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The Weekly Star. "nBUSHBD AT tVlLHINO'f O N, AT fl.00 A YEA B IN ADVANCE. 8SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS8 SSggagggggggggggg sqtaoKSl ISSSSS8SSSSSS8SSS 88888288888888888 gSSSSSSSSSSSSPSSS' 88888888888888888 ismnoM S SS8S88SSS8S88S881 ssgsgas'ssssasss qinoM i 8 18 8 8 88S8828S88881 53SS5SS8SSSSS 8SS888S8S888SSS88 et oo io r-QOA 4 eo e ejg :.eaja.I 3s t t:: ::: LEutered at the Post Office aCWUmWton. N. C, as Seoond Class Matter.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Webkli Ktar is as follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, " 6 months " " " Sinonthf " " ' $1.00 .60 SELF PRESERVATION. The Republican politician spends much of his time in deploring the jondition of the negro in the South ern States and in berating the South ern Democrats because they have not shown a willingness to tarn these . Atat.cia war trk ttiA mtn!.H r ..l negro, for that is what their com plaint practically amounts to if it - amounts to anything. They take it for granted that every man with a black skin is a Republican and that he is entitled to all the political and civil rights the white man is, and where the black men are in a ma jority they should name their candidates and where they are stroDg enough elect them and take control , of the State. It is true they do not in the North permit negroes to be nominated to . offices, although in several Northern or and oy taeir votes keep the Re publican party in power, bat as they would not be affeoted by negro as candeacy in the South they think thqy oaght to have fall swing down here, and that it is an evidence of proscription and persecution when the white Democrats assert that this la and shall bo a white man's govern citfnt, r.s its f.amers who established it r.rd laid its foundations mteuded it should bo. ' This sentiment is not confined", however, to Southern DamooratSjbut ia entertained quite as strongly , by white Republicans, although they are cucful to conceal it from the negroes whoeo help they need in their political contests. Who ever heard of a Republican convention in the South nominating a negro to. any office worth holding if a white Republican could be nominated to it? A few of them have been nominated for Congress in districts where there was an overwhelming black majority, and occasionally they are nominated for the legislatnre for the same reas on, but it is always despite the white Republican politicians who found the dark cohorts too much for them. So opposition to negro rule is not a matter of mere politics after all, but is based on a sentiment deeper than politics. Nor is it mere race preju dice, either. It is based on something deeper than .that. Tf la l I t.Z . C If servation, the first law of nature, and as strong in the white Republican as it is in the white Democrat, and no more prevalent in the South than it is in the North, where the color-prejudice is even greater than It is in the South, and where, although the ne groes are in such a minority that they never could rule, thev are nmversallv and unyieldingly denied the privilege lif holding offices, even of low grade If by any dispensation of Providence enough -of these-people to become a dominating factor could be transfer- red from the South to the most radi cal of the New England States, where the professed friendship for the negro has been for years and is still the strongest, it would be but a little while before the lines would bo as sharply drawn as they are in any Southern State, and the . contest for. white suprem acy be quite as uncompromising. The law of self preservation would prove as imperative and as potent in massacnusetts or Vermont as in South Carolina or Mississippi. Un der the same conditions they would act alikn- t perils they would baud together for mutual protection and stand solid while the peril Impended. However well the negro sympathisers of the North may love the ' negro, over whom they shed so many tears in election times, there is none of them who would see their States turned into Ilaytis and their governments raougrelized. That's what negro dominance in the South would mean in the end, and that's why the white people of the South have resolved that this which was shall forever re main a white man's government, which will take care not only of the government and the white man but better care'of the colored man than he. be determined to give Billy Mahone's would or could of himself. The law crowd an Interesting and lively time of self preservation which draws in the next campaign. - la the mean White men together and keeps them time Billy is not idle. VOL. XX. together means preservation for the negro, too. It protects him from himself. STATE TOPICS. Wenotioe with pleasure that the industries which have been started in this State have been successful, while some have gro wn to very large proportions. Our attention has been called to this by the statement that the wagon faotory which has just been started at Raleigh is over-run with orders already, a half dozen having been reoeived for the "first wagon" made. The- desire for the 'first wagon" is an indication of the interest the people are taking in this new industry, while the number of orders are a guarantee of success. This is not an exceptional case. The wagon manufactory at Hickory and the two or three at Waughtowp, near .Salem, have grown from small beginnings with very limited capital to be immense establishments, turn ing out a large amount of work weekly, which is shipped in all direc tions, and yields, no doubt, a hand- Borne profit to the deserving and en- ergetio men who, single handed, have built up these industries. The sue- oess has not been confined to wagon making, but has been shared, we are glad to note, by other industries. By encouraging home industries we keep our money at home, to aid in the es tablishment of more industries. Hon. Wharton J. Green has been selected to deliver an address before the Inter State Farmers meeting at Montgomery, on "The Grape Indus try of the Southern States." Col. Green, who is a successful grape grower, has given close attention to this subject and will doubtless give some interesting information in his discussion of it. We are satisfied that North Carolina will make a good snowing and that the public