raising the re
quisite amount. If the oollege be
moved Raleigh or Greensboro would
offer the most advantages of loca
tion, but Raleigh is able to outbid
Greensboro, and will doubtless se
cure it.
Grass culture seems to be attract
ing more or less attention now in "all
of the Southern States, but we don't
believe there is one which can show
as good a record in this respect, with
the possible exception of Georgia, as
North Carolina. There are grass
farms in this State which cannot be
surpassed anywhere.' Throughout
central North Carolina fields may be
seen where the clover stands five feet
high, and where three cuttings in the
season are of .ordinary occurrence. If
one who doubts that North Carolina
is capable of becoming a grass and
clover growing State will take a view
of some of the grass farms in Wake
county or of John Wadsworth's farm
near Charlotte, he will doubt no
more. These are Dut a lew ot many
Instances that might be mentioned
but they will answer the purpose.
North Carolina has capacity for
gTass culture equal to any State south
or north and superior Jo many.
The suit of Dr. Hodge, of Wake
county, against the railroads of the
State, "to which reference has been
made heretofore, has taken a -new
turn. It is a question now, on which
there seems to be a difference of
opinion among Raleigh lawyers,
whether Dr. Hodge can prosecute
such a suit in the name of the State,
these lawyers holding that the At
torney General is the one to take ac
tion - in the courts when so
instructed by the Governor.
On being questioned upon this
point Governor Fowle is quoted as
saying: "I have not authorized the
bringing of thfe suits by Dr. Hodge
against the railroads, neither have I
been asked to do so. The suits are
based on the idea that any citizen has
the right to nse the name of the State
in an action for the penalty. If this
is so the penalty may be recovered;
if not the plaintiff will fail. The
ftonrt alone can say how the mat
ter is." '
The' "fire-fiend" startles us with
the statement that one hundred and
eleven million dollars' worth of prop
erty was destroyed by fire in this
country last year. The year before the
amount destroyed - was one hundred
and twenty millions. Incendiarism
is given as the main cause, and de
fective flues come next,
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rata s -
Ane uoicago people ;re very en
terprising. Njt satisfied with the
horrible details of the Cronin murder,
they have "ereoted" a life-size wax
figure of the lamented Doctor in a
Dime Museum for daily exhibition.
If they could only seoure the mur
derer, decapitate him, and place his
head on a pole in the D. M., the at
traction would be complete.
The Inter- Ocean Bays Gov. Hill is
becoming quite an expert in the sad
dle, and adds: "He likely is getting
ready to ride the Demooratio bron
cho in 1892." Well, if he does mount
the Demooratio broncho in 92, he
will Btiok to him as long as the Har
rison.
The claim agents and pension at
torneys in Washington are in a
broad grin over the recent T rulings
of Gen. Bussev and Corporal Tan
ner. And well they may be. But
it is the tax ridden people who foot
the bills.-,-: ; . .. .
An Iowa man has invented a ma
chine for boring square holes. There
is a man in Wilmington who can
bore a hole square through you if
you will give him time. Like the
biblical brother, his name is "Le
gion."
Five thousand dollars is all an In
diana widow, Emma Ford, ask for
laoeration of heart by Dr. A. J.
Smith, and his refusal to allow her
to change her name. The Doctor
will no doubt plead heart failure.
The Greenville Reflector wants to
know how to "get rid of flies and
rats." Catch 'em ana hit 'em with a
hammer, or emigrate to the North
pole; they don't bloom up there.
The Bottom Falun Oat.
The Statesville Landmark contains
an extract from the Bristol, Tenn.,
Courier, which says: "Mr. Thomas
Curtln, who has just come from
Johnson City, says that the bottom
of the C. C. C. railroad movement
has fallen out, and 'great was the fall
thereof.' The money has been ex
hausted, Baltimore has fallen out of
line, and Col. Matson, the chief en
gineer, has resigned his position and
brought suit for about ten month's
salary; together with other moneys
which he has advanced, amounting in
all to some seven thousand dollars."
Drowsing Accident.
A colored boy named Willie Arm
strong, about 12 years old, whose pa
rents live on Nixon, between Seventh
and Eighth streets, was drowned yes
terday afternoon in a pond near the
cotton oil mill building at Hilton.
Armstrong, with two other boys
about the same age as himself, went
to the pond to swim. It is supposed
that he struck his head on a rock in
diving, as the persons who recovered
his body found an abrasion on the
forehead. Coroner Jacobs was noti
fied and cave an order for. the re
moval of the body and will hold an
inquest to day.
SI. P. O. A. to tbc Heacue.
A sick steer some persons said it
was a foundered ox that came off a
steamboat and was being driven to a
butcher-pen yesterday afternoon,
fell in the street near Front and
Princess. The men who had charge
of it tied a rope around the poor
beast's neck intending to drag it off
behind a cart, but were stopped by a
member of the Society for Preven
tion to Cruelty to Animals, who
threatened them with arrest. The
animal was then with some difficulty
placed on a dray and carried away.
Y. RI. r. A. District convent on.
At the State Convention of the Y.
M. C A. held in our city last March,
it was decided to divide the State in
to five districts for the more thorough
development of the work.
