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ROYAL BACCARAT. . j
Baccarat is not any 'worse than
any other game played; with cards
where; money is lost and won by the
players, nor are the men who play.it
for; money any worse inau uic
age men who play any other kind of
game tor money. But that game of
whirh for the bast several
a has been drawing crowds of
- Enelish aristocrats into that London
r Court room was. no ordinary game
nor the Tlayers ordinary players.
i '. . . . t a. ! a mfioh
-That s wny it .is aiirauiiug u
Attention, and why it may, perhaps,
become historic. '
: Here we have the heir, apparent to
. the British crown and prospective
" '.Emperor of India acting banker in a
. 'gambling game, playea Dy : per
sons Of. SUU1U1CUI. ILUUJ. iauv,i,
r.pri-!hilirv to be the as-
. sociates of royalty. - This is not
necessanlVLan evidence ot tneir re
spectability but it is evidence that
they were regarded as respectable.
. This royal scion not only acted as"
banker for the gambling party, dut.
r carried the "counters," ("chips" gen
tlemen of the profession call them
' in this country,) and the cards, neces-v
sary ) for the game. Professionals
sometimes do tnat in tnis touuuj,
: t-f t-Uc, mtn rohr rarrifs his own
cards is always liable ! jto suspicion.
It does not appear, however, that
there was anytmng crooKeu auuuu
the cards ofl his Royal Highness,
: and as, in this case, ne jwas me, iw
low that got scooped it is'not likely
that there was, v-J'i . 1
It was his misfortune that among
.. - ' in 1
" the players was one air vvm. uwuuu
i ; , liar case of jSt. Vitus' dance, a ner
jvousj twitching which affected his
v hands in a peculiar way when play
ing baccarat, i nis : peculiarity as
"- discribed by a brother, who is a resi
dent of Maryland, consists ip an
; involuntary muscular energy .of the
1 hands and the fingers thereof which
1 causes him to fumble the! money or
. counters he has in hand, pass it from
Tone hand to tihe other,"to flip pieces
f of coin or the counters which repre
I sent it, over on the coin or counters
already staked when his venture
,;,wins. , j. h: ' .
- The Prince who j had been Sir
Wm's; intimate associate for years
does' not seem to hive been aware
. of this peculiarity, or he would have
hatched the hands of Sir Wm. a lit
tle closer and might not have been
. scooped by his friend, who on this
occasion seems to have come to the"
front quite effectively with his here
ditary affliction.- I
Another thing noticeable about it
is that there
FOILED MALICE.
As every intelligent person who
knew anything about the merits of
the case brought against he New
irrnvr Canvassinc Board in the
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Federal Court at Raleigh last week
supposed would be the result, it was
thrown out of Court without coming
to a trial, and a miserable piece of
malice and political jugglery signal
ly failed.
The three chief actors in this petty
drama were . D. L. Russell, whc
played the role of witness, ; C P.
Lockey, who procured the indict
mentsi and the fugitive negro,
Thomas, who was relied upon as wit-
ness No. 2. , Instead of being m me
penitentiary, where he ought to be,
he is supposed to be holding some
place in Washington, as a reward for
the services rendered in trying iu
stel the vote of the precinct of
which at the suggestion of tricky ad
visers he claimed to be registrar.
This case was tried and decided
by the State courts, the only legal
tribunal, but witness Russell and
indicter Lockey not satisfied with
this concluded they would try their
luck in the Federal court, where if
they couldn't recoverthe offices which
their Republican friends lost they
eould put the canvassers to some
trouble and annoyance. That's the
only earthly reason there could be
lor bringing these indictments and
dragging before the Federal court at
Raleigh a number of as respectable
gentlemen as there are in the city of
Wilmington. It the case naa gone
to trial and been sustained by even
the evidence of the fugitive tool
who failed to put in an appearance
t Raleigh, it could not have affect
ed the Congressional election and
that was the only election on which
it had any bearing at all, and the
only result it could; have had would
be to put the accused canvassers
to some trouble and expense,
I (which it did), and subject
them to such .penalty as
the law ' provides. The only other
motive could be to intimidate men
who act as canvassers hereafter.
Here are the motives, revenge or in
timidation, foiled, the .result the dis
comfiture of the chief actors, and the
vindication of the accused. Another
result the Government has a bill to
pay for witnesses, the gentlemen of
the canvassing board have lost sev
several days time and have been put
to fifteen or twenty dollars expense
each, for which there is no redress,
in consequence of this outrageous,
shameful farce, inspired by malice
and political jugglery.
; Mr. Lockey has been appointed to
a clerkship in the postoffice since
the election. Is Mr. D. L. Russell
expecting anything ? i
and equitable reciprocity between all in
Nation? - Arevou in favor
of an intelligent ballot, honestly count
ed? Are you in favor of disfranchising
every citizen who" offers or-accepts a
bribe to influence a ballot?' - :
- If there was any doubt as to the
paternity of this organization that
would be settled by the first three
principles."
MURDERED IN
BLOOD,
Mintz, in charge
savs Iras
Mr. John Wanamaker . has been
officially invited to come to Phila
delphia and tell what he knows
about the collapsed Keystone Bank,
in which City Treasurer Bardsley
was mixed up. It -is said that Mr.
