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I :' PUBLISHED AT ,. WILMINGTON. N.' C., $1 00 A YEAR, IN ADVAN CE. 88888.888888888888 88888888888888833 88888888888888888 83883888888888888 9 H S? 2 a - t P o o on squint 8 83SS8888S8S883883' HHN I 8 3 8 88SS8SS888S88 8S88S8888S8888888 88888888S8S888R38 I Kntercd at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. i I Second-Class Matter. i j ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. I he subscription price of the Weekly Star is as follows : -. . Single Copy 1 year, postage paid.. ....-...!! 00 " 8 months " " .'...v ..... 00 " " 8 months " " . 30 A LIGHTLY PRIZED TREASURE. s We hear and read much about the marvelous mineral resources of :he South, and they are: marvelous in deed. There is no area on the;-f ice of ,,the earth of the1 same extent which bears so many varieties j nd sijcli inexhaustible quantities of use ful -i' minerals,-' and some that are l uiiiil in few countries; if anywhere else on the globe. . After lying hid den since creation's morn in the bosom ofthe earth these treasures have only within the life time of the pieseirt generation begun to attract attention, and as yet, it might be said, have only begun, for one-half ihe! Smith's mineral resources are not yet known, and the pick of the miner h.s not gone into the hundredth part of them. There is not a day taat does not add to the discoveries u atile, for scores of explorers are out p nspecting for capitalists seeking u vestments. This great mineral rje C; oli is becoming known, and its sLqres of buried wealth are begin ning to be appreciated. . '-. 1 Nor is there another section of the world which possesses to the same extent ; the same fortunate condi tions for the profitable utilization of these vast-mineral deposits that the . Uith does. Generally speaking her great iron deposits lie in close prox imity to coal deposits necessary for me, working of the iron, of; limestone formations, also necessary, and 'an abundance of forest growth to supply - all -the demands for wood and s timber. In addition, to this the numerous navigable rivers, with many railroads, being added to every year, furnish the necessary tatjian facilities, ' so. that transpor there is nothing to prevent the Sou th in the near future from becoming1 the great iron and steel man ufacturirig section on this continent. There are mid tljli; aged people living .whq will live i see this realized. I l!ut there is another great source if wealth .above ground, about whjch ;n much has not been said nor writ ten, the forest, one of the Souths 4rca est treasures, though it seen" s to be', prized but lightly, not oik; )eison in a thousand giving U a thought or having the r: niutcst conception of its value. In ao oilier section of the world is the ietf( )un an. equal variety and an equal ab dance of the valuable and useful timbers- ol commerce. The ..very abundance of our forest growth has a.usetl our people to set' a ower value upon it and to make but littie calculation upon it. There are others, however, who are -familiar with the timber question, the sources of sup ply, and the demands upon it. They have come with eyes wide open for investment and have bought, some times for a mere song, -thousands of acres of this untouched forest. They have prospected all through the South for walnut, hickory, maple and other woods suitable for the manu f tcture of furniture, carriages, bug gies, &c., and have bought thousands of acres of these for almost noth- The walnut and hickory supplies of other,sections of the country have been practically exhausted, so that manufacturers are forced to look to (the South for a supply for the fu ture. Of course this means ' that I these timbers will Become annually more valuable, and is. a reason why the judicious manshould not-be wil hng to sell for a merely nominal val uation, as so many who did not have la conception of its value have; done , and . perhaps some are still doing. We remember reading not long i ago of the sale of some Wal nut trees in West -r Virginia ionic ot which brought as 1 high as $137. This is an exception, however,1 the rule being that this timber is bought at a trifling price - Hut if she didn't have a stick of i a"y other kind . of timber the pine f"ests,of the South are a vast trea son in themselves; and are becoming annuallymore valuable. The sources pine wood supplies in other sec ions of the country have become Practjcally exhausted, and in the fu ture the South must be looked to to , supply the demand which theMn- . creasing population will'; annually - laice greater. It is estimated that fhere are now ' in our' Southern Pue forests 212,937,000,Of)o feet bf t Merchantable yellow pine which, at tt va'uation of $10 a thousand, wou I amount to the magnificent sum bf t i- w K9 c-go oa o i-4 eo o o g 5 u 10.' S 1 3:ts:r::::::i:i:i ij ' . tf r VOL. XXI. $2,129,370,000. The value will in-1 crease instead of decrease) for as the population of the country increases the demand musfe. iricrease, while the supply will decrease, increasing pro portionately the price. " ; He is a wise man who holds his pine possessions carefully and cuts and sells judicious ly; he is a foolish man who reckless ly , barters it away for a small pricej or thoughtlessly slaughters it for a little present gain. ;! " i- -j , ' The Weekly Star, each -issue containing nearly thirty columns' of reading matter, is mailed, postage paid, for less than two cents a copy. And still some people seem to think it entirely honest to read it without paying for it. " L 1 ; R0BBDTQ THE FARMER. The gross robbery of the, Ameri can farmer in the name j bf protec tion is shown by the difference in the price of. agricultural implements shipped by American manufacturers and sold in South and Central America and' the price which the (armer at home is compelled to pay. Senator Vest sent to Buenos Ayres and got a list of prices,! the retail prices at which the articles men tioned are sold there, the presump tion being that the wholesale prices are considerably jless. In; his speech on the tariff Senator Vest presented the result of his inquiry las follows: Foreign Home Prices. ' Prices. $18 45 65 25. Advance plow . ; Hay tedder. . . . Mower. ... Horse rake ...... $9 30 40 17 !; il" CO 28 22 Cummings feed cutter, No. 3. .. .... .. 