The Wilmington district has de
cided to begin its special work by
holding a convention which will oc
cur at Maxton, Jane 14th and 16th. A
number of Wilmington men will ap
pear on the programme.
A Norfolk, Va., dispatch of the
29th says : "Schr. Annie M. Estelle,
Deacon, bound from Rappahannock
river to Wilmington, N,C, and whiob
was detained in this port for some
time, arrived in port to-day again in
distress. Last Sunday night, off Cape
Lookont, she was again visited by a
squall, which blew away her foresail,
rigging and spars."
Foreign Exports
The following is a statement of for
eign exports irom this port iorme
month of May:
Rosin 31.291 barrels, valued at
$34,615.
Tar 1.005 barrels, valued at $1,575.
Spirits turpentine 119,019 gallons,
valued at $43,480.
Lumber 553.000 feet, valued at
$8,253.
Shingles 160,000, valued at $934.
Total value of foreign exports for
the month, $88,857.
Naval Stores Receipts.
Receipts of naval stores at this port
for the crop year from April 1st to
June 1st as compared with receipts
for the same months last year, are as
follows. Spirits turpentine, 8,924
casks; last year, 8,772. Rosin, 32,418
barrels; last year, 88,504. Tar, 11,859
barrels; last year, 8,888. Crude tur
pentine, 2,549 barrels; last year, 2,149.
Cotton movement.
Receipts of cotton the past month
at this port were 324 bales; the same
month last year, 903.
Receipts for the crop year to June
1st are 151,803 bales; to same date last
year, 167,524. Decrease, 15,721 bales:
The stock at this nort is 585 bales.
against 2,532 bales at the same time
last year.
Weekly
WILMINGTON, N. 0.,
Why Hot Have an aqnariam EH
The city fathers will soon be want
ing to know who put that catfish in
the drinking fountain on Market
street, near Front. ' There was one
there. yesterday about the size of a
yearling trout and as fierce as a ball
dog pap.- Police officer Grant stirred
him up with-his club and the catfish
bit at it as though it was a bologna sau
sage. The officer thoughf of his nip-,
pers and an arrest for disorderly con
duct, bat conoladed to wait for in
structions from headquarters before
proceeding to extremities. If, the
man who put the fish there doesn't
call, prove property and take it away,
it may be confiscated and pat in the
cage with the chicken-hawks that
grace the campus at the City Hall.
Persons In the neighborhood say
there are a half dozen catfish in the
pool, and that they came from the
river via the water works main. They'
hope that the city authorities will let
them remain to form the nucleus for
an aquarium. .
The Weight ot Cotton Bales. .
The question of payment of the re
bate on jute bagging raised an inter
esting point as to the comparative
weight per bale of the cotton shipped
from the.different ports, it being held
that where the bales were heavier
there was more bagging . used, and
hence the rebate might be propor
tionately greater. The following ta
ble shows the average weight per
bale of all cotton at the Southern
ports for the ten years from WTO- to
Mobile .500.46 pounds.
New Orleans 477.76
Savannah 476.74 "
Norfolk 473.63 "
Wilmington 437.83 "
Charleston 46756 "
The average in New York for the
past three years is 477.84 pounds to
the bale.
FBnerai of Mrs. Hill.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Hill
who died at Maxton, N. C, last Wed
nesday, took place yesterday morn
ing at half-past nine o'clock from St.
James' Church . The remains arrived
by train on ?.the Carolina Central
railroad, andjwere escorted from the
depot to the church by, Messrs. W. N,
Harries, T. B. Harries. '.Walker Tay
lor, Jno. Jj. Boatwright and Edwin
Northrop. Bishop Watson and Rev.
Robt. Strange conducted the funeral
services. The pall bearers were Dr.
A J. DeRosset, Mr. Jas. H. Chad-
bourn, Mr. George Harries, Mr. R. J.
Jones. Mr. B. F. Mitchell and Mr. A.
J. Howell.
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From Wrlghtsviile Baacb.
Among the new houses opened on
the Ocean View Railroad, Wrights-
ville Beach, is the restaurant of James
A. Hewlett & Co. They furnish fish,
crabs, sandwiches, beer, &c. Mr.
Hewlett is the champion fisherman of
the Sounds, and will not often be
'left" oh fish.
The "Switchback" is nearly ready
for the riders, and lots of fan may be
expected when the cars arrive.
The number of visitors to Wrights-
ville and the Hammocks is increasing
as the weather grows warmer.
A Pleasure Trip.
Mr. Pembroke Jones and Mr. Fred
Kidder left Monday night last for an
extended trip through the Western
States. They will be met at Jersey City,
N. J., by Mr. Benedict with his yacht
Oneida. At New York they will take
the private car of Mr. H. M. Flagler,
to Chicago, then to Duluth, thence to
Colorado, to visit mines in which Mr.
Flagler has an interest. From thence
the party will go to California. Mr.
Jones expects to return to New York
by the 26th of June, where he will be
met by his family and with them sail
lor EuroDe. Mr. Kidder will return
to Wilmington. Messrs. Jones and
Kidder will be guests of Mr. Flagler
on their trip out west.
