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I'he Weekly Star. "! i HLJSIDtD AT ' V" , ILDHHOTO N, N. C., AT 1.00 A YBAB, IN ADVANCE. I SSSSSSSSSS8SSSSS8' SSS88S88S8888S888 SSS88SSS8SSS8S838 88888388888888388 S8888SS888S888888 S8SSS8SS8S88888S3 8SSSS8SSSSSSSfi9 J SSS8SS88S88S88S88 w - 00 a jh eo V to gj eg !;s::ssts: SS8S8S3S ( Entered at the Post Office atummgton, N. C, as 8eoond Class Matter. I SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Wbbkxt Star is as follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.00 " 6 months ' " .60 ' " 8 monthi " " .30 OCR FOR 8 ITS. -. There is scarcely a week that we do not see the announcement of some sale of large tracts of timber lands to American or European capitalists whose purpose is to erect saw mills, fell the timber and saw it up for shipment. Generally speaking the purchase price-is small, a few trees alone some times bringing in market, when sawed into lumber, more than the purchasers pay for acres. We have known instances in this State where one walnut tree yielded the purchasers more money than they had paid for a dozen acres. It is a well-known fact that the timber supplies of the United States, especially of the StateB east of the Rocky Mountains,are becoming rap idly exhausted of merchantable tim ber, and in sonte sections are entirely exhausted, so that iron and artificial boards are as a matter of necessity to some extent taking the plaoe of wood. This accounts for the rapidity with which Southern forests are bought up by lumber men and speculators from other parts, some with a' view to working for profit now, Others with a view to holding for speculation in the future, when such forests will be much more valuable then than they are now. -' There are two objections, if not more, to bartering away our forests in this wholesale manner. One is that it will lead to the indiscrimi nate and merciless destruction of our forests for these wood choppers are after dollars and cents and they will fell every tree that there is a dollar and a cent in. The destruction of the protecting forests, carries with it penalties of a' serious character, which may not be felt at once but will be felt in time; in ohange of climate, violent wind storms,' sudden freshets and destructive floods, all of which portions of this country have experienced as a result of forest de struction. Let, the same reckless butchery of the trees go in the South that has gone on in other sections of tbe country and the time will come when the South would willingly pay back two dollars for . one - for every tree cut from ber land. The next objection is that it is not sensible in tbe owners of Southern timber lands to be transferring them toothers for a. price totally dispro portionate to their value, which is the case in nine out of ten of these sales, both of large and small bodies. The owners should insist on a reasonable price for these timber lands, a price that would make a sale an object, or hold them. There is no sense in giv ing them away to somebody else to make money out of. How much bet ter it would be for men owning con siderable bodies of such lands to club together, erect a saw mill and cut np this timber on their own account, cut it discriminately, not destroy it bodi ly, and thus get full value for the tree by converting it into lumber. It would not require large capital to do this, and there are few neighborhoods where the necessary amount of capL tal could not be commanded. ' The forest growth of North Caro Tina is her glory and' her shield of proteotion. It is a treasure more val uable than her mines, rich and varied as thev are. It should be fostered, not destroyed nor thrown away, There are millions of dollars in it to-day, and years hence, there will, if it be properly guarded, be many mil lions metre in it. There is not a tree of merchantable timber inside of her , borders, within easy reach of trans portation, which does not more than pay the interest on its value every year it stands.! Good judgment and business sense should be exercised in handling it or in parting with it. As a property and an investment there is none that our neoDle can better afford to hold on to, or that the hold ins on to will pay them better.. Use it but do not abuse or destroy it, Thin it out but don't slaughter it; cut with judgment and discretion, so that the new growth mar oome on and take the place of the old growth mat is cut away, and thus while utu lzroe the forest and turning it to profit it may be perpetuated, not des uoyed. - - There is hope that Kansas may be saved yet. ''. The sali deposits of that oiate are very fine and abundant. VOL. XX. STATE TOPICS. In Swain county there are about 1,500 Cherokee Indiansand 500 more in the ooontiea of Maoon, Graham, Jackson and Cherokee, with 200 or 300 in the border counties ofGeor gia and Tennessee. They earn their living mostly by farming. At Yel low Hill, 3 vain county, their princi pal town, they have a school . estab lished in 1883, conducted by the So ciety of Friends, where in addition to instruction in books, - mechanical instruction is given. There are in this school eighty pupils, one principal and seven assistant teachers. In fall and winter two other schools are kept open for Indian pupils.JJThe re servation is governed by a President elected every four years, and aboard of oounoilmen, oomposed of twenty, one for .. each 100 Indians, ; elected every two years. , ; , y The Tarboro Southerner mentions the fact that one farmer in that conn-4 ty raised this year and, shipped north 1,050 barrels of. Irish potatoes from fifteen acres. It is a fair yield, but not an extraordinary one. We have seen a yield of six hundred bushels to the acre in Guilford county and have read well authenticated accounts of a yield of one thousand bushels to the acre in Buncombe oouuty, and in one case eleven hundred and fifty bushels within the present limits of the oity Asheville. There is no State between the Atlantic and Pacific, not exclud ing California; famous for fine pota toes, where the Irish potato growB to greater perfection than ii does in some portions of North Carolina, and the remarkable thing about it is that, notwithstanding this, thousands of barrels of Northern potatoes are an nually shipped into North Carolina