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The Weekly Star:!
WM. H. BEKNAED, Editor and Prop'r.
WILMINO TON, N. C.
September 20, 1880.;
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THE FIFTY-FIRST CON6BE8S, .
The Fifty-first Congress, whioh
meets in December, will be a very
interesting one, interesting not only
from the important matters that will
come before it for discussion, but
for the political scheming that will
form no small part of its proceed
ings.. The uncomfortably small ma
jority which the Republicans have
will tempt them to increase it by
evety .means in their power and
hence we may expect some nigh or
der legerdemain when the contested
election caseB come up for considera
tion. Zl As" the House now stands there
. are 164 Republicans to 161 Demo
crats. When the elections in North
'and South Dakota, Washington and
Montana are held the Repub
licans will carry the first three
while the Democrats stand a
, fair chance of carrying the last
This would give the Republicans 167,
the Democrats 162, and will give
them control of the organization of
tho House, if there are no Southern
kickers (whioh there will not be), but
it it is an uncomfortably small work
ing majority to depend upon.
The first thing they will undertake
after' organizing the Houee will be to
increase this majority by unseating as
many as they can of the Demooratio
members whose seats are contested by
Republican!). To do. this the Commit
ted on Electionswill be stocked for
that purpose with men who will not
fail to make the kind of reports need'
ed, and the reports will be according
ly forthcoming. They will not be
governed by any conscientious
ucraples in a matter of this
kind, for - as between conscience
and party necessity party al
ways triumphs with the Republi
can politician, and Republican Con
gressmen never forget that they are
Republican politicians. What they
cancct accomplish by fair they wiU
by foul mean?, the main object
with them tlways being to accom
plish their purposes regardless of
- the methods. They act on the prin
ciple in politics that the old fellow
did in business who advised his son
to make money, to make it honestly
. if he could but if he couldn't make
it honestly to make it anyway.
They will increase the majority hon
- omly if they can but if they can't in
crease it honestly they will increase
it anyway, if they can.
Of course a move of this kind will
solidify the Democrats, and then the
performance will open and the festi
vities begin. When the curtain rises
and the oratorical pyrotechnics get
under full headway we may expect
some fervid and even incandescent
ppeeebee, in which tho South will
come in for the regulation amount of
abuse and figurative scalping, while
shotguns, bowie knives f and bind
geons will be oratorically displayed
in endless profusion, and not a little
confusion. The Democrats are not
going to sit quietly. and silently lis
ten to all this, and the probabilities
are that we will have from the Dem
ocralic side of the House some ani
mated speeches,- too, showing that
they are not entire strangers to
calorio King's Eoglish.
All this may not be very enter
taining or edifying to the average
American citizen, but it will amuse
the galleries, give the newspaper re
porters something to do and some
thing to write about, and will help
to break the dull monotony of rou
tine business in the early days of the
" session while work is being cut out
for later in the season. It will serve
also to draw the party lines closer
together, and bring the kickers, if
there be anyi in. That's part of the
Republican, programme to get the
disgruntled Southern brethren safe
within the fold, sp that their votes
may be counted in to a certainty on
questions' where the vote might be
otherwise uncertain.
It will also prepare the'way for the
introduction and passage (perhaps)
of some measure placing the election
of .Congressmen under the supervis
ion of the Federal authorities
something which they have long
wanted to do but which they could
not well carry out. Any law of this
kind must be national, not sectional
and here is the stumbling . blook.
They want to apply it only to the
South and how, to do that is which
puzzles them. If they ever by any
ingenious phrasing of speech whip the
devil around the stump and fix np a
law that will affect the South with
out affecting the North it will Jbe
done with as, little scruples of con
" science as they will increase their
. small majority by unseating Demo
crats and putting Republicans in
their place. The indications are
that Mr. McKinley who is the com
ing Speaker, will have use for his
jjavel. ' .
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FIGDKiU T0aT TBI.Ii.
A few 'days ago we reproduced
from the columns of the Times-
Democrat, of New Orleans, a tab
ular statement showing the increase
in the value of property in theSouth
r the past ten years, making the
aggregate inorease 73.9 per cent. We
now produce from .the same source
some interesting figures,' upon whioh
this statement was based. y
In 1879 the assessed value of prop
erty was $2,164,792,795; on the 1st
of September, 1889, it was $3,759,
053,367. Bat the real value wa, of
course, much higher, being qooted at
$5,725,000,000 in 1879, and $8,647,
890,028 in 1889.
Within this time the State debts
were reduced from $124,066,897 to
$89,577,730.
The tax rate has been reduoed from
4.60 to 4.23 mill on the dollar, the
revenues increasing in the meantime
from $13,201,868 to $21,128,633.
The railroad mileage has increased
from 17,808 to '36,686 ; miles," with
nearly 2,500 miles under construction
The number of cotton mills has
been increased from 142 to 830, the
spindles from 542,148 to 1,859,626.
Cotton seed oil mills ' from 45 to
214, the value of the product increas
ing from $7,690,921 to $17,669,700.
The production of pig iron shows
the remarkable increase. from 212,722
toas to 1,245,595 tons, while the CJal
product has risen from 1,963,274 tons
to 12,376,000 torn?.
Agricultural products have in
creased $257,000,000, live stock
$160,000,000.
The expenditures for public
schools have increased from $6,145,-
706 to $13,905,304.
The population shows an increase
from 14,639,714 io 1879 to 19,304,723
These are approximate figure,
gathered from the most trustworthy
sources by a journal which shows
great care and research in compiling
its statisticalNtrticles. It does nut
depend upon mere speculation or
guess work, but has its correspon
dents in the several States who are
familiar with the subjeots which they
treat, and whose business it is to
keep abreast Of the current of pro
gresa and a record of the industrial
movement. Every .year it publishes
an issue in which the industrial pro
gress of the South is the special fea
ture, taking each State and , showing
the progress of each, and in this way
by following it up from year to year,
and keeping a oonstant record, it is
thoroughly familiar with the subject
and speaks from information as ac
curate as it. is . possible to procure,
Its review embraces a wide scope of
coud try where every day is adding
something to the enterprise of the
day before, and our impression is
that its figures are rather under than
over the maik. But, whether they
are slightly under or over, tbqv are
sufficiently near the mark to give
some conception of the steady and
rapid progress of the South and the
grand work which her people are ac
complishing. When we look back and see the
South as she stood twenty years ago,
stripped of nearly every thing, with
out capital and without friends
among capitalfsts, with nothing to
bank upon but lha brave, resolute,
hopeful spirits of her plucky! men
and noble, self sacrificing women, we
may realize what all this great pro
gress means, and admire the indomi
table will, energy, perseverance and
industry that achieved it.