90 40 30 Ann Arbor cutter! No. 2 Cultivator. That there was a greit difference in the price of ex ported articles and in tnose countries and tne prices charged here is no new discovery, for it has been known for some time, but the manufacturers accounted for it by saying that, the implements thus sold were old stock of antiquated patterns for which. there was no sale in this country and they i were sent down there to be worked off. i Sen ator Vest, however, - knocked the props from under this pretense by exhibiting photographs which he had made of the implements 'taentioned showing them to j be identically the same as those sold to our farmers. This disparity in prices js jnoi con fined to agricultural implements but extends to everything of jjthe hard ware order shipped to those countries. We remember seeing sometime ago a orice list of American made carpen ter s tools as sold in the city of Mex ico which ranged from twenty to thirty per cent, less than the prices charged here. I : ! Of course if the American manu facturer desires to do business in those countries he must get down to European prices and this is one rea- sorrj why he has not endeavored to build up a large trade there, his home market yielding him so much more profit. What is thus exported is the surplus fof which there may j not be an immediate demand at home, and rathjer than give the American pur chaser the benefit of cheap prices and let him know what these articles can really be sold for, they prefer to keep up the prices at home and give the farmers of other countries the benefit of cheap imp! ements. While they have such a big margin sold at pretty for profit on the implements home they can afford to sel close to their foreign customers. The difference in the price paid by the farmer in Buenos Ayres and the farmer in this country shows the royalty our farmer pays the manu facturers as a result of the high pro tective tariff, over and above the legitimate profit which he makes on the articles ne exports to these countries. : VI . The American farmer might perti nently ask if the protected manu facturer can afford to sell ajplow to the South or 1 Central American farmer for $9, why can't he afford sell i the same kind of a plow at hohie for less than $18? If he can sell a! mower: down there for $40, why should he charge $65 j for the same kind of a mower here? And so on through the list; and the manu facturer couldn't give him a truth ful, satisfactory answer to save his life. There is but one answer and that is that protection gives the man ufacturer a monopoly of the home market and enables him to change what he pleases.j" Prices might ; be much lower than they are but for the fact that the! manufacturers un- derstand their own interests ahd avoid carrying competition r so far as to lessen prices to any great ex tent, and consequently when there is any' indication of . more pro duct than there will be a de mand for they mutually agree to limit production and thus keep the prices up. Sometimes they mis calculate the demands of " the home market and overshoot I the mark, in which case they relieve! the home market of an overstock by shipping to the countries south of us. When the farmer looks jat these figures perhaps he will - comprehend the keen interest which the Republi can; tariff builders take in him, and ,1 ... ,...,,!;-' discover a few more reasons why he "nrr H should be enthustically in favor of a high protective tariff which" is such a good thing for the manufacturer. At any time during the past -few months have you received a bill for subscription to the Weekly Star? If so,' and you Have not already paid ,the amount, do so atl once. It is wrong to read a paper Jwithout pay ing for it. ' j . "i-'i. STATE TOPICS. The report has been j started that the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company is figuring to beat Sen ator Vance for re-election. This old chestnut is worm eaten! and musty. There was a time several years ago when that company might have used some effort to defeat Vance but that time has gone by and it can no long er have a motive to defeat him. jCjn the contrary if it feared his influence it has much less to apprehend while he ojecupies his; present position re moved from active, participation; in State politics than if he were turned loose in the State enter taining hostile intent on that corporation. Railroad corporations are ks.a rule governed; by men "of sense, and they don't start out to slaughter even such big game as Vante just for the fun ofthe thing, especially when there wouldn't be bit of fun in iit. Takingrill things into consideration, it is safa to say that the R. & D. Company is not wqrk ing that racket, and that the fellow I . .... . ! I wno started the report iug upi an old chestnut. . : i 1 It is admitted that he Week i Star is a cheap paper at one dollar per year, but the impression tjh4t prevails with some of its, subscribers that it can be published, and mailed freetbf postage, for nothing is erron ous, When Senator . Jones, ;of Nevad, goes away from home he ought! to put a bell on his baggage or have somej one to travel with him and take:are of it. Leaving! New 1ork a few days ago a valise containing 20,000 in negotiable paper, dropped