cities and towns, where they are sold at $1.50 to $2.J0 a bushel, to supply the demand of those cities and towns while hundreds of our North Carolina farmers have to depend on Northern grown potatoes for the seed they plant. Here is room for re form. It is stated that Mr. Cade's invent tion for telegraphing from trains in motion is to be put into practical op eration on one of the Baltimore roads, between Baltimore and Washington, and if it gives satisfaction there it will no. doubt soon be adopted by other roads. From the success of the ex periments already made there seems to be no room for doubt that the in vention will do what is claimed for it, and if so, no railroad can afford to be without it. The oelebrated Edison had been working on this idea for some time, but his was the inductive system, the wires being overhead. He made some successful experiments on a road on Staten Island a couple of years ago, but the system was too uncertain to be depended on at. all times. Mr. Cade's system places.the wires alongside the rail, the connec tion, being made by wire from tbe car, kept in contaot with the wire be neath. It not only answers the pur pose of telegraphing, but also of de tecting the presence of another train on tbe track, so that collisions will be almost impossible. It is a great in vention, and we congratulate the in ventor on his success. There was a rumor current in Ral eigh Friday that Dr. Grissom had written a letter to each of the direc tors of the Insane Asylum stating that he would not under any circum stances tender his resignation, as signing as a reason that it would be reflection on the directors. The solicitude he shows for the1 direotors is really toacning. inis soiioituue extends, however, we presume to . . . rri if". J the five who voted for acquittal, not to the three who voted for convict- tion. . It is probable that even those who voted -for his acquittal would not consider his resignation, under the circumstances, such a reflection but on the contrary would regard it as a very nappy solution of a .very disagreeable problem.' ... The Raleigh Call has been mat iner some inquiry as to tne oost to the State of the Grissom Insane Asylum investigation. It says the aggregate expenses of the direotors will amount to 1.600 while the mileage' and per diem .will exoeed i 1.000. In addition to this will be - mileage and expenses of witnesses running the oost to the State up to more than $3,000. The proseoution paid out $300 for attorneys fees and other expenses. Tnis is paying pretty big bill for an investigation whioh a very large majority of the people of North Carolina are disap pointed at, an investigation which rflanlted in vindioatinz nobody . ana leaving the institution in a worse plight than it was before. " The Duke of Fife would not per mit his tenants to spend their money to make a bridal present to bis wife Considering the fact that be is so very rich, this was quite considerate, He doubtless preferred that they should save their money, and thus be better able to pay their rent; - JL JOL-lIld HBUK IS PROGRESS. We are all aware of the fact that the South is making marvelous pro gress in the ootton.manufactnring in dustry, but few who do not keep a close watch of statistics realize the full extent of this progress. ' Not a week passes that the establishment of one or more factories is not recorded in some portion of the South, some of these being of colossal proportions. ' Mere assertion leaves- room for the noredulous to doubt, but figures speak more- forcibly and leave no room ; for doubt. The Baltimore Manufacturer Record, a well in formed journal, whioh keeps a close eye upon the South, and has numer ous correspondents in every South ern State keeps a record of the new and enlarged industries of all kinds whioh it publishes from week to week. n last week's issue it sums up the in crease of cotton factories for the past nineyeertn States with the- following grand re- suit. On May 31st, 1880, there were in all the Southern States 16V mills, 667,854 spindles and 14,323 ' looms. On July 31st, 1889, there were 355 mills, 2,035,268 spindles and 45,100 ooms, a gain in nine years of 194 mills, 1,367,414 spindles and 30,777 ooms. These figures speak, in lan gnage more eloquent than words. Who, even among the most san guine, it this prediction had been made ten years ago, would .not have regarded it - as visionary? And how many would have " laughed at it as absurd. Yet this good work has been going on quietly, continuously, at tracting but little attention save among those interested in this indus try. At this proportionate rate .of increase, or even with somewhat di minished figures, how long will it be before the South is the absolute mis tress o'f the cotton manufacturing in dustry on this continent? Not long. Less than another decade will see the sceptre pass this way, to remain for all time. , Is there any good reason to doubt that this proportionate increase will be continued for the next decade? None whatever. Oa the contrary there are indications enough that it will be, indications as convincing as anything that points to the future can be. Heretofore Southern manufactur ers bave been content to oonnne themselves to the heavier and ooarser grades of goods, leaving the lighter and . finer to Northern mills which were equipped for such work and had an abundance of skilled labor to draw from. They acted cau tiously, feeling their way as. they went and took no chances that might rsult in disaster This venture is nojonger an experiment. By what our manufacturers have done they have gathered confidence to attempt more and it will not be long . before tbey enter the field of competi tion in the higher grades as they did in the lower, and there is no rea son why they should not, with the machinery and skilled labor whioh are within reach. Bucoeed in this as well as in the other. They will be aided in this work by tbe Northern manufacturers, themselves, many of whose plants will be within the next decade transferred from the North to tbe South, a some have already been, and they will bring with them oapital, experience and skilled labor. They know that at a distance of six or eight hundred miles from the source of supplies they cannot hope to long successfully compete