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VOL. XX.
JPKBMANKNT EXPOSITIONS.
- piuu . iaea is growing
wore ana more in favor every yeaiy
uu me euooesa of expositions is in
creasing in proportion. Their influ
ence is recognized and and apprecia
ted. The success of the Paris expo-
"muu u oeen sucn that the subject
of making it permanent is now under
consideration. Should this be re
solved upon other countries will do
likewise until the permanent expos'-'
tion becomes an established institu
tion in many countries. But whether
France so decides or not it is only a
question : of time when permanent
expositions will take the Dlaoe of
the periodical expositions now held
in various countries. There should
be one' in Washington, and every
State whioh aspires to lead in the
commercial or manufacturing enter
prises should have one. " : "
There should be one at Washing
ton, where the products, natural and
' wi iuib uouuiry migb.be.
4eeiconstant1y75n exhibition, and i t
should be under the direct supervi
sion of the Government. - We say
Washington because it is the capital
of the Repubho, tbe handsomest oity
on the continent, and for such a pur
pose as centrally located as any.
There are few people of note from
abroad who visit this country for the
purpose of seeking information in re.
ferenoe to it or with a view to in
vesting capital who do not visit
Washington, and with suoh an expo
sition there in addition to its other at
tractions they would be sure to do so.
Many of them would come for that
express purpose who otherwise might
not come at all, and influenced by
mem iney might be mfiuenoed to
make investments that they other
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The indications are multiplying of
a rai-ked change of sentiment in oer-
tain sections ofihin..4MMnd.FY rm thi
b.igu - rotective tariff policy of the
KepuLlican party. The New Eng
land wool macufaoturers have dis
covem! that the protective tariff on
wool is very far from beiog a desira
ble tlicg and that it is' knocking the
props from under their business,
while ex-Governor Araee, of Massa
chusetts, largely interested in the iron
manufactures, emphatically declares
tim without free coal and free iron
the New England iroa manufacturers
mast surrender and retire from - the
field. It may be said that their
viewe, this change of heart if
W3 miy so express it, is in
spire! by self-interest, which it un
doubtedly is, but in this they do not
differ from the protectionist who is
in? jiired in his advocacy of proteo- w'8e might not have thought of ma
king. There is where the material
benefit comes in to the country. at
large, aside from benefits accruing
to the interests and industries rep
resented, and the looal benefits de
rived trom the large amount of
money expended by visitors. It ib
estimated by some of the men who
are active in trying to Eecure the
World's Pair of 1892 for New
York that it will be worth $200,-
000,000 to the city - which gets
it. This is probably an exaggerated
estimate, but there is no doubt that
it will be worth many millions. A
permanent exposition, to which there
would not be such a rush at any par
ticular time, would prove, a continu
ous attraction and a source of con
tinuous income. The absence of the
rush would be rather to its advant
age, making it pleasanter for visitors,
and giving more time and better
opportunities for those desiring it
to inspect andstudy th6 exhibits and
acquire suoh information as they
might seek in reference to them.
But. coming nearer home we be
lieve a permanent exhibition at some
central point in the State, say at Ra
1 l . 1 ' ' m
jeigo, wouio prove or vast value in
bringing our resources prominently
before capitalists - seeking invest-
SrATJB 'JOP1C8.
President Holladay delivered an
admirable address at the ' opening
ceremonies of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College atRaleigb. We
give one of the concluding para
graphs: "While we are striving to
make industrious and useful citizens
of the young who are entrusted . to
ns, we shall at the same time do our
best to make them good patriots and
devoted lovers of their mother State.
Carolinians have a glorious heritage,
and the children of Carolina should
learn early to priza it as it deserves.
Their chief; pride should be fn the
stainless escutcheon of their State,
and their highest honor, the privilege1
of perpetuating and guarding its
parity. They ought to love it, and
live for it, and if need be die for it,
as so many of their ancestors have
done. They ought to prize her tra
ditions, her history, the spirit of her
institutiOEs'and of her laws. They
memory of her great sons, and their
young hearts ought to throb and
tingle at the story of their glorious
deeds in the days that are gone. All
our schools and all our teachers
should make sure of teaching these
- r" -
things to the jonng."
by the same motive. The pro
tection that protects them is what
tbtry believe m, no matter how many
others. inay suffer by it; and yet they
may be mistaken in the belief that it
roteots them and that they would
not jjet along as well without it.
They have become so accustomed in
late years to depending upon govern
ment support in the way of tariff
bounty, that they hesitate to under
take to depend upon ' themselves
ami try to ''paddle their own
cAaoe." as the unprotected industries
do. The policy which taxes one man
lor the benefit of another and forces
one man to pay tribute that another
raay be enriched is not only oppres
sive but robbery under the forms of
law, and there is no more excuse for
nor palliation of it tban there is for
the act of the highwayman who goes
out on the road, holds op a stage,
and at the muzzle of a revolver com'
pels the passengers to surrender their
valuables. In one case the plunder is
under the forms of law, and under
sanction of constituted authority; in
the other not. That is the only diffe
rence. But aside from its injustice and
oppressiveness there is a good deal of
humbuggery in it, sometimes of an
almost ludicrous character. A strik
ing illustration of this is given in the
following, which we clip from a re
cent number of tbe New York
Herald:
. "An American bought some pictures in
Europe, believing them to be genuine works
of old masters, and as such he paid 133.000
for them:
"Inasmuch as there is no American labor
at present engaged in making genuine
works of old masters the protective tariff
imposes do duty on pictures of that charac
ter, and the purchaser of these pictures was
purumieu to import inem free.
It is now contended, however, that the
pictures are, in fact, fraudulent imitations
and that their owner was swindled in their
purchase. In that case the protective tariff
would compel him to pay a duty of $9,000
on the pictures, which is a good deal more
than they are probably worth if they are
not genuine.
"The protective tariff does this, we sup
pose) to protect any American scamp who
may happen to be engaged in the business
of manufacturing fraudulent works of the
old masters.
"It is a curiously interesting situation
from every point of view. If the buyer of
tbe pictures got his money's worth he need
pay no tax stall; if he was swindled in
tbe purchase and is already a loser to the
extent of $10,000 or $20,000 be must pay
an additional penalty of $9,000.
