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- a WILLIAM H. BBENAED, IDdito ad Proprietor. ' , WILMINGTON, N. C. AY, May 23, 1891. FT In wilting to chaos your address mlwaytgtn former direction aa weU a foil particular a, where jrotl wish tout jwper to be sent hereafter. UnleMyoo 4o both changes can not be made, ty Noticei of Marriage or Death, TrHmtea of Re : poct, Resolution, of Thanks, &c., are f : rdiakrr adrsrtisomtnU, bat only half rate, when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 60 cents will pay j tor a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. - Remittances most be made py voces, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters wM register letters when desired. . tW Only tocfa remittances WW DC at lao raa 01 iuc ,'. publisher. 3 Specimen copies forwarded when desired. 3SnjT CULTURE. ! We have se veral times in these ! columns called attention to the sub ject of nut culture, especially of the j pecan, as an industry in, which the -farmers of this State, especially in ' the eastern and central portions of it, might engage - with profit. The pe can belongs really to the hickory nut srJecies and can be successfully grown wherever the hickory tree will grow.; j - ' 1 " - '. The culture of the pecan is 'now i engaged into a limited extent in this State, in South Carolina, in Florida and in Texas, but th culture is yet In Its infancy and will never be very ' extensively engaged in because there are. few persons who have patience to : wait seven or eight years to realize from a crop planted. . This is one . reason why.there need be no fear of the industry being" overdone. i We were very much interested in letter published in the Charleston itfeivs and Courier, a few days ago, written by a, gentleman at Bamberg, ' Barnwell county, S. C, who tells what, he knows about pecan growing and the possibilities that are in it as a paying industry. He began planting fifteen years . ago, and has now a thirty-five acre orchard to which he will add sixty five actes, more this winter. At ten years tus trees yielded at the rate of $150 to the acre, and at fifteen years at the j rate of $300 to the' acre. There is only one crop in this coun try that will do that, and that is the f nest kind of tobacco. It is from four to! eight times as much as fair . Mtton and will produce. It is five 1 times as much as the average tobac co crop will yield, fifteen times "as much as the . average' wheat crop . 'will yield, twenty Jtimes as much as the average corn crop. The man who plants cotton, to V bacco, jwheat, corn, etc., has to plow, 1 plant,' cultivate- and harvest every year, taking his chances on frosts, floods, droughts-storms and insects, and then when the gauntlet of grow ing and harvesting the crop is run,, must take his chances on a ' market which may be oversupplied and the prices consequently low, too 'low to . pay the cost of cultivation and leave a margin for profit. . With the pecan it is not so. The . planting once done the . principal labor is over; there is no more plow ing, no more cultivating, no j fear of frosts, floods, droughts or insects, for the tree is a hardy one and will stand anything the hickory will stand. I The only , labor after the tree is in bearing is the gathering of the nuts, aridjhe only labor before they come into bearing, which is usually about the seventh year, (the yield ; increasing every , year until jjthe ; tree reaches ma turity)'! is a little -mulch- ' ing or fertilizing for the first year or , two to help the growth. Once root- ; ed the orchard is a permanent thing and a pefpetual producer, which : takes care of itself and will live as long as the hickory tree lives. . The plan of this Bamberg culti vator isjto lay off the land in checks 35 by 35 feet,- which gives about thir ty-six trees to the acre. He plants trees one year old, never more than .two years old, because, he says, it is not untxsual for a tree at one year old -to have a root twice as long as the tree is tall. He recommends good mulching for the first year or so, and", after that any highv grade fertilizer will produce astonishing re sults. ; His experience is that trees , planted in the fall will grow more in two years than those planted in the springVwill in three, because they f orjm new roots in the fall and stand the following summer better. , Other crops, such as cotton, corn, grass, &c, may be ' grown on the land until the trees come into bear Ing, or - turned to pasture, as stock do not trouble the trees, so that the Iand devoted to the pecan trees is nearly f useful as it was before ior other crops, until the trees become sufficiently large to so 'shade the ground that there would not be sun shine enough for other crops, save grass, which might be grown all the time.' . ' . j. ' In planting care should be taken to secure the best kind of trees, those i producing the largest and ' . sweetest nut, some kinds of trees : producing small and tasteless nuts, with mqre wood than meat in them! i here are very few farmers in North Carolina who couldn't spare a' few acres to the pecan, if he didn't want to, spare many, and to what better use could the "old fields," of which there are thousands of acres, oe put?, Thus without costing I dollar to reclaim them they might be . made the most productive and valu- j able part of the farm. There is growing in central North - Carolina a thin-shelled hickory which is: superior in quality of meat and uuvor to the average pecan, and jquaj to the best, which if planted and cultivated would prove almost if not quite as profitable as the pecan. And there is the walnut, too, which m eight or ten years would be valu able not only for the nut but for the timber, becoming more valuable for both every year as the pecan and hickory do. - There is an inviting field open for nut culture in this State for the ypung man who will enter it. .. As a source of revenue, with little labor or little risk, it holds out induce ments that no other crop grown can offer. STATE TOPICS, The marble deposits of North Carolina have as yet attracted but little