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us... The Weekly Star. tTBMSHKD AT ILJIIKGTON, H. C, AT VKA Rf IN $i.oo A ADVANCE. WrlWHHHHHMWa ;gSSg888g88888S8 gggS8S8S8SS888 -miliK 8 SSsgS8888SSS8S8S 82888S8SSSS8S8S88 qinoH I S38S8SSSS8888883 oosc-ao.-e.ooioeDosg SSSSSSSS8888888SS (EntireJ at the Post Office atZWUmlngton, N. C, as Second Class Matter. 1 "Subscription fbicb, Tho subscription price of the Weekly Htau is as follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.00 " 6 months " . .60 " " 3 month!. " " .30 , THE SAME OLD CBOWC. ! It was thought by some unsophis ticated people that Mr. Harrison would inaugurate a hew departure in tbe distribution of Federal officers in the South. Some foreshadowers of comiDg eventp, who professed to kaow him well and to speak by a semiofficial authority, gave out to the country that his policy would be to build up the Republican party in the , South by selecting the very best .men for offices, and relegating the old machine politicians who in the days gone by made the Republican party odious and infamous. It was said that when he could find good, clean handed Republicans of course the pre ference would be given to them, as might be expected, but if such could not be found he would not hesitate to go outside of his party and select good men even from Democrats to fill the offices. Whether these state ments were by authority or not we do not know, but they certainly gave ground for the hope, if not for the belief, that he would take a new departure in this respect and turn a cold shoulder to the. high muck-a-mucks who had been manipulating the machine in their own peculiar way in these parts. It is needless to say that if any such hopes were en tertained there was no 'ground for them and there certainlv is none now. Not very many appointments have been made in the South yet, but such as have been made are of a character to dispel the delusion of a new de parture. . Tbe appointments in the South have progressed somewhat tardily because inauguration day found rival factions of the same old gangs of years ago assembled in force in Washington to claim the spoils and to wrangle over them." They have been on each other's trails like Co manche Indians in quest of scalps, and have made the floors of the departments hot with tramping to and fro and with : i- -1.1 1 mi jiz- graceful factional fights continued until Mr. Harrison, worried and dis gusted, announced that no appoint ments would, be made until the cod tend in i? factions buried the hatchet and came to some agreement. Next to the work they were getting in for themselves, their chief occu pation seemed to be, as expressed by a Rnnnblican Rtato oontfimnorarv. "fly blowing" their rivals. When the truce, at last, was decided upon, progress in the appointments began. And where do they come from? With a few exceptions, if a few be not tooliberal an allowance, they are from the same old set who for years have been running the party in their own selfish interests, to when these interests were not sub served, were always subordinate. lcis is the character of ap- vpoiDimems maae in inis Diaie. v ir " . a - .i n . . TT" gTnHirSoutb. Carolina and, bo far as we know, in the other Southern States. With one exception in this State, that of Mr. Price, appointed solici tor in the Western district, who slid out of the Democratic and into the Republican party within the paBt few years, they all belong to the old gang. As far as Mr. Harrison can do or indicate by the character of the ap pointments he has made in the South ern States, be is putting himself in accord with the disreputable element from which it was hoped by those who thought he might aspire to a clean administration he would bold aloof. But they have captured him as effectually as if they had him in a sack. He is, "perhaps, not so much to blame for it af ter all, for it would be exceed ingly difficult to find in the Re publican party much suitable ma terial to select from, so that he was constrained to take such as was pre sented, and he consequently found when he took his place in the White House, the doors besieged by the same old gang of spoilsmen with whose presence Washington was familiar during preceding Republi can administrations from . Grant dewn. Such is the material he has selected from to represent the Re- VOL. XX. publican party m the South, and such the subordinates who are entrusted to ezeonte his commands. The Re publican party is still the same old dog, head, tail, hide, hair, bark and all. X: ' . The value of four chickens or one turkey, or a bushel and a half of porn, or ten pounds of ootton,' or a bushel and a half of potatoes, will pay for the Weekly Stab one year. Remember this, and when you re ceive a bill for subscription give it immediate attention. tf STATE TOPICS. Diversified' industries will not only add to the wealth of North Carolina but will give, employment to our young men and thus enoourage them to learn trades and become skilled workmen. Without these industries there are too few : avenues open for young men who have to depend upon their own brain, pluck ancTmusole in the battle of life, and hence so many of them have been seeking homes in other States. The Western States and territories have thousands of North Carolinians, among them many bright young men, who would never have left North Carolina if remuner ative occupations could have been found. As industrial establishments increase so will the emigration of North Carolina's sons and daughters, too, decrease. The Wilson Mirror calls editorial attention to the gratifying . increase of grass culture in the country Bur rounding Wilson. As Cato daily reit ated his declaration that "Carthage must be destroyed," so the friend of North Carolina and the North Caro lina farmer will reiterate, and keep on reiterating that the North Caroli na farmer who . would prosper ana become independent must grow grass. It is nature's f ertilizer,the pre server of lands that have life in them, and tbe restorer of lands that are dead. Some farmers in North Car olina spend a great portion of the spring and summer seasons trying to kill better grass than some Northern farmers set their principal moome from. New Hanover has led off in the call for tbe t ourth of J uly of a meeting-of veterans