There is a pious old darkey in
this city who has a decided aversion
to anything like work, and when
called upon to do something he dis
likes, " always advances a Scriptural
reason for not doing it. Being told
to water the garden one day during
the recent "dry spell," he declined,
saying "The Bible says, Paul may
plant and 'Pollus may water, but the
increase comes from God." The same
old darkey strongly rebuked a group
of boys who were playing marbles on
the sidewalk, telling! them it was a
sin, and being asked why it was a sin,
reDlied. "The Bible says, Marvel
not." m m m
Bo Says it Was a mistake.
"Doctor Alfred Moore, formerly of
Cumberland but for the past eighteen
months a resident of Maxton," writes
the Stab that he is "very much
astonished after a practice of forty
years, that he should have been mis
taken for Doctor Bill Moore of Wil
mington." (commonly known as
Long shanks.)
W, O. dc E. C. Railroad.
The construction corps of the Wil
mington and Onslow railroad are go
ing ahead rapidly with the grading,
beginning just beyond the track of
the Seaooast road, east of the city.
The surveyors have staked out a
line to the river through the rice field
just below Kidder's saw mill, which
it is said '. has been seleoted for the
permanent location of the road.
Personal.
The Greensboro North State says
"Maj. Duffy has all the experience ne
cessary to make an acceptable and
thorough newspaper, up to all the
demands made upon a modern paper.
The Stab, we predict, will assume
new shape and be improved as a daily
newspaper. We welcome Maj. Duffy
on his return to labor in a field where
he will have an opportunity to show
his splendid ability."
Fond lover, after a long delayed
proposal Perhaps I've been too sudden.
darling. Darling girl, regaining her com
posure with a mignty enort xes, ueorge,
it is very, very sudden, but (and here she
becomes faint again) it is not too sudden.
Texas tSiftinffS.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1889.
WA8BL1NGTOX.
Troabie with Great Britain Over the
... Behrinc Sea Fisheries Generally Dis
credits. , By Telegraph to tte Horning Star.
Washington, May 80 The warlike
dispatches from British Columbia with re
gard to the expected trouble between the
United States and Great. Britain, over the
Behring Sea seal fisheries, are generally dis.
credited by officers of the Navy Depart
ment It is pointed out that no officer of
rank sufficiently high to make him ac
quainted with the English government's
purposes would, under any circumstances,
be so foolish as to talk in the manner sta
ted in the dispatch from Victoria. A pro
minent naval officer, in speaking on the
subject, said that if bucd talk did occur the
speaker was some subaltern who had
drank too much and lost his head, and
had by high talk given his auditors to
believe esomething startling was going to
take place, and that he knew all about
it. : The United States had no reason to
apprehend any difficulty. Great Britain
assuredly would not commit any overt act
of violence in case her sealers were ar
rested without warning this government
of iu intentions. The warning that Great
Britain would by force dispute the sov
ereignty of Bearing, sea bad never been
communicated to the United States, and
this alone showed the improbability of the
story, - It might, be that the three vessels
namtd were going to Behring sea, though
that was by no means certain. Their do ties
rjre, however, would probably consist in
nothfng more than keeping watch on the
situation to prevent their citizens from be
ing wantonly ill-used and giving sealers
good advice. It our vessels attempted any
thing that was unwarranted, it might be
that the British officers would feel called
upon to interfere. The United States sent
vessels to the New Foundland fisheries each
year to look after American interests, and
the British vessels probably had a similar
mission in Alaskan waters, presuming that
they would go there.
The United states naval force at present
available at Behring sea consists of the
Bear, the Thetis and a revenue cutter.
These vessels are of no use for actual war
fare and are simply policemen of the sea.
The war ships Adams and Iroquois are
now at Mare Iiland, ' and they could
be sent to sea at short notice if circum
stances demanded it. The Charleston i
also at San Francisco, but it will be somes
time befsre she will be ready to go into
commission. She has demonstrated, it is
said, that she' is an excellent boat, but has
not yet fulfilled contract requirements, and
some changes are necessary in her machine
ry before she can come up to the condi
tions of the contract. Even if these re
quirements were waived under stress of an
emergency, it would take some time to fit
the Charleston out for service. As has
been already stated, however, naval offi
cers do not think the situation alarming or
even threatening. The Behring sea fish
eries they are confident will not precipitate
a conflict between the United States and
Great Britain.
Washington, May 81 State Depart
ment officials absolutely decline to discuss
the Hamoan conference or the Behring oea
tangle. Of the former they admit that
matters are in such a shape as to warrant
the expectation of a speedy conclusion of
the Conference, comparatively unimpor
tant' details only remaining to be adjasted,
but upon the provisions oi tne treaty, it a
treaty has yet been drawn, they refuse to
talk further than to say that the public
must receive its infoimation respecting the
treaties in the usual course, namely, after
action upon them by the United States
Senate, to which body all treaties must be
submitted for approval before they become
operative. The obvious reason for tbis course
was in the fact that important amend
ments are often made by the Senate after
treaties have been arranged by the diplo
matic officers of the treaty powers. So
radical are the changes, in fact, that tbey
have caused the raiiure or pending treaties,
as tbe notable instances occurring in the
last Congress.