will learn from his address what she is capable of doing in grape culture, which ought to be, and doubtless will be before many years, one of her great industries. With her soil and climate both highly favorable to pro ducing a great variety of grapes in the highest perfection, and olose proximity to the great markets of the North, she has decided advan tages over her great rival California, which has to cross a continent before she can reach a market for her crop, which must be mainly converted into wine to save it. As yet North Caro lina has not given much attention to wine-making as a part of the grape industry, but it will not be many years before this,too,wilI become one of the leading features of her indus tries. STATE TOPICS. Aside from the other evidences of the progressive spirit in our North Carolina towns, the building and loan associations projected in addi tion to those already in operation, and the success in establishing man ufactories on the instalment plan may be noted. Both of these will prove powerful instrumentalities in adding to the growth and prosperity of the towns where they may be established The first enables the industrious, thrifty man of small means to be come the owner of a home, and thus inspires him with, a feeling of inde pendence and of a corresponding greater local pride. The second pre sents the wage earner with an oppor tunity for the profitable investment of his earnings, thus identifying him with, the industrial development of his home, which will also have a ten doncy to foster a spirit of indepen dence and local pride, both of which are powerful incentives to action, and potent factors in local progress. Next week the big encampment of the farmers of North and South Car olina takes place at Mount Holly, beginning on the 6th and lasting four days. These meetings were organ ized in 1887, and have been largely attended by the farmers of the bor der counties, who drive there in their wagons, prepared to camp out and have a good time. The meetings while largely sooial in their charac ter, are not altogether so, for ar rangements are made for addresses by competent gentlemen on topics of interest to farmers, from which ad dresses they doubtless gather many good ideas. In this far it is also an educational institute on a somewhat enlarged plan. We doubt whether thorn is a State in the Union where the farmers have shown as much in terest in the progress of their pro feesion, or as much desire for acquir ing information, as the farmers of this State have within the past few years, as is shown by the organiza tion and rapid increase of farmers' clubs, alliances and institutes, and the number of meetings of a sooial character where subjects pertaining to the farm are aisoussea. imsis a good sign. The Virginia Demoorats seem to E ; miNOH IHENTION. The idea of putting on the free list Buchartioles as trusts are formed upon seems to be making progress even among the high protective tariff or gans. The Augusta (Gra.) Chronicle, one-of the few protective organs in the - South, favors this suggestion, originally made, we believe, by the St. Louis Globe&emocrat, and fol lowed by the Chicago Inter Ocean. The Globe-Democrat T denounces trusts as "conspiracies against the people," which will reoeive due at tention when Congress meets. We congratulate these organs on the po eition they are taking , and cordially weloome them as allies, in thus far at least, in the onward movement against the trusts. They are coming in pretty late, but better late than never. ' m r The Democrats of Indiana recog nizing the fact that high or Tow tariff is to be the issue in the next Presidential campaign, have organ ized a series of meetings to beheld throughout the State,, when high tariff will be discussed by Senator Voorhees. and other distinguished BPflatera. These are what might be caed educational meetings. It is a I capital idea, and should be followed by the Democrats in other Northern States, where the results " of high tariff aa8 it affects the masses Beem to be so little understood. If this question were properly presented to the farmers and other toilers who are taxed for the benefit of monopolies, we have no'doubt that there would be a revolution of sentiment whioh would carry some of these States now Republican into the Demooratio column by the next Presidential election. The negroes in Liberty county, Ga., are crazy sure enough. In ad dition to two impostors who have been pretending to be Christ, one of whom has been sent to the Insane Asylum, a negro hag claims to be the "Virgin Mary," and tBe oolored people look upon her with awe. Prize fighting is not one of the recognized arts in Maryland. A re porter of the Baltimore Sun has been arrested for ' aiding and pro moting" a fight which recently oame off in that State. He went to the ground to report the mill. Tb New Cotton Seed oil mil. One of the most attractive of onr new inchaotrfeB- to-tbo xoitea ) -U- mill, near Hilton, which will begin work about the first of October. It is owned by a wealthy syndicate who are proprietors also of a number of mills in the South, among them one at Columbia, S C, which is said to be the largest mill north of Louisiana. The mill at Hilton is almost ready for use, most of the machinery being in place, and only the seed or storage room, offices and blacksmith shop re main to be finished. The building is abont two hundred and fifty feet long by one hundred feet wide, with two stories for half of the building. The building for storing seed will be connected with the main building by a number of troughs, through which the seed will be conveyed to screens, where it will be cleansed from sand, etc., and then carried to cotton gins for the removal of the lint; back of the gin room are the cotton presses, for baling the lint. After the seed is thoroughly cleaned of lint, it is conveyed to the hullers, where the hulls are removed and the seed then passes to a seoond screen, and is thence conveyed to a room where the meat of the seed goes through a cooking process, Thence it passes to the shaping room where the meats are formed into blocks, some thirteen inches wide by thirty inches long and three inches thick. These blocks or oakes then pass to the pressmen who place them in the presses, of which there jar e six, hold ing fifteen cakes each. Here