to organise a Confederate veterans' association for the county. Every county in the State should do likewise. It is a matter of more importance than may seem at first sight. It will not be many years before tbe last of these veterans will have "crossed the river to rest in the shade" and with them will go, unless they are brought to light as they would be in the reminiscences re called at these reunions, many im portant facts bearing upon the grand struggle in which they played Buoh a heroio part. For this reason, if for no other, these associations should be formed in every county. Bills for subscription to the Wkkkxt Stab heretofore sent have met with a generous response. There are still, however, some subscribers who, have forgotten that they re ceived the bills. We will be glad to hear from them. tf STATE TOPICS. The scuppernong grape is indigc nous to Eastern North Carolina, al though it thrives well far up into the center of the State. We have seen it growing luxuriantly ana yielding abundantly in Guilford, Randolph and other central coun tries. There are several other na tive grapes of North Carolina which by cultivation have been brought to a high standard as table and wine grapes. Lang worth, the cele brated Ohio crape grower, found some of his best stock in North Carolina, which, transplanted to his vineyards, did much to make his reputation and his fortune. The properties of the scuppernong as a delightful wine grape have been long known, but as a champagne grape.it has only recently attracted attention. It seems that experiments with it by French wine makers have resulted in producing a champagne which is pro nounced equal if not superior to the best European brands, and the tests have been so satisfactory that a strong company has been formed to engage in the culture of the grape for the production of champagne. This may eventually become a great industry. sheep ltu3bandry woula be a pro fitable industry in North Carolina were it not for the depredations by dogs. Soaroely a week passes that some of our State exohanges do not record the destruction of numbers of sheeD bv doss. The Greenville sv Reflector of this week states that Mr. R. R. Cotton, of that oounty, had twenty-one killed in one day. No wonder that many North Carolina farmers have in despair given up the (.attempt to raise sheep. Those who still pursue' the industry do so at the risk of losing in a day or a night flocks that would have rewarded them well for the money invested and the trouble taken. It is strange HI that an industry which with reason' able protection would prove so valu able to North Carolina has been so completely ' ignored," and that no legislature has ever, been found that would ? tackle the sheep-eating our in an earnest, business like way. If the dogs in the State could be re duced to one-tenth the number, the sheep might be increased tenfold, and that would mean money for the North Carolina farmer. MINOR MENTION. Judge Bradley of the DistrictCourt, Distriot of Columbia, following the example of the Savannah judge, has made a vigorous assault upon tbe hip-pocket pistol, which he says be longs to a different grade of civiliza tion from that of the 19th century. The judges, as a general thing, are pretty level-headed on the hip-pocket accompaniment, but it seems to be one. of those free and easy American customs which it is pretty " hard to get away with, notwithstanding the .numerous discouraging statutes now in existence. - . - Corporal Tanner seems to be reap ing some of the vexation of Bpirit which comes of being associated with wicked partners. The firm of Squires & Lemon was a naughty firm. Squires needed squelching and Lemon squeezing. But the troubled Cor poral now says he didn't squelch Squires because of crooked dealings n pension matters, but because be got to oarrying on an epistolary cor respondence with a festive widow of somewhat free reputation, who also held a position in the pension de partment. With the Squires, the Lemons and the festive widows it would seem that there was room in the Corporal's department for the exercise of his reformatory talents as well as surplus abolishing ability. . When renominated for the Senate by the Republican caucus, of the New Hampshire Legislature, Mr. Chandler pledged himself to do all in his power to "reclaim" to the Re publican party the thirty-eight elec toral votes which the Democratic party held by fraud." He simply pro poses to reclaim what the Republican party has been claiming for twenty years. Does the gentleman of dis tinguished ears imagine that he is of so muoh importance that the world .waits expectant to see what he is going to turn up ? It has become fa miliar with Chandler's effervescences. ' Amos J. Cummings, who visited the marble quarries in Pickens coun ty, Georgia, now owned and worked by a company of Northern capitalists, says that their value in money is sim ply incalculable. The marble sells at from 12.50 to $6.50 per oubid foot, according to quality. From his fig uring, Cherokee county in this State has money enough in her marble quarries to make her a "bloated aris tocrat" in a very short , while after tbey are opened up. We believe one of the quarries is now being worked by a Northern company. When you receive a bill for your subscription to the Weekly Stab don't lay it aside for "future refer ence." Do your duty to the pub lisher by paying up immediately, tf A strike is threatened in Mr. Car negie's big steel works at Pittsburg, which employs 5000 men. Mr. Car necie who is now summering at r - Luny Castle in Scotland and hob nobbing with the titled gentry over there believes in a protective tariff to protect the American workman from the "pauper labor of Europe." Mr. Carnegie ought to oome home and look after his men. We are now sending out bills for subscriptions now payable: If you receive a bill please give .it prompt attention. V ; tf A Benaarkabio Coincidence. Several years ago Revs. Charlie Jones Soon, a Chinaman, and Charles . Charlstrom, a Russian Finn, were shipmates. Soon professed religion and joined the Fifth street Methodist church of this city, under the minis tration of Rev. T. Page Ricaud, and became anxious as to the salvation of his shipmate, Carlstrom. A few years after, at tbe same church, Carl strom was