Ho far as can be learned there is no new
phase in the Behring Sea matter. The
President s proclamation appears to have
closed the history of the case, and it can
not be learned that there has been any cor
respondence between the governments of
the United States and Great Britain on the
subject. According to the position taken
by the United States government, by. Con
gressional declaration, the jurisdiction of
the United States over tbe waters on the
Alaskan side of Behring sea, is not ad
mitted to be a subject for negotiation.
Our government simply asserts its absolute
right, and admits the existence of no
question for negotiation.
Washington, May 81. It is estimated
at the Treasury to-day that there has been
a decrease of $8,000,000 in the public debt
during May, notwithstanding disburse
ments of nearly $12,000,000 during the
month on account of pensions. The Trea
sury surplus is 'now stated at $54,000,000.
Secretary wmaom toaay signed the
sailing orders of the revenue steamer Bear,
ono of the vessels designated by tbe Presi
dent to assist in the enforcement of laws
for the protection of the Alaskan seal fish
eries. The revenue steamer rusn is also
detailed for service, and is expected to sail
from can Francisco for Behring a sea to
day or to-morrow. Orders to the Bear are
identical with those of tbe Kuan, issued
about a week ego and published at tbe
time. Tbe Bear is ordered to sail upon the
receipt of tbe orders, which were mailed to
day. It is said at the department that in
structions to the commanding officers of
the Bash and Bear in regard to the seal
fisheries are practically tbe same as those
under which they acted last year.
Washington, May 81. Orders have
been issued to make ready tbe Amphitorite,
another uncompleted double-turretted
monitor, lvmg at the Harlan & Boilings-
worth shio yards, at Wilmington, Del.,
to be towed to League Island. She will be
comDleted at that navy vard. greatly to tbe
disappointment of the Virginia people, who
have been endeavoring to have the work
done at Norfolk, to make good tbe loss of
the Puritan.
Washington, June 1. The resignation
of P. M Stockslager, Commissioner of
the Land Office, which was tendered March
5th last, was to-day accepted by the Presi
dent, to take enect June autn.
Gen. DChoneia, acting secretary oi war.
has asked Gov. Beaver, by telegraph, what
the War Department can do to aid the
sufferers by the floods in Pennsylvania.
He says the Department baB no tents, all
the extra ones having been sent to Charles'
ton during tbe earthquake, and have never
been returned.
The President to-dav made the follow
ing appointments: George B. , Fisher, of
Delaware, to be Fourth Auditor of the
Treasury: J. N. Patterson, of New Hamp
shire, to be Second Auditor of the Trea
sury.
CHICAGO.
monument to Policemen Killed In
tne Bavmarket Blot.
Chicago. Mav 30. At one o'clock tbis
afternoon tbe memorial monument erected
by citizens .in honor of policemen who
were killed bv an Anarchist bomb in tbe
Haymarket riot on May 1886, was un
veiled. The ceremonies were very simple.
consisting of a presentation address by the
chairman or tbe citizens- committee
ceremony of unveiling by Master Degan
son of officer Degan, tha first of the police
men who died from the enects oi tne ex-
olosion: an address accepting the menu
ment on behalf of the city by Mayor
Creeier. and a historical address by F. a,
Head, in view oi tne large numrjer oi
nrocessions to thecemeteries.it was de
cided not to have a procession in connec
tion with the unveiling.
Kansas tramp: "MiBter, could
you do a little something to assist a poor
man?" Stranger: "You don't look as
though you were unable to work. You
ought to be ashamed of yourself to go
arouna mis way. z ou are a a is er ace w
humanity. Why don't you go down to the
river and take abatn and try . to earn
Hvini? t" Z. T. (Datheticallv): "Take
bath I Ain't it enough to have to drink the
stuff V Merchant traveler.
tar.
THE POTOMAC FLOOD. -
Great Damage Daaseel In Washington
- y the Bisinc Waters. .
Br Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Washington, June 1. The Potomac is
booming here, and tte gravest fears are
entertained by property owners along tbe
river front: also in the lower sections of
the city. List night after a fall of rain al
most equivalent to a cloud burst, the lock
gate at the end of the Chesapeake & Ohio
canal was "carried away by the rising water
and washed several canal boats into
Rock creek, where they were 'destroy
ed. 8ince then . the river has been
rising very rapidly and the . flood
waters from Harper's 'Ferry and the
upper tributaries are swelling it every mo
ment. Along B street, north, in the'
neighborhood of the Central market, tbe
country produce venders are driving off
early in the day, and the street was turned
into a lake, floating chicken coops, market
trucks and all sorts of odds and ends
Urchins exact toll from people who
were obliged to pass between south
Washington and the business of tbe city
by building temporary bridges. Cellars
were flooded and much damage to property
resulted among the commission houses. Up
in Georgetown tbe scene along the river
front was exciting. The docks were under
water, and lumber,.' coal, cement, -provisions,
and all kinds of property had been
carried away. Hundreds of men were ac
tively at work trying to save merchandise
by removing from tbe mills and warehouses
to a high ground. Swarms of river men
floated about in water craft seizing and
carrying off the treasures of the flood.
The shipping has so far escaped serious
damage, but the situation is full of danger.