"If his pictures are valuable they are not
taxed; if tbey are valueless tbey are taxed
heavily. Tbey are taxed to prevent com
petition with; American labor; but If they
compete with any American labor it is
with the swindling industry cheats and
forgers. If there is a protective duty on
tbem it is a duty designed to protect fraud.
"It is a fearfully and wonderfully made
system, lj it not?" - -
Verily it is. But there is fraud
running through the whole thing.
It was a fraud in its conception as
applied now, and a fraud in its exe
cution and perpetuation, a fraud on
the masses for the enrichment of the
few who are its benefioiaries.
The Oxford Orphan's Friend, ed -
ited by a young lady, has a rattling
editorial onkiseing. It Is beaded
"A Great Nuisance,"' and the fair
writer asks if, of all annoying and
disgusting habits there is one "as in
tensely eo as this promiscuous kiss
ing." And again she asks: "Is there
on this terrestrial globe a greater bore
than the professional kisser?" We
must say that this editorial has stir
red us up as with a mammoth spoon,
and has set us to thinking. And we
have concluded that the young man
who is in the habit of going around
and indulging in the "promiscuous
kissing" of boys showB execrable
taste. We never could see any fun
in kissing boys, whether "promiscu
ous" or'otherwise, and we will always
be found ready to condemn that sort
of kissing as a "great nuisance."
In the Criminal Court of Balti
more, Thursday, John Eisenberger
was sentenced to receive thirteen
lashes and to be imprisoned thirty
days. He was ponvicted of a bru
tal assault on bis wife. -The whipping-post
is a "dandy" for wife
beaters.
mente, and that it would be largely
instrumental in causing investments
and in giving a stimulus to develop
ment and productive enterprises. No
State that we know , of could make a
better display of natural products
than North Carolina, embracing an
exceedingly great variety of valua
ble timbers, nearly all the useful or
precious minerals found on the con'
tinent, with a variety of stone for
building . and other purposes sur
passed by no State between the two
oceans. A fair collection of these
would make an exhibit that would
show at a glance North Carolina's
mineral wealth, and one that it would
be worth travelling many miles to
see. Itfcould.be done at a cost of
time, money and labor which would
be insignificant in comparison with
the benefits which might be derived
from it.
Tallmadge & Martin, New York
printers, have brought suit against
the Republican League of the United
States for $11,484.60 for political
printing done daring the last Presi
dential campaign. What's the mat
ter with the "fat-fryers?'? Do. they
mean to swmd'e the poor printers?
Tbe tariff reform picnics started
in Missouri several months since are
growing in popular favor. Large
crowds attend them, and the enthu
siasm is unbounded. But are there
a
not other States that need reforming
on the tariff more than Missouri
does? There is Illinois, for example,
that affords a fine field for tbe tariff
missionary. That State can be re
deemed in , Louie, and on tnis very
issue, if a strong and determined
effort is made. An eduoational
campaign is needed there. That's
the State for j.; the tariff reform
picnics..
The Greenville Hfflector is kind
enough to say this of the Stab?
"The Stab Is always tbe first paper
with us, and we look upon it as the
pride of North Carolina journals."
"The chestnut : crop in : Connecti
cut will be the smallest in years this
season." Well add one "chestnut"
to the crop by calling for a report off
tbe wooden nutmeg crop. ',:
Virginians, be active and brave,
but not over-confident. Yon have
the little despot in your power now.
Hold him.
; No man with such a name as E.
Bnrd Grubb can ever be elected Gov
ernor of New Jersey. Grubb would
smell sweeter by some other name.
No doubt abont it.
Thomas B. thinks he can now Reed
his title clear to the Speakership of
tbe next House. -
The- New York courts are now
taking a whack at Flack, whose mor
als are very slack.
Quick Work
Messrs. Parmele and Cazaux beat
the record in loading the British
steamship Trojan, which was cleared
yesterday by Messrs. 8prunt & Son for
Liverpool. The ship went on her
berth Tuesday moraine and com
pleted her cargo Saturday afternoon,
at 3 o'clock, loading 4,700 bales of cot
ton, aggregating 2,831,267 pounds an
average of 496 pounds to the bale,
and nearly 2,179 pounds to the
registered tonnage of the ves
sel, which Is 1,070. The work was
done entirely in' the day time,
and much to the satisfaction of tbe
master ot the vessel and all others
concerned.
Last season, the Trojan loaded cot
ton at Charleston, 8. C, her cargo
consisting of 4,470 bales, averaging
478 pounds each, and her stowage be
ing 2,000 pounds to the registered
ton. The comparison of cargoes
makes a good showing for the Wil
mington compresses.
C. F. &. V. V. Railroad.
The Cape Pear and Yadkin Valley
railroad is completed to Colvin's
Creek, some thirty miles from Wil
mington, and abont half a mile from
the Sampson county line. When the
work through Pender county is fin
ished, it is probable that convict
labor will be used, in. large force, and
that the construction of the road will
progress more rapidly. The trestle
work through the lowlands on Black
river to the bridge is under way, but
it will be some time before It is finish
ed. Tbe road will probably be com
pleted to Fayetteville by March or
April.
H Rlr. Punoa.
Rev. Mr. Pearson is drawing im
mense crowds at Book Hill, S. C.,
where he is conducting religions
meetings. He preaches in a tent es
timated to have a seating capacity of
1 500 or 2,000, and it is crowded at
every meeting. There have been
many conversions. At least two hun
dred went to the inquiry meeting
Thursday night., iThe vast tabernacle
was filled and the canvas sides of the
tent were let down, thus permitting
large crowds to hear the great
preacher from the outside. He took
his text from John, 6:37, "Him that
cometh unto me I will in no wise
cast out."
Cotton for Liverpool.
Messrs. Williams & Murchison
cleared the British steamship Erato
yesterday, for Liverpool, with 5.068
bales of cotton,, weighing 2,528,646
pounds and valued at $271,830.
Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared
the British steamship Trojan, also for
Liverpool, with 4,700 bales cotton,
weighing 2,331,267 pounds, and valued
at 244,800.
The Trojan is 1,070 tons register,
and the JSrato 1.137. y
O. 4c JB. c. Railroad. : '
Track-laying on the Wilmington &
Onslow railroad will be commenced
to-morrow near the place where the
road crosses South Front street. On
ly a small portion of the track will be
laid at this point at present however,
sufficient to enable the employment
of cars to haul earth for the construc
tion of the embankment aeroM th
rice field to the river below Kidder's
mill, v " ' . " ... -. I
LFor the Stab.
rl be Cotton Burloc QafMloB.
- Editor STAK:-r-The Stab is regard
ed as authority on commercial mats
ters, hence a line or two from you
will greatly aid your country friends
to understand this perplexing bag
ging question. , , , ; v v ,,
. By the rules prevailing in the Wil
mington ! market, does the . farmer
lose by using light baggingT a
To explain: I sell a bale of cotton
weighing 500 pounds, baled in jute or
any bagging weighing two pounds to
the yard. Seven -yards of bagging
weighs 14 pounds, and I sell this as
cotton at, 10i cents per pound
$1.47. I sell another bale of the
same weight, wrapped In light
bagging weighing one pound to the
yard. Seven yards of baling weigh
ing seven pounds, at 10 cents per
pound 73f cents a clean loss of 73
cents per bale for using light baling.
In the one case, I sell 480 pounds
of cotton and 14 pounds' of bagging
as' cotton, and in the other, I sell
493 pounds of cotton and 7 pounds of
baling as cotton. . JJo tare is taken
off, in the Wilmington market for
bagging and ties-all being sold as
cotton the tare being always taken
off in tbe price in Liverpool in rating
the market. Is all, this . correct or
Lowe Cbbbk.
Oct. 1. 1889
In to the above it is hardly
nfcessary to say that the farmer un
doubtedly sustains a lossby using
light weight bagging as is shown by
the , explanation accompanying the
question submitted by the correspon
dent, no matter where the cotton is
marketed.
No .discrimination is made in the
Wilmington market and no tare taken
off; all eotton received here, no mat -ter
what the bales are covered with,
receives the same treatment. Less
than six per cent, probably, of the
receipts so far are covered with eotton
baling, but all of it has arrived in good
shape and is received unquestioned,
passes through the compresses and is
loaded on shipboard the same as jute
or pine fibre covered bales. Great
complaint is made In other places
notably Charleston and Savannah
against the use of cotton covering
but so far as known there is no com
plaint here, shippers receiving it
without objection.
The Savannah Exchange
to adopt the resolutions
New 'Orleans Convention
question of tare, and
mended that no change in dealing in
cotton be made until the general
cotton trade, both here and in
Europe, has had an opportunity of
testing thoroughly the fitness of cot
ton bagging, both for its durability
and strength to withstand the strain
to which it is necessarily subjected
by the frequent rehandling in trans
portation, and until a istandard of
such cotton baggingl.'as "will serve
these purposes has been generally
decided npon.
The deduction in the Liverpool
market for tare on cotton is six per
cent. This allowance for tare is
based on thej average. weight of the
jute covering aud the iron bands on
a bale of cotton, and it is asserted
that no change in this rule wiil be
made for cotton shipped in light
weight bagging; and if this be the
fact, the producer who bales his
cotton in ; light weight goods is of
course tbe loser.
refused
of the
on the
reeom-
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Criminal Aaaamt oa fftlaa
. "r-niu . Vpcbnren'a Teatl-moay-.Tn
x-Preet oa tbe Wlincea
. Stand. . '
. Raleigh, N. O October 3 Alice Up
church, tbe youoir ladv who went with
Miss Whitaker tn th rt... ...i...
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flowers Saturday afternoon, the day of the
wuirage, was on the witness stand-to-day.
She corroborated the statement of Miss
Whiuker'd relative to bela enticed in
Boyle's room by the promue of a letter.
She declared, however, she heard no
screams during Miss Whitaker's stay in the'
room. Beard her cry out, Heigho!" a
term she frequently used In greeting com
panions ; She said Miss Whitaker, when
she went into Boyle's room, said the
wouia notstay but a minute or so. She
stayed near a quarter of an hour. Both
went home together. She noticed nothing
unusual in Mm Whitaker ' appearance.
Seemed cheerful and Jaughed - loud fa the
. The great eensation in the trial to day
has ben the appearance of B ijle on the
wftness statid, in his own defence. He ad
mits cohabitation by consent, and save
Miss Whitaker pursued him with tempta
tions bej ond his power to resist He took
the stand late this afternoon and held it
till 7 p m. He was subjected to a scorch
ing examination by Solicitor Argo. His
Statement falls fltt hero, aa it is considered
to be an attempt to" smirch: his victim to
save himself. It is probable the evidence
will close tomorrow. .
FAHUT1it.ViL.L1S.
Grat Preparatlona for ib Coming ren
tenolai KoibaIaatle BriepUeo of
Br. Jul an a. rarr.
Special to the Morning Star.
Patbttkvillb. Oct. 8. Mr. Julian S.
Vi ' ILLS waT
vm, vuiei m-tranii eitctoi ice coming
Constitutional Centennial, rrie I hera this
.
Biterouon w comer ;w i n tbj committees.
He was met at the depot and covered to
the L tfajette hotel, where a great crowd
of people with the cornet band greeted
him. Henry L. Cook, Eq , la a short
speech welcomed :him to ue ciiy, to
which Mr. Crr gracefully replied.thankicg
the cit:zns for their cordial wtlcame and
pledging his beet efforts to make the occa
sion a erand eucces. The eitizens then
were introduced to Mr. Carr while the band
plas eJ "Dixie." Rousing cheers weie
given him.
The entLmiatm ia growing daily, and
Mr. Crr is taking great interest in tbe eel",
ebratioo. His selection as Chief Mar
shal was fortunate North Carolina has
tever witnessed uch an imposing ,occsion
as mis win be. Fayetttville will open wide
her doors on November 20ib, 21st and 22d,
to entertain all who ecme. if it be a hun
dred thousand.