converted under tbe minis tration of Rev. D. H. Tattle. Soon was educated by the Methodists of Durham, and is now, and has been for several years, in China laboring as a preacher of that denomination for the talvatlon of bis fellow country men, while Carlstrom and family left the city on Friday for the purpose of laboring as a Methodist missionary in Lapland.for the salvation also of his people. Railroad Building, About four miles of track of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad have been laid, with steel rails, and the work is progressing at a satisfac tory rate. A good number of hands are employed, bnt more are needed On the W. O. & E. C. railroad large force of laborers are working in "Horseshoe pond," about four miles from the city near Mr. G. S. Harris's place. They have some four miles of the road graded and are now work ing eastward. The line of the road is cut out for about five miles. WILMINGTON, N. C., Tle Encampment '"j'-:: ..- t Quartermaster General F. A. Olds and Assistant Quartermaster W. BJ Grimes, of the State . Guard, arrived.: yesterday from Raleigh and daring the day went down to Wrightsville to lay off the camp for the State: troops which will be opened on the 9th of . July. From all indications r the en-- campment will be mnoh larger than, it was last year., After - the camp is laid off and properly arranged the work of erecting tents, etc., will be commenced. . Special orders No. 4 says that the movement of each com pany or detachment will . be directed by general or special order to be , is sued hereafter, and so much of Gen eral orders" No; 7, series of 1888, as ap plied ty the movement of the troops, is hereby repealed. : " - Troops will be furnished transpor tation by the State. 1 Transportation will be allowed regimental bands and company drummers, and also caterers and servants one caterer and .one servant to each company, to each re gimental headquarters and to each regimental band of musicians. Field and staff officers,- with their servants, maybe transported with the compa ny at or nearest their place of resi dence, or otherwise on single tickets, as maybe specially directed, and com pany commanders are required to re port such persons .with their compa nies in the certificate of transporta tion. Commanders of regiments will as certain and report to the Adjutant General, forthwith, the number , of men for whom transportation will be required for their respective regi ments. Company commanders will make requisition npon the station agent at the point of departure for their respective commands, using therefor the blank forms supplied from the Adjutant General's office. Companies mnst attend with at least thirty men, rank and file The Commander-in-Chief expresses the hope that each company will appear with full ranks, and to this end he earnestly requests that members of the State Guard be given the necessary leaves of absence, as non-attendance of any company embraced in this or der may lead to the disbandment of such company. Company commanders will take no enlisted men to camp who are with out uniforms or arms, or who cannpt remain. Transportation home prior to close of camp will be issued only to cover leave of absence granted up on surgeon's certificate of disability or by reason of serious illness or death In tbe officer's or soldier's family. - Floored tents, straw for bedding, fuel, water, ice and medicine will be provided, as well as ample hospital accommodations, and horses for of ficers required to mount, as may be specified and directed. Troops must furnish their own rations, the mili tary fund being inadequate for such purpose. Fall instructions will be given hereafter as to proper arrange ment for subsistence. The Commissary General is entrust ed with the duty of making arrange ments to-secure an ample supply of food, at reasonable rates, so that it can be readily obtained by those or ganizations desiring to purchase it. This will be effected tinder sncn or ders and instructions as may be given by the Commander-in-Chief. Farewell Sermon. A farewell missionary meeting was held at Grace M. E. Church, South, last evening, to take leave of the Rev. Charles E. Carlstrom, who leaves on the New York steamer Benefactor to day for that city, and thence to Fin land and Lapland, where he goes as a missionary from the M. E. Church, South. The meeting opened with singing by the congregation, which was a very large one, followed with prayer by the Rev. T. Page Ricaud. Mr. Carlstrom then made an interest ing talk of about half an hour's du ration, which was followed by prayer. Mr. Ricaud and Mr. Creasy then spoke feelingly upon the subject, and bade the missionary good-bye in the name of the Methodists of Wilmington and those interested in helping Mr. Carlstrom to go npon his mission. The order of exercises previously ar ranged could not be carried out on account of the absence of Rev. D. H. Tnttle, of Wilson, sickness prevent ing nis coming. The .Presiding iuaer. Rev. Mr. Swindell, being detained at home for the same reason, and xtev. R. C. Beaman being absent on ac count of the serious illness Of his child. After the close of the meeting large numbers of the congregation assembled around the altar to bid Mr. Carlstrom good-bye. Naval Stores movement. Receipts of naval stores at this port from April 1st to June 21st, as com pared with receipts for the corres ponding time last year, are as fol lows: Spirits turpentine, 14,847 casks; last year, 14,622. Rosin, 45,930 barrels ; last year, 56,099,7 Tar, ;12,960 barrels; last year, 10,920. (Jrude turpentine, 4,141 barrels; las year, ,47. Dealb of niae Pearl Yates. The many friends of Rev. Dr. Yates will regret to learn of the death of his youngest daughter, Miss Pearl, which occurred last Thursday night at Dur ham, N. C. The sad news was re ceived here yesterday in a telegram from "r. Yates to Mr. Wm. Jfi. Hprine er. .No particulars were given, but it is thougnc that tne death of the young lady was sudden and unexpec ted, aa it is known, that she and her sister were preparing for a visit to Wilmington, as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Springer, Veterans Day- Gov. Fowle has designated Satur day, July 19th, as Veterans' Day at the State Guard Encampment, at Wrightsville. The entire brigade