At the Long Bridge the water at sunset was
almost level with the bridge floor.
Several barges bad already struck
and sunk, and the railroad men
are making every effort to prevent the
accumulation of drift against the bridge.
The water is still creeping up, however,
and the bridge is in a precarious condition.
If it is carried away io-night, which is by
no means improbable, the result will be a
serious and long interruption of railroad
traffic between the North and the South.
The coffer dam at the Long Bridge has
been greatly-injured, and much of the work
which had been done upon the Potomac
flats, at the expense of millions of dollars,
will be undone.
It is not yet possible to estimate tho losses
suffered by merchants and wsrehouse men,
but one individual has lost $30,000 worth
of coal in one dock.
A FEARFUlT FLOOD
at Johnstown, Pa. Two-Thirds of
tbe Town Under Water and Seores
or People Drowned.
Br Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Pittbbtjeg, Pa., May 81. A sudden
fresbet is reported in North Fork river east
of Johnston, Pa , in the Alleghany moun
tains. Two-thirds of Johnstown is said to
be under water, and railroad and telegraph
lines are washed out. It is said that the
reservoir above tbe town broke about five
o'clock this morning, and an immense vol
ume of water rushed down to the city,
carrying with it death and destruction.
Houses with their occupants were swept
away, and scores, probably hundreds of
people were drowned. There is no com
munication with Johnstown, but tbe tele
graph operator on the Pennsylvania rail
road tower at Sang Hollow, twelve miles
this side of Johnstown, 6avs at lets! seventy-five
dead bodies have floattd patt. The
wires are all down, and no trains arc run
ning east of Blairsville junction, which is
about twenty-five milts wr si of Johns
town. There is no way to get to the scene
of the disaster, and full particulars can
hardly be obtained to-nighr, although
every effort is being made to do so. There
will be no traina through to the East before
to-morrow.
Pittsburg, May 81 Tho latest infors
mation received from Johnstown comes
through tbe Pennsylvania railroad officials
who aver that over 200 dead bodies have
been counted floating down the stream at
the point nearest Johnstown alone, while
along their line many additional lives
have been lost. It is asserted that
there are but two houses in
Johnstown proper entirely above the water-line.
A special train bearing Pennsyl
vania road officials and a large number of
newspaper men. has left this city for the
scene. Telegraphic communication is en
tirely cut off.
A special from ureensDurg says: A re
port has just reached here that the greater
portion of Johnstown has been flooded and
that hundreds of people lost tneir lives.
Houses are floating about and people
who are free are panic stricken and are
fleeing to the mountains. At a point near
New Florence eighty-five persons have
been seen floating down the river on drift
wood. One report comes that but two
roofs of houses iu Johnstown can be seen .
Cove Town and New Florence's bridges
have been washed away, and all buildings
along the Conemaugh river between New
Florence and Johnstown have been carried
away. Railroad towers have been aban
doned by the operators.
Pittsburg. May 81 A special from
Greensburg, Pa., 6ays: Johnstown is com
pletely submerged, and the loss of is be
yond estimate. Houses . are going down
Conemaugh river by the dozen and people
can be seen clinging to the roofs.
AtCoketoKn. a village of several hun
dred inhabitants, houses are almost entirely
covered, end a great maty dwellings at
Blairsville are submerged. Scarcely a
dwelling in Snag Hollow can be seen.
Snag HoiiLOw. pa., may si. ine raii-
roadj operator officially reports that before
dark they were able to count nv persons
clinging to railways, wreckage or drowned
and floating in the current, it mis infor
mation is to be credited ibe damage in the
town proper must be in the nature of a
clean sweep.
As earlv as 1 o clock an alarm was sent
to Johnstown that there was danger from
the dam. Railroad officials were notified
and in a very short time began to carry
people from town' to places of safety on
regular trains ana nastuy lmproviseu res
cuing trains.
The reservoir or dam at south jrorK,wmcn
is said to have burst with such terrible re
suits, is described by a gentleman acquaint
ed with the locality, to be an immense body
of water, formerly used as water supply
for the old Pennsylvania canal. It has
been owned for several years by a number
of Pittsburg gentlemen who used it as a
fishing ground.
VIRGINIA.
Five men Killed and seven Other
Badly Injured.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Danvtllb, May 30 A terrible accident
occurred here to-day. J. G. Penn was
building a large brick tobacco factory on
Bridge street, nearly two hi.nl red feet long
and six stories high. Tbe wiil8 bad been
completed and the carpenters were at
work on it. The wind was blowing hard
and about 2 o'clock tbis afternoon the en
tire building came down with a crash.
Robert Pruilt, Wm. Young, G B. Jones,
Buck Hooper and JJ. IS. Coino were
killed. Henry Oakes will die and six
others were badly injured. It is the worst
accident of the kind known in this city
Several men were buried in the ruins and
considerable time elapsed before they were
extricated.
NO YELLOW FEVER
In Florida and ho Prospect of
Outbreak Utls Summer.
MoNTGOMBBT. Ala., May 80. Dr. Je
rome Cochran, State Health officer, of Ala
bama. has returned from a trip to South
Florida and Havana. He went to investi
gate the yellow fever situation. He reports
that there has been no yellow fever in Flor
ida since January except one case reported
in Apru at sanrord.