they are subjected to pressure for twenty minutes, and rail the oil extracted. They are then carried to the meal room, and here ground into cotton seed meal. This completes the pro cess, except the refining of the oil, which for the present at least, will be done elsewhere. The mill is provided with a 250 horse power engine that runs all the machinery, and an engine of ten- horse power that runs two electric dynamos. The factory will run day and night and will be enlarged if the experi ment proves successful. The capacity is two thousand gallons of oil every twelve hours. Attempted Suletde. Samuel J. Talbot, a young man of Norfolk, Va., and a printer, recently employed on the Messenger as tele graph editor, attempted to commit suicide last night by taking lauda num. The matter was reported to police officer Mintz who found Talbot on Third street near Dock, in a help less condition, and with the aid of two men who were with Talbot, car ried him to the City Hall. One of the. companions of the man said that he had swallowed three ounces of the deadly drug. Dr. Potter, city physician, was called to attend Tal bot, and at once responded and adopted such remedial measures as were necessary, a galvanic battery and other appliances being used, but the man was so far gone that there appeared to be but little hope of sav ing his life. At half-past one o'clock this morn ing Talbot appeared to De sinking and the physician had very little hope of his recovery. W WILMINGTON, N. 0., S Drowning Accident. Edwin T. Donlan, youngest son of Mr. P. Donlan of this city, was drowned In the river at the Clyde steamship. wharf yesterday afternoon about six o'clock. The body of the unfortunate little boy was recovered about an hour afterwards by Larry hwhuiu Xiowe, one ottbe men engagea m w search for it. and dilieent efforts ror resuscitation were made under direc tion of Dr. Wood, but they were unavailing.1 Coroner Jacobs viewed the remains but an inquest was not held and the body of the boy was then removed from the steamship wharf to the home of his parents on Front street between Walnut and Bed Cross. v - The drowned hoy was not quite nine years old. He came to the steam ship wharf to accompany his father home, and while waiting, in company with another boy abont the same age. 'got on a float of logs lying at the wharf, and while engaged in play slipped off into the water. His com panion . ran to some boys on the up per end of the wharf and told what had happened, when two of them Masters George Crow rand Herbert M elver jumped into" the river and endeavored to And young Donlan x by diving, and in the meantime his father was in formed of the sad accident. A crowd quickly assembled on the wharf, and men in boats dragged with hooks and poles for the body, but it was over an hour after the disappearance of the boy beneath the water before it was found and brought to the surface by a colored man named Larry Lowe. Kindly hands took the poor boy's body and carried it to his father's office on the wharf, and a physician was sum moned and everything possible was done to bring him to life again, but without avaiL The fnneral will take place this afternoon from the residence Mof Mr. Donlan, on North Front street. Utilising ttae Pore of Ocean Wave. The problem of utilizing the force of ocean waves, it is said, has been solved to a certain extent by an in vention which is now in use at Ocean Grove, New Jersey. The inventor has mounted gates in such a position out in the water that the wave com ing in beats against them and shuts them. , When the wave retires it opens the gate, to bang it shut again at the next advance. Connected with the gates are piston rods working the force pumps, and pipes connect the force pumps with tanks elevated to a height of forty feet. The device is a success. Last Friday 40,000 gallons of sea water were pumped "into tanks for use in laying the dust of the streets. The authorities hold that the salt water is better than river water for laying-dust. The inventor is pf opinion that by tho u -of big. floats, instead of gates, he can get results six times as great. But the pump operated by a gate is a practi cal device, which is destined, it ap pears, to have wide use. Tli Railroad and to Ralua. Railroads all over the Noith and In some parts of the South have been seriously affeoted by the heavy rains, which have carried away bridges and caused washouts in many placeB, but fortunately none of the roads leading into Wilmington have been damaged. The washout on the Richmond and Fredericksburg road, mentioned in the Star's telegraphic dispatches yesterday, will be repaired within the next two days, and in the meantime through passenger trains on the At lantic Coast Line will run via Gor donsville, Va., cansing no delay. Carolina Oil and Cieoaote Company, The annual meeting of stockhold ers of this company was held yester day in this city, when the following were elected officers for the ensuing year, viz: President Hon. Warner Miller, of New York. General Superintendent A A. Thomas, Esq., of Washington, D. C. Secretary and Treasurer F. C. Prindle. Esq. Board of Directors Hon. Warner Miller, Hon. Geo. West and John C. Calhoun, Esq., of New York; Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada; Capt. A A. Thomas, of Washington; Hon. Wm. Mahone, of Virginia; Hon. D. L Russell, Capt. John F. Divine and i Mr. F. C. Prindle, of Wilmington. Naval store. Receipts of naval stores at this port for the crop year to August 1st,- as compared with receipts to same date last year are as follows: Spirits tur pentine, 25,952 casks; last year, 25,987. Rosin, 74,232 barrels; last year, 77,848. Tar. 16,698 barrels: last year. 13.442. Crude turpentine, 6,847 barrels; last year, 6,023. Cotton movement. Receipts of cottonat this port the past month 122 bales; the same month last year, 359. Receipts for the crop year to August 1st, 152.073 bales: to same date last year. 168,057. Decrease 15,984 bales. Stocks August 1, 1889, 121 bales; August 1, 1888, 859. "Mo insect that crawls," says the La Salle Democrat: Press, "even the blanked bed-bug, can live under the application of hot alum water. It will destroy red and black ants, cockroaches, spiders, bedbugs, and an me myriads oi crawling pests whioh infest onr houses durinc the heated term. This information may save many a ooaraing-nouse guest nights of sleepless anxiety and bites." Captain W. B. Summersett, road master of the Eastern Division of the Carolina Central Railroad, has been transferred to the Western Division, in the place made vacant by the promotion of Capt. Whisnant to the superintendency of the road, and Capt. J.iT. Elmore has been ap pointed road master of the Eastern Division. - K. Pesohau & Westermann cleared the German barque Johann Daniels yesterday, for Stettin, with 3,049 barrels of rosin, valued at $3,200. EEKLY FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1889. York Clty-H. Aefcnowle,;.. bi. fpi vmetr, w B'0Kral1 tUio MonitaR star. .??w J?. August l.