of the State Guard will parade on the afternoon of that day, and will re ceive the veterans with the highest honors, a review being among the cer emonies of the occasion. The rail ways have been requested to give special rates to the veterans It Is particularly desirable that the attend he as lartre as Dossible. CoL Wm. L DeRosset,of Wumington, has been requested to case onarge oi the veterans on tne aay namea. .FRIDAY, JUNE 28v 1889. WASHING TOW. .COMBlar Annnlntmanlai WABBIIUVIWH- Tii no Wl Tko Xt-;A . " , , wuuw mv. A UJ X &1C11141LJ fa, lata , tblB - afternnnn maHa tKA aI1amU. consular appointments: Ohrer, H. Sim mons, oi ixuorado. consul to Kong Kong; William Mnnncrhan nf nhin ,rrt,.l i ' . , w V U.U, WUDUft . W Chatham, Ontario; William T. Rice, of MaoMhrMatro imeiil i-a T kji.M.a. T ew Adams, of New York, consul to Honren. DwiiKiiuiu; nenry w. urearicn, or In diana, consul to Nuremberg, and Roland J. Hemmick, of Pennsylvania, consul to Geneva, Switzerland. Oliver H. Simmons was ' l last wees nominated to St, Petersburg; is transferred to Hone Kone with his he own consent. . - v; Washington.' June 21 The President has appointed A. T. Wimberly, Collector of Internal Revenue for the district of Lou isiana. '-- - - , The President will leave here this af tar noon for Cape May. He will be accompa nied by ex-Senator Bewell, of New Jersey, and return to Washington Monday even ing. . - - - . The nresident has made the following appointments: To , be , U. 8. Attorney, William K. Craig, of Virginia, for the western district of Vireinia: to be U. 8. Marshal, Geo. I. Cunningham, of South Carolina, for the district of South Caroli na. Frank Mason, of Ohio, has been ap pointed Consul General at Frankfort; Chas.' a. Trau, or Maiyland, Uoosul at Marseilles; and H. GJnowles, of Delaware, Consul .at Barduir-wlgwy.; Collections of internal revenue during the first eleven months of the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1889. were $120,028,968, being f 5,934,208 more than the collections during the corresponding period of the last fiscal year. Receipts were as follows: On spirits 168,475.205, an increase of ,4,280, 593; on tobacco $29,245,220. an increase of $1,122,488; on fermented liquors $1,368, 618, an increase of $567,687; on oleomar garine $855,654, aa increase of $37,685; on Danks and bankers $0,U2o. an increase oi $1 987; on miscallaneous $77,243, a decrease of $76,231. Receipts for May, 1889, were $1,578,692 greater than those of May, 1888 tellZ w feteb. A Case at Brooklyn Tne Patient Re moved to tne Quarantine Boapitai. Naw York. June 20 Dr. R. W. H. Duncan, surgeon of the Pacific mail steam ship Colon, which arrived from Aspinwall, June 14, was removed from Brooklyn last aigat to quarantine, under direction of Health Officer Smith, of tbe port of flew York, euSering from the first stages of yellow fever. He was very much weaker than at any time since the dreaded disease seized him. Secretary Baker said this fore noon that Dr. Duncan was positively suf fering from the first stages of yellow fever. "1 think," continued ur. uaner, -mat ui. Duncan stands a very fair chance of re covering, but last evening ne was auite low. and extra good care will be required to pun mm mrougn. 1 don't imagine the disease has sown any seed in this city, and while no alarm is now felt, every precaution will be taken to prevent the lever gaining any victims. Strict quarantine baa been . esiaoiisnea about the Hancrck street house, where the doctor was previous to removal, and on one is allowed to enter or leave it. vr. Bogert, Duncan's doctor, is confined in the house. The Board of Health was very much aroused over the neglect of Dr. Boeert to reoort the presence of tbe disease, wben it first came to his knowledge, and yesterday a warrant was issued for his arrest by Jus tice Walsb. The paper was not served, however, for the Board of Health, after consultation, decided that it would ;be un wise to remove tbe doctor from quarantine for some days to come. OBITUARY. n. A. C. layers, I.ate Quartermaster General C. S. A., and Dr. Tneo. P Rlayo. Burgeon Army of Northern Virginia. Washington. June 20. Gen. A. C, Myers,; late Quartermaster General of the Confederate Army, died at his residence here this morning. He was a native of South Carolina, graduated at West Point in 1883, served in tbe Jfourth U. o. in fantry until 1839. when be was promoted to a Captaincy in the Quartermaster's De partment. He served in the Seminole war in Florida and the Mexican war, being breveted Major in the latter for gallantry in the battles at Palo Alto and Reseca De La Palma. and Lieutenant Colonel for gallant conduct at Churubusco. Oen. Myers mar ried a daughter of Gen. David S. Twiggs, a soldier of the war of 1812, and com mander of one of the two divisions of the regular army in the Mexican war. Richmond, Va., June 20. Dr. Theo. P. Mayo, well known as Burgeon in tbe Army Of Northern Virginia during tbe war, died here to-night, aged 59 years He was a relative of Commodore W. K. Mayo and Oen. Roger A. irryoi. THE CMON1N MURDEB. A Terr Important Witness maK.es Himself Known. By Telegraph to the Mornlnc Star. Chicago. June 22. A man who claims to be an important witness in tbe Cronin case, turned up last night. He is George ifi, isrooKs, a news agent running on one or the railroads coming into Union Depot. His story is to tbe effect that, on the night or Mav 4th be was ariving in ijbko view, with his sweetheart, and happening along Ashland avenue he law two men loading a trunk into a wagon at the Carlson cottage, and balf an hour later be saw them aumping the contents of the trunk into the catch basin iu which the body of Cronin was found. He also says he saw the men dis tinctly. and will be able to identify them, and that his female companion also saw them, and that she too will be able to iden tifytbem. He is ready to produce the voune woman as soon as the authorities want her. Brooks' explanation of his fail ure to tell his story before is. that he was afraid of losing his life, as he believed the men concerned in the murder were so des perate they would kill any one who they thought might turn up as a witness against them. He said the knowledge he possessed had so weighed' on his mind that he could not keep it to himself any