WA.HHIMUIOM.
t WA8aT,Mr. October 8. The delegates .
--w tuwiuauuuii ; American- (Jongress
" an eariy nour mis morning to
prepare for their iong trip arranged for
ue fcparimeni ot state. They
awSe tS eoJy,one i e most charming
of Washington's autumnal mornings. The
sky was clear and tbe sun shone with lost
j usmncr tne cool
nretsa that prevailed. The delegates par
took of an early breakfa&t, and then made
their way to the Pennsylvania R. & sta
tion wuere. ror iuiiy three-quarters of an
hour before the scheduled time for suit
ing the train, unusual stir and activity was
noticeable. The , vestibule train was the
oany oojeci or admiration by the
crowd of sight-seers. - -
Before 8 o'clock the deleiratpa lunn m
arrive and were received at tbe station by
. wuiiin, apeuai aseni or me stale
jep&riment, in charge of the excurson.
mere was no formal leive-taking between
the eovernmenr offlniala ni . Visi.. i.
Many friends of the delegates accompanied
them to the station, and for half aa hour
before the train started the scene was an an
unaiea one. At a quarter past 8 o'clock
toe warning, - aji anoardl' was given and
promptly on schedule time the train started
on its long journey. The first stop will be
uiaue ai jersey uity, at 1 45 p m.
TfT . " .
w AsniseTOir, Oct, 8 A question of
cunwueraoie interest to tbe Stale of North
Carolina was settled to-day after several
conferences between the Attorney General
Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of the In
""u wov. v owie. or north Carolina.
it invoivea tne liability of the 8tae for
aoou ti,wu interert on f 147 000 in bonds
iueuDy tne state many years ago in aid
ot me .worm uarollna Railroad, which are
nuw in iae possession or the government,
mostly in the shape of Indian Tru Funds.
oonas matuied in 1885 and in
The State is wihing to redeem the
wuu interest to date of
Improving ibe Liable on ibe Coaet.
Lieut. Commander Hitchcock, TJ.
S. N., inharge of tbe lighthouses in
this district, has recommended to tbe
lighthouse board the establishment
of steam sirenwhistles at the Frying
Pan Shoals Lightship, and that at
Martin's Industry. Thisjchange, it is
stated, has been favorably considered
by the board, and the - money will
doubtless be appropriated by the
next Congress. The chancre nro-
posed is one that is also commended
by all tbe marine men. Tbe Charles
tonNews says the Savannah steam
ship companies will take action on
tbe proposition, and tbe Charleston
Chamber of Commerce and the Clyde
Line Company will also endorse it,
and probably petitioner the appropriation.
It is statedlby Commapder Hitch
cock that in severe storms the bells
and horns at these lightships were
not all that could be desired. Tbe
rearrangement will, of course, affect
the whole route from New York south
ward.
A new lighthouse tender of about
four feet draught will also be pro
vided for this district. - The model of
the new vessel has been constructed
by Capt. Hitchcock and forwarded to
the Department. The ob'ect'.of this
new tender is to enable the officers to
visit all the shoal waters in which
there are buoys and lights and which
waters cannot be entered by tbe Wis
taria. The estimated cost of the new
tender is $50,000. .
Tonne ninleiere.
- Several of the young ministers of
the North Carolina Annual Confer
ence have been transferred by Bishop
Duncan to the St. Louis Conference
of the M. E. Church, South, and have
received the following appointments
for the new Conference year, viz:
Dexter station. Wm. Lowe: West
Plains station, R. M. Taylor; Salem
station: C. P. Snow; WeBt Plains cir
cuit, H. M. Eure: Bellevne ojrenit, A.
B. Crumpler. They will leave short
ly for their new fields of labor.
Ptnonil.
The following item is from the
Charlottesville, Va., Chronicle, of
Sept. 20th. Mr. Joseph A. Hiden is
the oldest 'son of Rev. Dr. J. O. Hiden,
who was formerly pastor of the First
Baptist Church of this city: V
Mr. Jos. H.' Hiden preached in the
Baptist Church last Sunday morning,
a most excellent sermon on "The
Power of Christian Reasoning,"1 based
npon the circumstance of Paul's
reasoning with Felix. Mr. Hiden has
all the elements . of a Bnooaanfril
preacher, and his future is very
promising. ,; f ;
' . . Rev. J. T. Kendall who married
in this city and was formerly a mem
ber of the North Carolina Annual
Conference "of the M. ; E.' Church
South, but now of the St. Lonls Con
ference was at its recent session ap
pointed . Presiding Elder of the
Charleston district in the bounds of
that Conference. ' '
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IHtS BOSL.E TttlAL.
Tbe Kx-nUmt, Found Catlsr and Sen
tenced to Be Hanged an Appeal
Tajccn to ibe Supreme ( oat rt.
Special Star Telegram.
R sleigh, . G, Oct 5 The Boyle
trial was concluded to-day.
Argument for the dtftusj was opened by
George H. Snow, who was fotlowed hy T.
P. Deveicux for tbeAoeecutiou. Thomas
C. Fuller closed for the defense, and Solic
itor Argo closed for the prosecution at
6 30 p. m.
Jude Armfleld'a charge was verj clear
and was finished at 8.30 p. m., when the
juiy retired.
The jury returned to the court room at
11.20 p. m acd rendered a verdict of guilty.
The jury was polled and the Judge sen
tenced Boj le to be hanged on November
29:h. Boyle made a sneech when iii
upon to say why senUnce of death should
not be passed. He devoted mott of his re
marks against the nrosecutinv amine!
Application for a new trial was denied,
and an appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court.
: ,m mi
THE COBGNA DISASTER.
New Oalbars, October 4. A number
of survivors of tbe Corona disaster reached
the city to-day. Seven of them came by
rail and others by the City of 8c Louis.
Mrs. Henry Blanks was among those who
cams down by the Anchor Line steamer
Ciy of St, Louis. She was on tbe Corona
with her sister,. Mrs. Huff, and two chil
dren, en route to Columbia aa a passenger.
She sas: ,
"I was standing with my sister and
youngest child in my arms in rear of the
boat's cabin when the explosion took place.