-Jhn L 8ulH. i v, -- - - " "vioo iuib mornintt. 7?" "?Kea none tba worse this mnmin. i of on of thT:rr " neaoquarieu nioht AiV-r. I'"'" mere-ror me thS rw.. . ""P8 ne was taken to he Distort Attorney's office. He was i ac- it ip.e ""g8 reached the courthouse t was surrounded by a cheering and howl- "S vuwu. me Officer with HiMnnw a way for the puKiiirt frol " he coach to the building. Sullivan was taken before District Attorney Fellows, and the nH100- wn. having care iiuiy read them over. d ii.n.j , v. . . . w oneoi nis clerks. IllnlVirinal . Z . . This ! . " lurn loos me pai nuu . mrninc tn tt nr!.nn. .Vu "Mr Sullivan, if ,ou Vojcan' get a writ of habeas corpus, provide tvou ... 8 to 8we91 h's- you are John L BuUivan." The big fellow sirid but u aoming Jinen nis bacSery .Charley Johnson, who stood besldfe himjexplataed that tney were watting for Delan&ey Nicoll. who had been retained m r.nnnn! Tho officers and a. swarm of reporters then ad journed to the room -of First Assistant District Attorney Fitzgerald. BuUivan was later taken before Judge O'Brien, in Su preme Court Chambers, and through his counsel, Delancey , Nicoll. admitted bis identity as the person called for in the writ of extradition. He said he was willing to goSduth, and Judge O'Brien ordered that he be turned over at once to deputy sheriff Childa. of Mississippi. Counsel Nicoll informed the Judge that wiure ouiuvan was arrestea be had made up his mind to go back voluntarily and sutrender himself to the authorities of the owe ox Jttttsi88tpi, feeling confident he would ba justly and fairly dealt with. He said, further, that when Sullivan entered into the compact of fighting Jake Kilraio, he understood that the battle ground would be in the State of Louisiana, and it was not until the night before the fight that the place of fighting was changed to Mia&issip pi, and Sullivan did not really know until at the; ring side that he was in the State of Mississippa. He did not change the ground and he had no intention of breaking the law, but he had no alternative but to fight or become a poltroon. Sullivan is now willing to go back in charge of deputy sheriff Childe, as soon as that officer de sires. - Assistant District Attorney McDonna then took a receipt from the deputy sheriff for the body of John L. Sullivan, who was then handed over to his custody by detec tive Adams. MeDonna then made a motion that pend ing the departure of deputy sheriff Childs, Sullivan will be locked up in the cltv prison. Counsel Nicoll said he thought there was no occasion for sending Sullivan to prison, and Sullivan was allowed to de part in the care of deputy sheriff Childs and detective Adams. He will leave for Mississippi to-night. PLYMOUTH ROCK. Dedication of a monument to in PUcrtma. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Plymouth Rock, Mass . Aug. 1. The grand national monument in honor of the Pilgrims was dedicated to-day. The sons and daughters of Plymouth wete here, and visiters from far and near. The celebration began at suoriae with a salute by Battery A and the ringing of bells. The morning trains brought' vafct numbers of stran gers and a great throng surrounded the new monument at 9 80 o'clock, wfaeu the dedicatory exercises were carried out by Qe "4sonTc"-rod 'L9d, according lo the ritual of their order. These exercises were very interesting. The bind rendered a choral by John K. Paine,' following which a song of prsise, written l-y R, W, Thomas Power, was sung by thrTemple quartette. Following the song came the address of the President of the Pilgrim Society, ex-Governor Long ; response of the Grand Master, Henry Endicott; proclamation by Grand Marshal George H. Rhodes; the reading of Scripture se lections, by Grand Chaplain.Rev. Chas. A. Skinner; prayer by the Grand Chaplain; report on examination of the monument, and libations of corn and wine by the Ju nior and Senior Grand Wardens respec tively. The libation of oil by Deputy Grand Master Samuel Wells was followed by an invocation by the Grand Chaplain. uranu master jsnaicott teen delivered an address. The assembly then sang an ap propriate closing hymn, by R. W. Thomas Power, to the tune of "America." The ex ercises closed with a proclamation by the Grand Marshal. The oration was delivered by Hon. W. C. P. Breckenridge, of Ken tucky. - A. COT 1 OJf SYNDICATE. To Control Leading manafaetorle In tbe North. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Fall Rtveb, Mass. August 3. The Fall River Neva will publish this afternoon a circular letter which is to be mailed in New York tody, addressed to the Presi dent and board of directors of every cotton mill in Fall River. The letter says: "Gentlemen: It is our desire to secure control of the entire cotton manufacturing property of Fall River and elsewhere, and we address you for the purpose of obtain ing your views as to the probability of your shareholders, or a majority, being willing to sell or poll their stock on the basis of mutual advantage. It is of course useless for us at this time to set forth our plans in detail. We are pleased to inform you that the Central Trust Company of New York has consented to act as trustee in behalf of both parties should, the matter meet with your favorable consideration. We would thana you to advise us at an early date and we will then confer with you personally in repard to the details." Signed: George F. Mellen, Emerson O. McMillan, H. B. Wilson, committee. Mr. Mellen says the Bvndicato which ha? been formed represents principally fpreitn capital, and that already tbe amount sub scribed is more than sufficient to buy the cotton industry of America. This is really what is aimed at, and operations will not be confined to Fall River but extended to Lowell, Lawrence, New Bedford, and the best mills in the country. The Fall River mills have a capital exceeding twenty mil lion dollars, and an Investment probably of thirty million or more. Just how negotia tions will be instituted will interest nuts!