out of the cab, and was picked up by a driver of one of Adams' express wagons. The Senator missed it on getting-out to buy some! -cigars re ported tt at police headquarters, jand then returned to the Hoffman House where ha. found the missing valise, the man who found it having left it there He was. liberally rewarded How long have you been reading the Weekly Star without p ayi ng for it ? This question is not m in tended for- those who have pai advance. The Government wants a trjins- - l - ' r , lator For the War Department who must- understand Russian, German, Italian, Spanish and med'eal nomen clature, for all of which it offerslhim the tempting salary of one thousand dollars a year in cash, legal tender money of the United States. When the Government pays clerks in the departments from a thousand to eighteen hundred dollars a year, -it thus shows that it appreciates intel lectual . and linguistic accomplish ments. : . i The Chicago Inter-Ocean, Repub lican, !to break the force of the "lit tie wooden cottage" and "isand dune'j speculation by -President Har rison, says "President Cleveland) pur chased real estate near Washington which! became the nucleus of the- big- i j- gest real estate speculation ever; seen in the; National Capital. He made a mint of money out of it." This is dishonest. It was twelve months af ter Mr. Cleveland ceased to be Pre sident when he sold the" property tb which! the Inter-Occan refers, Is it fair to subscribe to a pape-, read it regularly for one or more years,' and then pay no attention to a bill when received? ' When Boss Reed got his new rules j through and himself vested with the power of a dictator, he said he was going to rush things, winid up business and adjourn the House by the 4th of July. This is the lOtk or August, and there are 1,000 oil yet unacted upon, while Grosvenor, Republican, is rapping him over the knuckles for keeping business back In answering Senator Butler, Fri day, in reference to, the ! extra 2.10 of a cent tariff duty put on cotton ties, Senator Aldrich said that M Butler didn't understand him. Jf Butler didn't, everybody down th s way does. It isn't hard to unde :- stand an unmitigated steal like! that, tor steal is written all over it. E. S- Koons, a New York man, wanted a nice, quiet town to die in, and went over to Philadelphia and shot af big hole through; hTs head. The attractions of Philadelphia, asja pleasant suicide resort, seem td have struck New Yorkers, as this second case of this kind in a whilel . ;;:. is the short If you owe for subscription ito the Weekly Star why don't you pay it? Weekl y WILMINGTON, N. C, JFRID AY, AUGUST 15, 1890. I HATTER AS LIGHTHOUSE. A Contract Awarded for One of the Greatest Undertakings in the History 1 of Engineering, ' J -: r ' . r . Anderson & Barr, of Jersey City, N T.. have ;been awarded a contract for building a lighthouse on Outer Diamond Shoal off ; Cape Hatteras, coast of North Carolina, at their bid of $485,000. The contractors are to begin work within one month and are to have the structure i - r t completed within two years. They are required ito main tain the light for one yf I v-;-;, '(;'--;: -fe The plans, and specifications for the structiirej were prepared by the con tractors within certain limits prescribed by the; 'lighthouse! board.- The same firm several : years J ago built the light house on Fourteen-foot bank, in Dela ware bay, where, however,-, the difficul ties encountered were not nearly so grave! as" those at Outer Diamond Shoal. The same plan has been adopt ed for the erection of this light as was used iron in Delaware . bay. . A a '!hollow with "'lit j caisson,. cylinderi rising fromi its centre, 'will. be built,- proliably at Norfolk, though pcy t - sibly at jHatteras Inlet, and will tnen De towed out j to where the light is to be located. I Here the caisson will be sunk in ! abciutj tvyenty-four fact of water until it rests lipou the sand of the shoal. It will be sunk by piling stone on top of it. When it rests firmly cm the sands the work of excavating will be begun, the work being done by men inside the cais son from which the water will be excluded by forcing air down frqm above. As the material is excavated: the caisson will be carried down until a suitable foundation is reached; Just how far down this may be is not known. - It may not be over forty feet or it may be one hundred. As soon as the foundation caisson is firm on a solid completely filled also the hollow it will be with concrete, as will cvhnder,io a lieight ofi thirty feet above the wntt.T. When t ii concrete hard- ens it ; II 1- r!;i a iron moriolithic structure wit Ii : i lun she! Rip-rap work wi'l lc bOii break ; the up. a'iout this b:ise so as to force ot waves. When this concrete ;base and its! rip-rap protection are in position the building of the su perstructure, or the jlighthouse proper. will be comparatively easy, lhis struc ture is to; bie of ironj lined with brick. Its first floor will bej thirty feet above water and -will be reached by a strong ladder. It will be the store . room, in which will be kept coal wood, fresh wa ter arid three life-boats. The second floor will contain the; fog signal machi nery, with a boiler and small engine. The third floor will contain a fire-proof vault for khe storage oi mineral oil and tanks for fresh water. There will also be space in Lhis floor for one year's provi sions fpr fojur men, jTj"he fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floors are to be the living roc ml of the house. The eighth floor is t contain the service room and above jthis are to be the watch-room and the lantern Pshaw! Editor Star You state "in this morn- inars StAr that the warrant against Capt.JWard, was exequted by two of Sheriff Manning's deputies. Holmes and