A chamber maid came running to us with
life-preservers, which we fastened on. A
pantry-man then came runnine to us and
told us to go upon the hurricane roof until
he eould get the life-boat down, which he
did in a hurry. We then got into tbe
yawl, and hardly nad we been seated when
the boat was swamped, throwing us all
into the river. I with my three-year old
child in one arm, held on to a piece of
wreckage until one of the St. Louis boats
came and saved us, I told the child, 'bold
tight, daughter, God will save us.' Of my
sidter, Mrs. Huff, who is a widow, from
Opoleusas, I saw no more after our boat
capsized "
The Uttle six-year old boy "of Mrs.
Blanks, who was blown into the air by the
explosion, said: "I was out looking at
Captain Sweeny fixing tt electric light,
and then went into the cabin, and hardly
g jt as far as the office - when I was blown
away into tbe air, and when I came down
fell into the , river on my back; when I
came to the surface, I caught on to a sack,
and an old man was near by holding a
piece of wood, and howling for' yawls to
come and save him. It was then that I
was frightened and began to yell also; when
the skiff came and picked me and the old
man op and took u in their boat to the
city oi Ht. Louis." The braye little fellow
is badly hurt about tbe head. Ho said this
was caused by a man throwing a plank on
niin.
STEAMBOAT DISASTER,
New Orleans. Oct. 8. The steamer
Corona, of the Ouachita Consolidate. Line.
left here at 7:30 last evening for Ouachita'
river, with a fall cargo of freight -and a
gooa list or passengers. She exploded her'
boilers at False river, nearly, opposite Port
iiuason, ai u:4& this morning causing the
loss of the steamer and abont forty lives.
The Anchor Line steamer City of St. Louis.'
Capt James O Neil, was near by, , and the
captain with his crew and boats saved many
lives; Tbe surviving passengers and crew'
were taken aboard by Captain O'Neil and
very kindly oared for,. ,
Only ten of the passengers lost their iivea
and five of these were colored persons. . , .
The Corona was on- her first .trip of the
season, and had but recently come Out of
ae ury doca, where she - reoeived repairs
amounting to nearly $12,000. - She had a
carrying capacity of about 2,700 bales of
cotton. At the time of the accident she
was valued at $20!000. '
Ex-Congressman John M. Glover, of
St. Louis, announces himself as a candidate
for tbe United States Senate from Missouri,
in opposition to Senator Yest. ,
18S4
bonds
matniitv. hut Hp.
murs to payment of interest from maru ity
to da e. An agreement has been reached
whereby the State ia. tn int th. tt,...,i
8tatea Treasury the undisputed amounts,
leaving the question as to its liability for
interest accruing on bonds since lbbir ma-'
turity to be determined by tbe United
States Supreme Court.
. WASHDteTON, Oct. 5 The Secretary of
tbe Treasury to-day appointed Sydney G
Bock, of Mo., to re chief of the Bureau of
Statistics, v ce Ewitzler rei got d. He was
endorsed by Secretary Noble and other
Missouriane.
This afternoon, as Pleasant Bryan, a col
ored man, was charging a soda water foun
Uin Milberne's drug store, 15th street
and Pennsylvania avenue, the fountain exs
piouea spatting nis head open and killipe
him instantly.
MONTANA.
Chicaoo. October 4. A dispatch from
Helens, Montana, says: Tbe figures
''8 7 77," the waroing of the Vigilantes to
hard cases, were chalked on the street cor
ners and printed in the evening papers
yesterday. This call for a return to the
methods of early days was occasioned by
the discovery ot four fires in as many
houses the night before, in the heart of the
business section. All of the Arts were nnt
-... - . - -
uu uewn serious uamage was done, and
n wb ioudu Tags naa oeen
saturated witn oil and fired. The incen
diaries are evidently the same gang who
have been in the Northwest towns du
ring the summer, and to whom the big fire
iu ouuu last ounuay is attributed. The
city is patroiiea oy special police.
iiflnrBL, yjcw . a. jteiena epe-
ejs: ise situation this morning
shows that Toole (Democrat) is proWbly
elected Governor of Montana. The rest of
the Btate officers are all Republican, the
Senate also, but the House is still ques
tionable. Republicans claim the Lteisia-
uiouujuiuioiiuuioy tnree or Tour ma
jority, ah county omcials aie elected by
m-puoucane. ine situation in
still unsettled.
MIVBIOAN.
general is
Houghton. Oct. 4. Two men were in
sianuy Killed, another fatally injured, and
about twenty more or less hurt, at the
bottom of the Calermet and Hecia perpen-
uicuiar snait yesteraay. The usual blasts
or aynamite were Bred Wednesday evening.
out one failed to. explode. At noon one of
tne miners at work accidentally struck tbe
charge with his pick. A desft-niup crash
followed, the dynamite exploding and
senaing masses of fluttered rock in dead
ly anowers an around tbe spot.
i wo men were killed inetamly, their
ooaies oeing frightfully torn and scattered
oy nying pieces of rock. One man who
stood a short distance off was hurled against
a rock sen sustained serious it, juries; he
cannot ave. These were the only men who
suwu ciose to tne place where the charge
cipiuuea. cut twenty-six miners, who
were at work in the vicinity, were all more or
ess id j urea rne accident took place one
moueana reel unaer tne ground.
TEJUNESSEE.
iiAomiLus, wci. 4 news has come
irom wuson county that the Mormon
eiders nave been driven out by tbe White
caps. The elders disappeared some time
ago, wnen tne ag.tntion was hot against
inem, out a few days ago tbey returned,
believing the storm to have blown over.
nowever, tne people who warned them
proposed to mako their threat onnA
Forty or fifty masked men, robed in white,
last night visited the bouses of Wil
liam Barrett, Thos. Smith and Lee
mrreu, where tbe elders have been,
searching for them. Some one. howRvor
had given warning, and not an elder was
to oe round, these men were cautioned
against allowing the elders to ever darken
ineir doors again, and tbe elders left the
county yesterday . A number of converts
nave aeciaied tbnt they aie done with it.