And yet the South' has not crossed
the threshold of her greatness nor
begun fairly to ente,r upon the mag
nificent possibilities before her. 'She
is yet comparatively speaking an un
explored and uninhabited territory.
She has million upon millions of as
Gne lands as are found any where
between the - lakes and the Rio
Grande which never beard the ring
of an ax cor felt the ploughshare.
She has millions of acres of the most
magnificent timber between the two
oceans, and limitless extent of the use
fa! ores, with c al in close proximity,
, ou which the miner's pick has ye
scarcely made an impression, and
vast areas where the surveyor's or
geologist's foot has never trod.
Every day brings to light some new
treasure cf this kind, some bidden
storehouse of wealth over whioh gen
erations have been walking and pilot?
ing without ever suspecting its pre
sence. ;. '
- When the population of the South
is doubled, which; it will be within
the next two decades, and her pro
ducts, industries, and weajth in
creased in proportion, as they will
be, grand as she is now, what a still
grander country will this sunny
Southland of oars then be. Once
Westward the star of empire took
its way, henceforth Southward the
star of empire comes. It is coming
as sure as the rivers roll to the seas,
or the tides ebb and fljw. . The in
evitable must be accomplished.
Sinoe the late storm on the Atlan
tic coast the geysers in the Yellow
stone Park have been spouting more
than usual, while several that were
supposed to have become extinct
have gone into business again. Soir
entists are puzzled to know how the
stora could have affected the gey
sers.
It is said that the consumption of
natural gas for fuel purposes in Pitts
burg is equivalent to an annual con
sumption of 7,000,000 tons of coal.
The Pittsburgers can now wear clean
shirts and recognize each other.
At the last annual meeting at Fay-
ettevitle of the North Carolina Far
mers' Alliance, series of resolutions
were passed protesting against the
monopolistic combinations . wmcn
have sprung up in this oountry to
crush competition and to oppress the
people whom they have at their
mercy. We find in the National
Economist, which pablishesthe reso
lutions, an able and eloquent speeoh
n support of.thtm by Hon. W. J.
reeo. in which he gave a graphic
and historioal'sketch of the growth
of monopoly past and present, and
of the efforts that people of other
ages and nations have made from
time to lime to free themselves from
it, and yet he shows that no oeuntry
in the world was ever more com
pletely in the power and at the mercy
of the monopolist than are the people
of this great, progressive, enlight
ened Republic of ours to-day. The
speech is a powerful and an eloquent
defence of the people as against the
monopolistic combinations.
Governor Fowle has issued his
prpclamation oalling on the officers
of the Jaw to use every effort to
bring to justice the perpetrators of.
the late lynching outrage at Morgan-
ton, and urging the good people to
co-operate with those whose duty it
is to administer the laws, in Burke
and other counties, in sustaining the
laws and in bringing to punishment
those who set them at . defiance.
North Carolina has been exception
ally free from the lawless outbreaks
that for seme time have brought
trouble to and injured the good name
of some of the other Southern States
and the law-abiding oltizens, should
take good care that the spirit of law
lineeB when shown be crushed, vio
laters of the law; punished, and the
officers of the law sustained in en
forcing it. '
IQINOiS. SIBNTION.
As one of tho arguments to itifla-
ence the vote of the farmer- for a
high protective tariff he has been
told that it will enrich bim by fur
nishing a ready home market for
the products of tne farm. It is
true that the increase of manufac
ing towns by increasing the num
ber of consumers does give an' in
creased demand for the products of
the farm and a better home market,
but it is not true tnat this is the re-
suit of a high protective-tariff. The
New England States, the great man
ufacturing section of this oountry,
are among the most highly protected
and yet the farming lands in some
of these States bavo become so dc
preciated in value that lenders of
money no longer care to lend on
them as an investment. Thev ore for
investments io city properties and in
bonds which may be readily turned
into money when desirable.
The cotton planters of the South
are making a determined fight
against the jute bagging trust, and
with the uncomproming spirit which
tbey show and the unity of action
manifested it is a question of only
little time when the jute trust will be
driven to the wall and the planters
masters of the situation. With the
factories Iuow io. operation making
cotton bagging, the pine fibre facto
ries, aud other factories that will be
established there will bs ample facil
ities to meet all the demands for the
next crop if not for the present. The
successful outcome of this contest
means not only independence of jute
combinations but an increased de
mand for cotton to supply 40,000,000
or 50,000,000 y ards of bagging re
quired to cover the crop.
Billy Mahone is trying to work
the colored preacher for all he is
worth in the present political cam
paign. 1 be following circular letter
letter from bim speaks for itself:
'"Pitersbubg, Va , A.U. 28. 1889.
"Sir: t'leasft send me the names of the
pastors of Ibe different churches of your
county, their postoffice adtlreeets, and state
whether wbite or colored in each case.
Yours, tmly, William Mahohb." ?
Of course, everybody understands
this, and why the request is made to
state whether the pastor is "white or
oolored." He does not propose to
waste time on the white pastor, and
writes this way simply to avoid the
appearance of singling out the col
ored pas. or as his tool. He knows
the influence of the colored pastor
over his congregation and knows
what a useful ally he may be made if
his services oan be secured. There is
no depth in the deviltry of politics
that Mahone has not fathomed, and
hence there is ' no surpriso among
those who know him in this attempt
to use the ooloVd pastors to boost
his own political ambition.
- . .
The dressed beef business of this
country is now in the hands of a few
men,- who absolutely control it.
They dictate both the buying and
the selling price, and ae powerful
enough to crush any competition.