Whitney.! Can't you try! and find out the truth before publishing such things. Holmes and Whitney are not Deputy Sheriffs and have not! been for some years. Holmes is tne lownsnip un stable, and as such executed the warrant. The Sheriff officers had nothing to do with it. il WL H. Shaw, Aug? 8th, 1890 Deputy Sheriff. Well, this-js really a very small affair But what's the matter vrith Holmes and Whitney, that a statement that they are connected wth the Sheriff's office is so promptly denied? Arh t they good enough for jptephen? Yes, we can "try and find out the trqth" about ''such things,:" but We won't apply at the Sher iff s office fo that commodity, beqause it don't vegetate there. ! Pshaw! ' , ' -- The Point Caswell Fracas. Capt. Herbert Ward, master of the steamer Delia, who was arrested Thurs day night On a warrant from Point Caswell, charging him with assault and battery withja deadly weapon on Loftin Collins (colored), was taken to Burgaw yesterday morning, where he gave bail in thej sum of $100, j returned to Wil mington, resumed command of his boat and left for Point Caswell in the after noon. Loftin Collins went on board the Delta to return to Point, Caswell, but as soon as he learned Capt. Ward was again in command, left the boat. j A Bath Hquso Robbery. One( of thje soldiers! at the Encamp ment reported that he was robbed of a gold watch and some eight dollars in money in a bath house at Ocean View on Wrightsyille Beach last . Thursday. The story told is that he gave.his watch and money in an envelope to the bath house keeper, and went into the surf, and yhen he returned and asked for his property) was told; that it had been delivered to some one! who had applied for it in his name. The Associated Bailwayi It is reported that the Assoc .ated Railways !of Virginia aid the Carolinas (the Atlantic Coast Lm'5; the Piedmont Air ijine and the SeaboardV Air Line) have j-enewxl the agreement existing between the n for another term of years. Also, that at a meeting in New York of representatives of the poiithern Railway and Steamship Association the contract existing between these companies was renewed and signed. j ' , These arfi two of the strongest and most important transfer j associations of all the Southern country, and they have effected marvellous improvement and development in the lastfew years. , Wilmington and Raleigh. On.knd! after August 10th there will be a train leaving Goldsboro via R. & D. R. RJ at j.8 jp. m. With this schedule passengers can leave' "Wilmington, . via W. &;W. R. R., at 4; k m., arrive at Goldsboro 6:55 p. mi leave GoHsboro at 8.00 p. im.L and arrive' at Raleigh at 11:30 ! p. m. i lhis is I the shortest and quickest route between jWilmington and Kaleigh. I f Rewards for Escaped Convicts. Col. Moore,Solicitor of the Criminal Court, interviewed Gov. Fowle yester day, relative to two escaped convicts who are supposed to be lurking in and around Wilmington and who are thought to be connected with the nu merous crimes recently ; committed on the highways leading to the city. . The escaped convicts are Henry Crews, sent up for twenty years from the Criminal Court for arson of an outbuilding, :, and Anderson, ; convicted oi larceny. and sentenced to imprisonment &r five years in the penitentiary. For the arrest of ; the former the Governor will offer a reward of $200, and for the latter $100. The Governor will advertise, offering the above rewards as soon as he reach es Raleigh, j A Fracas at Point Caswell. A difficulty occurred yesterday morn ing at Point Caswell, between Capt. Herbert Ward, master of the steamer Delta, and a colored man named Loftin Collins, which came near being a serious matter. Collins had placed a number of barrels ot naval ! stores on the steamboat wharf, and refused ; to remove it when told to do so by Capt. Ward. An altercation then ensued, and Collins attempted to assault the captain, throwing j, misseles at him. Capt. Ward got his gun and fired at Col lins, the ball grazing the' latter's left arm.. 1 he matter created considerable excitement at the Point for a short time, butrjo further disturbance occur red. : t-' ' I - . Collins, the man shot at, was in the city yesterday evening, arriving by train on the C. F. & Y. V. railroad, and last night Capt. Ward was arrested on a war rant issued by Justice Cplvin at Point Caswell and executed here by two of Sheriff Manning's colored deputies Holmes and Whitney. ' Capt. Ward of fered to give bail, but it was refused. and he was committed to jail. Killed on the Rail. Mr. Frank Jones,! Jiving at Farmer's Turnout, Brunswick county, was killed Wednesday last by ihe out-going train on the Wilmington Columbia & Augus ta Railroad, between Brinkley's and Farmer's Turnout. Mr. Joneswas asleep on the track and the engine . struck his head, killing him instantly. The par ticulars learned so far in regard to the affair are meagre. Only a Practical Joke. The "bath house j robbery" at Ocean View, reported in the Star yesterday turns out to have been a practical joke, played on one of the soldier boys at the Encampment by some of his companions who knew that he had left his watch and money with the bathjhouse keeper, and managed to obtain the valuables by one of their number personating the owner. The victim of the; joke had to borrow ten cents to pay his fare back to the camp where he found his-watch and money. ( "Captain Jack." The Goldsboro Arus says : Capt. "Jack" Bissett, of the Atlantic Coast Line, who has many friends iu this city, spent several hours here yes terday, between trains, returning home from a fishing trip to Morehead, where he had an "immensej- time. Well, we Wilmington people know something about ourj old friend "Cap tain Jack's" exploits as a fisherman. The last time he wen to "The Rocks" he and Dr. Prempert and old man George Wood hauled seine, and in thirty minutes they had a string of baby mul lets ten feet long. Of course, we mean the string was that long. C. P. & "5T. V. R. B. j The Mount Airy News :says: "TheCape Fear & Yadkin Valley Ralroad will be graded to the Virginia and North Caro lina line in a few weeks. Then this road will have a line from one end of the State to the other, making it by far the longest road in North Carolina. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. nominations for County Officers in Cum berlandA Resolution Endorsing Sen ator Vance Tabled Cleveland Endorses Vance. i Special Star Telegram. Fayetteville, Aug. 9 At the Coun ty Democratic Convention, held here to day, John G. Shaw was elected perma nent chairman, and J. W. Whitehead, of the Fayetteville Observer, secretary. The following ticket was; nominated: For Sutton and A. D. the House, Thos. H. i McGill; Sheriff, J. B Smith; Clerk Su perior Court, C. G. Cain; Register of Deeds, H. L. Hall; Treasurer. J. B. Troy. ' ' The Convention was unusually large and enthusiastic; , but a resolution en dorsing Senator Vance and instructing the candidates for the Legislature to vote for his re-election to the United States Senate was tabled.. Notwith standing this action bf the Convention, both candidates for the House are Vance men. I A resolution instructing our members of the General Assembly to vote for and use all honorable and legitimate means for the establishment of a railroad com mission was adopted, . Shelby, N. C, Aug. 9. The Demo cratic County Convention to-day en dorsed Senator Vance and Merriman and Clark. Of delegates appointed to all Conventions, Graham for Congress gets twenty-five votes; Cowles twelve.. Hoke, for Judge, thirty-three; Justice twelve. : ' Goldsboro HeadlightCSasXotk township comes to the front this week with haying a female infant that pos sesses five grandmothers 2 own, 2 great and 1 great great grandmother, who is now 85 years old. - A newly born negro child was found Wednesday at Faison. It was wrapped up in an old shirt and deposited on the sidewalk by its inhuman mother. The child is alive and is beinc cared) for bv a colored woman there. A difficulty caused by an old grudge between Mr. Ollen Bell and Mr. J. R. Rasberry, which took place Sunday at Castoria, Greene county, resulted in the severe wounding of Rasberry through a pistol shot in the hands ot Bell. i f: . 'V,;'-V,- i, ' AR .WASHINGTON NEWS. The Senate Privileges and Election Com mittee Considering the Election Bill Its Principle! and "Workings Mot Dis turbed. ; - Y -.;''; -.''"-!, i By Telegraph to the Morning Star. t ..Washington, Aug 7. Under- the direction of the Senate, authorizing the; sitting during the sessions of the Senate, the. Committee on Priv ileges and Elections began a special meeting at noon to-day to consider the Election bill.There was a full attendance of members. 1 The bill is still held in confidence, but one of the minority says that save in the matter Of a change of expression, chiefly in the way of reduc ing its length, the bill as it passed the House is the one proposed by the majo rity. The principle of . the bill and its practical workings are not disturbed, he says. ' ' . ! -:,''- Among the changes which the senate committee made are the following: j All reference to that section of the Re vised Statutes which it was claimed pro vides for the presence of troops at the polls, was stric ken out, so that there is ho change from the present law in that respect. : l . -.:-. ;. -;' t X he house to house canvass provided or in the House bill was stricken out. Provision for drawing juries by com nissioners was omitted, leaving the law as at present on the books. Penal of- ences were simplified, and were made JnisdeineanorS instead of felonies. Pun ishments were modified, the highest pun ishment imposed being three years im prisonment and a fine of $1,000, as against imprisonment for five years and a hne ot $1,000 in the House bill, j The Judge of the Circuit Court, be fore whom application is made for the dppointmant of supervisors, is author ized to appoint as supervisors any per sons he may see fit, not being confined in his selection to the list furnish ed by the chief supervisor. Provi sion is made for ; careful con trol and specification of fees that maybe charged by supervisors, which are .less in the substitute than those named in the House bill. In cases where tjallots are cast in the wrong box they .re not to be counted, unless the tally sheets show that the votes for Congress men do not equal the number of names i . i- ii .1 . f..i . in tne pou list; T.nen enougn oi tne votes o wrongly cast shall' be added to the tally sheet to make the ! total equal to the whole number of votes shown to be cast. ' ,y- .,.-'''..-! Where election officers refuse to ad minister the oath to voters applying therefor it is1 provided in the bill that the supervisors shall administer the oath and keep a record thereof. But no effort shall be made to have the vote thus re fused cast, the object being merely to preserve the testimony of the application and refusal, i S"The substance of the law orooosed bv the bill," said? Senator Hoar to an Asso ciated Press reporter, is this: "When ever application is made to a Judge of the Circuit Court lor inspection ot an election in any town or cityoi 20,000 in habitants or upward, or ot any county township, parish or precinct, the officers may be appointed for that purpose tiree in" each precinct of whom not more than two snan pe oi one political ptlrty. It is made their-duty to super vise, inspect, and witness the election, but registration and election and" certifi cation of the result thereof are left in the hands of the local authorities. When inspection is provided for the whole Con gressional district, however, there shall be three State Commissioners appoint ed by the Court; not more than two of whom shall be of one political party, who shall issue certificates of the result of the election in that district. The certificate thus made,! shall be used by the clerk of the House in making up his roll of members. Any person who shall make under oath a statement that he believes he is entitled to a certificate of election, may have the case examined by the Judge of the Circuit Court. If the judge find that the certificate of the commissioner is not correct, he shall iskue a certificate and that certificate shall be final until the case is acted id by the House of Representatives. ItS shall be irima facie evidence of the right of thef person named ' there on to a seat t m j the House. 