with the looms whioh are run within sight of the cotton fields. This faot, the milder climate, the cheapness of liv- iog, the longer period for work in the year, tne aounaanoe ana cneapness of water powers, (where such may be used), the cheaper fuel where steam is used, and other things, are all faotora in this industry which are conceded to the South, and the force of which is now generally oonceded - With such figures as we have here Quoted, ancrfacts which are a mat ter of almost daily record there is no more room to doubt that the South will in the near future be ab solute mistress of the cotton manu f acturing industry in all of its .branches, than there is to doubt that the tide rises and falls. . By Reference to the special tele gram to the Stab, from Raleigh it will be seen that two members of the Board of Directors of the In sane Asylum have resigned, and that the Governor has appointed Board of Public Charities, whose duties are of a supervising oharac ter, and with considerable scope. It is their duty to inspect the publio charities, and especially . the Insane Asylums; ascertain the modes of treatment and management, and re port results to the Legislature when in session. The object of the orea tion of tms .Board was to guard, against mismanagement of these" in stitutions, and to see that they are creditably and properly oonduoted. The law provides for the election of its members by the Legislature, but we presume the Legislature failed to do this, hence the appointment by the Governor. WILMINGTON; N. 0., FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1889. A contemporary remarks that it "looks, a little , indelicate in Deacon Richard Smith, of the Cinoionati Commercial, to nominate his part. ner, Murat Halstead, for the United States Senate." Who ever heard of an orthodox Republican being influ enced by a sense of delicacy where an office was in question? They are not built that way - T -;.: Here is a new dance that is being introduced in fashionable English society.: Four paces are made as though a march were intended, and then each gentleman embraces his ady and waltzes with -her for four bars, then resuming paoing. Repeat. This embraces features which will doubtlees make the danoe popular. ;A Pine Ptbr cotton Btuiai. - It is understood that large capital ists are bera -and represented to incor porate the American Pine Fibre Com panyrith ample cap&aVto pjroduce pine flbrJbagginflr for covering cotton bales on. a very large scale,. ' j- " . Great improvements' have, been made of late in this new industry, and the promoters are shipping pine fibre bagging daily into various sec tions of the- cotton belt, for the pur- pose of introducing this new product, whioh will solve the bagging ques tion for the cotton planters of the South, and relieve them of tne exac tions of the jute combination. The Acme mills at Gronly are turn ing out lajge quantities of the bag ging and are putting in additional machinery which will enable them to greatly, increase .their output in a short time. . - . . Pine fibre bagging as a covering for cotton was thoroughly tested last sea son, and met with the unanimous ap proyal and endorsement, of cotton factors, both in this , country and abroad, in spite of the attempt of the jute trust to decry it. " America Pine Fibre conpinr. A company under the above name was organized ana incorporated in this oity yesterday, for the manufac ture of bagging, etc., and the general development of what may be called the pine fibre industry. The company has an authorized capital of one mil lion dollars, and its officers are: Piesident Wm. Latimer. -Vice President A E Thornton. Secretary and Treasurer G. H. Smith. - Directors A E. Thornton, Atlanta, Ga.; M. Frank, Columbus, Miss.; Wm. Latimer, Wm. Gilchrist, G. H. Smith, Wilmington. The company has purchased all the patent rights and the plant for making fibre, etc.,' owned by the Acme Manufacturing Company and in operation at Cronly separate from the fertilizer business carried on at tbe same place and will largely extend the operation of theee works. The present capacity of the mills for the manufacture of pine fibre bagging is 500,000 yards, but new ma chinery that will at onoe be added will more than double this capacity, and enable them to turn out annually at least 1,250,000 yards of bagging. ' There is no doubt that at an early day other factories will be built in the South that altogether will furnish bagging to cover the entire ootton crop, thus relieving planters from the vexatious exactions of tbe Jute Trust. Rava.1 Store Keeeipt. . " The naval stores statement posted at the Produce Exchange yesterday shows receipts at this port for August 9th, as compared with receipts to same time last year as follows: Spirits turpentine,'28,376 casks; last year, 29,- 139. Rosin,, 78,917 barrels; last year, 83,444. Tar, 18,015 barrels; last year, 15,206. Crude turpentine, 7,638 barrels; last year, 6,986. Stocks at this port are as follows: Spirits turpentine, 5,885 casks; rosin,' 36,841 barrels; tar, 2,125 barrels; crude turpentine, 887 barrels. - Last year- spirits, 8.615 casks; rosin, 64,966 bar rels; tar, 2,474 barrels; crude turpen tine, 516 barrels, w arrapland Vlner front Watermelon A "farmer of South Carolina has started a new industry whioh is worthy of note. He has a large press of about two hundred pounds capa oity, and will first take out the "hearts" of the choice melons from which to mafce his syrup. The juice, when sufficiently boiled, makes an el egant and very superior syrup, the only requisite is that it be sufficiently boiled. From the remainder of the melon he will make a superior vine gar. - The juice has to go through a regular fermentation. HobIh and Spirit for Glasgow. Nor. barque Agatha, Roher, cleared yesterday for Glasgow with 1,650 casks BDirits. 