It has been brought to light in the
recent investigation by the Senate
committee, pf whioh Senator Vest is
chairman, that when a cattle raiser
drives hia cattle to Kansas City, the
great cattle markef of the West, he
is there met by the combines who fix
the prioe of cattle on the hoof, and
if he refuses to take this and ships to
Chicago, he is met there by the same
oombines, and must take the prioe
offered or ship his cattle back. In
this way they have the cattle raisers
completely at their mercy, and turn
the screws as tfceir caprice pr interest
dictates, .
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The Luiberan Usitad sraod la jneet
tm WlimiBCion 8oa. -.
The general body of the Evangeli
cal Lutheran Church of the South is
to meet in St. Paul's Lutheran
Church in our city.Bev. F. W. E.
Pesehau, pastor, early in November.
Two Synods from Virginia, the North
Carolina Synod, the South Carolina
Synod the Georgia " Synod," the
Mississippi Synod, the Tennessee
Synod, and the Holston Synod of
East Tennessee will be represented.
It may be, too, that the Middle Ten
nesse Synod and the Lutheran in
terests of Florida will also be repre
sented. .'I :
Besides this there will be repre
sentatives from two of the leading
Northern general bodies, known as
the General Synod and the General
Council, and whioh number 1,800
ministers, 2,914 congregations, and
nearly one half million of members.
The Western and Northwestern
general bodies, which number more
than half a million, will not, how
ever, be represented.
The people of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church are making preparations to
provide entertainment, for the mem
bers of this body which will be in ses
sion at the time mentioned.
The Lutherans of oar city having
always shown their kindness by en
tertaining members of the various
Church bodies that have met in Wil
mington, it is to be hoped that their
kindness will be reciprocated, and
that they will receive offers of enter
tainment, '.homes, &o., for the .minis
ters and delegates who may be 'our
guests at that time.
The committee on securing homes
and entertainment consists of the
Pastor, Messrs. August D. Wessel, H.
Cronenberg.L. Vollers, J. D. Doeshey
B. H. J. Ahrensand L. Hansen.
Cotton Crop Figure
The Commercial and Financial Chron
icle has just issued its report of the to
tal cotton crop of last year. It makes
the total crop 6,935,083 bales, 83,625 less
than for 1887-m The weight of the
crop was 3,437,409,499 pounds, against
3,406,068,167 pounds of the year before.
This shows a heavier average weight
per bale for the crop year ending Au
gust 31, 1889.
Of the crop 4,742,745 bales were ex
ported foreign. The most gratifying
showing, however, is the increase of
cotton manufactured in the South,
the. total for 1889 being 486,603 bales
and for 1888 443,373, or 7.03 per cent, of
the total crop for 1889 against 6.31 per
cent, for 1888. Georgia ws the great
est consumer of cotton of the Southern
States, with the two Carolinas next
An analysis of the report shows that
the Southern manufacturers have in
creased their capacity 200,000 spindles
or about 16 per cent., while the North
ern per centage of increase is much
smaller. It is remarkable how close
the authorities have come to the total
crop. A. B. Shepperson, the stattis
tician of the N. Y. Cotton Exchange,
makes the' cotton crop for 188889 4,000
bales more than the Chronicle makes it.
To Mill Hie la (lie fields.
Rice planters will be interested in
a practical test of a new patent hol
ler, which is to be made next week
near Savannah, Ga., and whieh if it
accomplishes what is claimed for it
will revolutionize the milling of
rice, enabling every planter to mill
his own rice on the plantation and
barrel it ready for the market at a
minimum cost, even if he does not
plant more than fifty acres of rice
The new machine is the invention of
a Portugese, in Brazil, and the
patents have been bought by
a company formed in Syracuse,
New York, where the hollers will
be manufactured. A practical
test is to be made on the plantation
of A. E. Moynelo, one of the largest
planters of rice on the Ogeechee
river. It is said that if the invention
proves a success, there will be a com
plete revolution in rice planting, as
the rice can be got ready for market
at the plantation, and planting will,
therefore, be more profitable on ao
count of the planter being able to
clean, mill and barrel his rice on the
plantation at small cost, and the mill
charges will be saved.
Goldsboro 71 order Trial.
A correspondent writes the Stab
that Judge Armfleld, In the Superior
Court, yesterday morning sentenced
C. C. Gardner, convicted Monday ot
the murder of B. F. McKeel in Wayne
county last j une, to - De nanged on
the 22d of November next. Gardner'i
counsel craved an appeal to the Su
preme Court, whioh was granted by
the Court. The prisoner exhibited
marked coolness and firmness when
sentence was passed upon bim. It is
said he hasn't the least doubt of his
final acquittal, but bis friends have
little or no hope of it.
From Somnport.
A citizen of Southport says there
have been five deaths in that town
within less than two weeks, and that
there are two ladies now dangerously
ill, besides a great deal of other sick
ness. Some persons attribute it to
the warm and oppressiveweather,
while others say it is caused by dig
ging and disturbing the earth during
the summer, for the improvements
made in that enterprising town
Southport has made a great many
Improvements lately in streets and in
buildings,
New River OjMtri,
;New River oysters wiU npt be in
market before the first of next
month. By enactment of the last
Legislature it is made nnlawful to
take oysters from natural beds in
Onslow county between the first day
of May and the first day of November
following, under penalty of fifty dol
lars fine or thirty days imprisonment.
A Cold Wava.
The warm weather of the past few
days gave way yesterday to a cold
wave that sent the mercury down
some twenty-five degrees, the ther
mometer last night at 10 o'clock re-
uoruing me temperature at ea, as
against a maximum the day before pf
85 degrees. The fall in temperature
was accompanied by rain, which
made it exceedingly disagreeable for
people who had to be out of doors.
The cyclone reported' several days
ago off the Florida coast, was last
night central in the West Gulf; Gal
vesiou reporting tne maximum velo
city of wind as 83 miles an hour.
Drlanlfeai Co Oft.
The Criminal Court for New Han
over county convened yesterday with
Judge Meares presiding. . r
The grand jury as drawn is consti
tuted as follows: Samuel Bear, J r.
foreman, Godfrey Hart, G. W. Bish
op, S W, Hold en. J. H. Thees, W. H.
Pickett A. W. Wiggs, W. H. Scar
borough, C F. Craig, A. J. Johnson,
Geo. F Grotgen, W. H Bneeden.