1 he rqst of the provisions are merely an ex tension of the law, which has been en forced in New York State for a number of years.'' ! ! (The committee voted by a strict party vote to report the bill to the Senate, i TERRIBLY SAD ACCIDENT, j Two Ladies and Two Children of a Pleas ! lire Party Drowned Whilst Bathing in a Creek Near Baltimore. ! By Telegraph to the Morning Star. j Batimore, Aug. ! 8. Mrs. Mollie Storm, wife of Mr. S. W. Storm, a clerk in the Tax Department at the City Hall, arid Edith V., his fourteen year old daughter; Mrs. J, R. Johnson, wife of the secretary of the Viaduct Manufacturing Company, and Carroll, aged nine years, sojh of Mr. J. S. Anders, clerk of Spring Grove Asylum, were drowned yesterday at! St. Inigoe's creek, St. Mary's county, while bathing. The bodies were re covered and were brought to Baltimore this morning. ! f The drowned were members of a party of fourteen Baltimoreans Mrs. Storm arid two children; Mrs. Johnson and three children and nephew; Miss Nettie Graham, her three nephews and niece, and Mrs. Stevens. 1 ; The party, with the exception of Miss Graham, who stood on thehore, were bathing in a creek, about a qurater of a mile from the house where they were stopping. The steamer Sue came along. The delight of the young ones at the sight of the vessel found - expression in hearty cheers and the waving of hands, which salutations Capt. Geoghegan ac knowledge by several whistles. The Sue was about a quarter of a mile distant from the bathers. The under-tow from the ves sel caught the women and children and swept some of them beyond their depth. Miss Nettie Graham cried out so loudly that Capt. Geoghegan heard her, 7 but before he could reach the bathers a number of oystermen went to the rescue arid saved nine. j 'Mrs. Johnson and Edith Storm lost their lives in efforts to save Mrs. Storm and Carroll Graham. . j 'Mrs. Stevens, ' when carried .'ashore, ws insensible, but was resuscitated, j 1 Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer: The Methodists of Wadesboro are to have a new church. They already have in cash and good subscriptions about $3,600. Their old church property is worth at least $1,000, making $4,600 available. Will Smith, of Albe- marle, the young; man who was charged with stealing: a letter, with money in it, by the Sibley Brothers, of the same town, has been released. It appears that the Sibleys prote two letters, one of which contained " money for their mother,-while the other was of a busi ness nature, and in directing them the letters got mixed, and the one which should have gone to their mother was sent to the other party, and vice versa. As soon as this mistake was discovered young Smith was released. NO. 39 GEORGIA DEMOCRATS. The State Convention Nominations The , Platform. '- By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. : Atlanta, Aug. 1. The State Dem-, ocratic Convention, which promised to be lively in several particulars, proved rather tame on side of contests' over the Attorney Generalship and Agricultural Commissionership. With these two ex ceptions the nominations were by accla mation, and there was no contest Over the platform. :j - I ( W. Y. Atkinson, of Coweta, was chair man of the convention. , The nominees were: I For Governoi: W. J. Northern of Hancock county; Secretary of State:! Gen. Phil. Cook, of Lee; Treasurer: R. Hardeman, of Newton; Comptroller Ge neral: Capt. W. A. Wright, of Rich mond; Attorney General: Judge George N. Lester, of Cobb; ; Commissioner of Agriculture: R. T. Nesbitt, of Cobb, i A platform of principles was adopted. In brief it reads as follows: The , Dem ocratic party of Georgia, in Convention assembled, hereby renews its pledges to the political principles set forth in the National Democratic platform of 1883, We favor correcting 11 abuses of the government by strict reliance upon the integrity and ability ot the Democratic party; we point with prideto the ability and fidelity with which affairs ofj the state have been managed by our dis tinguished Governor, John B. Gordon, and other State House officers; we will heartily support the nominee of this Convention, and icall upon'all Democrats to Support the party nominations iri the various districts and counties of this State. A LEAGUE OF PEACE. Emperor William's Interview with Queen Victoria Another Berlin Congress! Pro jected Bussia and .France Likely to Op pose the Arrangement. j Copyright 1800 bv the N. Y. Associated Press. Berlin, Aug. 9 One of the results of the interviews at Osborne between Queen Yictoria, Emperor Wil lam, the Prince of "Wales and Lord Sal isbury is the withdrawal of the candidature of Prince Waldemarj for the throne of Bul garia, family reasons, notably thepro- test of the King of Greece,- influenced this decision. Under the promptings of Emperor William both the Queen and the Prince of Wales are beginning to take a more active part in the foreign politics of England. t To-night s Post gives suggestive prom inence to a special London dispatch, saying that just as the Emperor's visit to Osborne in 1888 afforded a starting point leading to an Anglo-German agreement, and as the visit of the Prince of Wales to Berlin was not without bearing upon the treaty, so Foreign! Of fice circles believe that there was politi cal significance in the present visit of the Kaiser, the outcome of which jmay astonish the world, The Post's allusions, as read here! un der light of reports circulating in ! the official world, point to a project ofj the Kaiser s to obtasn the Czar s assent to another Berlin Congress, aiming at a general European Peace party, implying limitation ot amendments. 