attention, but they will some day be a source of great wealth. We doubt whether there is in the world a section of marble-bearing country vhich can show within the same area as many varieties of . marble, sin as many colors, ranging all the' way from jet black to snow white. The extent of these deposits is beyond computation because they have never been surveyed and their full extent is not known. We know that in Cherokee county there are large deposits, of numerous varieties, but some idea of the extent of it may be gathered from the statement that in McDowell county in the deposits that are known to exist there are four hundred millions cubic feet. There is a one hundred and fifty acre tract where the marble vein is said to be one hundred and eighty feet thick, the largest quarry yet dis covered in the South. There are also immense deposits of it in Cleveland county, said to be inexhaustible, and we' know there are also in Cherokee, Surry and Stokes, and a geological survey will doubtless show it to exist m other counties. Senator Tones, of Nevada, does not share the opinion of- some that Mr.: Harrison is a great man. He says he served six years with him in the Senate and during all that time nobody ever asked Harrison's opin ion about anything, and now he thinks it absurd that Harrison can veto and nullify the deliberate work of three or four hundred men. That's why he rises to g-emark that he- is in favor of taking away the veto power from Presidents in general, but from Mr. Harrison in particular. Congressman-elect Stewart, of Illi- noise, enjoys the circus, and when one comes in his neighborhood he hires a special train and takes all the children in town to thehow at his expense. But he wouldn t pay a dollar to the campaign fund when he ran ior Congress, not even to pay for the election tickets on which his name was printed. He said if the peo ple wanted to vote for him they could write his name on the tickets, he wasn't going to pay his way to Congress. The New Orleans affair is becom ing an issue in Italian politics. That's all at was at any time. Rudini playedjt in the beginning to pla cate? the mob, and now his oppo nents are going for him because he bungled so in playing it. Between Blaine on this side, , and the mal contents on the other side poor Rudini Is on the ragged edge and don't know whether it is good to be alive or not. 1 It is commented on by some . that there was no turn out to welcome Mr. Harrison on his return to Wash ington. Live Presidents ain't a curiosity in Washington, and besides that the Washingtonians couldn't keep up that flower business. Flow ers cost something there. A crusty old bachelor in England who recently died heaped coals of fire on the head of the girl who re fused him by leaving her three thou sand dollars in his will. But as she had been married in the meantime, she braced up and stood it like a little woman. The Oolleotorship. At a recent meeting of colored people, held at . St. Luke's Church, John H. Young "was accorded a vote of thanks for making the fight, and thus bringing the office of Collector within the reach of a colored man." This must be very comforting to John. He gets the thanks a very thin diet during the dull Sum mer months while Collector Dancy gets the shekels. But John is a Young man and can afford to wait until well, it will be a long time before there will be an other Republican President. ROBESON COURT. True Hill Found Against D. A. Mo- . Dougald. for . the Murder of Simeon Oonoley. The Star's correspondent at dumber ton, writing in regard to the Conoley murder, says: The grand jury com menced its investigation this afternoon, having summoned nineteen witnesses to appear, and at -4.45 p. m. returned a true bill against McDougald for murder, The accused is still missing. Alex Oxendine, who was implicated with bteve Jacobs m the murder of Mrs Arp, about two years ago, was granted a new trial by the Supreme Court and next Thursday has been set apart for his trial. Rewards are offered by the Governor of the State and the Commissioners of Robeson County for the arrest of Mc Dougald, which aggregate $300, Capt. Dave Jones called at the bTAR office yesterday. In response to the queries of the P, P he said there had been good seasons all along the line of the C. F. & Y. V. The crops, wheat esneciallv.- nresent a fine, annpjtranro anrl the season for tobacco planting is all that coma be desired: CONFEDERATE PENSIONERS AU Applications Must be: Filed on or , Before the FixM - Monday in - j ' Persons Entitled to the Benefits of the I Aot. . ; : ::- v''-::::;: The State Board of Pensions in a cir- ; cular issued for the guidance of Count Boards directs special attention to the fact that under the statute the applicant , for a nension must file his, or her, appli cation before the County Board of Pen sions on or before the first Monday m ulv in the vear in which the application is made; that the Clerk of the Superior Court shall forward to the Au ditor "of the State the duly certified application before the first Monday in August following, ex cept that he shall forward applications filed on the first Monday in July, imme diately after the meeting of the County Board of Pensioners held on the hrst Mondav in August, as provided for In section 4 of the Pension Act, and that no warrant for the payment of the pen sion shall be issued by the Auditor un- tii after the first Monday in September following. Every widow of a Confederate soldier who desires to obtain the benefit of this act must make application, including those who are already on the pension roll, but those who are now on the roll will apt be required to furnish further proof of identity of themselves, or of the identity, services and death ot their husbands, but they are required to furnish evidence that they have never re-married; that they are bona fide resi dents of the State; that they hold no office under the United States, or under any State or county, from which is re; ceived the sum of three hundred dol lars as fees or as a salary annually, and that they do not own property