The case of Bryan Carroll.the white
man from Brunswick county charged
with the murder of his wife by poi
son, was set for 'trial on Monday of
the November term, and a special ve
nire of seventy-five jurors was order
ed... ' - : '-
A number of submissions were made
in cases of assault and battery.
R. Prem pert, charged with selling
liquor on Sunday, was fined $20 and
costs.
Lizzie Sellers, disorderly conduct;
case brought on appeal from the City
Court, where it was tried by Alder
man Craft as Mayor pro tern. Coun
sel for defence moved to dismiss upon
the ground that there is no law au
thorizing an acting mayor to perform
judicial fuuo'ions, but the court over
ruled the motion. The trial of the
case went on, but after the witnesses
had all testified, on motion of count
sel for defence the ease was dismissed
on the ground ' that the warrant was
defective. Mr C. P. Lockey was coun
sel for defendants.
Wm. Blaney, charged .with the
larceny of a pistol, was found guilty,
but with a recommendation . to mer
cy. The Court sentenced the prisoner
to the county house of correction to
work out the costs of the case.
At 6 "p. in. Court took a recess until
this morning.
V. ft IMfttrlet Court. '
The following is the list of jurors
drawn for the fall term of the United
States Conrt which will convene in
Wilmington on Tuesday, November
5th, with Judge Seymour presiding,
viz:
New Hanover Owen Fennell. John
C Chase, W H Topp, Lorenzo D Ken
nedy, Daniel C Davis, James W Jack
son, 8 W Skinner, Wilkes Morris, J
W Perdew. E H Schulken. John D
Woody, Henry Taylor, John G Wag
ner, M. M Katz, James F Post, Jr., D
MaeRae, W H Bradley, James G Burr.
Columbus Go W Elkins, S A
Smith, H C Meffltt, J H Lennon, H B
Short, L J Yates, E J McRacken.
Robeson G Oxendine. Root T
Carlisle, W H Pope.
Brunswick Jas C Brooks, Franklin
Galloway, T M Wescott, J J Gay,
Wm H Mercer.
Pender John A Jones, T J
Bradshaw.
Bladen Wm Whitted, A J Bryant,
T M Sikes, A F White.
Duplin Libius M Cooper, Walter
R Bryant, M C Blount, John S Ham
ilton, Wm H Winders, J Martin Rob
inson, Wm B Soutberland, James K
Smith. Geo W CarrolL David M
PearsalL
Sampson J E'Parker.
David wiatK
Solicitor B. R. Moore, of the Crimi
nal Court, sent a capias to the sheriff
of Wayne county for David Wiggs,
the negro burglar; but it was return
ed yesterday with the endorsement
that Wiggs had been tried and con
victed of larceny, in two cases, at the
recent term pf court in that county
and sentenced to seventeen years in
the State penitentiary. The Solicit
'or made a statement to this effect in
court yesterday, and on his motion
the cases against Wiggs for burglar
ies committed here were "nol prossed
with leave.
Froas Atlantic City.
One of the Star's subscribers was
at Atlantic City during the late storm.
He writes
Atlantic City. N J- Sept. 12, 1889.
Edit -r Wilmington Slar : It is al
ways calm alter a storm Alter wait
ing patiently for three days to be able
to leave this island, lam pleased to
say we can leave here this p. m. ine
storm which has lasted for three days
Is over. It was an awful storm, and
will long be remembered by every
body iu Atlantic City. I shall return
with my family to Clintoa Monday if
nothing prevents. Send my Stab
to Clinton, beginning with next Sun
day. m. a.
WASHiAGlUX TJCHJSUORY.
CUr Oflletaia ofpok Fall Arrest
d tor .TUaapproprlatlne Fonda.
. Bt Tlmil! totbe Muni tug Star.
bPOKANB Falls, otpt. is a.u un
pleasant scandal bus come to light in tha
citji government. Ctly (jouncilmea Sidney
D. Witters and Peter Dae ber and police
man William Gillespie are ua-ler bood to
answer the charge of appropriating to their
own use moi.ey and supplies contributed
for the relief of those who suffered by the
recent great fire. Another mau Darned tio
beri Ioiilis w&s also arrested and gave bail,
but be has Jumped bis bond and search is
now being made for ntm. it was uia rove
lation that led to the arrest of the others
nimed. After this he disappeared and the
supposition is that he was paid to abscond.
Bitter leeiiog prevails over tne exposure
At a meeting held here it was reeolved to
protect the city 8 good name oy prosecu
ting to the full extant of the law all'wbo
are suspected of complicity iu the disgrace
f ul proceeding. It has long been suspect
ed that the conspiracy existed in the coun
cil for the purpose ot "boodle, and a per
m&ncnt citiZiDuVcoinmittee has been organ
ized to protect the people against a recur
rence of omcul miecoDduct ol any caarac
tcr. . - m m m
Tbe frttldenl Commiui tne ken
teneea of ' wo Convicted (Han.
By Teleeraoh to the Horning Star."
H Dbkr'Pabk. September 18 President
-Harrison to-day commuted the sentence of
W. i) Bpearmao. of the D:stnct of South
Carolina, convicted of violating the internal
revenue laws, to nine months He was Ben-i
tencedin February. 1889, to twelve mon'hs
imprisonment. The sentence of Dr. Burke
Prttldy. of the Eastern District ot Tennes
see, ojnvicteu or violating the pension
laws, was commuted to one year. ' He was
sentenced in April, 1889. to two years' im
pneon ment
Another suppoccd yeliow fever case was
reported to tbe Brooklyn health authorities
yesterday, Tbe subject was a man on the
Atlas Line steamer Alvo. from Costa Rica.
He was taken sick two davs out. and on
arriving at Brooklyn he was sent to the
County Hospital. Dr. Arnold is of opin
ion vnat it is a genuine case of yellow fever.
A Scrap of Paper gave Her Mfe
: It was just an ordinary scrap of wrap
pin paper, but it saved her life. She was
in the last staees of consumntion. told bv
physicians that she was incurable and could
live only a short time: she weighed less than
seventy pounds. On a piece of wrapping
paper she read of Dr. King's New Discov
ery, ana got a sample bottle; it helped her,
aha hniipht a 1 ftrtTA Knttlo it Yei rtnrl Via
more, bought another and grew better fast.
continued iu use ann - is now strong,
neaiuiy, rosy, piump, weigmng 14U pounds.
r or luner particulars send stamp to W. a,
Cole, Druggist, Fort Smith. Trial bottle
or this wonderful Discovery Free at Ro
bbbtR. Bellamy's, Wholesale and Retail
Drug Btore. j
Conviction of C. C, Gardner in Ways
- Special Star Telegram. -Goldsbobo'
Sept. 16. After a hearing
of three days the jury in' the case of C. O.