longer, and be lieving it was a duty he owed to himself and the community, he had at last decided to tell all he had Been. He first stipulated that he be given protection, and this was promised him. Brooks told his story to Chief Hubbard, with whom he was closet ed for over two'hours last night. He, de scribed tbe three men whom he saw and his description of one is said to fit Burke, the Winnepeg prisoner. MONTANA, An Emlcrant Family of Five Persons Found murdered on Juditn mver. Chicago. June 21. A special from He lena. Montana, e&ys: News was received here last night of a most brutal ciime. committed in Fergus county, on Saturday last. The body of a middle aged woman, who had been shot in the back, was found bv a cowboy in the wild and unfrequented portion of Judith liver. On Tuesday,, the bodies of two men, a sixteen year old girl, and a six year old girl, were discovered about one hundred yards above tbe same place. All were shot in the back except the child, who was strangled. Near by were found the remains of burned trunks and camp equipage. Everything by which the bodies might be identified was destroyed. They are supposed to have been a family oi emigrants jrom xowa or Illi nois. A hundred horsemen are scouring the plains seeking the trail of the mur derers. During the last Presidential campaign a flag pole of cypress was erected in Clinton and a Cleveland and Fowle banner was at tached thereto. Some months ago the pole was cut down and a vigorous sprout has risen from the stump and is rapidly grow inc. This is probably Indicative that though Cleveland was downed in the last election yet Democracy will be rejuvenated and he will come again iu 1892. Clinton Caucasian. TAR MAIL, BVBBERr. A Poach Supposed to Contain Much Valuable matter miasms front Hnsh vine. . .... " . By Telegraph to the Mornuur Star. ' Nashvtllk, Tknn., June 20. All the mail that left the Nashville postoffice for the South on the night of May 1. has dis appeared. The fact has been withheld by postoffice officials that investigation might not oe- nampereu. jror two . davs government inspector or detective has ' been in the city, but has proceeded so quietly that his presence has been known to one ot the attaches of the department and not all of them were aware of his coming. Mail for southern points as far as New Orleans was arranged as usual, put in the pouch, locked up and delivered at the door or the postomco ror the keeper of the wagon which carries the mail to the depot. The pouches was locked up in this wagon, which drove oft toward the depot, and that is the last heard ot it. It is impossible , now to learn how much money was in the mail. It was destined for a large and important territory, and the presumption is that the pouch contained mucn valuable matter. a strage'story. An Old Woman, under Relldous Ex citement, confesses to tne .murder of Her Husband. Indiahapoijs. June 20. On November iarmer living near wasnington, ina was found tied to a tree - near bis house, with his throat cut from ear to ear. The death was thought to be a case of suicide, and no inquiry was made. A few days ago, while laboring under religious excitement, Mrs. Charlotte Allen, seventy years old. widow of the dead man, confessed to two - colored J servants that she committed the crime. She said she and her husband bad trouble as to who was the rightful owner of the farm, and in order to settle the dispute she gave ber husband morphine in his tea. Allen leu asleep in tbe garden. She then procured a table knife and a rope and tied the rope around his body, and making several slashes at his throat half severed the head from the body. She then dragged the body to tbe tree and tied it there. 8 UFFEttlNGMlNERS. ISany Cases of Want and Starvation- Appeal for Aid. Indianapolis, June 20 la response to a letter from the Clay county commission ers, asking Gov. Hovey to issue a procla mation appealing to the people to give as sistance to destitute families, in the mining region, received to-day. the Governor in structed the State Board of Charities to go to (Jiay county, ana investigate and report on tbe needs of the sufferers. Joliet. June 20- A commitree sent by citizens of this city to investigete and re port upon tbe condition of tbe locked-out miners of Braid wood, have fulfilled their mission. They report thot they found many cases ol want and starvation iu the bousebolde of the miners, nearly all of whom have large families of children. The committee calls upon citizens to give what tbey can for tbe relief of tbe suffering fam ilies of the miners. A benefit concert will be given at the opera house to-night, and subscription lists to raise money have been started. THE CRONI2 MURDER. Identification of tbe Prisoner at Win nipeg as martin Burke O'Solllvan Wllllnc to Confess. Chicago. June 20. Chief Hubbard re ceived the following dispatch . this after noon from officer Collins, at Winnireg: "I have identified the prisoner here as Martin Burke. He has employed a lawyer, but mere is no cnance ot nis getting away. Chief of police McRae retained counsel yesterdsy." Chicago. June 20 P. O'Sullivan. tbe ice manufacturer, held for complicity in the Cronin tragedy, was to-day removed to the so-called boys' department of the Jail, the recognized haven far "squealers." O'Sullivan is the person whose business card and whose cursory visit with the doc tor for medical services were used to lure Cronin to death. Tbe story is given out tnat tbe ice man has ottered to make a clean breast of everything he knows. His motive ror being willing now to confess is alleged to be flight over the arrest of Burke at Winnipeg. ILLINOIS. Distress In mining; Towns many Peo. pie Starving. By Telegraph to the Morning 8 tar. Uhicaoo, June 81. A morning paper publishes results or a tour of investigation into the condition of the mining cities of Braidwood and Streator, Illinois. It says The condition -of Braidwood is one to call forth the commiseration and imme diate practical help of tbe people in the United states. The normal population of the town is about $5,000, all directly de pendent upon the coal mining industry lor their dally bread. At this time not one ounce of coal is being mined, and the in habitants are at the point of starvation. Men, women and children alike share in the blight