-. dcrs, as the mills are owned by thousands of stockholders. The directors have power to sell mills, and beyond a few hundred shares probably little stock could be bought at anything like prevailing prices. Mr. Mellen is at Alexandria Bay in consultation with parties interested in the syndicate, and in September goes abroad to complete arrangements. COKE STRIKERS. Operator Claim Work Will be Re- Bomcd Sbortlr. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. PrrrsBTjBa, August 8 The coke strikers are weakening already, and the strike promises to be a failure.- Men at Youngstown. Moorewood and the Standard Worka, numbering about 1,000, went back to-day, and operators say that, before the middle of next week the works will all be ia operation again. The break has dis couraged strikers somewhat, but the still claim that they will make the slriko a sue cess, and have all the men out in a few days. . . Greenville Iteflector: Professor Geo. T. Farnell, of Wilmington, has ac cepted a situation - in Greenville institute. Mrs. Riddle Fleming, aged 83 years, died at her home near Greenville, on the 29th. . The crops throughout tne county are poor. - In some sections there will not be more than half crops made. We have seen a few crops that were very good, Mr. W. A. Fleming has the finest tobacco crop we have seen, STAR Sever sioeu la Rlehmon-rity Ran wv Stable f truck fcy LitkuiaiMa IoDiamed, tocttber xsltn sixty Borseeatr Blniee-piooei in Jamea ltlTer-9lS,0O0 Damaca at Danviu. S7 Teiegrapb to the Monona- Star. I Ricmtoiin Anem.t 1 iim,-. M.vI. -tw.viiJou, August 1 iag a atorm Drose over the city, dur- i . i.u un wi rauway siaoies, located jMtwnnout uie city limits, in the West fou- svrucK oy lightning. The build ings took Are. the flames spread rapidly, and before aid arrired the entire structure was consumed and sixty mules and horses were burned up. Seven street cars were also destroyed. The loss can not yet be es-. timated, but the disaster will seriously in convenience travel for some time. BicHHospjjLogr Wrta-JamevtiTei -4- event senieei aoove the ordinary low water and is rising four inches nar hour. Wharves at Rocketta are ah UErifr wri ter, and adjacent streets, bonnes and cellars and the gas works are inundated. A num ber of business nouses had to suspend trade and move their effects in consequence of Sb.ock.oe creek backing up water from the river and overflowing their premises It la still raining. Indications point to a freshet equal to the greatest for years. Reports throughout the Btate. ttiough meagre, lead to the belief that ail the streams are swollen. At Fredericksburg the lower portion of the city is submerged from high water in the Rappahannock, and merchants and farmers are moving their effects to places of safety. Dasvtlle, Va., August 1 It has been raining nere in neavy showers to-day, and this morning there was more water in the Dan river than was ever known. Factories and small dwellings on the river bank were flooded, and the loss will be about $15,000, exclusive of the damage to the railroads. Travel on the Danville & New River road is suspended. Two bridges and one long trestle have been carried away, and the wires are all down. Cars on the Atlantic at Danville track are completely submerged and hidden from view. The river is rapidly falling to night. PENNSYLVANIA. Tbe Flood In the Schuylkill tn Hlsb eat for Twenty Year Great Deetrue tlon or Property Throncbont tbe State A Little Boy Drowned ' By TeleeraDh to the Moratng star. Philadelphia, August 1. Tho water in tbe Schuylkill river yesserday attained the highest point reached in this city for tho past twenty years, involving destruction to property estimated at from $10,000 to $20,000. The park drives wore submerged, boat-houses flooded, and some of the streets near the rivei banks were under water to the depth of between four and five feet. The cellars of two paper mills and about a dozen bouses were flooded. The coffer dam of the new Reading Railroad bridge at the falls of the Schuylkill, was washed away, entailing a loss of about $50,000. All work at the Manayunk and Pencoyd Iron Works, opposite, was stopped, ow ing to the encroachment of the water. But one fatal accident was reported, the drown ing of Samuel Dallas, aged fourteen years, who with three other boys was playing in the water, and got on a shanty afloat. The strong current carried it out into the middle of the stream. Thiee of the boys swam ashore, but the drowned lad was afraid to attempt it, and was swept under a schooner and did not rise again. Ihrougbout the eastern section of the State the rainfall was very heavy. Many houses and mills along Brandy wice creek, in the vicinity of West Chester and Down ingtown, were flooded, and business was Beriously interrupted. At Wllliamsport the bridges over the Susquehanna had to be ballasted with heavily laden coal can. A large section of the Bchuylklll Valley, in the vicinity of Norristown and Conshohoc tea, - was- almost - entirely under water. Considerable damage was done, but no Uvea reported lost. The reports' received to-day are to the effect that the water in nearly all of the larger streams is subsiding. SO V1H CAROLINA. A Traced Tin Colombia Jame I. Clark Killed by W. a Ifleetae. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Columbia. 