Gardner, for the murder of B. F. McKeel.
at Sauls' Cross Roads, in Wayne county,'
last June, returned a verdiet of guilty of
murder to-night at 10 o'clock.. Sentence
will be passed by Judge Armfleld to mor
row morning at 9.80 o'ejock.
PRESIDENT EL ARK1 SON
SafTcrlBg With Tooibicbe Tba Pen
sion Comnalaatonarahtp,
Br Telegraph to the kTornlmr star.
Dkrb Park. Md.. Sept. 18 Major
Wm. Warner was closeted with President
Harrison over ao hour last night -He left
Washington at 8 p. m , expecting to reach
Deer Park at 9 and return to Washington
at 10 o'clock. His train was an hour late,
and he was obliged to remain over night,
and left here early this morning. His visit
was more secretive itnan his errand, tie
came to explain why he could not give np
a lucrative Dusiness to accept the Pension
Comnu3sionership. Whether the Presi
dent succeeded in changing his determina
tion cannot be learned . when seen br an
Associated Press reporter this morning, the
rresiaeni said : "X nave nothing to give
out about ex-Commissioner Tanner's suc
cessor absolutely nothing." He was suf
fer t?g severely from toothache at the time.
Lewis A, Graff, of Omaha, Neb., was
appointed commissioner of the General
Land Office this morning, vice 8. M.
Stockfliger. resigned After sienine Judee
Graff's Commission tbe President gave the
morning to answering personal letters and
dictating to bis stenographer.
WASULSHTOH.
naj.
Wrnr Oaeilnaa tha jPoaltlou of
Pdnaion Comnalaaloner.
Washington, Sept. 17. Major Warner
returned this afternoon from Deer Park,
whither he went last night to see President
Harrison. It is understood he will remain
several days in Washington. Maj. War
ner declines to talk for publication, but bis
friends Say he has made up his mind not to
accept the offer of the position of Pension
Commissioner. Knowledge of this deter
mination created considerable surprise
among politicians, Grand Army men and
on New&parer Row, as their unanimous be
lief last night was that Msjor Warner
would accept. Business reasons' are said
to have influenced him to decline the offer.
Speculation as to Tanner's successor.
under this changed condition of affair, in
cludes a number of names, two or three of
which have not heretofore been named.
Tbe list of possibilities so far as known is
as follows: George S. Merrill, of Boston,
ex-commander-in-chief of the GAR;
Judge Jubn P. Rea. of Minneapolis: Gea.
irrea Unoner, ex-peosion agent at Indian
apolis; Gen. Chas. E Brown, of Cincin
nati; Uol. A W. Duaae. of Ohio, and ex
Pension Agent Poole, of Sracuse, N. Y
Washington Sept. 17 Secretary Win
dom to-day appointed Robert H. Terrel'.
of Mass., Chief of tho Navy Pay Division
of tbe Fourtn Auditor s office, vice MaTtin.
of Alabama, resigned. The new appointee
is a colored man. tie is a graduate of Har
vard Univereity and is at present encaged
as teacher in a eolotel normal' school at
Washington
A dispatch from Deer Park last nuht
says it is stated authoritatively that Major
Warner has net declined th? Pension
Commissioner-ship. He slid has the niatter
under consideration. Major Geo. 3,
Merrill, of Mass., is believed to be tbe only
other man whom President Harrison is
considering.
- Treasury balances: Coin. $155,813,637;
currency, 1S.428,118.
Washington, Sept. 18 There is no
longer any doubt that Maj. Warner has de
cliutd the PenBion-Commissiooership. The
appo:ntment of Sir. filerrill to that position
will probably be announced within a day
or two
Washington, Sspt. 18. Secretary Tra
cey to day finally decided to build two
three thousand ton cruisers iu the Govern
ment Navy Yards Before taking this ac
tion, ha raace inquiry of leading ship
butldms firms as to whether there was any
possibility of modifying the designs for the
vessHs, retaining, meanwhile, fuiJsTreneth
and 8;te(', so & to secure bids within the
limit or cost fixed by (JonercSi. Ship build
ere were of tbe opinion that this could not
be dona. Cue firm replied that under such
circumstances tbey could reduce their bid
by $40 000, but this would sail leave the
bid tar in excess of the appropriation. Se
cretary Tracy regarded the law as manda
tory upon bim to construct bbips, and that
he b&d discretionary power to build them
in JNavy xarda if the bids were too huh in
his jndgmeat, even if they fell wiihiu the
limit fixed by Congrets. So, to-day.-aa al
ready slaved, be decided to undertake the
work, and orders will immediately issue to
carry out bis intention. One vessel
complete will be 'built at tbe Mew York
Navy Yard, as well as machinery for the
other, while the hull and boilers of. the
second vessel will be constructed at the
Norfolk Navy Yard. By this arrangement
one Bet of patterns cau be made to serve
ror both ships, being first used at New
York and then sent to Norfolk. It Was
believed, that in ordinary circumstances
notn vessels could oe constructed at JNei
York, but that yard is now pretty well oc
cuplt-d with work, aud it was also the
Secretary h wish to distribute as far as
could be 'done, having due regard to eco
nomical construction. It might be men
tioned that the withes of California people
to nave a vessel bunt at Mare island navy
Yard were carefully considered, but the
fact that tbe cost of tho ship would rroba'
bly be increased by at least $150,000 by
building it there, was sufficient to turn the
scale agaical it in the present instance.
where the most rigid economy must be
observed to make the cost approximate the
money appropriated by Congress. Secre
tary Tracy is hopeful that he will be able
to built a ship at Mare Island soon after
the plant is in place.
MOK OAN TOJ LYNCHERS
Proelamatlonlfrom Gov. D. O Fowle.
By Tolegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Raleigh. N. C. September 17. Gov.