1 Lord Salisbury's declaration at the Mansion House, that Europe was never more pacific, and that nations were growingly increased to compromise,, in dicated the strain of his communication to the Powers. !. !: The Kaiser, going to Russia as the apostle of peace, now desires the Kai serin to accompany him. j I he Czarina ignored the approaches ot Gen. Von Schweinitz, German Ambassa dor, regarding the reception of the Kai- serin, so the Grand Duke of Hesse, on the solicitation of Emperor William, has started for bt. Petersburg to arrange for the Kaiserin's visit. The belief in official circles here is that the Czar will treat the league of peace as a futility, unless associated with the restoration of Russian dominance in the Balkans and the permanent satisfy ing of trance. Whatever the Kaisers peace ideas may be his movements tend to strengthen Ghrmany in the event of war. His visit to Norway was im mediately successful in inducing the government i to consent to the recruitment of Norwegians and Swedes for the German navy, an ample supply of fine seamen being thus afforded. King Oscar also accepted an invitation to be present at the grand land and sea manoeuvres, which will take place in September. King Leopold similarly marks the entente achieved at Ostend by . promising his presence at j the manoeuvres. The screeches of the French press over the extension of the German alli ances are not unprovoked. ! WHAT IT COSTS. I How Congress Shovels Out the Pension . Money. j ' New York Sun. J There is no business in Washing ton so lucrative as the pension busi ness. Those who started m a few years ago comparatively poor, are now rich. Thousands and thousands of dollars are now being lavishly ex pended for advertising purposes. One attorney, who has a rather small business, has ordered half a million blanks and circulars, and has put all ot his surplus cash into the business of advertising. There is a good ideal of money expended every yearj for the benefit of the soldiers and sail ors of the late war. So tar during this Congress the following appro priations have been made or wil be made: i Regular Pension act. . ... . . $98,457,461' Eestimated deficiency for I 1891....... ......... 50,000,000 724,000 3,650,000 Back pay and bounty. Soldiers National Homes. . Aid to State and Territorial Soldiers' Homes .. ... National cemeteries. ....... Deficiency in pensions pasft'd at present session . .!. Pension Office administra tion (clerks, messengers, eta). .......... Supplemental bill for clerks in Pension Office 400,000 247,000 25,300,000 2,439,150 I G36,189 Total expenditure for the , I benefit of veterans ..I.. $181,153,800 The estimated revenues of the country are $450,000,000, and the surplus is now only $5$,000. ; ! ' Goldsboro Argusi The farmers are now feeling some concern about the cotton crop, : as we have been having some very heavy rains for the pas few days, and ths dreaded "rust" is making its appearance in several sections. I The rainfall in this city yesterday after noon about 0 o'clock was the heaviest of the season-. The clouds hung very low over the city; rendering it -so! dark that lamps had to be brought inio use in business offices, while the rain poured down in torrents, -i making the scene gloomy indeed, and altogether disagree able. -",,; " 1 - I 'f -' " .. ' ! ' ' SPIRITS JUKPENTINE. Windsor Ledger: Mr. P. Roscoe has sold his wheel, spoke and rim fac tory to a New England firm of Bridge port, Conn. i - 4 Burgaw Herald A convention of colored teachers and colored preach ers will be held in Burgaw on Saturday. August ICth, 1890, in the interest of ed ucation and religion, j . Salisbury Truth: James Lanier shipped 130,000 pounds of his canned goods in one lot to Memphis 1 ast week George Huffman, a negro boy from this place, had both of his legs cut off while trying to steal a ride On a train'at Lexington baturday night. . Clinton Caucasian: There is a freshet in Great Coharie for the first time since last summer. There was not enough water at any time last winter for turpentine, timber or fosin to be trans ported to Wilmington. The oeonle " along the river are now rafting. Raleigh Chronicle- The Chron icle has received advices from Burling ton stating that a boyi caught a carrier pigeon at the Glencoe mills at that place yesterday, with a band on one leg marked "J. K. 89 32. The bird was thoroughly exhausted and very poor. . Raleigh Visitor: It is understood that the counsel for Officer Hogue have determined not to sue out a writ of ha beas corpus, and consequently their cli ent will remain in custody without bail until the next term; of the Superior Court of Wake county, commencing on the 22d of September. Ihe North Carolina College. of ' Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, situated at Raleigh, will begin its second session on the 4th of September, New and ele gant shop-buildings are now ready for occuoancv. and all departments are now thoroughly equipped for work. Weldon News: The officers of the Seaboard and Roanoke and Raleigh . and Gaston railroads at this place have been consolidated by the appointment of Capt. T. F.