whose tax valuation exceeds the sum of five hundred dollars, or have not since the 11th of March, 18S5, disposed of the same by gift or voluntary conveyance. The Register of Deeds of the county will furnish blank forms for making ap plications, proofs, etc., to all who require them. Under the law, "every person is enti tled to a pension who has been Ior twelve months immediately preceding his or her application for pension a bona fide resident of this State, and who is incapacitated for manual labor by reason of a wound received while in discbarge of his duty as a soldier or sailor in the service of the State ( North Carolina or of the Confederate States of America, during-the war between the States, and to the widow remaining unmarried of any deceased officer, soldier or sailor who lost his life while a citizen of this State or of the Confederate States, during the late war between the States, the following sums, annually: To those totally incapacitated, $100; to those having lost leg above knee or arm above elbow, $75; to those having lost foot or hand, &c, $50; to those hav- hg lost one eye, , or otherwise disabled, and to widows remaining unmarried $25." But no person shall be entitled to re ceive the benefits of this act who owns property whose tax valuation exceeds the sum of five hundred dollars, or who, having owned property in excess of five hundred dollars, has disposed of the same by eift or voluntary conveyance to his wife, or child, or children, or next of kin, or to any other person, since the 11th day of March, 1885 SECOND REGIMENT, N. C S- G. Capt. Kenan's Official Beport to Col. "W. C. Jones, Commanding Second Regi ment N. C. 8. Q., on the Affair at the Jail Saturday Night. Headquarters Wilmington Light Infantry, Co. C, Second Regiment N. C. S. G., May 18th, 1891. Col. W. C. Tones, Commanding Second Regiment N. C. . G.: Sir: On Saturday night, the 16th, at request of Hon. A. G. Ricaud, Mayor of the City of Wilmington, I ordered my company under arms to aid the civil authorities in the preservation of the peace, which it was leared would be disturbed by an attempt to remove a prisoner from jail l am happy to report that the appear ance of the military had a most quieting effect, as the crowds soon dispersed and went to their homes. As a further precaution, I - remained on duty all of Sunday night also. My men performed their duties cheer fully and uncomplainingly I may say even gladly; due to their habit ot obedi ence, which they seem to feel in their very limbs. The necessity for a well disciplined military organization has always been apparent to me, but it was practi cally demonstrated on last Saturday night to the satislaccion ot every one, and the community, nay more, the State, can rest assured that whenever it is necessary to vindicate the laws, this company will ever be ready to respond Your obedient servant, W. R. Kenan, Capt. Com. Co. C 2d Regt. N. C. S. G, Endorsement by Col. W. C. Jones. Respectfully forwarded to Gen. James D. Glenn; approved, with feelings of pleasure and gratification at the prompt and emcienj. services rendered by Capt, Kenan and his company. I beg to add that I was present when the'alarm lor assembling the company was given, and I doubt not that but for the presence of the military we would have had serious trouble in dispersing. the crowd that had assembled. Your obedient servant, W. C. Jones, Col. Com. 2d Regt. N. C S. G, The Bailroad Commission. The Raleigh News and Observer says "Yesterday the officials of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, the Wilmington and Weldon, the Charles ton, Cincinnati and Chicago, the War renton Railroad and the Western Union Telegraph appeared before the commis sion to show cause why no changes should be made in tariffs or to argue that the scale determined upon should be modified. To-day the officials of other roads will be heard. The com' mission will not determine upon what action will be finally taken till the hear ings are over." ' Btooka of Naval Stores. . Stocks of naval stores at the ports May 16th, are reported as follows: Spirits Turpentine Wilmington, 1,764 casks; New York, 1,075; Savannah, 9,037; Charleston, 1,747. Total, 13,623 casks, Rosin Wilmington, 15,395 barrels; New York, 12,826; Savannah, 86,977; Charleston, 7,045. Total, 72,343 barrels, Tar Wilmington, 6,849 barrels; New York, 1,342. Total, 7,991 barrels, The numerous Wilmington friends of Col. W. Foster French. Lumberton, will be glad to hear that his health is reported considerably improved by his recent trip to Florida. I '38TH ANNIVERSARY. 20TH OF MAY CELEBRATION AT CAR- . , . OLINA BEACH. . J V v The Iiisht Infantry Excursion Targe Practice Toot .Races Musi Dinner at the Ooeanio Hotel Sight Hundred to a Thousand Persons Present. The Wilmington " . Light Infantry met at their armory at 9:80 o'clock yesterday morning, tinder the command of Capt. Kenan, and escorted by the Second Regiment Band marched to the steamer Wilmington and started for Carolina Beach. Messrs. Peterson Bros, photo graphed the Company at" the foot of Nun street, the Company being drawn up at parade rest on the hurricane deck, the band in the meantime j discoursing sweet music v 'i j On' arrival at Carolina j Beach the Company was - dispresed and ordered to report at twelve o'clock for target prac tice, which was had just east of the pa vilion. Sergeant Ed Moorej making the best scorei was awarded the first prize, a gold Star, presented to the Company by a friend, Mr. J. W. Bolies, and also a season ticket to Carolina Beach by the New Hanover Transit Company. The second "prize, being the Company medal, was wor by Capt. W. R. Kenan. The third prize, a gold headed cane, by private Ives. After the target practice the Company repaired to ihe j Oceanic Hotel and had a most excellent dinner. which was gotten up in very elaborate style by the Messrs. Hinton Bros. After dinner some of the boys took a dip in old ocean. j At 4:3(1 o'clock sixteen men, under. command of Sergeant Moore, fell in at the pavilion and went through that beautiiul manoeuver, the, fancy sword