In Havana he found a little fever, only a
dozen to twenty cases a week. He says the
general health of the people ) exceptional
ly good, and gives it as his opinion that
there will be no fresh outbreak of yellow
fever in Florida this summer, unless there
is a fresh importation of the disease.
NO. 31
BRIlISa COLUMBIA.
How the Orders for Brliiah men-of-war
to Proeeed to Hebrlua's St a were
- made PaMle Canadian Aathorttles
Without Information on the matter.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Nbw OaiiBANs, May 30. A special dis
patch to the Timet from Victoria, B. C ,
says: The startling revelations concerning
the tenor and extent of the orders issued
by the Admiralty, authorities to Admiral
Heneage, Commanding tbe Pacific Squad
rons, and under which the British menof
war Swiftsure, Icar as and Amphion, now
at Esquirmalt, will proceed to Behring Sea
early in June, were made yesterday bv an
officer in high rank attached to tbe flag
ship. He and a number of other naval offi,
cers attended tbe luncheon given by local
club men, and before the affair cme to a
close all were vary much under the influ
ence of champagne. At tbe height of the
festivities, the officer, in responding to a
toast of "Tho Navy," said in substance
that there would be some fighting soon in
Behring Sea if the American authorities at
tempted to prevent Canadian sealers from
hunting there. No attention would be paid
to tbe President's proclamation, he said,
and the Admiral would not only dispute
the claim of Amertcans to exclusive sover
eignty in the disputed waters, but if Amer
ican cruisers should take into custody Ca
nadian sealers caught fishing therein, the
British men-of-war would take steps to
recapture them. He eaid, furtbor, that the
Admiral commanding the North American
Squadron , had sent tho British cruiser
Buzzard from Bermuda to New York, and
while there orders were received from the
Admiralty to act at once and send two war
ships from tbe North American station to
reinforce those now under orders to pro
ceed to Behring sea.
If the statements made by the officer are
true, it would seem that Great Britain
means to resort to force rather tban wait
for a diplomatic solution of the seal fishing
difficulty. Late yesterday the Admiral
heard of the statements made by the officer
and at once ordered him under arrest.
Strong efforts were made to keep the mat
ter secret, but it leaked out and caused
great excitement. He has communicated
to the British Admiralty authorities by
cable.
Ottawa. May 80. The Department of
Marine and Fisheries is yet without any
official information as to tho dispatch of
war ships to Behring sea, by either Eng
land or the United States. No significance
is attached by head officials to tho dispatch
of these steamers. At any rate that is how
they exprets themselves.
VIHGIXIA.
One of the Largest Tannery Estab
lishments in the South Destroyed by
Fire.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Alexandria, Moy 30. ShoiHy after
midnight a fire broke out in the engine
room of the en tensive tannery of C. C.
Smoot & Sons, and before the fl-tmes could
ha subBidfd the entire structure, coveting a
rqnareof ground, was dtstr;);.; trgilher
wilh a large quaauiy ;f ItMS.in-r, liul; s. tte.
The cstaliliehijKial whj ouo of tuc largest
and most complete ia the SoaUi, and the
buildings were principally of bfick. The
loss, which is not yet fully ascertained, is
heavy, and is partially covered by insu
rance.; Alexandria, Msy 30. The taccery
has beeu established lor ibree quarters of a
centuiy, and has been csrried on by fetber,
son and grandsons. IT u'. s drji! tUeds
covered routd, 248 b 3J8 fee, wiih nil
the most imprcved bpp,ifetu for crciting
skins, grinding bark tsnuirg leather, etc.
me u imes extencta very rapidly sua in a
rew nours the roots were gone, the walls
had fallen and great mnsscs of leather were
burned, sheds acu micLineiy r:c de
stroyed, and the entire place, t xcept cone
sheds end a fmell brick buiidirg on tbe
corner ot the block, was a mass of ruics,
below which lny more tban 100 vats full of
tan liquor and conukiog 10 600 sidis of
leather, valued when completed at about
$70,000. A portion of the. finithfd ttcc.k
of leather and office books wers stved. The
loss is estimated at from $36,000 to 50,
000, wbic1! may be increased to $100,000,
if the leather proves a Iosj. The insurance
is about $12,000.
s a a sioitH.
A Great Down Fonr of Haln all Over
the Country.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Washington, May 81 A heavy ram
storm has prevailed ht.ro since noon yester
day, and to-day ram has come down in
tori eats, sweeping through the streets in
sheets. The total precipitation for the
day stood at 21 inches at 10 o'clock, with
two hours of down-pour to be heard from
to make the record complete.
The present storm originated out in Colo
rado, and sweeping esstward spread over
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, ,dolng much
good to crops in those States. Had it not
been for the storm the probabilities are
that there would have been an extensive
area of low temperature in the Lake region,
and that a killing frost would have badly
damaged tbe crops A section of tbe storm
moved down to Tennessee had hovered
around that part of the country long enough
to fill up tbe mountain streams on which
lumber is sent to mill. It then moved
northeastward, and afterwards spreading
out, enveloped almost tbe whole Atlontic
coast. It is now raining from the Gulf
far north as New York. Another
section has lingered around the Great
Lakes and Western New York end Penn
sylvania.