The experience of a lady of the neighbor-
1. A n n 1 . -
uuuu, ddw in oowies, ivy., has had a
nenencial effect. She went to Utah as a
convert, tut is back in her old home warning-others.
NO. 49
PEA BODY FOND,
.wN?.w??K Octobers The trustees of
"""abody Eluoatioa Fund he;d their
87th annual meeting to-dty. Among the
trustees present were ex President Cleve
land, ex-President Haves. Robert C Win
throp, Uev H. B Whipple. A J. Drexel,'
Dr. Samuel A Green. Gen. J,mM D Por
Jr. J, Pierrepont Morgan, Hon. W. A.
Courtenay. Justice Sieptea J. Field and
J. L M Curry. .
I5?bert 9". Winrop. of Masschuietts.
made an address on education in the Soutb.
and the great amount of illiteracy that pre
LVtJh M- .Curryf of
...(KpwBu, grain tng id.
crease of interest in education throughout
tne Bouth, and gave some comparative stas
tlstics of the progress ot education in the
States of West Virginia, Alabama. Lou
isiana, Texas, Arkan.a. North an1 South
Carolina and Virginia. -. .
Report of dlstnbation of iocomo 'showed
li'ie l!Tmm tot "eholarship and insti
Jur$8'075 was expended ; Arkns ts $4.
0;.?ergla;. 4 060; Louisiana. $5.76:
mm. Sarolln-835: South Carolina,
$9,832; Tennessee, $15,718; Texas, $3,800;
Virgmm $8,760; and West Virginit. $4,-
, """'wvi V f vuu IUUU
?u-rin'" the fiscal year ending October 1st
l8, was $69 633. - ; ;. ,, ,- . .
The resiirnation of tmatM H.-n-a.t ...
received, and Wm. Wirt Henry, ot Rich
mond, was elected in hia niim aan
ry R Jackson, of Savannah, also rcwiffnoit
as trustee, and is to be succeeded by Judge
U. B. Sommerulle. ot Alabama. ,
The new Executive Committee conbiata
of the following : R. B Hy es, James B
Porter. Chief Jntir irniir u
Courtenay and Judge Devane.
a . fmittee adjourned b meet the
ouaesuay in uctoOsr next year.
ALABAMA.'-
BlBldKOHAlC. Oct . 8 A
Age Herald says Charlie Sparks, U. 8 dep-
uly,m.?lnal- W88 8hot aDd Killed yesterday
at Bell Green. Franklin nnnntv ho .
named Lock Ezzell, who was resisting ar
rest Sparks was a good officer and had
a great many friends, who. tnwth.i- t.
sheriff Watrip, are out with a posse after
the murderer. A reward of $160 has been
offered for Ezxelt's arrest.
Bibicikohajc Ala. Oct it-t .
tion was created in Chunhn
eral days ago by the arrest of Rev. J. H.
jh. uuran, a memoaist minister, chanced
Wlth paSStnir counterfnit. mr.noo a.
lodged in jail and his trial came off yester
day. He admitted that kn hsH ,i
wuva vnoccu
spurious money, but proved that he had
got it oat of the contribution' box Thore
were eight silver dollars in the box and
seven ot them were counterfeit. He said
God and tbe sinners who passed the cins
were the only ones who knew The ctse
was dismissed on account of the t-fflcar's
inability to get absent witnesses. -
THE MORMONS.
General Annual Coafernea of tbe
tiChorebat Salt Lake ntw z. ...
dona of ibe Kldere and ApoaMe.
By Telegraph to the Mornlnjr Star.
CHICAGO. October R A HicntK r.
Salt Like Citv savs:
The Sixtieth General Annual Conference
of the Mormon Church began jesterday.
Wilfred Woodruff, Prfjent of the
Church, presided, and Geo. Q Cannon, of
the first Presidency, was present. There
were also present five of tbe twtlve A.pc.8
ties of the Cburcb, and a great number of
othrr high Church officials. ;
Prtsident Woodruff.
dress, said tbe Mormon Church had been
established by God, aadth at no power on
earth could Btay iu progress. All revela
tions given, to tbe saints, including polyga
my, cme direct from God, and notwith
standing the trials and troubles through
which the Mormons bad passed, tne
Lord would sustain all those who obeyed
His principles and His revelations.
Apr,ile John W. Fallon commanded the
people to give unquestioning obedience to
tbe priesthood. -These men at the head
of tbe church." he said, "bave the spirit of
revelation and speak for God. I bear my
testimony that President Woodruff and his
counsellors are prophets, seers and re vela -tors.
The hand of Gad is over this Church
and no power can destroy it or impede its
progress. I believe in implicit obedience
in temporal and epiriiutl things. We can
not retain the spirit of God and yet be con
stantly finding fault with the priesthood.
We must learn not to ludee men bv what
we see nor on the basis of the limited op
portunity we have of knowing what they
are doing for the neoDle. We ahnnH
criticise the Church authorities.
Elder Jacob Gates, Elder Henry, Apostle
Grant and Elder Abram spoke in a similar
vein. i .
The Church authorities are embr&cine
eveiy opportunity to keep tbe people in
line poiiiically, for they fear that with the
loss of poliucal power ecclesiastical su
premacy would be greatly weakened.
VIRGINIA.
FBXDBBlOKBBXma. Oct. 4. Paul K"ev.
the condemned negro, was hanged here to
asy at 11:34 o clock, for an outrageous ss-
auu, commir.ea on tee person ot a young
daughter ot Arttur Ballard in this ciiy last
Apni. kju tne gauows, ween asked if be
naa anything to say. Key teolied in a fee
ble voice, '-No." His neck was broken in
stantly, and at 12:04 his body was cut
down and turned over to his wife. Ha
made a statement last night in which he
denied being euilty, and in response to a
question toaday on tbe gallows just before
tbe trap was sprung, said his statement last
nignt was true.