drill, and after this some oi the mem bers of the Company gave an exhibition of fancy bicycle riding, and Corporal Charlie Grainger was voted by the im mense crowd as being the most expert. At half-past five o'clock six of the athletic members of the company were on the beach for a fifty yards foot race. The first prize was won by private J. R. Turrentine, Jr., he making the time : in seven seconds. After this, the call was sounded by tHe leader of the band, Mr. Arthur Whitelev, and the band marched up on the porch of the Oceanic H otel, and there added very much to the enjoyment ol the day bv discoursing some very sweet music At eight o'clock the third boat from Wilmington arrived with about one hundred passengers, who immediately betook themselves to the dining rooms ol the Oceanic and there enjoyed one ot those suppers for which the Messrs. Hinton Bros, have gained such ampu tation, and our special reporter returns thanks for the very-hospitable manner in which he was entertained. About three hundred left on the 5:30 boat. The crowd that remained enjoyed themselves by strolling on the beach by moonlight and listening to the music furnished by the Second Regiment Band. At 9 o'clock the whistle sounded for the last train, and the remainder of the crowd cot on the cars and started for the pier, where the Wilmington was waiting to bring the excursionists to the city, who' arrived safely at 11 o clock, Thus ended one of the most pleasant days in the history of the Company The number of passengers was esti mated at eight hundred. WILMINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY. Supplemental to the Article in the "Star1 of Yesterday What the Boys are Do ing for Themselves. Supplemental to what was said in the Star, yesterday, concerning the Wil mington Light Infantry, it may be said, and greatly to their credit, that the mem bers of the Company are all subscribers to the armory fund, and are paying the several amounts in monthly instal ments. The Company is composed mainly of young men who are working for moderate salaries, but they are contribut ing liberally, and, acting on the old and well known principle that those who help themselves are entitled to the help of others, the people of Wilmington should be generous in their subscrip tions to the armory fund. The Com pany have no place whatever for indoor drilling and are compelled to tramp over the rugged Belgian blocks on Market qpd Front streets.. To the casual observer it looks like "big fun" to be a soldier in time of peace; but this is a mistaken idea. The fun is badly mixed with a vast deal of very hard work; and when a military company is called out to face an angry and drunken mob, they carry their lives in their hands, and some who march to the scene of trouble may be carried home on a soldier's bier. Think for a moment of. the feeling Of secur ity that pervades our homes when we know we haye a . well disciplined company of brave and determined men ready at all times to respond to the call of duty. Think of the women and children, many ot whom must perforce be left at home without their natural protectors in case of serious trouble, Now, they feel comparatively safe; but how would it be if we had no military company hereto pid the civil authori ties in the maintenance of peace in case of riot?. There ought to be at least one nun dred names on the roll of active mem bers of the Wilmington Light Infantry and if the people of Wilmington will respond generously to the call for con tributions to the armory fund that point win be reachea. Subscriptions payable on the instal ment plan will accomplish the desired result. . v- . i THREE CHEERS AND A TIGER. ' The "Wilmington Light Infantry Call on the Star Office. The Wilmington Light Infantry e6n their return from Carolina Beach last night, made a flank movement and took the Star office by surprise; not a shooting-stick in the establishment was loaded. But after all the Company got the worst Of it. With their rifles glit tering in the moonlight they drew up in line before the office, and after "three cheers and a tiger," made loud calls for Mr. Bernard, who appeared on the porch in answer to their cries, and in an ornate and eloquent ora tion of about thirteen words which was interrupted every ten minutes by the snoring of members of the company satisfied them that they had got enough, and after another yell they wended their way to the armory, WILMINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY. Indispensable to -Wllinington-Win Her People ITow Ind a Helping Hand to the Armory Fund ! Recent events have again shorfn con clusively that the Wilmington Light In fantry is indispensable to the preserva tion of the peace in this city in great emergencies. rThe consensus ot opinion is that the police on duty near the jail Sunday : morning would most probably have been resisted if an effort had been made to make wholesale arrests. - They were ready and willing to obey any orders that might be given themfbut the , force was not . large, and while they might have proved their ability to overcome the dis orderly crowd, wihch was rapidly as suming the character of a mob, it is a fair conclusion that this - could not have been done without bloodshed. The presence of the military so near the scene had a moral effect that unques tionably removed all necessity for re sorting to violent measures. The promptness, the coolness, the fidelity, the courage of the members of this fine military organization have re ceived unstinted praise, all of which they richly deserved. But it is time now for the peaceable and law-abiding peo ple to reflect more seriously on the real value . of this company to, Wilmington, and to take steps for its more substantial support. The city au thorities are becoming more and more impressed with the conviction that it is necessary to keep up 'the organization; and are. becoming more liberal in its ap propriations looking to that end. The county, too, though not so deeply inter ested as the city, should make a reason able annual appropriation. , But the citizens, as