which has overcast this tection. The cause of stagnation is the continued depression of the coal industry here, and the culminating strike or lockout which has placed 1.500 bread winners beyond the possibility of utilizing their labor, and the reporter found that most of tbe single men and some of tbe married men had left town in search of work. He discovered many families with six, eight or ten children without a morsel of food in the house. Some who have gardens are living on potatoes and lettuce many have not tasted meat this year. Food supplies in small amounts have been sent them, but tbey are totally inadequate to tbe necessities of the case, lhe article says; "There is pressing immediate necessity for relief for these poor people. Not less than three thousand women and children are in absolute want of food, and relief eannot be too quickly sent them." At Streator about twenty-five hundred miners have been idle for seven weeks. resisting tbe proposed reduction of ten cents per ton in the price of mining. To date about eight hundred applications for relief have been received. The relief committee states that many families are living on bread and vater, and that there are about three hundred applicants for help that tbey have failed thus far to relieve on account of lack ot funds. ARKANSAS. Elsnt members of a Family of Steven Drowned in a Racine Flood. By Telegraph to the Homing Star. Littlk Rock, June 22. A distressing story comes from Clinton, on the upper Red River. An old man named .Emerson was with his familp in his house at night, when a tierce storm arose. After an hour's rain the water gradually flooded his bouse. and fearing dauger ineide be gathered two of his children in Lis arms and .made for the door to escape. As the door was open ed a huge log afloat dashed in the entrance and knocked tne iiuie ones rrom nis arms. Thev fell at his feet into the swift current " rr al m. 1 m. . and were lost, xie men took up two more, one in each arm. and succeeded in getting out with them safely, telling his wife to follow with the others, but in attempting to escane in the same manner the mother. with two children in ber arms and three clinging to her dress, was carried down with the flood and drowned. The father and two children are the only ones left of the family of eleven who escaped with their lives. The night was dark, and the lamer, with the only two survivors, stood in water above his waist, clinging to a tree for sev eral hours, and when the water subsided in the morning search was made and tne ueau bodies of the mother and seven children were discovered scattered here and there for a considerable distance around the place. Seventy miners are entombed in a pit at New Castle. N. S. W., and it is doubtful whether they can be rescued alive. NO. 34 DUN'S REVIEW, Business Rather mere Satisfactory batibe Outlook Rather Doubtful . (By Telegraph to th Jfornlng Htsr. Nbw Tobk. June 21. While business is rather mora active, it cannot be said that the outlook has on the whole Improved. There is better feeling with larger transac tions in iron and wool, and crop prospects are more favorable, but agreement ot rail way presidents has not prevented renewal of strife, and demoralisation of rates is spreading widely, and meanwhile exports or gold to-morrow win exceed s 5.400.000. ir toe railway ouuook continues to dis courage foreign Investors, and banks be gin tne last nail of tbe year with low re serves gold going out and large crops to be moved the prospect will not be quite encouraging. . The present increase over last year in the volume of payments through the clearing house is large at New York, averaging 81 per cent, for the two weeks of June, but is not so large al Bos ton, Philadelphia and Chicago, where speculation is active. uotton has declined c. with sales of 486,000 bales in the week, which is more than double the entire stock at all the ports. The long expected break in coffee lowers prices lie with sales of 696.000 bags: but tne price is still lfic for December options- agamst vis a year ago, and operators won der that the public does not buyr fork, lard - ana nogs are a fraction lower. Sugar is unchanged for this week. leather higher for some'gra'jua. The general tendency of prices has been slightly upward, but the advance averages only an eight of one per cent, for the week. 'The heavy shipments of gold this week are a surprise to the banks, and are attributed by some banks to needs of the Bank of France, and large expenditures of Americans at the -Exposition. But the balance of tbe foreign trade has for months been so heavily against this country that no 'such explanation of gold shipments is necessary. For June thus far merchandise exports from New York are 16 per cent, larger than last year, with imports somewhat smaller, but even these changes would leave a heavy excess of imports over exports to be met bv ship ments of securities or gold. At present the temper or speculation does not encourage the belief that foreign buyers will take rail way securities largely. On the contrary, demoralization of railroad rates is likely to be followed by foreign sales. Business failures occurring throughout the country during the last week number for the U. S. 195. and for Canada 25. or a total of 220,against 250 last week. SOUTH CAROLINA. Death of Stats Trsaeurer Bamberg A Negro Bavisher Lynched. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Columbia. June 21. Bute Treasurer Isaac Bamberg dropped dead at his home this afternoon, from heart disease. Andy (jaldwetl. negro, this morning at tempted to ravish Mrs. Breckham, a respectable woman, at her borne near Kidgwater, in this Stile. Mrs. Breck ham's daughter took a gun and tried to aacot the man, but it failed to fire. The negro then wrested the gun away from the girl and shot her in the leg. He then went to Ridgwater and created a disturbance in a store there, when the proprietor chot at him, and he ran off. The sheriff, who was on the lookout for Caldwell, captured him and took bim to Winnsboro, where a guard frpm the Slate Lunatic Asylum took citnrge of the negro to b'ing lira to Columbia Neiir ItiX-kioii n I ill nt men took C!d Will fn ni ibc gii-.nl r,i shot him to death. Itio ucl.To was an escaped lunatic, and had been allowed to remain at large for a while on trial, but this morn ing the sheriff had telegraphed the asylum authorities to send up a guard ror bim at once, believing Caldwell to be dangerous. FOREIGN, ffln, maybrlek to bs Tried in . London The Parnsll CommissionGermany and Switzerland meeting of the em perors, Etc. li Cable to the Morning star. Liverpool. June 22 It is probable that the trial of Mrs. Maybrick. charged with poisoning her husband, will be transferred to London, owing to the feeling of preju dice which exists agaiast her here. Sir Charles Russell has been engeged to defend Mrs. Maybrick. Lohdoh. June 22. Timothy Harris g ton, member of Parliament, and Thomas Sexton, Lord Mayor of Dublin, will testify before the rarnell commission next week At the request of Mr. Parncll Michael Davitt will not give his testimony until tbe defence closes. Sir Charles Russell will ask the court to permit Davitt to make an address in his own behalf before be gives his testimony. Davitt proposes to show that government employes planned the dynamite outrages and put them into effect. James McDermott, who is residing at Ham- burg, has offered to appear before the com mission and disclose the intrigues of go vernment agents and give proof of -their connivance- at outrages. Mr. Parnell, however, is averse to a treaty with McDer mott Counsel for the Times will recall Mr. Parnell and wtlLalso reexamine Le Caron in rebuttal. The closing speech for tbe defence has been assigned to Mr. As quith. . , Copyright 1880 by the N. T. Associated PreM. Bbrlin, June 23. The declarations of the Swiss Bundesrath in relation to tbe Wohlgemath affair are regarded here as putting an end to the differences between Germany and Switzerland. The North German Gazette to-day withdraws all countenance from Wohlgemath, whom it describes as surprisingly wanting in saga city, and indiscreetly confiding in his deal ings with a political swindler who was un known to bim. This unexpected ending of the matter by disavowal of Wohlgemath is largely due to Lord Salisbury's steady refusal to address any remonstrance to Switzerland. - Politicians are now mainly concerned with the question of the meeting of the Emperors. 1 be Czarovitcb left St. Peters burg this morning and is expected here on Monday en route to Stutgart to attend the Wurtemburg fetes It is believed that the visit will result in an arrangement in ac cordance with which the Czar will come to Berlin. Emperor William's proposed visit to Al sace has been abandoned on tbe advice of his physicians, who recommend a short pe nod of complete rest before bis Journey to England and Greece. The doctors wanted the Emperor to take salt water baths at some watering place, but he refused. It has, therefore, been arranged for him to take salt baths on the yacht during his trip to Norway. Festivities attending the wedding ot Prince Frederick Leopold, broiler ot the Duchess of Cnonaught. began to-day Princess Louise, of Schleswig, the Prince's nance, arrived at ttellevue uasi e at noon. and was received by the Emreror and Em press, Frince JTredet ice Leopold and mem bers of his family. NEW YORK. t .arse Bxuoria of Gold and Silver. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Nsw Yosk. June 23 Exports of specie from . the . port of New York last week amounted to 5 894.889. of which $5,497. 594 was in sold, and S397.295 in silver. Of the total exports, $5,472,809 in gold and S382.895 in silver, went to jsurope. vum. 818 in gold going direct to France and $14,855 in gold and $7,800 in silver to South America, imports of specie for the week amounted to $47,820, of which $12,879 was in gold and $85,011 in silver WASHINGTON. Appointments of ministers and Con- . sul General.. . . Br Telegraph to the Itormng Star. Washdigtoh, June 22. Appointments nave been made as follows: John u. Stevens, at Maine, Minister to the Hi waiian Islands: Geo. Morey, Tennessee. Minister to Paraguay and Uruguay. John Martin Crawford, of Ohio Consul General to Bl. .Petersburg. Spirits Turpentine. Weldon News; A oolored man by the name of Hardy Powers, who lives near new Hope Chuicb, in this oounty, had a calf thirteen months old which last week gave birth to a large and well de veloped calf. Goldsboro Araua: A simple looking white man arrived in the citv ves- terday from Kinston and went to the jail ana saia ne mtenoeo to do something and get in jail, so be went to a back yard and " mounted Mr. Pender's horse, and when asked what he was going to do, he tied the horse again. The Mayor had him ar rested; he begged to be sent to jail, saying he had a fight near Kinston. The Mayor regarded bim as a crank and sent him out , of the city in charge of an officer. The streets of Goldsboro ia one week more . - will be the prettiest in the State, judging from -the way they are being cleaned up. Charlotte Chronicle: The mer cury yesterday was trying to climb to the point reached by it last month, and although it aia not succeed, it nao tne enect or maz ing every one as uncomfortable as possible. It commenced at 74 deg. in the morning, reached 85 deg. at 13, and 91 deg. at 4 o'clock. At that time a thunder storm. which bad been gathering ita-lorcea-in the West, broke in its fury anrr cooled things off considerably. Quite a stir has been created in the neighborhood of Martindale, & A t . i i . . . am. Sjposwmcein tnis county, rne emoiu ments of this office for which there is such contest amount to some fifteen or twenty dollars a year. Greensboro Workman; In ad dition to the usual amount of express freight coming down on the main line from the west and south last night there were over 600 packages of green fruit from the Salem Branch train. This tremendous ac cumulation rendered it impossible to ac commodate all the shippers, and only such packages as were consigned to New York could be handled. Captain W. J. Weatherly, of tbe police force of this city, caught William Davis, alias Baldy Davis, the negro who entered Sample S. Brown's store sometime ago, and lodged him in jail on Sunday. He turns out to be tbe man who stole Prof. Steele's horse several days ago. , Charlotte Chronicle : Two ex cursions over the Three C's brought nearly two thousand people to attend the exercisos of Shelby's gala day. Tbe medals of the Shelby Military Institute were awarded