PlTTSBUBO. PA.. Oct. 4 Ex-Governor
ancis a. rierrepont of Virginia, who is
ine city, was ssxea to-asv about! the re.
port in recent dispatches that tbe Federal
government claimed $40,000 from Vir
ginia, the said amount being part of an ap-
irupnauoD shiu 10 oe unacooucied ror by
tbe State officials.
r " Ynyinia has tothmg to do with that
money," said tte Governor; "it never went
into tbe State Treasury,; and was not han
dled by the State's officers. Congress made
an appropriation 01 a.uw.goy to be used
in certain states in suppressing the rebel.
lion. Of this the sum of $40,000 was
sent oy oruer 01 ine rresiaent to Treasurer
Lamb, to be disbursed under the order of
the Governor of Virginia for equipping
ana ieeuug volunteer soldiers while in ser
vice, ana it was so uisoursea. Lamb was
careful with his vouchers and I was careful
with my warrants. Lamb acted as a dia.
nursing officer of tbe United States and not
a dollar of tbe money went into the treas
ury of .Virginia. . It is nonsense, to talk
about making Virginia liable: the dnvemnr
of Virginia was neither receiving nor dis-
uuraiag omcer, ana tne Diate never got any
of the money." ,
: a - . '
. A dispatch from May's Landing, N. J.,
says Mrs. Eva Hamilton left there yester
day morning in charge of a sheriff for the
penitentiary at Trenton, to serve her sent
tecce for the murderous assault upon her
nurse. Donnellv. ' rV
SUICIDE.
Tbe Beantirm Wire of r n.,...
naore'a Leadlnc merchants Killa ller
aeir wltb a PlatoL
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
BaLTDCOKB. Oct 5 Mkj T.mi.r.11
Smith has committed suicide. She was
only 2T. beautiful and accomDlkhed;
the wife of one of Baltimore's substantial
business men, of the wholesale dry troods
mm of Carev. Bavne . Jk Rmiih
and daughter of Gen. R. Snow
den Andrews. - Mrs. Smith vent
snopping this morning and visited her
mother. Coming to her home at 1010 M
Calvert street, she talked affeetinnati.lv
with her three small children, and then in
structed their nurse to take tbem into tbe
library. This was at 1 p. m. Her hus
band drove up to the door half an hour
later, and asked the man servant
if bis wife was ready to take a drive. Th
servant returned and said she could not be
found, but that her door was locked. The
door was burat in, and there, stretched
upon the floor. was the lifeless form of hia
beautiful wife. She still held a 8mith &
Wesson revolver in hor hand, hpr dark-
hitir dotted! with blood. The hniit h.a
entered one temple and came out tbe other.
ine aomestic relationship of husband
and wife bad been moat cordial, but Mrs.
Smith had suffered some time with insom
nia, melancholy and nervous depression.
No other cause can be assigned for her ter
rible deed.
JUTE BAGGING.
Chicago. Oct 8 A rliannth
Louis, Mo , say: The Missouri anti-trust
law has precipitated ibe formation of an
other great national combination. All the
baeeiug interests of the United Hint biii
shortly consolidate under the name of the
American Manufacturing Company.of New
York. Warren. Jones and Gtatz, of this
city, the head of tbe jute bagging trust, are
prime movers in the new organization. It
was stated to-day that about 20 different
factories at various nointa t ha k.
sorbed into the American Manufacturing
Company, in carr? ine cut th
scbeae
KENTUCKY.
Chicago. Oct. 4 A ritgrar.i,
Jamboeree. Pikecountv. Kv. aa. Th.
old Hatneld-McCoy feud . has broken out
again and three more lives have been
sacrificed in the bloody vendetta which has
now lastea over seven years. The shooting
occurred at a marriage at the farm-house of
Peter McCoy. His daughterwas to be
come the wife of John Hand, a nktm
of ' the Hatfield gsng." and the mem
bers, r of both 3. tactions , hail ..
to prevent the . union. Hand -r had
never been connected - with the die
pates of the factions, and refused to recog
niae the leaders. . Tuesday night tke bridal
party -assembled ' in McDnvVT h
i M young Hand and Miss McCoy stood
before the minister a volley was , poured
through the window, whifia knipH knti t
them and Jatallv wounded tha- Kiorocm..
Reports say that the farmers anrl
tameers of the locality sre hunting for the
murderers, but no trace of them has been
found. -
...Raleigh Call: The friends of
Rev. Bsylus Cade and Ralefoh iwmin in.
terested in his railway saystem will appre
ciate the following from the Baltimore
BapUst: ' Rev, Baylus Cade has sold his
rauway telegraph f ystem to a syndicate for
a large sum of money and a handsome roy
alty besides." . .
. . WashiBirtOn Voflrr.w? . On Vn '
day morning last at 2.45 o'clock a fire was
uiscoverea in the store of Mr. E. S. Hoyt
on Main street The fire had gotten such a
hold before it was discovered that it was
impossible to enter the store in ordr in
save any of his goods. The fire depart
ment did good work. Thaothar hnilrtlnuo
adjoining his with the exception ef Dr. u.
. T. Tayloe's drugstore'were all saved.
'. . Sootland Neck Democrat: Mr.
J. T. Moore, the contractor for the well,
has performed his part of i the contract '
which was that he wnnlri hnt. nn..itr
he did not strike rock. He struck rock at
about 170 feet, and has suspended opera
tions for the present. The well will not be
abandoned, however, but another trial will
be made in a few days. The Tsrboro
knitting mills are not able to fill all tho
orders for some classes of goods manufac
tured. This is favorable and encouraging
to allwho anticipate, engaging ia the busi
ness. . . Oxford Ledger: Mr. John F.
Woody, our new Deputy Collector, made
his first raid on an illicit distillery In full
blast near Wheeler's church. Person coun
ty, during the past week. The parties who
were operating the still discovered Mr.
Woody and his companion when they 'were
about 200 yards awy and they at once
supped tbe hot still on a piece of sheet iron '
and disappeared in the denee undergrowth
on the side of the mountain. Mr, Woody
found about 800 gallons of beer and mash
which he sent on a journey down tbe
stream. ...
! ., Durham Sun: At one of our
colored churches recently a revival was in
progress, attended by largo congregations.