8. C, August 8 This af ternoon, in front of the City Hall, on Main street, W. B. Meetze attacked James I. Clark, who was in company with a lady, and shot him twice in the head, which resulted in his death. Meetze fired four shots and Clark one. The motive of the affair is as follow?: Mr. Douglass Meetze, an uncle of W. B. Meetze. was asked by a man to deliver the following note to a young lady living in W. B. Mettze's fam ily. It read; "Miss Sophy, Dear Miss I want to meet you and have a private con versation. You remember me well. I won't sign my name. Yours admiringly, "O." The uncle attempted to deliver the note to Mrs. Meetze, who declined to receive it, and upon W. B. Meetze learning of the matter he sought his uncle and got the note from him, but failed to ascertain the writer's name. This morning W. B. Meetze was going about with a double-barrelled gun threatening to shoot his uncle, and in the afternoon, suspecting1 Clark of writing the note, he made threats to kill him also. Both parties are white. It is noi known whether Clark did write the note. He was married and leaves a widow and - children, one grown. Meetze surrendered himself and is in jail. COTTON B AGO IN G. Action of tb AgHealtare of coanaailonera of tb Carolina and rueorgia. "Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Atlasta, August 1. Tbe State Com missioners of Agriculture of Georgia, North Carolina, Soutu Carolina, - Florida and Alabama, met here to-day for the purpose of discusiing the question of tare on cotton baled in cotton olotb. The subject was discussed at some length, and a committee was appointed to visit the New York Exchange and confer with the authorities there, and also with President Harrison. Resolutions were passed recommending the use of cotton bagging instead of jute, and urging upon dealers the necessity of allowing the proper amount of tare. AN ICE TRUST To Control tb manufacture or Artl- fleiai Ice in tbe Bontb. St. Louis, August 1. Information comes from Mobile, Ala., that the recent consolidation in that city of rival ice com panies, has led to the formation of an ice trust for tbe purpose of controlling the manufacture and sale of artificial ice in the South. Vive large companies, one each in Mobile, Savannah. Charleston. Birming ham and Brunswick, are. already in the combine, and others are expected to join, until the ice business of the entire South ia brought under control. The combination which has been organized into a control company has a capital of $500,000, and will control individual companies through lie ownership of the stock of each. , ILLINOIS. Terrible Kpldemle of Bloody Flax at several Point Tb Paopl Terror Stricken.'-' Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. , Chicago. August 8. A dispatch from Carthage, 111., says: A terrible epidemio of bloody flux has appeared at Warsaw, in this county. It came on last- Monday in a light form and resembled dysentery, but on Wednesday it assumed a more serious phase, and now fifteen people have died. Four deaths occurred Thursday . and four yesterday, the victims being mostly chil dren. One hundred and eighty cases are now reported, Many of them, it is feared, will result fatally. The people are terror stricken and do not know what to make of the scourge. The disease has also appear- eu at Hamilton, ana it is said to exist in an epidemic form at Canton and Kahoka, Mo. NO. 40 A ! Sent to tb Kcaen or Tbre Sailor A. H. O. Order Concerning Letter Carrier. By . Telegraph to the Morning 8tar. Washington, August 2 Admiral Gbe rardi to-day cable! the Navy Department that he would at once eend a vessel, prob ably the Ossipee. to the rescue of thrf e sai lors abandoned on an island off the Yuca tan coast by an American vessel. This was in pursuance to instructions sent from the Secretary of the Treasnry Wednesday, up on the suggestion of Secretary Windom. General Wanamaker to-day issued an order extending the age limit of the ap pointment of letter-carriers in -non-civil service postoffices from 85 to 40 years of age. This age limitation does not apply to persona,. honorably discharged from the military and nival service of the country who are otherwise qualified. s it The White House was thronzedlwith office-seekers the greater part of the day, but very few of them were received by the President. . . WAeMHOTOH, August 8. The Presi dent has appointed the following postmas ters:. John R. Joyce, at Reidsville, N. C, vice J. A, Bennett, removed; Wm. H. Wheeler, at Winston. N. a, vice 8. H. Bmitb, removed; Henry L. Shore, at Ba- jwm, . u.jViceT. B. Douthit, removed; i n S wnuw, at ureensDoro, Jt , c. " . wregory, removed; J esse M nooerison, at LAurens C. H . B C. WASHraoTOK, Aug. 8. The Attorney General to-dy appointed Lemuel C Bris- tow Assistant u. S. Attorney for the east ern district of Vinrinia. TeJ?re8ldent to-day appointed John R. -tiiaiu, oi Louisiana, to be Envoy Ex traordinarv and Minister lieni of the United States to the Argentine Re- guuuu, ana donn jr. ratty, naval officer at ow vsneane, The President has tendered siP o' J8 port of New Orleans to ex-Gov xi. v. .warmoum. Secretary Tracy has referred the report ui vie Doara mat supervised the recent tnais or tne fetrel to a board composed of me cuieis or nve onreaus or the Navy De fl ... m nr.. m 1 . . . ottier trial, but the board does not recom iaiuuDun, iuo coni.raci.ora auk rr.r Kn menu mat it do had. Bon.d Pffsrin8 to-day aggregated $87, wu, an tour and a halfs, at $1.60. All were accepted. Commodore Wm. E. Fitzhugh died this wuruiugat menospuai in tbe Naval Home, r ldelDnia. or a complication of diseases. The President was in conference with Secretaries Windom and Tracy for about two hours this morning in regard to cer tain iiew lorn appointments which he de Bires to mie, so it is said, before bis de panure ror car uarbarbor next week. EMBEZZLEMENT. a. nana ciertt at Wbecllns Confeaaea to tb Tbefl of 927000. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Whxblikg, W. Va., AuguBt 2. There was a oig sensation in the city this morn- ins; wnen it became known that Harry Bey bold, a very popular young man, indi vidual bookkeeper of the Bank of Wheel ing, had been arrested at his home on the southside about midnight last night, for embezzling $27,000 from the Bank. On the 10i,h of April a packatre conlain- iuK s4.uuu was ueposited la the bank by a piuuimm. uueiutsss man ana was placed in ine vault, to be. counted aftet business nours. a-rter tne bank bad closed Mr. List. who had deposited the package, went to auu rouna missing. Toe absence of the package was kept quiet for the time uciUt!. as ii appeared evident that some em ploye Laa taken it. Harry Sey bold was iuuuu iu oo Bf-eauing money very freely. anu as nis account at the bank was not touched and hts salary had not been drawn for months, suspicion at onee rested on nim. tne oanx omcials called Captain B. -wveoer uio me case, rjevbold had re ported to his friends that he. had lately oi,wu iu we ljouisiana lottery. Captain Dovener