Reports received at tbc fcicnal office from
the observer at Harper's Ferrv. show that
the Potomac has risen seven feet above low
water mark at that point and that three feet
oi this rise occurred between o and 7 p. m.
Both the Shenandoah and upper Potomac
are rising rapidly, and indications point to
a big I res he t in the latter river below Har
per's Ferry, At Harrisburg about 41 inches
of rain has fallen to-day, and a flood may
result in the Susquehanna.
Instructive freshets are also in heated
for the James river, and other streams in
Virginia and the Middle Atlantic States.
Kailroad traffic has been seriously inter
fered witb, and no traics from tbe West
came in over the Baltimore & Ohio Kail
road, Southern trains were unable to
leave Pennsylvania station owing to wash
outs along the roads, and railroad traffic
from the south wss at about a standstill
The afternoon train over the Washington
& Ohio Railroad, a small local Hue. did not
run on account of the flooded track.
VIRGINIA.
Crops Damaged by the Storm Sadden
Death of Dr. 8. P. moors at Rieba
moat-Part of fllebmond Flooded
by a Rise of tbe Jam a River.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star
8taunton, May 81. The storm of Tuec-
day in tbe Northwest reached bere Thurs
day and continued till this morning. For
fifteen consecutive hours rain fairly poured
down, accompanied by a strong wind, and
much wheat bas bren blown down and
damaged.
Harbisonbtjrg, May 31. There was a
great storm in tbis section last night The
wind blew a perfect hurricane. Wheat
was blown down, trees uprooted, houses
unroofed and fences laid low. The damage
is great.
Richhohd, May 81. Dr. S. P. Moore.
who was Surgeon General of the Confede
rate States, died suddenly at his residence
la this city this morning, of congestion of
the lungs. .
Lynchburg, May 81. James River at
this point is twenty-five feet above the or
dinary tide, and all communication is cut
off on the Richmond fc Alleghany Rail
road. On the upper river there has been
heaw rains for the past two days, and in
ceesant rains have fallen since last night up
to 13 o'clock to-night. The river 4s rising
rapidly and much damage has been done in
the lower part of the city. The water works
are full ot water and the city is in dark
ness.
Patent leather shoes
are growing popular..
for business wear
j3pirits Turpentine. 1
Greenville Reflectorx The hog
nuisance is to be abated. Flies are
the next worse things to rats : that have
Btruck us. Any suggestions as to how
they may bo gotten iid of effectively will '
be gladly received.
. Lenoir Topic; The Methodist
congregation is having put in thecburch -handsome
chandelier and pulpit lamps.
The work is still progressing on the
brick making and the foundation digging
for the furniture factory.
Raleigh News-Observer'. The
French Broad Hotel at Asheville was burn
ed Monday. It was fully covered by in
surance. Since the Hodge suit has
been instituted several railroads have ap
plied to the Governor for blanks upon
which to make out their reports as requir
ed by the statute.- A fresh supply of
blanks have Just been printed, and some of
them were sent out yesterday to railroads
which had applied for them.
Raleigh Call : Tho cotton
factory directors are in active correspon
dence with various parties with a view to
securing a manager for the factory.
Eight new convicts arrived at tbe peniten
tiary this morning six from Robeson' and V
two from Alamance county. - Capt. . V
W. A. Darden, of tbis city, this morning
received informatian of tbe destruction of
his barn in Greene county by fire, entailing
a loss of about $400.
Murphy Advance: We were
informed one day this week that Mr. Har
ris, of Persimmon creek, has a boy baby
not quite six months old that weighs 45
pounds. He is healthy, vigorous and can
crawL W. H. Wilson, of Peachtree,
owns a curiosity in the way of a rooster
without a craw. About one year ago the
craw of this rooster rotted away and the
aperture was sewed up by Mr. Wilson.
Since that time the rooster has been running
gaily as ever minus his sand bag.
Dunn Courier: Several build
ingB are going up in Dunn. . : The fruit
crop of this section promises to be large
this year. Mumps is the latest agony
in Dunn. Nearly every day brings
some one to Dunn in search of a location
for business or work of some kind.
Young Bros, are getting material in place,
and will soon commence to erect - a brick
store 80x100 feet, two stories. We are
pained to announce the very sudden death
of Mrs. William Byrd.of Keys, which oc
curred at her home on the 20th inst.
Elizabeth City Carolinian: The
saw and planing mills at Elizabeth City
are all busy and are manufacturing an im
mense amount of lumber. Our farm
ers appear more hopeful rather encouraged
than otherwise. The small grain crops are
looking well, and both corn and cotton are
growing rapidly. A a amusing inci
dent occurred on Road street on Saturday
morning. A a countryman, probably un
der the influence of a drink or two, bad a
turtle which he was fondling and holding
in close proximity to his mouth as if to kiss
it, when it suddenly fastened to one of
his lips. On jerking it away a part of tbe
integument went with it. He didn't caress
it any more.