866 barrels rosin, valued at $33,911.15, shipped by Messrs. Pater- son, Downing & Co. Nor. barque Sana, Christiansen also cleared for Glasgow, with 1,416 casks spirits, valued at $29,000, ship ped by Messrs. Alex. Sprnnt & Son. Jpnty Internal Bevenno Collector. Sheriff E. W. Taylor,.of Brunswick county, has been appointed deputy collector of internal revenue for this division of the Sixth district, in place of Capt Chas. D. Myers: The new deputy will have his office in Wil mington, and will take charge on the 16th instant, Sal of Xiand In Pender. A large Bale of valuable real estate in Pender will be made on the ninth day of September next. Altogether there are fourteen tracts of land to be sold, all lying on or hear the line of the Wilmington, Onslow & East Car olina railroad. Tbt Utau Law. . A reader of the Stab asks that the attention of persons shooting on the Sounds be called to the fact that it is against tne law to kill or trap marsh hens, curlew, or. other: sea,., birds be tween the 1st day of April and the 1st day oi September. JT. C lNSA.il E A.SYVU1U. ? Reaicnatlon of Two 'members of the Board of J Ulreeiora Saeeteaora Ap pointed A Board of Pabile Cbarltlea Created. , ,r dpecial to the Moraini; Star. RALKMHi 2T. O.. August 10,-,-The Gov ernor to-day appointedjthe following direc tors of tee North Carolina Insane. Asylum: OctaviutPCoke, of Wake, vU; Dr, E B. Haywood, retigped; J. D. Biggs, of , Wil- liamston; Martin .county, vice iDr, W. It Capebatt, resigned. , .. , ;' : ; 1 f.. Acting under authority of powers con ferred in chapter 2, volume 2, acts of North Carolina, Gov. Fowle has created a Board of Public Chsritiee.and made Ihe following appointments: Dr. E.B. Hay wood, desig nated as chairman; Capt.'. W. A - Bob bittj'of Granville county, J EL, Sawyer, of . Buncombe county, and L.: J. Hough ton, of Chatham county. . ' -i :'.jf It is understood - that Dr. Isaac Jackson,1 of Colurabus couaty will be appotated'aa the nfihjBember pf the new Board.".- " IXjUf&ard: of , Public -?j.fjae. is em powered to investigate -and, supervise the whole system of Uitf charitable and . penal institutions of ihe State, and shall recom mend such changes and additional provi sions as tbey may deem, needf ul fortheir economical and efficient administration v Picntlaa still Coins on at Port-aa- Prlnee. Hlppolrte'a Poret Bon bardlnc tbe City. NbwYobx, August 8. Officers of the steamer George W. Clyde, who arrived hereto-day from Port-de-Pdix, August 2J, say that tne fighting at .Port-au-Prince etill continues with little change in affairs. ' At 8t Mark's it was reported that Hippolyte bad - transported 1,000 men to Batetrou, effecting a landing without opposition, nl- tnougn tbat region is inhabited by Jjegui mista. The lack of opposition is attributed to the scarcity of arms among the residents. It waB said Hippolyte proposed to enroll and equip them in his service, and if suc cessful in this he would gain an advantage over Legitime, as the distance across tbe peninsula to Port-au-Prince is not great and an attack witn considerable force from that quarter might result in capture. Naw Yobk. Aug. 9. Purser Squire, of the steamer Alvo. of the Atlas Line, wbich arrived from Bayti last night, oriogs Hay- tian news. The Alva left at. Marc at 1 p. m , July 28th, . and arrived at Port-au-Prince at 6 p m. of the same day. When the feteamer came to anchor tbe noise of Hippolyu's cannons could be distinctly heard firing at the town.- The attacking force was , west of the place, about two miles awai. With the aid of a powerful glats Purser Squire and the officers dis tinctly saw Hippolj te on the sea coaai.Tbe United States man-of-war Ossipee lay in tbe harbor of Port-au-Prince, and near her was anchored an English and Spanish man- of-war. A tug boat named Panama, form erly belonging in tbe United States, of about 120 toes burden, was there too. She carried a few heavy guns and was in Legi time' service. Daring the afternoon of the 26 '.h July, the Panama was ordered around to where she could attack Hippolyte' bombarding party on tbe right flUnk. As soon as the little tag got within firing distance the be gan to blaze away. She kept it up until darkuesaset in. .Bombarding oy Uippo- lyUs's forces was kept up a.L night. The Alva left 'next morning. Legitime lost two men dunog tbe fiercest or tbe ngnt; one was killed instantly, the other lived a day. Hippolyte's losses can be reckoned in hun dreds it is said. Gatling guns used by Hip polyte plajed sad bavoc with the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Officers on the Oaaipee said to the people on tbe Alva that tbey (Oasi pet's officers) had become used to the continued firing and did not mind it. THE COO LIES. Large nam be re Comma- Over Bound for nexleo Chicago. Aug. 9 A special from San Francisco says tbe Chinese are swarming in by every Hong Kong steamer, bound for Mexico. Ho less tnan sixty came a week ago, and sixteen arrived last night. All are destined for Mazatlan and Panama. They are reshipped here without landing, but once in Mexico there is no difficulty in smuggling them over tbe southern border. It is much cneaper to run uoones into Cal ifornia by Mexico than by British Colutn- bie. as tbe Dominion Government collects a head tax of $50, whereas Mexico welcomes them. SOUTH VAROL1NA. Trial of Joan Teldeil for mnrder Columbia. August 9. The trial of John Yeldell, alias E. F. Flemen, began at Edge field this morning. Both sides announced themselves ready for tbe trial . " The entire day was consumed in organizing a jury, eleven only being sworn. Proceedings were then adjourned till to-morrow morn ing. A notable feature of the day was tbe arrival in court of Josh Bnggs and Lice Briggs. negroes, alleged witnesses of the shooting of Black well by Yeldell. It, was thought tnee witnesses womu not oe pre sent. There was nothing extraordinary about to-day s proceedings and no oxcite- ment. , Charlxston. August 10. The trial of John Yeldell alias IRev. Flemor. of fitta burg, for murder committed in 1884, has been in progress at Edgefield all day. The Solicitor was assisted by ex-Gov. John C. Sbephard. who made a stronp speech for the prosecution. Mr. W. C. Benet, of Abbeville, closed the case with a speech of an nour's lengtn, in which he . made a strong appeal for Yemen's acauittaL saving that no one but the State of South Carolina was on trial before the world. ' Judge Presley charged the lurv as to the law. and sent them to their room. They have agreed upon a ver diet of not guilty. - XOBE8VN COUNTY. a Condemned murderer and Two Other Prisoners Eecape from Jail at , xnmberton. Chablottb, N. C , August 9. Steve Jacobs, a Croaton Indian, under sentence of death for . the murder, of Mrs, Harper, a