as follows : Deciaimer, W. V.,Hall; orator, E. V. Webb; drilling, Willo tdney ; schol arship. Everett Lattlmer. The Char lotte Juniors played tbe Concord base-ball club yesterday. The Charlotte boys, were victorious, but it was a closely contested game, the score being 4 to 8. At the meeting of the Board of School Commis sioners Thursday night, on motion of Com missioner Maxwell the Board rescinded the order requiring the examination'of female teachers wno taught in the school last ses sion. Elizabeth City Economist: Ser geant C. W. Glover of the Pasquotank Rifles, was elected Second Lieutenant by a unanimous vote of the company on Wed nesday night, at the meeting at the Armory, to succeed Lieut. John W. Albertson, Jr., who has been promoted to Adjutant of the First Regiment of North Carolina State Guard. Complaints of the mail ser vice through this and the adjacent section m XT . u - : i i i l j . ui xurui iauuiiub are iuuu, lungauu uuiur- ous, and sometimes finds expression in language more emphatic than polite. The complaint is of the postal railroad mail ser vice, and it ia said to be owing to the in competent negro appointees of the admin istration. Charlotte News: The new street sprinkler purchased by the city is at work, and throws the water in fine style. Mr. J. Wilson Swearingen, one of the most prominent citizens of Mecklenburg county, died at his home in Clear Creek township yesterday afternoon. Mr. Swear ingen was 58 years old, and leaves a family. He was one of Mecklenburg's best farmers, and was a man whose loss will be felt. Work on the builings of the Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Works is progressing finely, and the big seed house is completed. The acid chambers for the fertilizer works are now being erected. It looks like a busy city in the vicinity of this new plant. thermometer almost reached the "biiin"' point to-day. At threek o'clock the mer cury registered 94 degrees. Charlotte News: Tbe train on the A.. T. & O. R. R.. which left yester day afternoon did not reach Taylorsville till 1 o'clock this morning. The delay was caused by tbe engine leaving the track at a monkey switch at Statesville. While Mr. C Scott and his family were at prayer meeting last night burglars broke into his residence and ransacked the rooms. They turned everything upside down, but only wm a tew uuiittni w a vatia, waving iua clothing strewn about the rooms. The city fire department was called out at 1 o'clock to-day by an alarm sent in from a box near the Charlotte Cotton Mills. The fire originated in the picker room of the mills, but were extinguished before much damage was done. The loss is confined solely to a lot oi waste cotton. Raleigh Call: The Cade Rail way Telegraph Comoanv will be organized here next Monday. A limited amount of stock, in small shares, will be offered for sale afterward. The first work of the company on a large scale will probably be in Chicago. Burglars are developing in the city. An attempt was made to break into the house ot Mr. T. R. Purnell. on North Person street, a day or two since. The worst consequence of this attempt, however, was a severe fright to the family. Mr. Purnell was absent at the time. The Raleigh base ball club is doing some lively practicing just now. It states itself -ready to tackle anything. Will Wynne is doing some fine pitching. It is probable that there will be games with the Louis burg and Henderson clubs within the next two or three weeks. Asheville Citizen: The graded schools of the city closed yesterday. They have been ably managed and the people of Asheville are to be congratulated upon the success of their institution. About 2 o'clock this morning, while attempting to' orrest a gang of drunken roughs on Water street, police officer Hampton was shot at by one of the number. The officer returned the fire twice, but owing te the darkness was unable to ascertain whether either of the bullets took effect. The party who fired at the officer ran up Water street, and . was running when the officer Bhot at him. The party was unknown to the policemanf . We are most happy to learn that thev good work of establishing in Asheville a branch of the Young Men's Christian As sociation goes on none the less surely be- 4 cause it seems to move slowly. Fayetteville Observer: Captain George Lake tells us that the C. F. & Y. V. has enjoyed a very healthy increase of freight traffic this yeai compared with last. and the outlook grows better. The steamer D. Murchiaon has resumed her trips on the Cape Fear between here and Wilmington, while the Hurt is laid up at her wharf in this city for repairs. Daniel Stone of Hope Mills had the mis fortune to have his arm caught in the gear ing of the machinery at Hope Mills No. 1 on Saturday evening and it was so badly lacerated that Dr. McNeill found amputation necessary. At last accounts he was doing well. The dwelling and all houses except barn and stables belonging to A. G. Thornton of this place were consumed by fire Thursday morning. The loss is esti mated at $2,200; insurance on property $1,800. Fortunately Mr. Thornton suc ceeded in saving the greater part of bis household effects. Raleigh Nevos- Observer: Tho Seaboard Air Line has announced reduced rates over its lines to all points in North Carolina for the Fourth July. Some of the rates from Raleigh will be as follows: To Charlotte $4 75, to Henderson $1 80, to Wilmington $5, to Fayetteville $3 20, to Greensboro $3. The Governor y ester-1 day pardoned Alex. Arrington, convicted ot larceny and sentenced to seven years In the penitentiary. The pardon was granted , on the recommendation of the Judge, So licitor, a number of citizens and others. Tbe Postal Teiegrapn ;iane is neany completed to Washington, and the office will be that formerly occupied by the Wese tern Union and ia now being fitted np. The Governor yesterday commissioned the following military officers: - W. G. Camp bell, Chaplain of the 4th regiment; W. R. Leak, Adjutant of the 8rd regiment; Gar land E. Webb, Quartermaster 8rd regi ment; D. Schenck, Commissary 8rd regi ment; R. B. Glenn, Captain company A. 8rd regiment; T. J. Winston, First Lieu-i tenant, company D, 3rd regiment.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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