individuals, should enter heartily into any movement whose object is to strengthen the Light In fantry in numbers and to' add to its esprit ae corps, j ust now, the ques tion in which the boys are most deeply interested is the building of an armory suited to their wants, and , which shoold be made an ornament to Wilmington. The city has already donated a valuable lot,' eligibly located, for this purpose, and the Com pany have the nucleus ot a bnilding fund, consisting of six thousand dol lars, now in their treasury. But they ought to have an armory with three floors, and to cost not less than $20,000, Will the good people of Wilmington aid them in this work, and will they do it now The Star some time ago suggested a plan, which it stU considers entirely practicable, by which the armory fund might be largely increased. The plan, in brief, is this: Appoint a committee, to be composed of three members of the Company and three influential citizens. who will make a thorough canvass of the city and solicit subscriptions to the armory fund. tix the amounts at $24.00, $48.00, $96.00, or more, sums that will divide evenly on twelve and twenty-four, and make the subscriptions payable in monthly tnstalments of one dollar or two dollars each, as may be thought best, until the whole , amount is paid. Some subscribers, doubtless, would pay their entire subscriptions at once; but there are scores of .friends of the Wilmington Light Infantry, not able to pay $24.00 or more at . one time, who would gladly contribute that sum, or even a larger sum, if they could make the payments in small amounts every month. . jWe shall be glad to hear that this plan meets with favorable, considera tion not because it is suggested by the Sar, but because we believe that, if pushed with promptness and energy, it will add thousands of dollars to the armory fund of the Wilmington Light Infantry. THE TAX LEVY. Estimates and Recommendations of the j County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners, in their detailed statement of the amount required for the tax levy for the year 1891, estimate the, total expenses of the county at $32,325, and recommend to meet .this a levy of 47 cents on the $100 valuation of real and personal property, and $1.41 on the poll. It is estimated that this levy, on property, income and Iran chise, will realize net $29,500; from Schedule B and C, $2,000; from (25 per cent, of) poll tax, $1,750. Total, $33,250 With this levy the whole tax. will be as ifollows: On property, for county, 47 pents; on property, for State, 43 cents. Total, 90 cents. On pd.ll for county, $1.41; on poll for schools and poor, $1.29, Total. $2.70. The estimated expenses of the county are; given as follows : For Criminal Court, $7,000; Superior Court, $1,000; Commissioners, $1,000; Coroner, $300; Justices of the Peace, $250; Con stables, $100; Register. $500; adver tising, $400; incidental, $1,400; roads and bridges, $800; superintendent of health, $900; poor house, $2,000; out-door poor, $3,800: hospital, $1,900; jail, $1,875; pub liclbuildings, $600; printing and sta tionery, $500; tax listing, $2,000; at torney, $200; tax on propeity purchased by county and paid to State, $1,200; in terest on bonds and sinking fund, $4,500, Total $32,325. The annual meeting of the Board of Magistrates will be heid this year on Monday, June 1st, at 10 o'clock a. m. 'SCHEDULE B" TAX. Meeting of Merchants who Propose to Test the Constitutionality of the Law. A number ot merchants of this city, subscribers to the fund for contesting the courts the constitutionality of the "Schedule B" tax, held a meeting yes terday at noon at the Produce Ex change. Mr. D. L. Gore presided, with .MrJ R. M. Katz secretary. lyir. is., m. Mcintire, from the com mittee appointed at a previous meeting. reported $804 subscribed to the fund A committee of three was, on motion, appointed by the Chair Messrs. J Stevenson, J. C. Whitlock and R. C. M Katzto correspond with merchants at otner places and enoeavor to secure their co-operation in the movement. On motion, the former committf i . ' r pointed to secure contributions to the ,ap fund and to engage counsel, was con tinned, but were instructed not to en gage counsel until hearing from mer chants ot other towns in the State. - The furniture for the new Post office has been shipped from Syracuse, N.y, " - Facta and Comment on the Disturbance Saturday Sight-Plans of the Officers "Well, Laid and Skillfully Executed. TheSTAR does not wish, nor does it intend, to be unfair or unjust to the negroes. The well-disposed and well-behaved portion of the race have its hearty sympathy, and in its criti cisms its object is to deal fairly with all. But it does not intend to let the im pression go out that any white man had any serious intention of - attempting bodily injury to ' the prisoner Huggins, if it can prevent it. - All the officers and about 45 privates of the Wilmington Light In fantry responded to the military alarm Sunday morning, and remained at their armory until about o ociock a. m. They were ready to "report promptly." The j Mayor, Chief of Police, and the Sheriff were on the ground all night with a strong detachment of the police and a force of special deputies. All are entitled to the thanks'of the people of Wilmington. There was very little ex citement, but a more determined body of men was never assembled in this city. It is but fair to state that they all exer cised the utmost coolness and forbear ance; And there were no mistakes made by the officers in charge of the civil and military forces. The plans were all well conceived and were skilfully executed. No wiser step was ever taken, in a similar emergency, than that taken Sunday morning, when it was decided to summon the Wilmington Light. In fantry to report at their arrnory, near the scene of the disturbance on Princess street. This was done after consulta tion with a number of conservative and discreet citizens who were almost unani mous in the opinion that the time had arrived when the military should be called out. They argued that it wouia never ao to