white woman, escaped, from jail at Liumnerton, Kobeson county, last nignt. Two other prisoners escaped witn mm Young1 Bennett, the iillor's son, and an other assistant took supper to the prisoners. Jacobs assaulted Bennett, cracking his skull, and then brained the assistant. The prisoners then escaped. , ASSASSINATED. Robert Paraer Shot and Killed JBicKory, H. C. X Near Chablottb, August 9 Robert Parker was assassinated yesterday morning at 6 o'clock, in bis garden at uonneuy Borings. lust west of Hickory, N. O. The murderer is unknown as vet. He shot Tarker from ambush and then fled. Parker leaves a wife and two children. . ' - Seven years ago, in a drunken row near Monroe. Parker shot and killed a man named Stock. Parker was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eighteen months in the penitentiary, : being par doned before the expiration of his term, At the trial Stock's brother' was heard to say that he would i- "kill Par ker vet.' if U took twenty .years, After Parker's release he moved to Mat thews, near Charlotte, where he rose to con siderabie local; political influence. - While at Matthews an attempt was' made to 'as sassinate Ihim.' Being ambitious Parker mnvad to Connellv Springs, where there is a second rate college, and it is said he has been studying at the college. A telegram was received here late last night for blood hounds witn wnicn to track tne assassin. Star WASHING-ION. Penelon Oommlaaloner Tanner rem. plafnta that Cnban Bmnuiera Have Pre Aeeeea to Florida., Washington. Augusta. CommiBBtaner Tanner has recommended to tbe Secretary of the Interior the dismissal of William 8mitb, "principal examiner in the Penninn Office,, and tbe appointment of Christian Exel to fill the vacancy. Exel formerly held the office, and was removed by Com missioner Black to make room for Smith. . w, Hamilton.- Surgeon General of thn Marine Hospital Service, Is in receipt of a letter uatea renBacois, August 2d, from Bewail C Cobb, exMayor of - tbe city, in which the latter savs that while the Leai. lature was holding an extra session and en acting a law to establish a Bute Bord of Health, he gave a member of tbe body some notes of warning as to . the weak point in the aanitarv defence of the ftiatp. and; asked hlmto have them covered in the statute - He continue: "It seemed -as though the Board had ample : authority to prevent cofofaunication with law-breaking people, especially bv sea. Imagine mv surprise to learn on this first day of August,. X889, that, there is no defence or proteotion - attempted, against tbe thou sand and - one . smugglers-- coming from Cuba "with textile fabrics, bed ding, and such ; diseases as -a constant tHe of filth, animal and - vegetable, engen der la every Juojt of-the Aty soars per son or persons couia oe caugnt smuggling if proper effort was made. The United States Customs Department 'should Prevent it, but they virtually have but one tub for 600 miles of aoast, and she is of such draft as to be compelled to keep a gunshot away from nine-out of tea of the localities used by smugglers. It is a. very -poor farce, poorly played how not to doit. When tbey see the smoke of a steamer in the dis tance they virtuously fish for groupers; when the danger is cast they . run in aud see their friends. Yon will say this is all talk. No. -1 saw some of it in March in the neighborhood of Tampa, and within a wees one oi my friends sailing ud tbe coast saw five vessels grown so bold as to fish within two to four miles of tbecoast.so as to .be "hard by" wbea the night came. One oi tnem landed his. cargo at Cedar Kevs without entry), another was bold enough to ran in and anchor behind Ancelote Keys, then proceeded toward Cedar Keys, and was seized by tbe cutter within four miles oi land, fishing (probably 10,000 pounds on board), and had also lots of Florida watermelons on board. Not one of the latter . could be caught in deep water." The writer savs that the State Board of Health has been useless, and asks Dr. Ham- ilton if he cannot do something in the mat ter. Mr. Cobb says that a small sailing vessel armed with a crew of ten men in thirty days will rid the place of these smugglers, and if rewards were offered for smugglers seized and vessels captured safe ty would soon be assured, tie says that be has full proof of these facts, and has heard parties coast of smuggling persons into Florida without health certifloates from 8panish authority. Tbe price received was f 100 each for twenty-one persons, and all was accomplished in t wee tj -four hours. The communication has been referred (o the Secretary of the Treasury. Washington. August 7. A court of in- auiry to investigate the circumstances sur rounding tbe grounding of the cruiser Bos ton, Uapt. o Kane commanding, oa Kew. port last Saturday, was appointed to-day. Tbe board will meet in New York next Tuesday. As stated yesterday, this court is given the unusual power of suggesting ip its report whether or not it is expedient to take any further steps in the matter. The usual course is for the court to report the facts, and the Secretary of the Navy deter mines whether or not any further action is necessary. Liieut. jonn u. mine, member or tne class under instructions at the torpedo sta tion at .Newport, baa been charged wilb scandalous conduct, drunkenness on duty, neglect of duty, and absenting himself from his post without leave. . A court martial has been detailed to try Lieut, Irvine on these charges, and it will convene at New port next Wednesday, tbe 14ih inst. Capt. Thos. O. Selfridge is president, and Lieut. J. V. B. Bleecker, judge advocate. PENN8 YL. VA N I A. rbeCoke Strike Ended bnt the Bin aarlana do not Know it and indalge In Ontragea. PrnsBUBS. Aug. 9. Private dUpatches from the Connellsville coke region report that a gang of four hundred Hungarian coke workers are on a raid. Tbey do not seem to understand that the strike was set tled in their favor. and this morning tbey started out to close, up the works in opera tion. They first marched to Moore wood and drove the men out, and then went to tbe Alice works, where tbey also forced the men to quit work. -They are still on the war path and when last heard from were on their way to tbe Bessemer works. Considerable damage was done at Moore- wood and Alice, but no one was seriously hurt. Among the English-speaking coke workers there is general rejoicing over the termination of tbe strike in their favor. The works of tbe entire region will be in operation next wetk. THE COTTON CROP. Asa-oat Beport of the Depart sent of Agrieultare, 'Br Telegraph to Ihe Horning 8 tar. " Washington, August 10. The August crop report of the Department of Agricul ture makes the condition of otton 9. 