At.one of the evening services the preacher
had stirred up the sinners to the enormity
of iheir tins, and the church members were
singing and had commenced what they call
the 1 Vholy rock," which is a rocking of tbe
budy from one side to the other. Th flnm-
could not stand the pressure and it fell, let
ting a portion of the congregation down
several feet. The fall came with such sud
denness that it created a stampede and con
siderable confusion. The night's meeting
adjourned then and there.
Raleigh JYewa and Observer:
On Tuesday morning, about 9 o'clock,
young Mr. Matthews, eon of Mr. Allen
Matthews of Chalk Level, Harnett county,
had his arm torn off whilefeeding a cotton
gin. His arm was drawn in nearly up to
the shoulder and completely cut off below
the elbow by the saws. Dr. B. 8. Utley,
ui nvuy oprings, wno lives ten miles away,
was sent for. He arrived about 6 o'clock
and amputated tbe arm at the shoulder.
The young maa had lost bo much blood
and was eo exhausted under, the operation
that the Dr. thought it was hardly possible -for
him to live. Mi. Matthews is about 18
years old.
. . Pittsboro 'Record : The latest
snake story, and one that is hard to beat,
comes from near Osgood, in this county.
Some time ago a man was cutting wood
near there and noticed a large king snake
lying near a hollow log. Presently an
other king snake crawled up and joined
the first, and then another and another un
til seven had assembled, and then they alt
crawled into the hollow log. In a few mo
ments they came out of the log and all of
them coiled around a large rattlesnake, and
regular ngus took place, in which
two of the king snakes and the rattlesnake
were killed. Now, the question is, did the
king sn&kes meet according to a previous
airieement and combine for the purpose of
killing the rattlesnake ?
..Raleigh Hews-Observer: A spe
cial received last night from Clayton said:"
To-day about S o'clock while Mr. G. W.
Britt; a resident of Raleigh, was on his
way from Smithfleld to Wilson's Mill's on
foot, he discovered a negro man walking
along in front of him, who occasionally
wouid look back at bim. They reached a
place where the roads forked, about one
and one half miles from Smithfleld, and
tbe negro took the left hand road, Mr
Britt took the right The negro, after go
ing a short way, found that his subject was
not behind and ran across the wood and got
ahead in the road which Mr. Britt was in.
The negro walked on ahead for about one
mue to a nrancb that crossed the road and
stopped. Mr. Britt, suspecting something
wrong, stopped and turned to run, when
the negro fired two shots at bim, neither
striking him. Mr. Britt jumped into tbe
bushes and made his escape. Mr. Britt
had on his person about $500 in cash and a
check for about $700, besides a valuable
gold watch.
..Charlotte Chronicle: A flattened
lead bullet was hurled with gieit force into
the house of Frank Dewey, ou North B
street yesterday morning about 8 o'clock.
The missile went into a room occupied by
John R. Davidson, only missing his daugh
ter. Miss Annie, by about two feet and
coming near hitting Mrs. Hamill, who was
in the room. The bullet whizzed through
the lattice work on tbe back porch and
through the window, breaking a hole in the
glass about the size ot a walnut. No re
portwas heard and no one knows where
the bullet came from. Back of the house
are vacant lots. A negro, whosename
could not be obtained, was killed on the C.
C: & A. road, near Chester, on the 1st icst.
He was stealing a ride oa freight train No.
24, in charge of Conductor Blanton, when
he was discovered. As some one came up,
he jumped fiom the box car, and was so -badly
bruised that he shortly afterwards
died of his injuries. Tom Abernathy,
who runs one of the gins of the Cotton
Seed OU and Fertilizer Co.. had two fingers
badly mashed in the machinery yesterday.
The front and middle fingers of his right
hand were caught in the brush of the ein
Buuurunueu just oeiow tne second jo'nts.
The mishap occurred about 8 a. m.
. . New Berne Journal: Capt.
Dave Styron, of the steamer Carolina, was
the victim of a joke that resulted very
seriously. While at Bell's Ferry yesterday,
his friend Mr. Samuel Quiocerly asked
him to walk behind the counter and take a
cigar. Capt. Styron did so, and began
smoking, when the cigar exploded and so
injured one of his eyes that it is reared the
sight will be lost. The cigar had been
loaded with powder for a loafer who had
been bothering the clerks in the store, and
Capt. Styron unfortunately got hold of it.
Capt. Dave Roberts, of the steamer
Trent, came in from upper Neuse yester
day and reported a shooting affair which
occurred Monday night near Maple
Cypress, this county. A . negro bad been
stealing corn from a man by the name ot
Rouse. The constable was notified, who
deputized a white man and a negro to
make the arrest. They went to the house
of the accused after dark and hailed, but
instead of surrendering, an old English ',
musket loaded with coon shot was poked I
through a crack of the little fortification
and its report was not without effect. The
negro man was seriously wounded in the
body and face, probably fatally, and the
other man was shot in the legs. Other
help was summoned and the house sur
rounded until after day break, when the
prisoner gave himself up to the authorities.
: . . Statesville Landmark: One day
last week Mr. B. F. Sprinkle, of Yadkio,
was in Statesville, and on his way home
found in tbe road, between Davis's mill
and town, a pocket-book containing $600.
The pocket-book also contained a r.nn-
mark subscription receipt bearing the name
of Mr. O. 8. Holland, of Olin. who bad
passed that way a short time before. Ar
riving at the mill Mr. Sprinkle took out
one of his horses and put out in pursuit of
Mr. Holland, caught up with him and
turned the pocket-book and money over.
Mr. Holland may well congratulate himself
that his pocket-book fell into tbe hands of
so honest a man as Mr. Sprinkle, and he :
may further he thankful that tbe Land'
nark receipt was in it, insuring its prompt
return. News was received here yes
terday that on Monday night some wagon
era camped near tiloan's station, Alexander
county, ana that while hitching up their
teams next morning a horse kicked one of
the men, Injuring bim so that be died du
ring the day. We have been unable to
learn the name ot sny of tbe parlies or
any of the particulars. The left
hand of Mr, M A Flemster. of Concord
township, was badly lacerated in a wooU
carding machine at Davis" Sulphur Spring.
Alexander county, Wednesday of last
week. The hand was dressed and is now
thought to be improving.