D G. Fowle, in view of the lynching at
Mcrganton last week, issued a - proclama
tion reciting the facts as ascertained, and
enjoining all officers, and especially those
charged with, tbe administration and execu
tion of tbe law in localities where crimes
have been committed, to energetically exert
themselves to arrest and bring to justice
these offenders against society. "The
laws," he Bays, "must and shall be main
tained. The Executive is ready to exer
cise all the powers conferred on him to
preserve tbe peace of society and - protect
toe eood name or tbe people ot the State.
While it is cause for profound sorrow that
these evils should exist, there is eonsola
tion that they are confined to few and
restricted localities. The great body of
tbe people are sober, industrious and law-
abiding, and have ever been distinguished
among tne states or tbe Union for rever
ence of law and steady support of its mln
isters. To this people I appeal to aid me.'
And in conclusion he invokes "a sound
public sentiment.
ALABAMA.
Tbe Farmara Determined to Uae Cot-
ton Baxaloc in Place of Jate,
Chicago. Sept. 17. A dispatch from
ureenvme. Ala., says;
The members of tbe Farmers' Alliance in
this portion of the cotton belt of Alabama
are aiding to break, down the lute trust.
which is being antagonized in every part of
the State, by the introduction of cotton
bagging as a substitute for balinsr cotton
Tbe latter system is a new one, and the
iarmers are unauie as yet to pro
cure the material on account of the failure
of factories to supply the demand.
increased facilities are twine ranidlv adon
ted for turning it out, and before long cot
ton bagging will entirely supplant jute,
notwithstanding that a loss of 50 cents per
paie is BUBiainea oy inose wuo use cotton bag
ging. In some sections of the country pine
straw is being woven into bagging, which
is said to be much superior to jute. It Is
not inflammable, and will protect cotton
better han any covering yet brought into
use. ; -V
'' Salt Tonraeif,
but there is no' other remedy for sick bead
ache, dizziness, constipation, biliousness.
or to restore a regular, healthy action to
tne nver, equal to those reliable little
"Pleasant Purgative Pellets" prepared by
Dr. Pierce, Of druggists. f
attalaetorr Trial of Iba Baltimore
? Tho Philadelphia. .
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
"WAHTmTON- September 17. Secretary
Tracy to-day received the following tele
gram irem uapt. jviraiaua. presiaent v
tbe trial board which conducted the trial
trip of the new cruiser Baltimore last Sat
urday: "Tbe 'trial of the Baltimore was
satisfactorily completed. Horse power is
in excess ol requirements; average epeea
per hour for four hours, nineteen and six
tenths knots; . maximum speed for one
hour, twenty and two-tenths knots Com
plete reports cannot be furnished for some
MTV-:-. : .. .
The Philadelphia, wmcn was recently
launched on the Delaware, has a hull
practically the same as the Baltimore. In
ber case mere is no requirement as to
horse power, as was the case with the
Baltimore, which was rea uired to make
8,000 horse power, but she is guaranteed to
make nineteen Knots an nour, ana whom
well as tbe Baltimore she will net a band-
some nroflt to her builders, as they will re
ceive $50,000 for every three-fourths of a
knot made by the vessel over ana auove
nineteen knots. .
VIRGINIA.
Wrack of m mormon Emigrant Train-
Two Care Plugged Into a Swollen:
8 tream Several Para on a Injured bat
no One Killed.
Ltnchbubg. Sept 15 A Mormon emi
grant train, on the N. & W. Railway, was
wrecEea eariy tms morning aoout iour
miles below the city. The train was a
special, and was running ahead of the reg
ular passenger train snout twenty minutes.
The wreck was caused by a small bridge
giving away after the engine and baggage
car had passed over. It. Tbe water in tbe
creek was very high, caused by the heaviest
rain here for Tears. The emigrants numbered
one hundred and sixty. Two cars plunged
into the creek, and strange to say no one
was killed, and but fifteen or twenty hurt.
one seriously. The first car that went
down turned completely over and is a total
wreck, and the second car struck on tbe
end and stood almost perpendicular. All
of the passengers were badly shaken up,
but when brought here Elder W. R.
Payne, in charge of tbe party, stated that
none were crippled, and all would proceed
on their journey as soon as a tram could
be made up. There were nine Mormon
elders In the party.
ILLINOIS.
A Bt. m,onla Negro Attaehe a Judge and
Get up a Bloody Fight between
Whlteeand Blacka.
Chicago. Sect. 16 A dispatch from
Lawrenceville, IU., Eays:
A race war between tbe whites and blacks
occurred here Saturday night. A few days
ago a at. Liouib negro, named Slick, came
to town, and Saturday afternoon in a quar
rel with a wbite man attacked him with a
knife. The latter escaped after receiving
two wounds, and then Slick .dashed down
tbe street, slashing at every one. Judge
Barnes, of the County Court, ordered tbe
negro to stop. Tbe negro attacked the
Judge, but the latter retaliated by knock
ing him down. The negro was then dis
armed and arrested . Meanwhile the blacks,
hearing of the arrest, determined to rescue
the prisoner A few white men rallied
around the Judge. There was a bard fight,
in which tbe negroes were beaten back and
one of the ringleaders arrested. Tbe pris
oners were taken to the county jail, and tbe
sheriff and bis deputies were ordered by
the Judge to guard the building. The blacks
quickly organized and made an attack onthe
jail. The sheriff was ordered to fire on them
but refused, and the negroes forced their
way into tbe jail and rescued the prisoners.
Judge Barnes organized tbe whites and at
tacked the blacks at tbe jail. There was a
bloody fight, in which pistols, knives, and
clubs were used. Judge Barnes was put
and shot, but his wounds are not fatal.
Dr. Johnson, Ed. Lamb and three other
white men were seriously hurt. Two ne
groes were shot and a half hundred beads
were broken. The whites won and the
ringleaders we;e again pnt in jail and a
heavy guard placed around tbe building.
The riot has created great excitement.
THE BALTIMORE:
Huceeaaful . Trial Trip of tha New
Steel Cruiecr Declared to be tba
Faateet Ittan-or-war afloat.