3, an advance of nearly two points during the month. Since 1880 this average has been exceeded but three times in 1882, 1885 and 1887. Improuementis noted in five States; two report tbe same condition, while vir ginia. North Carolina, Tennessee and Mis sissippi show lower averages than a month ago. Rains have been frequent and general during the month, except in portions. of Texas, and in many districts have been ex cessive. Damage, wherevar reported, is attributed to excess of moisture and conse a vent inability to keep the crop clean, Borne fear is expressed of too heavy growth of stalk, rendering injury liable should dry weather set in. North Carolina has had too' much rain. delaying cultivation, but the weed shows good crowtb. V" f In South Carolina the condition has been improved by good seasons, though there was some local damage from excess of rain, Alabama return show the crop in a prom ising condition, clean, with good growth and f raiting well. Mississioni reports the condition lower than a month ago, on account of excessive rainfall; the crop was late from slow ger minations, and 'on many plantations is now badly in crass ana not fruiting wen. Louisiana has enjoyed frequent rains, rather too much for cotton lands, and tbe eroo has a rank growth of weeds. - . Portions of Texas were in need of rain on the first of the month, though no dam age had yet resulted; in other districts too much rain had nut the fields somewhat in grass, but a few days of dry weather would. enaoie tne planters to remeay mis. . In Arkansas the early season was not fa vorable and the plant was small and late. but favorable weather during July has placed it in a vigorous condition, and it is imnroving raoldlv. . In Tennessee the condition has fallen off during the month; the stand was generally poor and late, and an excess - of moisture has prevented proper cultivation. The averages of condition by States are Virginia 63. North Carolina 80, South Carolina 90. Georgia 91. Florida 95, Ala bams 90, Mississippi ' 88, Louisiana -93, Texas 91. Arkansas 93. Tennessee 78. - -The caterpillar and boll worm are occa sionally mentioned ' in i Mississippi and Louisiana, and , in - several - counties of Texas, but the damage from them la as yet Inappreciable. ' m m James Terry and M. M. Roach, of Chatham county, were arrested by rev enue otucers ana lodged in jail ior . moonshine-. -Their wagon with four kegs of moonshine corn whiskey in E. H. Lees stable lot ' -A- A.. NO. 41 ;;JL BOLD BOBBERY,, A aingle nan Boards ' a Train and " does Tkreufe tbe Conductor and ,"' . Paeaenaeray t By Telegraph to the Moraln& Star. ; Minneapolis, August 8. The Wiscon sin Central passenger train, from Chicago, which passed Chippewa Falls. Wis , at 4 o'clock this morning, was held up and rob bed by a single man between Chippewa Falls and Abbottsford, half an hour before. At the hour named a man entered one of the sleeping cars, commanded the conduc tor and porter to throw up their hands, and then proceeded to go through them, taking all they had. One passenger was also rob bed, and a shot or two fired at the porter but no one was hurt. The robber pulled the bell rope as soon as he had completed the robbery, and when the train came to a stop he jumped off and escaped. No at tempt was maue to ioiiow mm. Jake Lilt, the Milwaukee and Minrreap-J ? notoriously desperate negro, and is said olis theatrical manager, was a passenger onTt0nTe 'bees-advancing npon Reeves with the sleeper, and the ball fired at the porter wnizzeo past sia -race, . The man was described as having the ap pearance of a woodsman. He woroi a slouch bat . and carried a gun and a big knife in his belt. He entered the sleeper and drove the porter to one end of the car. The porter did some yelling to awaken the passengers, whereupon tbe robber fired. This put a - quietus on tbe porter, and tbe robber goWn work He took from the conductor $30 and a silver watch, and from the porter a gold watch and a small amount of money, and from a passenger some money and a watch. He tackled an other passenger, but the latter told him the conductor had all his money. As a matter of fact, however, the man had $500 on his person.,- - NMfT YORK. Ebea 8. Allen, the Street Railway Pre- eldent, Arraigned for Porseryl New Yobk, August 8. Eben S. Allen. until a few days ago President of the Forty-second Btreet and Grand Street Ferry Biilroad Company, was brought from po nce neaaquarters' to tbe Tombs ro lice Court this morning. Allen is charged with forgery in issuing certificates of stock of the company to the amount of $110,000. After some delay the accused was held in $100,000 bail, in default of which he was locked up. Allen seemed very cool, and chatted with his accusers while the clerk was busy drawing up the complaint. He admitted issuing 700 shares of stock and getting the benefit of it, but denied forging tne signatures or John Ureen and Ubarles Curtis, former presidents of the company. When tbe charge of over-issued stock was read to Allen by tbe clerk, he replied that be was guilty. He denied,bowever, that he had committed forgery. - Alln stales that bis partner in the iron company, Ferdia nand Hoefele, was in no way connected with his guilty transaction. Detectives are. however, looking for Hoefele. JOHNSTOWN, PA. The Situation In tbe Devastated Dis trict Salt Agalnat South Pork Flih inm CI ob. . Johnstown. August 8. A board of in quiry has been in every ward in'tbe devas tated district, and yet over 500 orders have not been called for. There are over a thou sand cases that have not been rated, and the night sessions will be held until tbey can be classified. In the meantime clerks are preparing tabulated statements from hich the State Commission will draw de ductions to make a basis for final distribu tion. Treasurer Thompson's clerks paid 218 orders to-day, aggregating $25,995. Business is good, and those merchants who. have, an established trade ate hard at work. A meeting of business men was held this evening to take steps towards determining tbe liabilities of the bouth cork Fishing Club for the disaster. Committees were appointed and funds will be raised to help make the suit of John Thomas ft Sons against the club a test one. Tbe body of a 15-year old girl was found near the business part of Main street this evening. It was covered with earth and remarkably well preserved. BRITISH ColuMBlA. Parther Concerning the Selaare of tbe Black Diamond. , Victoria, B. C. August 8. A. Frank paid off the Black Diamond crew yester day. Before doing so he took affidavits from the men concerning their knowledge of the seizure. These affidavits will be used by Frank in connection with his claim against the U. S. government for damages. . It is generally considered that Lieut. Tuttle aced entirely outside of tbe law in breaking open the captain's papers.. The law, it is understood, merely author ized him to take the schooner to some American port with all on board. INDIANA. Pire at Port Wayne loaaaboBt $100,- OOO. Fokt Watne, Aug. 8. A fire broke out in tbe bookstore of Banner, Bataley & Co., ib Trenman block, last evening. Stock was an entire loss; reaching $40,000; insured for $26,000. The block was damaged to the extent of $15,000; fully insured. The Trenman estate block on the south was damaged $5,000. It was occupied by Stern, Mautner & Friedlie, clothing, whose loss on stock is $15,000. The Wagner block on the north,was damaged $9,000. It was occupied by Louis Wolfe & Co.. drug gists. Damage to stock by water $20,000. All the losses are fully covered by insur ance, y COAL, MINERS. Iilttle Hope of Settlement or tbe Strike In Illinois. Juliet, III., August 9. After a lengthy seation tbe coal operators and miners con feience with the board of arbitrators came to an end at a late boUr last night, without any results looking toward a settlement of the Northern Illinois coal miners1 strike. The miners ageed to meet tbe opera tors half-way. and to accept 75 cents at Streator, 85 cents at . La Salle.' and .90 cents at Braidwood, This concession tbe operators refused to accede to, insisting on a tco Dcr cent, re duction, -Before the meeting broke up the operators agreed to meet again in this city next Monday. Tbe miners held a secret meeting and agreed to return here Monday, The miners seem eager to end tbe strike, but as tbe operators insist on a reduction there is little hope that the meeting of Mon day will be productive of settlement. EL.OR1DA. A Boy Terribly mutilated In a Saw Mill. By Telegraph to the Moraine Stur. Jacksonville, August S As Walter Crews, a 15-year old boy, was playing in Clark's saw mill, East Jacksonville, . late yesterday afternoon, his clothes caught in .the hoUting machinery, the shaft f which was making 800 revolutions per minute. He was whirled about for nearly a minute. and terribly injured before be could be re leased. When extricated both legs were found to be broken, one arm was fractured and his left shoulder dislocated, besides severe laceration of other - parts of his body. The boy did not lose consciousness during the dressing oi bis wounds, but tne shock and internal injuries resulted in death early this morning. BAR HARBOR. The President Ulakea Appolntmenta from his Betreat. By Telegraph xo the Horning Star. - Bar Habbob, Mb . August 10. Presi dent Harrison has made the following ap pointments: Samuel F. Phillips, of North Carolina, commissioner on tne pan oi tne United States, under the Venezuelan and United States treaty - concerning i the ad justment of claims; Charles G. Pope, of Missouri, consul at Toronto: Kicnsrd u Lacy, of tbe District of Columbia, consul general ai uttawa, s ? Spirits ;tu&rtiiie. . Greenville BeflectoriAn ex curson from Greenville to Wilmington and -Wrightsville is being talked as soon as the train gets to running. That is Just the thing. - Wilmington would like to sne 500 r so of our people down that way, and we know the people would enjoy acheaperip. Three prisoners succeeded in making their escape from jail Sunday morning. Two of them were caught a short distance below town and the other was found secreted beneath a building on the same square of the jail. Washington Progress : We are ' informed that it is an assured fact that we are to have a railroad and that at an early day. We are informed from a reliable ;! source that the farmers on the south side of the river in this county have the best crops tbey have had for years, especially in that rich South Creek section. The rains continue here, but are not so heavy as they -were some days ago. ' Our farmers are very much distressed over the crop prospect. News comes to us from Hyde county that the crops are almost an entire failure. " . Goldsboro Argus: A serious difficulty occurred yesterday at Mr. W. E. ' Lewis' saw mill on the river, near this city, between Wm. Beeves, white, and Henry Ashford, colored, in which the latter re- ' ceived a serere and stunning blow on the' head from an iron log hook in the hands of the former. We could not learn the par ticulars leadiue uo to the affrav. Ashford . is a notoriously desperate negro, and is said an axe-when the latter feifei"55 as tu mu mb hum wriunir hwhiliiiit wl iirH iirrw: Mj uvut iug, aaav asuoiuiu ID Dilll sU BU unconscious condition, though it is thought that he will recover. men were drowned on Mr. Capehart'a plan tation in Northampton county, last week, while floating logs to a mill. Marsh- Swamp Alliance, No. 898, this county, haa passed resolutions: to the effect that it will -use only cotton cloth for covering cotton, and asks all other alliance! to unite with it in requesting the merchants j to keep it in stock. Esquire E. A. Carter.. showed us a day or two ago a sample of very fine bright tobacco which he raited on his iarm near Aurelian Springs this sea son. He has four acres of it and it will compare favorably with any we bave seen. It is bright yellow, of silken texturo,; and -the leaves measure from eight to ten inches in width. i Rutherford .Banner: Farmers fear upland corn is growing too high. There is not three vacant dwelling houses within tbe corporate, limits of this town. The canning