wait un til a riot began, in which it was possible 'for many good people to be killed or disabled, and which, in all probability, would have been ended be fore the company (a majority of whose members, not anticipating any trouble, were in bed asleep when the alarm was turned in,) could have reached the scene It was emphatically a movement in the interests of peace; and the result proved that it had precisely the effect that it was intended to produce. It r moved all apprehension of "any serious disturbance. - It is claimed by 3ome of the ne groes that the demonstration made by them Saturday night and Sunday morn ing was caused by reports that white men had said . they intended to lynch Kit Huggins, the driver confined in the county jail. Possibly, some'of them may have been influenced by these irrespon sible reports. But at no time during the . night was there the slightest evidence that any such movement was on foot. At no time was there any really large gathering of whites. They made no demonstration whatever that could lead any one to be lieve that they had any evil intention; and when the critical point wasreached, about one o'clock Sunday morning,, there were very few whites present except those who were engaged in the discharge ot their official du ties. Not only this. Many of the negroes received the most positive assurances from the Mayor, the Chief of Police and the Sheriff that no violence to Huggins was contem plated, and that none would be per mitted. On the other hand, the ne groes assembled in large groups, at different points in the vicinity, and finally marched by the jail repeatedly, as if in defiance of the officers of both the city and county. Many of them, too, made insolent and entirely uncall-ed-lor remarks that were well calculated to create trouble. CRIMINAL COURT. First Day of the May Term- The Grand Jury Beturn Not a True Bill Against Kit Huggins for Manslaughter. The May term of the Criminal Cour for New Hanover County, Judge Meares presiding, convened yesterday. The grand jury tor the term is as fol lows: C. G. Southerland, foreman, E. G. Glavin, W. B. Cooper. G. W. Rogers, W. H. Strickland, John T. Soil, Joseph Sternberger, Benj. Farrow, A. B. Ben son, Z. Jones, A. C. Nelson, Archie Fryer, Jos. P. Green, E. T. Suden, S. M. Moody. - The following cases were disposed of: Josephine Howe and Maria Garreli; larceny. NoT prossed with leave. Hardy Miller; assault and battery. Judgment suspended on payment of costs. " Wm. Evans, larceny. Nol prossed, witto leave. The grand jury returned "not. a true bill" for manslaughter, in the case of Kit Huggins, (colored) the driver of the omnibus that ran over and killed Liston Chadwick last Saturday, and Kit was forthwith nischarged from custody. Two colored boys Jos ; Spicer and Chas. H. Robinson charged with as sault and battery on three lyttle white boys, were also discharged. ' Jno. King; larceny. Guilty. Judg ment, two years in the State peniten tiary. The grand jury found a true bill against J. R. Hirshberg and W. H. Cox for gam bling, and Jno. Martin for larceny. The Court took a recess at 5.30 p. m. until 10 a. m. to-day. The Encampment. A report has gained currency that the new grounds would not be ready in time, and that, in consequence, the En campment could not be held at Wrights ville this year. The report reached the Star from 'Charlotte, and it was fur ther stated that a movement had been inaugurated to secure the coveted prize for that city. The Star has received the information from an official source that the new grounds would have been ready in good time; but it was thought best to have the Encampment at Sea side Park again; and through the kind ness and liberality of Mrs. Fred. Poisson J that beautiful place has been secured. This is positive and official. - The C. f" &"y. V. R. R. Co. will sell round trip tickets at all stations on their road, for the Commencement at Livingston College, - Salisbury, N. C. Tickets on sale May 23 to 26. with final limit to May 28. Fare from Wilming ton, $9.15; Fayetteyille. $7.00; " Maxton, $7.50;anford, $5.65. - I FEARFUL EXPLOSION. TWENTY MEN KILLED AND A NUM BER OF OTHERS WOUNDED. A Gang Of Italian Laborers Blown up by Dynamite NearTarrytown, New York. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Tarrytown, N. Y May 19. A gang of Italians were working here preparing tracks and making some improvement on the road. A freight car containing a large quantity of dynamite stood upon a side-track, not far from the depot. The Italians were working upon the track. buddeniy an explosion was beard that shook the ground like an earthquake, and tore up everything about. The air was filled with flying debris and frag ments ot human bodies, which soon came down like the patter of hail stones. People a block off were thrown to the ground by the concussion, glass was broken in windows of houses 200 or 300 yards away. When the smoke cleared away there was a sickening spectacle. Thirty-one men, principally Italians, lay upon the ground, i The Car was nowhere to be. seen. Portions of the trucks were thrown a-hundred; feet away; net even the heaw iron wheels remained on the track. Portions of the track and road bed were blown away and a great hole was dug in the ground. As soon as it was known that the danger was over; a thousand people rushed to the scene, and when tney saw these prostrate bodies they supposed that all the men had been killed, and a wild rumor was started that thirty men had been killed by the explosion. Doc tors came hurrying trom all parts ot the town. It was found that only six na been killed outright, while twenty were wounded, j Nearly all the dead and wounded are Italians. The crowd de voted itself to moving the dead and wounded to the depot, where they were laid in rows. Ihe six who were kiliea were horribly mutilated. They were blown to pieces. The wounded men were shockingly injured. Some were minus their arms, others had their legs blown away, and still others were dis membered in an equally horrible man ner. A number of the wounded will probably died. Most of them could speak little or no English. The Italians set a blast and the con cussion of the blast exploded the dyna mite, ihe explosion tore everything to pieces and i totally wrecked the track. Travel is entirely blockaded between Tarrytown and Irvington. LATER.