Reidsville Review. The brick
walls to the cotton factory are as high as
tbe front window. If work had not struck
off ten days, the factory would now be
ready for roofing. The late refresh
ing rains have started tobacco planting in
buiry. Wild strawberries go beg
ging on our 'markets. Dr. Balsley
has just returned this Monday evening,
from a pretty general drivo through about
six miles area; he says tho planters in all
directions were hard at it putting in tobac
conot a plant had been set till now, but
they are making up for lost time since tbe
good season. Oats do not look well but
wheat is excellent, and a royal crop is
promised. The peach crop is heavy, the
trees fairly bending under the fiiiit. Corn
is splendid.
Kookingham Rocket: They are
to have&cotton seed oil mill at Gibson's
Station. Already $30,000 has been sub
scribed. The contract for building
tbe academy was last Saturday awarded to
Robert L. Steele, Esq., for the sum of $2,
200. The building will be of brick. .80x60
feet two stories. Mr. B. F. Harris, "
of Pee Dee village, has the public sympa
thy in his bereavement over tbe loss of two
children, one dying in Montgomery county
week before last, the other last Friday.
The first child was dead and buried before
the sad intelligence reached its mother.
- The cotton crop prospect is said to be
very gloomy in upper Richmond. Some
of the farmers had such poor" stands th at
they ploughed tip their fields and replanted,
but the weather has been so dry that the
second nlantin? has not come un. uorn la
more promising, and the wheat and oat -
crop is very good . in some sections of the
county the crops are better.
Asheville Citizen ; The mill
house owned by Mr. Mark L. Reid, and lo
cated on the Swannanoa river, near Best,
was destroyed by fire Sunday morning, in
volving a loss to the proprietor of about
f 1,500, Joseph Chambers and Alfred
Washburn, of Little Ivy township, were
before United States commissioner Sum-
mey yesterday, to answer to charges of il
licit distilling and retailing liquor with
out license. The evidence against them
was not sufficient to bind the defendants
over to tbe federal court and they were dis
charged from custody. Dr. Broyles
exhibits quite a curiosity, it is the iron
hook with which the body of Prof. Elisha
Mitchell was pulled out of the pool on
Black Mountain, in which he lost his life
while surveying the peak which bears his
name, over thirty years ago. The
Wrought Iron Bridge Company, of Can
ton, Ohio, gets the contract for the build
ing oi tbe toll bridge across tne French
Broad, as projected by the West Asheville
Toll Bridge Company, of this city. The
bridge will cost $14,000 completed, and the
contract will be signed at once. The bridge
is to be finished and completed for traffic
by September 1 next.
The Board of Trustees of the
North Carolina college of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, at their meeting July 11th,
18SU, will elect the following officers and
professors: A President, , who shall have
executive management, together with such
other duties as may be prescribed by the
Board of Trustees: salary $2,000, and resi
dence, or $800 equivalent. A Professor of
Agriculture, Live stocK ana usirying; sal
ary $2,000. A Professor of Horticulture,
Arboriculture and Botany; salary $1,500.
A Professor of Pure and Agricultural
Chemistry; salary $1,800. A Professor of
English; salary $1,800. A Professor of
Practical Mechanics and Mathematics; sal
ary f 1,800. An Assistant instructor in
Practical Mechanics, who will be particu
larly required during the first year to teach
drawing and give instruction with hand
tools; salary $1,000, lodging and board. A
Superintendent oi Farms and Gardens;,:l-
ary f sou ana a wenmg nouse. & steward ;
salary $600, lodging and board, A Matron;
salary $800, lodging and board. All cor
respondence and testimonials regarding the
above positions should be addressed to W.
S. Primrose, President of the Board of
Trustees.
Fayetteville Observer: Work
has already commenced on Major T. S.
Lutterloh's new and handsome residence at
Rosenvie. Mr. G. McMillan, of Red
BpringB, now of the U. B. Navy, has re
turned to New York with his crew from a
cruise around the world. The North
bound passenger train on the C, F. & Y. Y.
R. R. ran into a crazy woman between
Hasty and John's Station yesterday, carry
ing her about forty yards before the train
could be brought to a standstill. Mr.
J. M. Lamb's little 7-year old son, Craw
ford, was shot in the chest here last Monday
by a colored boy. A physician was sum
moned and he probed for the bullet bnt
without avail. No cause can be assigned
for the negro's recklessness and he has dis
appeared. Ere this issue of the Ob
server reaches its destiny the rail
way between tbe towns of Rowland
and Plainview will have been com
pleted aud Fayetteville will thus be
connected by rail with Charleston, S. C,
via the Alma and Little Rock Railroad, a ,
distance of only about 200 miles. The
Fayetteville Cotton Factory has shipped to
date about one hundred bales of their man
ufactured goods to the -Northern markets,
and are making shipments twice a week.
New machinery is to be added and the pre
sent capacity increased by the use of steam, '
when Maj. McKetban tells us, the factory
will run day and night. Mr. Pope
Washington, of Goldsboro, having failed to
pass a successful examination before the
Examining Board at Anapolis for a Naval
Cadetship, Mr. A A. McKethan, Jr., of
this city, receives the appointment by rea
son of having been appointed alternate by
the Board of Examiners at Warsaw recent
ly.