left for New found this to be untrue. It was determined io arrest B3j bold on suspicion, and at -mjanignt last .night tho sber- iu. arrestta him at his home. n ws taaen before justice Arkle uu i cuargeu wim tne thert. At first Bey bold denied the charge, but after . animation by Dovener, he floally confessed to having taken the money. The money was kept at bis house for a month, when about $20,000 was deposited in different banks in this city. The balance was in vested in stock companies. Seybold turned over certificates of deposit and real aDd personal property to the amount of $33,000, wnicn win entirely cover the loss. He was commiuea to jati without bail and will he held for trial to morrow morning. Sey hold's father, a prominent citizsn of many years' standing, ls.cashier of the bank, anu oniy learned, of his son's guilt this morning, ana men from his son's wife. wuu viarcu wiiu grier went to her father- in -ia a nouse about 5 a. m., and told him oi me arrest aud confession. Harry Sev- bold has been in the employ of the ' bank ror ine past eeven years and his books have always been found correct at each examination . He gave as a reason for tak log the package that the temptation was too airong. DUN'ii REVIEW. reel tb ;stlmnla or Good .rop, and tb Unslnea Outlook Continue Encouraging. 1.T . w xokk, August 3 The country iuo vidimus oi good crop3. cw spring wneat began to arrive at ynicago on tee nrst, ten days earlier than msi, year, ine at. Louis corn corner has nocneci; an abundant jitld is expected. n x V... ! . .... I . 1 1 . . . r ouu uuojucbb iu an uepgnmenis is gaming, ine jyorwiumtern MiUer estimates the wneat yieta at BUO.000,000 buehels. of ex cellent quality, and miils at Minneapolis bio ntuvu, wiin water plenty Bt, Paul naturally reports improvement in trade, ana suiwaukee also, in nil hnmhi a t wmana assurance or crops above the aver age makes business excellent. In the win ter wheat regions improvement consequent "P"" bwiv yieiu nag now Been sreaay ror oouio weens, mougn at .Kansas Uity busi ness is Btill rather quiet. in the iron regions distinct increase in demand ia felt, and here orders for 100 new locomotives nave been placed during ine money markets at interior points continue generally well supplied. anu to general surprise demands from the interior are not felt here to any extent ae yei, ana treasury operations have only added $100,000 to the cash on hand for the week. The volume of trade continues to exceed last year's at New York 12 per cent, and outside 12J per cent , according to clear ings inrougn tne banks. Pig iron is strong, but it is noticed that Blocks on hand though large aro oot one montn a supply. The strike m the Cuc- neisviue coke workp, expected to embrace i,uuu men or more, does not appear at latest accounts to include more than 8,000; but it is feared that tbe struggle may cut off tne supply oi iron, mr iron ia stronger, plates more active at full pi ices, unU rils strong, though at present without consid erable sales. Nails have been pressed for sale by some holders, so that hopes of im provement have been disappointed. The coai trade is still sluggish and prices do not seem to oe maintained. Several large failures in the boot and shoe and leather trades have attracted attention. and yet the feature at present ia the impor tunate demand of buyers for speedy deliv ery of goods. The producing capacity is largely in excess of the demand on the wnole, but no unsoundness in trade has been suspected. The general movement of prices m July was upward, the change av eraging 1 per cent, for the month, but the situation toward tbe close and at the begin ning of August appears to indicate a little reaction. Business failures occurring throughout the country during last week number for the United States 191; for Canada 19. Ton tal$10, against 216 last week. ,.,. , ; - Grissomania ia a new" nervous disease which takes in klssemania and a little more. Charlotte Democrat. .- . Durham bm Farming in Dar ham county will pay and pay handsomely, if it is properly attended to. As an evi-' denes of this we cite you to Mr. Tom Car rington. He planted an old field in wheat last year and this year he harvested thirty bushels for one. . Mecklenburg Times: Mr. J. C. Wallace's barn in Morning Star township was struck by lightning last week, causing it to take fire and burn up. , Catawba Alliance in this city has now thif tyeeven members. Its members have resolved not to use old jute. - New i Berne " Journal: Died, at her home in Beaufort, on the 80th of July, 1889, Mrs. Alonzo Thomas, daughter of the late Dr. J. L. Manney. The failure of the present crops in this section is almost a foregone conclusion. Farmers ought to, save all the fruit possible and plant all available fall crops.. Raleigh News fc Observer: On application of O. M. Busbee, Esq , at Ox ford. Judge Graves granted an injunction againBt Messrs. Ballard and Halliburton, trustees of the Blackwell Bank of Dur- ham. The plaintiffs are the Fourth Na-' tional Bank of New York, National Park Bank of New York, and the National Bank of Raleigh, who are creditors of the Blackwell Durham Bank for over $100,000. The injunction restrains tbe trustees from paying out any fu&da until further, order of ' ......... A .1. . : . st- - uuueh, auu uiv parties are uuuiuiauuva w appear before Judge Graves,, at Hillsboro, on tne via uay oi August, and suow-fiause why they should not be removed from of- nce ana the trust estate put in the hands of a receiver., - Jonesboro Leader: The bitizens of Manly and Southern Pines are to hold a meeting at an early date, to consult together and appoint a committee to investigate tho present condition and management of the Southern Fines property. We have lately received our paper stock by freight from Baltimore, over the Seaboard Air Line, before we have our bill of lading, which is sent by mail. This may -show what the Seaboard Line can da, and it also shows what the present administration of the railway mail Bervice does do. C C Hunt died last Saturday night, after an illness of about ten days. A strong effort is being made to build a new Baptist Church here, and the indications now are that it will be successful. The pro tracted meeting at the Baptist Church closed last Friday night. There have been five public, professions of conversion, and