-4-The total number of deaths from the accident is now placed at twenty, l hree have died since the ex plosion; ten bodies were picked up along the track, five were taken out of the swamp which skirted the. track, and two Italians in a state of frightened be wilderment were ; 'seen to run to the river and jump in, and have not since been found. Others of the wounded are likely to die and it is also probable that the bodies have not all been found, as an eye-witness says he saw bodies blown lrom the car into the river and in every other direction. The correct story of the accident is probably the one now told. An engine and one flat car were conveying a load of Italians and twenty-four cases of dyna mite, each case containing htty pounds. The Italians were being .taken to a sec tion of the road where a third track was being laid. A coil of rope lay on the front Of the truck of the engine. . Just as the train was passing Holmes' Point, midway between Tarrytown and Irving ton, a spark from the locomotive ignited the coil of rope.! The moving train fanned the flames, and before the Italians realized their danger, one of the packages of dynamite exploded. One man on the train who saw the danger jumped from the car and fell under the wheels and was killed. A few others tumbled off the car and saved their lives, but all were injured. The next moment there was a rumbling noise, a dense cloud of smoke and a flying mass shot up into the air. Some of the killed and injured were train men and not Italians, 1 they included brakemen, time-keepers, the conductor, engineer and fireman. - LOSS HALF A MILLION. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. The Mohawk Building and Other Valuable Property Burned Insurance 8245,000. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. JacksoiJVille, j May 19. The fire which started in the Mohawk block at midnight and completely destroyed that building was one of the most destructive that has ever visited Jacksonville, and the losses foot up neatly half a million dollars. The losers are among the oldest, most enterprising and most public spirited firms in the city. At 1.30 a. m. the Mohawk block was on fire in every portion and the walls were tumbling, one after another. Fif teen minutes later, the wind, which had been fanned up' from the river by the action of the flames, increased into a lresh gale from the southeast and swept .it to the roof of the brick block on the west of the Mohawk building. This was all ablaze in a remarkably short time and nothing j in it was saved. It was three stories high and had been leased to Charles , . Britz for many years and was used . in the basement for storage of liquors and a restaurant. One of the upper floors was occupied by: the family of Britz, all of whom were absent in New York at the time. The other story has been oc cupied by Phil. Kuertz and family. They had a narrow escape. The heat from the burning pile extended across Bay street, and at the ! time all the window casings in ; the Carlton . hotel were smoking, and in i one or two instances were ignited. The firemen abandoned the burning building and played vigor ously upon the hotel and adjacent block on the! west and both were saved, though they had a very close call. The next building west of the Britz building was an! elegant three-story brick and iron building, owned by John Clark, and occupied by him on the two upper floors as a storeroom for liquors, wines and groceries, and on the lower floor by the U. S. government as a bonded warehouse, chiefly for the stor age of imported tobacco While the firemen were saving the Carlton hotel this block caught, and by 2.30. it was a roaring mass of flames. . So completely did it catch jthat no . attempt could be made to remove ggods and they were all burned. The west wall of this block is a heavy fire wall, and it stopped the further progress of the fire, although the extreme heat once or twice generated flames j on the upper floor next to the building. Bu$ the firemen now had the fire under control and this building was saved. The total loss on property is $500,000; insurance $245,000. A Safe Investment. Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our ad vertised druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for; Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when usedfor any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption, Inflamation of Lungs, , Bronchitis, As thama, Wooping Cough, Croup, etc., etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe' and can always be depended upon, i - Trial bottles free 'at R. R. Bellamy's Drugstore, f !.. t Kead advertisement ol Utterburn Lit hi a Water in thi nonu XT 1 1 tor Dyspepsia and all diseases of kid SnnlTS TURPENTINE Greensboro-yfo. cross a foot-log at the head!of T111 uonneiis mill pond east or . 0taM Saturday, fell off the log &n M wunner a nve-year old son was leading-by the hand. ThZ 0tl was deep and the woman was &ZJ great difficulty by another coE man rt u- . . "'Wert k. man Who was rn th ki. w"reQ was drowned. ' lhe kins, of Webster, was in Ad,..'