Philadelphia, Septemter 15 The new
steel cruiser Baltimore, which left her dock
at Camp's ship-yard Wednesday last, and
proceeded down the Delaware river as far
as the Delaware breakwater,' returned this
afternoon. A broom fastened to the fore
mast and another to the mainmast
were public evidence of the success
obtained by the builders of the ves
sel. Her commander, Capt. Schley,
said that the trip was entirely successful,
and that the engines were all right and
worked admirably. The vessel went eighty
or ninety miles out and is a beautiful Bail
er, "i on can be perfectly confident in
saying that she is fae fastest man-of-war
afloat."
BRVTALi fttZE FIGHT.
One of tbe Paginate Killed In the Ring
St. Louis. Sept. 17 A brutal prizefight
occurred at the saloon of Daily Brothers,
local bruisers of considerable note, which
has resulted in the death of Thomas E.
Jackson, aged 18 years. He fought Ed
Abearn, a local light-weight champion,
eleven bloody rounds, and at the opening
of the twelfth fell fainting in bis second's
arms. The fight throughout was one of
the most desperate ever witnessed in the
ring, science being lost sight of, and give
and take slugging marking the fight
throughout.
The first blood was brought in the first
round, more of It in tbe second, and by the
time half a dozen rounds had been fought
the men and their seconds were covered
with blood, as was the sawdust on the floor
of tbe ring, while the water with which the
tighten were sponged was as red as blood
itself.
When Jackson fell unconscious he was
carried to a room above Dailey's Baloon.
and three physicians called in. They
worked vigorously, but without avail, and
aoout li o clock this morning Jackson died.
He was tbe eon of a well known loca
greenbacker.
The affair baT created intense excite
ment, as prominent people will likely be
come involved. The referee was the sport
ing editor of a leading morning paper. The
spectators were principally pool ally sports,
who made up a purse of $30, for which the
men or rather boys contended. Two-ounce
hand gloves were used. Bob Parrell and
Charley Daley seconded Abearn, and
Steve Burns and Mike Mooney looked after
Jackson.
Tbe fight started at midnight and the
eleven bloody rounds can be described as
wholly without science. The 'crowd of
sports sneaked out and left the battered
fighter on Charley Dailey's hands. Dailey,
who has f ousht some well-known slug
gers, among them Myers Streator, the Illi
nois pugilist who made a draw wi h the
light weight champion McAuliffe, did all
he could for the dying boy, but without
avail. The dead gladiator's body now lies
in a room over the saloon where he fought,
hia face unrecognizable, and his mother and
two brothers alone with their dead, while
chief of police Hurlbert has ordered the ar
rest of all parties concerned in the affair.
Jackson was well- known in fighting cir
cles as "Jack King." and his parents were
ignorant of his pugilistic ambition. Ahearn
is a gas fitter by occupation.
JACK FROST,
A Cold Snap la tbe Nortnweet.
Washington, September 18 Frost last
sight is reported throughout Northern In
diana, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan, but
no damage was done of any consequence.
The thermometer did not at any point get
below 89 degress. The corn crop is re
ported safe from frost, even a worse one
that that of last night.
"Standing with reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet."
js a period of "maidenhood" which is per.
llous in the extreme to a vigorous, healthy
womanhood. Reckless exposure at certain
times, which induce irregularities, has
wrecked many a fair young life. To all af
flicted with derangements of a uterine na
ture Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
ef Inestimable value. It is the only media
cine for women, sold by druggists, under a
positive guarantee from the manufacturers,
that it will give satisfaction in every case,
or money will be refunded. The guaran
tee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper,
and faithfully carried out tor many years.
Spirits Turpentine.
' Winston Daily : We are in
formed by Col F. H. Fries that the iron
rails have bean purchased for the Roanoke
and Southern between Walnut Cove and
Madison, and that track laying will ben
now in a very abort time. Died, ihig
morning, at her residenoa on Broad street
at 12.15. in tbe 24th year of ber age. Mis'
Claude Foster,-wife of Mr. Win. Foster
She leaves four small children, the young
est being only four weeks old. .
Charlotte Chronicle : In Ches
ter county a few days ago a negro youth
named Foster attempted an outrage on the
person of a white girl about nine years old
The girl got away from him before he
could accomplish his purpose and gave the
alarm He was discovered as he fled from
the premises, but made good his escape
stealing a mule,' which he rode to Gaetou
county, this State, where he swapped it for
a blind horse, and kept moving oc through
the county. The authorities in Gaston
were wired to keep a sharp lookout for the
negro. He was captured, and is now in
the guard-house atGastonia.
Goldsboro Argus: Mr. L. H. C.
Best, of Saulston. will have to "come
again." Otherwise Mr. Dudley A. Powell,
of Fremont, will walk off with the cake for
tbe largest watermelon vine on record. He
reports one on his place that measures sixty
yards in circumference. After a long
and patiently borne illness, of beait trouble,
Mr. William Williams departed this life
yesterday morning at the horns of his brother-in-law,
Mr. Henry Lee. in this city.
His remains were conveyed to Clinton yes
terday afternoon, for interment in the old
family burying ground in Sampson county.
Charlotte Chronicle: William
Tucker, recently a band, at the Charlotte
Cotton Oil Mills, who lives on the extreme
southern portion of Church street, received
an ugly wound oo the head, from some un
known party, at he was returning home
Saturday night. Miss Susie' Hutchi
son died last evening at 5 o'clock, at the ,
Home ot her parents, corner Pire and 12th
streets, of typhoid fever. She was , taken
sick four weeks ago, but was cot consid
ered dangerously ill until the illness and
tie-ithof her younger sister. Miss Mary,
'who died of the same disease last Monday
one week ago.
Mazton Union: We under
stand that the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad will
in a few days put on a through freight
from Greensboro to Htnoetlsvillu ia addi
tion to the trams they already ruo.i
Some of our largest farH.tr?) report that
their cottcn crop is being attacked by the
boll worm. Where c-.tion is late tht-y are
very destiuctive. We hope the linoiage
may not be as eerioua au soptotci j ,
Mr. John B. McLauiin'e i:, juri: were
quite serious. Hew&scnught iu the gin.
belt, bad bis arm br ktu in lb: en i.lncea
and Was iutercatiy iiijurid by bt-Uig ibrown
against a corner of tue gia M Ut ac
count be was getting a'.ooij ve.-y wlS.
Ashevil'e Citizen: George W.