-Anderson, agent of the roads. - The government work on the river goes on. A! part of the force is now at work on the upper portion ot the river while the other part is in the neighborhood of Hamilton. The river and harbor bill contains- an appropria tion for continuing the work. - Tarboro Banner: J. F. Shackel- . ford has a peach tree in his yard that has a few peaches on it. It was pro tected from the cold by his house. They are nice, and the 6n!y ones we have heard of in this section. A certain man in this countv is the owner of a water mill. That mill needed some at tention. Delay was dangerous. It was Sunday. He went to work to repair the damage. In a short time he was a wetter and sadder man. He had fallen into the water "with his best suit of clothes." i ! '!'-. Durham Sun) Several days ago, in Wake county, not very far from the- Chatham and Durham tine, a young lady was giving a music lesson to a pupil on the piano. They had been in the parloY playing for quite a while when something caused them to look around and they were horrified to see two black snakes lying in the middle of the floor. The snakes were stretched out full length, side by side with their heads elevated, as if intently listening to something. They lay there in that posi tion as long as the music con- , tinued, and it is quite evident that they ; were charmed by it. Greensboro Patriot: On last Sunday, while Mr. Emsley Sikes, pro- : prietor of the store at the Guilford Bat- tie Ground, was at his house about 300 yards away, some, person or persons broke into his store and securing an the .; change in the cash drawer, and sundry articles from the stock, made good their j escape. A reliable business man of j High foint, mlorms us: that the busi- ; ness of the furniture factory at that place is so large that they are always five or six car loads behind in filling their; i orders, and will have to enlarge their j ! buildings in order to meet the incrcas-. ) ing demand for their goods. J Winston Daily: We were relia- j bly informed this morning that the j through trains from Greensboro to 5 Wilkesboro will be commenced next ! Monday, the 10th. Sportsmen , everywhere are said to be pleased at the j, prospects for an abundance of partridges j this season. The dry, warm weather of t June was very favorable to the young birds, which are remarkably numerous, i strong and well -grown. The Com missioners of Wilkes made a contract yesterday with Mr. !W. V. Clifton, of !. Raleigh, agent for j the Berlin Iron i Bridge Company for the building of a double track iron1 bridge between i Wilkesboro and the new depot across the river. The depot is about three- t quarters of a mile from the court house. 4 ' Charlotte Chronicle shipments of watermelons The heavy i from points South to the North still continue, sev- eral sections, often of 12 to 17 cars, eo- ? ing through daily,, 1 - Squire Max well yesterday issued a warrant for the ; arrest of Dug Norman, for shooting six times at his wife while sitting on her i father's porch in Sharon Dale, ?' alias Nutall, who was tried at Dallas, : Ga., this week, on the charge of bigamy ' was found guilty on Wednesday. Geo. P. Horton, whose sister Nutall deserted, identified Dale as the man.j H. A. Deal, ; of Charlotte, also, among Others, posi- i tively identified the prisoner as Nutall. "Dale," however, denied all knowledge ; of the Nutalls and Hortons, but that " did not prevent the jury from finding a yerdict against him. Durham Sun: A col ored shaven named Allen, confined in jail for larce-1 ny, last night succeed in getting out of , the prison by crawling through the wa-1 ' ter closet hole. He was found, however, t before he got out of !tlie jail yard. He had secreted himself in sorjie weeds, and: had run his head and a pbrtion of his body under a pile of terra-lcotta'piping, ; piled up in the yafd. He was again i taken into custody. Just after dark,, last evening, there were shrp reports of a gun in the eastern portion of the town, : and some lusty yelling. Mr. Thad. Gil bert had been missing his corn and from the shaking of the stalks last evening he suspected that sorne thieving was going on. He fired twice in that direction with a double-barrelled shot-gun, and from the Joud yells and decamping from that field, it is pretty certain that some body was struck. Whether the person was white or black it has not yet been ascertained. -i Statesville Landmark: The crop prospect continues magnificent. Some bottom corn has been damaged by overflow, but this! in only a few local-! ities. The wet weather has caused the cotton stalks to shed some of thciit' sq4res, but the fruitage Is still abun dant. - Mrs. J. R. Howie; of Union Grove township, has had 13 children and all of them are living. Two are married, and the youngest is just jold enough to lie on the bed and kick up its heels. There has never been a cradle in the house, a physician has never been to see one of the children, ;and not one of them ever took a teaspoonful of medicine. The west-bound mail train No. 52, on the Western North Carolina railroad, last Saturday, killed a colored man about 12.30 p. m between' Rock Cut and the Catawba river. Mr. Pete Roueche was! the engineer.. On rounding a curve he saw the man lying on the track between the rails, and the man saw the engine approaching, but made no effort to get out ! of the way. He raised his head, i then lowered it again and lay still.j Mr. Roueche re versed his engine and applied the air brakes to the train, but the distance was too short, and the engine j passed over the poor creature, crushing his limbs to pieces, while the pilot rolled his body over and over, mashing it and his head into a pulp. . i. t - :' ; l .. .tl . . s -.-:w '; 1 V i i v.