.,. Re stated to the Citizen that ther. -1 siaerable artivitv m To v-,scoil . "-Mun cnn.. mineral properties, esnorioii.. it I ail, nouevmc xvitoiin LOmDlnoT'l ed $8,000 in kaolin oroncrt,. ;VnvSt. The Asheville Kaolin ComDl n,' v 'i Jar to. I i .iuajr, oaiu ir. i ompkins "ami Cl is nUntir W all -.i.. . ' nQ tWI plenty for all mines are also being worked and 0,1 a quantity ot real estate u . f.. . hands, and Jackson county right to the front. Winston Scnti,.cl, Col. Fries and W. A. Lemly i. Ill trom a business trip to B iltimor. road. Oneif the irentlehmBn M . : uiii It us that all the rnntrartc f., .. road call to completion SeptembeM and no reason can be assigned no 5 the road should not be n-artv .. by December 1st. As announT? lew days ago, Winston sold twelv' linn TwnnHc n( tanf K , ,c Bill 1st. 1890 to Mav 1st. tu age price paid per hundred nn.,-j: the above amount is htsmIi. am - is ewton enterprise: On Tu day Messrr. Shuford and Lvnrt, I another rich find in the McCorkle m I five miles east ol Yewfon. We arp I at liberty to state exactlv th the. discovery but it was a big th,! xnis mine Dias iair to rival the Telvl Saunders -Eldorado in Monteon! county. there is no doubt abotl the street railroad. A sufficient numkl ness to take stock to make it an J. matter to get up the necessary amoSl any time a paper is taken 'round. Itl uc iuu uy d uuiuuiy engine, instead o 1 ignis aire aisu mi assured iact. Elizabeth City Carolinian- lisD. Riddick . residing near Wirifal! died on the 2nd," inst., aged about years. - Court at Manteo last week Anlv fntilett snA Haw . the State docket. Good for Dare Register George B. Bliven informs the Carolinian tnat aunng the past fifteen days there have been 116 oystes urounj entries made in Dare county 66 ol tnem Deing tor ei) acres each, and the ballance for 10 .acres each. Elia beth City has become an important cen ter for the manufacture of lumber. Tot area now occupied by saw and planim is much larger than at any point in tht state. And ' it is reported that other mills are to be built. ye I Wilkesboro Chronicle: Senate; Vance's "spreading hen," about which! he used to tell a ioke, has been disco ered. She is at Sheriff McEwen s. Shel set on 34 eggs, hatched them all and isl now engaged in training up 34 little I chicks, in the way thev should co. I Monday evening a heavy wind and dusl storm swept down the valley. Tht I whole face of the heavens appeared a mass of moving dust. At North I Wilkesboro two houses were blownl over. Mr. A. M. Church's new house! there, at which he was at work, the rod I and weatherboarding having been com pleted, was completely wrecked, audi some of the workmen badly hurt. Thel other was Mr. A. A. Park's new house I which was lifted from its base and cai-l ried upon another lot. The damage isl considerable. - Raleigh News and Observer Dr. William Green died yesterday alter- noon. Gov. Holt yesterday offered! ,$100 reward for George Dudley, charged with the murder ot Kedmond Blow. in Pitt cpunty. -The Governor yester-1 day offered $200 for the capture of R. rl. Kiddick, wanted in Brunswick coun ty for the murder of M. M. Gorman. The detective, Dan Hall, after having I published his card completely vindicat-1 ing kx. w. ri. s. tsurgwyn, was re leased, Col. Burgwyn not caring to pros ecute him further, and he has returned to Atlanta. Gov. Holt yesterday commuted the death sentence ol Will Borden alias Babe Borden to two vw in the Penitentiary. He was convicted of the murder of a colored companion in Cleveland county and sentenced to be haneed on the 13th of Iune. King's Mountain News: Pint Allen, a citizen of Gaston county, killed a snake with four heads last week. - Mr. G. M. Bush, an aged citizen of this place, has become . insane from the effects of grip, and has been lodged k jail until he can be taken to the Asylum at Morganton.. : Mr. O. P. Gibson died at his home in No. 3 township on Friday of last week, of blood-poison. : ' Forest fires were burning on King's Mountain several nights this week, presenting a beautiful scene. A huge rattlesnake, four feet low and sevei inches in circumference, with eleven rattles and a button, was killed on Whetstone Tuesday by the surveyors. This is the second one killed there this season. -Rev. P. R. Elam has an option on ten thousand acres of land near this place, that is underlaid by a bed of marble sufficient to supply the woild for thousands of years. The mar ble is pure white, jet black and colored, and the quality is pronounced superior to the tamous Vermont marble. Goldsboro Argus: During the thunderstorm in this vicinity on Thurs day afternoon avery fine mule of Mr. Jno. W. Bryan, on his farm adjoining the Southern suburbs, was instantly killed by lightning, and two boys who were driving the mule in a cart were severely stunned, The Methodists of the Appletree section, Greene county, have recently erected a beautiful church at Lebanon, which will be formally dedi cated on the fifth Sunday of this month, May 81st. Rev. R.C. Beaman will oft- The citizens of Greenleaf. better known in these parts as "Sandy Plain, a mile and a half from Goldsboro, northware, have had a startling experi ence with a-mad dog. The dog is said to have bitten nearly every dog in the borough and. snapped one or two citi zens before it '-was killed. Several oj the dogs have been killed, and it, is said that all the dogs in the place will W killed on sight, but at present the dogs are shut up by their owners to prevent their being killed. Charlotte Chroniele-. It is un derstood that- Rev. Dr. A- W. MiUef' Miller, who has been pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of this city.j wi the past 25 or 80 years, will retire from the pastorate of the First church w prosecute evangelist work in the rrijOun- tains of this State. There was ne surprised negro in town or rather m jail yesterday. Policeman Irvine ar rested one Chas. Alexander, alias Bw Pharr, as one of the leaders of the mob the night of Mocca's murder, and took him to jail. When they went in the policeman saw a man talking to Brab ham, who, Sheriff Smith said, was a visitor of Brabham 's. ."Why that's the man you have been looking for for two weeks," said the policeman, "that's Jno. Brown." Sheriff Smitrj, it seems, m not know Jno. Brown by sight, but naa been trying for two weeks to catch up rtrltU him A wnrH tn the wiseWaS sufficient, so the sheriff walked up ad collard his man. Brown was one sur prised individual. He was alrn? speechless from fright. When he aw recover he said if ever he got out of that fail he bet he would never go to vsit ney ana maaaer. trice within reach of iH. i . ' f". j i .' ' --..;- . " '' ... ' - ..'.v. .-v. --.V l V,-,-- - - anybody anymore.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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