much interest was manifested by others. Raleigh Call : The Stato Fruit Fair will ba held at Winston August 21st and 221. This morning, at 6.80 o'clk, Mrs. Susie Marks, wife of E. T. MarkB, and fifth daughter of W. T. and Susie Womble, died, aged nineteen years. Mrs. Jennie B. Barbee, formerly of Dur ham, died in this city on Saturday night last, at the lesidence of Andrew.J. King, Esq. She was a sister of Mrs. King. The next big thing on docket for Raleigh, is the firemen's tournament on August 13th and 14th. Tbe premium list for the next State Fair will be Issued this week, and will be found to contain some unusu ally good prizes and inducements to exhib itors. The coming fair will te one of the biggest things the State ever saw envwav. For some days past the Raleigh police have kept a wary eye upon several colored parties who were suspected of gambling in discriminately on Sunday and other davs. and yesterday they scooped in six parties who were caught in the act in tbe hou9e of Anthony Parham, colored, on West Cabar ius s'reat. i Lumber ton Robesonian; !Up to the time we go to press there have been 68 conversions in tbe revival meetings here. and 60 backsliders have confessed their sins. There is scarcely a week passes but what soma would-be citizen of Maxten is turned away because of no spare dwell ings. This will not be the case much longer. Rain continues to fall almost daily. Where it is not excessive it suits the corn crop precisely, but is causing cot ton to run to weed and forward cotton to shed. The Maxton Building and Loan Association began business last Satur day. We confidently expect it to be of more solid benefit to the town than any en terprise heretofore inaugurated, i There has been a sad lack of dwelling houees. This association will enable persons to se cure homes who would otherwise be unable to do so. Dr. R. F. Lewis received a miMvrRm t mm n rnrnom a srormn thai 1-7 : F. Moore, an employe in the buctrv shona vtvatwiH vui autvtUDiuiD DUlBlIl at IUOS XI. at that place, was found dead Monday morning. Mr. M. was converted j during the meeting at Ashland Academy. To-day (Tuesday) we learn that Mr. Moore cut his throat with a razor, and that it was a case . of suicide. - Nashville Argonaut: Mrs. Duke W. Mason, who had been helpless for two years, died at the residence her son. near Nashville, on Tuesday, at quite an ad vanced age. Mr. T. A. Johnson, of Maning's Township, died at his late resi dence on Sunday, the 21st of June, aged 70 years- lie leaves a wife and several chil dren. A negro man, named John Powell, stopped the United States mail car rier on the Nashville and Argo route on the 1st of July, and the carrier had to draw his pistol to repel him. W. H. RobbinB. U. 8. Commissioner, issued a writ for his arrest but he had left the county and is supposed to be in Halifax. - Since our last Isbub we have had almost continuous rains, and it is feared tbe effect upon the crops will be . disastrous. Cotton and corn have already been greatly damaged. The tobacco croD. up to the present, has not been much in jured and the cures made so far have been very fine. We fear that the crop not cut will suffer. Mrs. Polly Coppedge died at the residence of her son, in Castalia, last Saturday, in her 87th year. She had been a member of the Missionary Baptist unurcn aoout ten years. Chatham Record: Our young countryman, Mr. W. H. Pope, has been elected a teacher in the Fayetteville graded bcuuui. , a. a coiorea man named Al fred McClenahan was brought here to jail last Tuesday from Williams townshin. on the charge of attempting to kill his wife with an axe. A hog belonging to Mr. Carson Johnson,of Oakland township,, died of -hydrophobia last week, lit was bitten by a strange dog that passed through that neighborhood, and 21 days after being bitten it was seized with all tbe svmntoma of hydrophobia and died 86 hours after ward. We regret to hear of a fatal flash of lightning that killed a man, three horses and a dog, on Thursday of last week, on the farm of Mr. James E. Yar borough in Cape Fear townahiD. Two young white men. named John Lawrenca and Bud Buchanan, and a colored man, were plowing for Mr. Yarborough when a storm came up and they all went under a small tree for shelter, carrying with them the horses they were plowing. While there the lightning struck them, instantly killing Mr. Lawrence and the horses and knocking Mr. Buchanan and the negro senseless, but the two latter revived after wards and are all right again. The tree was not struck. ' Koanoke News: The prospects for good crops are better now than they were ten days ago. If seasonable weather continues during the month of AuguBt there is hope of it very fair yield oil cotton. The plant is strong and healthy and though smaller than it should be capable of yield ing wen. ua oaturaay last one of the negro convicts who were at work on the Norfolk and Carolina railroad near Hobgood made a break for libertv. As he ran he was shot at twice bv one of thn guards with a shot gun loaded with buck shot, but be was not hurt and made his escape. The guard was discharged. Sunday night the store of Mr. M. F. Hart was entered through a rear window and -robbed of a quantity of goods, No money was taken. - Mr. Adolpbus Lynch, brother of the late G. G'. Lvncu. Esq.. of this place, died at the residence of his son- m-taw, Mr. .Louis Froelich, of Halifax,' at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, of asthma. at tbe advanced ase of seventy-five years. On Tuesday Sheriff btanci). of Nnr. thampton county, took to Halifax jail for safe keeping, James L. Kee, a negro boy about sixteen years old. on a charce of hnr. glary committed Monday in that county. Mrs. Mary Johnston, of Enfield, died on Saturday afternoon at tbe resident nf her relative, Mr. Alex. Partin, in that place. She was nearly ninety years of age. Mrs.-Johnston was a relative of the .Tnhn- Btons of Edgecombe county. Deputy Sheriff R. G. Reid received a telegram Tuesday from the sheriff of Moore county informing him of the arrest at Aberdeen in that county of Stonewall Jackson, tbe ne gro who. it Will be remembered, killed . Warren Tillery, colored, at Crowell's last falL and in the excitement made his escape.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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