Bell, who kept a butcher shop At 29 North
Main street, wae fhot bv John Berr', u for
mer employe, whom Bell accused" of lar
ceny, about 8,15 o'clock j tsterday morn
ing Three sbota were fired at Bell by his
assailant, tne second o..iy tuaiug tuect.
Tbe . rite of baptism was ponftrred
upon three candidates at the First Baptist
church Sunday evening . We regret
io announce the death of Jauies Alison,
which occurred at tbe residence of Mr. W.
R. Peniiimac, Jr., Sunday bf ernoon about
6.15 o'clock. Mr. Allison ws u eoa of
Maj. T.F.Allison, of Sashvill?, Teun.,
and a brother of Mrs. W. R Pen vim an,
Jr., of this city. He died of consumption
and was about 22 years of age.
UlUPWU -M- J CO JL 1 COO . t UD Ol UJJT
worm has made its appearat ce in several
places in this couuty. Work will be
commenced oa tbe cotton feted oil mill to
day. Tbe farmers ihink the cotton
crop in this ttcion will not be so gcod as
last year by from one fourth to one-third.
The corn crop is touaewhst belter than it
was last year. Mr. Wishers says the
roid will not be extended from GreeLville
to Kinston ualefs the right cf way .and a
site for tbe depot are i?tn. There are
several persons oa the proposed routes who
will not give the tSbt oi wy. A
negro man. Wm. Button, watt killed last
Thursday, night ty another negro at a
negro wonaiu's bouse about six m ties from
Trpntnn Anltjin nua Aillitrl i llm Hr.nr
and when he opened it received, n load
from a double-b-jiril gun. Tha voxan's
came is Simmons .ind tho lives near the
Ilortou place in Jojk-s coutity. .
High Point Enterprise: Hamil-j
ton st i eel ia bting ir-aosdamiztd and when
completed will present a durable and
handsome appearance. Tbcs. Peti
ford, the veteran w&tcbm&n at tbe Snow
Lumber Co.'s. up to WtdufFdiiy morning
bad beeu on duty 1.000 succesire nishtg. .
During that tiDj'e be has traveled 2,500
miles to and from bis work, accompanied
by bis fub?ul dog Kulcr thit dots n& much
watchioic as TVni A man named
Spoonmao, in Davidson couoty! bus en
tered suit against Mtssra. Terry W. Wel
born and D. B. BodeubRmcr oi this place
for $5,000. Last winur Mr Spoooman
was tried hero for horse stf&lin?, tbe tclion
being broucbt by Mr. Brden burner . On
trial Spoonman proved an alibi and tbe case
was dismissed. A young man named
Lewis, from one of tho estern Counties,
claiming to be a drummer for a Richmond
grocery bouse, was arretted hrc lust Fri
day, charged with forcing a check, which
was cashed by a gentleman in-Rnn lleroan,
Randolph county. He was carried to Ran-S
dicinan by Chief of Police Hoffman for
trial in a Justice's court, aud in daNu't of
$500 bail was commuted to j .il cn Sunday
morning at Asheville.
Raleigh News Observer : A sad
occurrence in the city S ir-day, was tbe
death of little Rilpfa', the stvn jcar old: ,
son of Mr. W. C. McMcSio. wtiicl occur
red at 6.80 p m. Andrew Boyd and
Iiish Dun bad .a lively affray Sucday
nvbt about midnight, lsiah Dunn, was
walking with Boyd's wife tear the Insane
Asylum, when 'tbe latter came up n him
and ctet him severely with a knife nbr.ut tbe
hesd and neck. .The body f'f a baby
was found is Nem-e' river, at Milburnie,
Sunday moroingr. To alt appearance the
child bad drowned but life tad been ex
tinct for only a short time. The body gwas
brought to this city, hut up to the latest re
ports it had not been identified. Sun
day afternoon a little blisid pirl turned
Rosa Ellis, from Johnston county, had a
fatal.fall at the ibaiitu ion of tbe Dsaf,
Dumb and Bliod. She was sent to tbeasy
lum sotte l.mj aco. but was i in such bad
health that tbe authorities rpfused. to ad
mit her, and were awuiling tbe proper time
to send her borne. She was in ber ro. m in
bed, and when the matron went down to
dinner the shut the wisdow and locked the
door to make sure that tho blind girl would
not get out. Before her return, however,
she had crawled through the window and
out on to the porch, which was iw. stories
from the ground. She walked off ibe edge
of tbe porch, falling to the ground below
and receiving injuries which result in ber
deatn iu halt an hour.
Raleigh News and Observer:
Tbe Governor yesterday authorized an ex
change tt Courts between Judue E. T.
Boy bin and Judge John G. Bynum.
T.. .J .. rj -! : 1 1 L.ij r t . t .
ouugo dujiu win uuiu vsubiuw unu joucb -Courts
and Judge Bynum will bold B.rtie.
The sixty fifth annual session of tbe
Sovereign Grand Lodge ot Independent
Order of Odd Fellows convenes in Colum-L
bus. Ohio, next week. Tbe representatives
from this 8tate will be Deputy Grand Biro
C. M. Busbee, of Raleieb, and the three
Grand Representatives, Rev-. ,J. H Co-
don, of Raleigh: Wm. A. Bobbitt, o 0x-
ford; R. B. Kerner, of Winston.
Gov. Fowle. Commissioner Robinson und
others returned from the Newton fair yes
terday, and report that the exhibit was one
of tbe largest and finest ever seen in North
.Carolina. The display of field crops nnd
stock was exceptionally creditable. One
gentleman exhibited over 85 hogs. The
fair throughout was a general success and
was attended by tremendous crowds.
Gov. Fowle will go to Washington
October 2d to negotiate with the Attorney
General and tbe Secretary of the Interior
for a settlement with the United States with
regard to the $147,000 of North Carolina
Railroad Construction bonds and coupons
issued by the State and held-by the Interior
Department of the government. These
are the last of the North Carolina Railroad
Construction bonds or Swasey bonds which
the State Treasurer has any knowledge of,
all others having been exchanged under
the act of 1879. Upon settlement for these
bonds the receiver in the Swasey case will
be discharged, and the suit so long pending
will be dismissed. The Governor goes by
the Invitation ot the Attorney General of
the United States, . -