factory started on last Monday with W. A. Bucker in charge. : Good sound fruit can be sold now at a good price. The protracted meeting at the Baptist Church stil continues with good results. Several conversions have been ' made and two or three baptized. -We regret to announce the death of Miss Lucy Surge, which event occuted after a short illness at me resiuence or ner uncle, W.b. Griffin of this place on Thursday morning last. The deceased was just arriving at' womanhood, and her death was a great shock to family and friends. The rains have been very heavy for the past few days and crops are suffering in conse-? quence. The heaviest rain for many years fell in the Floyd's Creek neighborhood on Tuesday night. All the streams were over flown and Mr. Hicks Mill dam was wash ed away. The damage cannot yet be esti mated, j Charlotte Democrat: The crowd at the opening day of the Mount Holly Farmers' Encampment was estimated at 3:000. Miss Cora Vail has been ap pointed money order clerk at the Char lotte postoffice. Miss Vail is the daughter -of Major T. L. Vail, of this city, i superintendent Dodge, of tbe unariotta Electric Light Company, will soon add forty-five new arc lights to the streets of Charlotte. Trade and Tryon streets will have a hght to each block. This will in crease Charlotte's arc lights to eighty three. The operatives of the Charlotte and Victor cotton mills struck Monday on an increase of hours from eleven to twelve. The proprietors claim that the decrease to eleven hours some years since was a: con cession and favor, and their necessity to take up tbe concession and resume the former status has caused the disturbance. They say, in effect, '.that the operatives got "spilte" oy their lormer good treat ment. About 75 out of 800 are said to have returned to work and a peaceable and hasty adjustment has been effected on the twelve hour basis. ! Smithfield Herald'. After a brief life the Selma Beporter has suspended. There are two many papers started without any solid backing, and the consequence is that in a short while they are forced to sus pend publication. Tbe rainfall in this county for the past few days has been very heavy and farmers say their crops are badly damaged. A month ago the crop prospects could have been better, but it is thought now that some will make only half a crop. Tbe negro boya around town seem to have an instinct for stealing from the age they begin at the business, John Kennedy, loyear old negro and another negro hardly half so old were lodged in jail this week for burglary. On last Sunday the negroes on the farm owned by James 1. fou. issq., seem to bave bad a general row. There was no serious damage done although the "razors were flying in the air." One darkey got his head cut right badly. The writer has been over much of the cotton and corn belt of North Caro lina and can assure the public that tbe crop prospects in Nash, Halifax: Edgecombe and the eastern counties are tbe poorest he ever saw, and, if no change for the better, will be disastrous. From Wilson south and west the prospects are fair to good, and un less Borne great disaster will be an average -crop, but north and east of the point named it looks like starvation now. j Charlotte 'Chronicle:' A ter- t fist 1 frrY iTir anrl f hn mrlav otArm iaoHn a a iuu iisjuiuiuaj uuu nuuaauva nsutui losttug am half hour, visited Charlotte last night at 9 o'clock. Bain fell in torrents for the thirty minutes. Capt. H. Aj Judd, of Bilesville, manager of Stanly Free Hold Gold mine, was in town yesterday, i Uapt. Judd had with him 25,000 in gold for the mint, and sent 750 pennyweights by ex press. Rev. T. H. Strochecker has been unanimously elected as supply pastor of the Iredell charge - or the Luthsrer, consisting of St. Michael's at Trout man's, St. -Paul's, and Amity Hill. He has purchased a home and located at Bari um Springs. - The Southern FJaid Association met in this city yesterday (Tuesday with C. E. Graham, of Ashe ville, in the chair, and John A. Ferree, or Randolph, Secretary. The meeting adopt ed the short time movement for the pur pose of curtailing production. Arrange ments were uiuuo lucui puioio - mo Manufacturers' Warehouse, Charlotte, N. C, and to build a standard warehouse in this city to hold 20,000 bales of cotton. This is for the purpose of laying in their supplies of cotton during the fall months, and having it carried at a low rate of in surance, storage, and interest. A commit tee of five was appointed for the purpose of locating and constructing the building, consisting of 3, H. McAden, President; R. ; M. Oates, E. K. P. Osborne. B. R. Smith and J. H. Ferree. The meeting adjourned to meet again at the calhof the President. Raleigb News-Observe: Gov. Fowle last night received a telegram from his brother, Mr. J. L. Fowle, of Washing ton, N. C, announcing that Mr. Bryan Satterthwaite died on Sunday night at Ocracoke, where he went about two weeks ago from this city, and where he was taken ill. He had been unwell before he left here and had started home, fearing that a sick spell awaited him. The funeral and burial took plaoe yesterday evening at his home at Washington. Mr. Satterthwaite was a nephew of Gov. Fowle and was his execu- -tive clerk. His home was at Washington where his mother resides. He waa 22 yeara of age. We were informed ! by the clerks at tbe Raleigh and Gaston- freight office yesterday, that the daily shipments of grapes now average 2,000 baskets or 20, 000 pounds. A day or two ago the ship ments amounted to 2,850 baskets. -The death of Mr. Bryan Satterthwaite is tbe fourth sad fatality which has occurred among the Milburnie picnic party1. . Many others who drank the tainted water have narrowly escaped the grave, and it is not jet known where its terrible consequences will end. - The Governor's Guard have made some changes in the officers of tbe company. Mr. J. J. Whitehead resigned as First Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant Jno. W. Cross was elected to succeed him. W. A Linehan was promoted from Junior Second Lieutenant to Second Lieutenant, and First Sergeant Alf. Williams, Jr., was elected to the office of Junior Second Lieu tenant. ...- - i
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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