Wanamaker had $125,000 in the
bank which he drew out shortly be
fore the President of the bank fled
and Treasurer Bardsley's crooked
dealings became known, and that he
must have known something about
the real condition of the bank and
Benjamin Mattherwi Bno Down on !Ur
ket Street tj Bobert Bu Trtdc-S?
cause for the 8hootin-Tae Murderer
Arreated-BeUeved to be Inmane. j
, About 8 o'clock last night, just after
most of the guests at the Bonitz Hotel
hart finished tea. and while a number of
them were sitting in front of the hotel
ind in the open rotunda at the 4ront or.
the office, two of their number; Benja
min Matthews, and George Myers, both
of New York, members of an advertising
sign painters' party that arrived in the
city on Saturday, left their chairs and
started down Market toward Front
street. They haa proceeaea oniy awui
twenty steps, and were directly in front
of the grocery store of Mr. Ias.! B. Hug
gins, when they met Robert H. Trask.
Abut the same instant police officer
Hill Terry, who wasoing toward Fropt
street, reached the 'parties, and those
in front of the hotel heard Matthews
of th city
while beine
orison, says iras -
man, and that he haa uucm w
W. G. Morrison.
THE "MURDERED- MAN,
Matthews, has a wife and two children
.topping at the Bonitz Hotel. The
Ktduld is just able to walk, while
the other is only an infant in arms. On
the arrest of the murderer the wounded
x . Mti in front
man was movea i.u - y.. -- -of
the Bonitz Hotel and given medical
attention and was later , taken to the
City Hall, to avoid the large crowu
had congregated at the hotel. He ex
pired at about 10.20 p. m. ; :
-Trask was lodged in jail, anS there
was much excitement up to a. late hour
last nioht, and much comment on the
fact that a man in Trask's mental con
dition should be allowed, to roam at
large, endangering the life of any one
his diseased fancy snouia suggcov
fh Hnino- nf the Citv Treasurer, av something to Terry and almost irri
wfcw - ; a .
1 Van thfl I tniu1l!in V 9Ttfr. liaSK. a
who is now in jail,
knowledge to himself after getting
his money out. This may be so or
it may not be. r
NEW COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
and
up
so's in it
i
were several lady so
some, of whom bucked
i t-h t
against the bans ot nis Js.oyai
Highness, and raked down the cash
when they won, and wheu they lost
shelled out like little men without a
whimperj Like the Prince, none of
them seem tdhave been aware that
Sir Wm.had brought along with him
that St. Vitus accompaniment, and
consequently when St. Vitus got to
doublirg the counters at opportune
times they called it just what any
one! else judging by mere appear
ances I woul( have called it, plain,
deliberate, nlatter-6f-fact cheating.
We say this ! because it is not quite
fair t6 hold Sir Wm. responsible for
MINOR MENTION.
As was evident to those who read
the testimony in the baccarat suit
the jury on Tuesday rendered a ver
dict against Sir Wm. Gordon Cum
ming, who had instituted the suit to
vindicate himself against a charge
of cheating at cards.- That the jury
was fully, convinced of his guilt is
shown by the fact that there was no
difference of opinion among them
and that they brought in their ver
dict inside of fifteen minutes.- This
is' not a matter of much concern to
the public now that it is over, but it
is a matter of much concern to Sir
.Wm. Cumming whom the verdict
nrar.tieallv brands as a thief. It
will not improve English morals as
far as gambling goes, for that will
go on all the same. The effect the
trial and its exposures had on Prince
Albert is shown by failure to attend
court on the last day because he
wanted to go to the Ascot races
where he probably had a good deal
of money staked. That's the way
he is training himself to rule over
the British Empire when his mother
steps off the stage.
beating his
cash when
Royal Highness out of
St. Vitus' 'dance was at
the ottom of it all.
If It had not been for this game
of jrcyarbaccarat" we might never
hay known jthat his Royal High
. ness carried along a stock of count
ers and cards in 'his;' luggage, that
Sir Wm. Gordon . Cumming had
among his effects that latent St.
Vitjis family inheritance which when
thrown in proximity with baccarat
counters developed such peculiar
enlrgy, and that aristocratic ladies
breasted the card table and planked
down their sovereigns like pirates,
firtiese are some of j the things de
veloped by this royal game of bac
carat which we didn't all know on
this side, and which . a good many
people on the other side didn't know
either, which! is one ot the reasons
why the proceedings of this baccarat
smt are watched and read with so
much interest in England and out
side of it. It has demonstrated to
the English people that their
titled aristocrats, and even theif
t royal scions ire made out of a very
common kind of clay. '
Jit is estimated that at least $50,
000,000 of the Government paper
money which has been issued has
been either lost or destroyed. This'
estimate was made before that
Reading, Pa. billy goat ate up $425.
lngreenbacks the other day.
Since the tariff on barley went up
Canada have fallen off
there has been no fall-
imports from
bhe-half;.but
' ing off in the quantity of .beer made,
and the question occurs what substi
tute have the brewers' found for'bar-
The general impression ' was that
Vermont was the great maple sugar
State, but it seems that New York
is the greatest maple sugar producer
in the country. But notwithstand
ing this fact the -Internal Revenue
officials say that not a single appli
cation for license, under the sugar
bounty, has been received from that
State. - Unless the license is taken
out before the 1st of .July the sugar
makers will not be entitled to the
two cent bounty. One of the reasons
why no applications have been rer
ceived is that no bounty is paid un
less over 500 pounds is produced by
the applicant, and as there is a good
deal of red tape.to go through about
getting the license, and as very few
produce over 500 pounds they don't
think the amount of bounty would
pay for the trouble of taking out
the license.
-
The Republican party managers
in Kansas have inaugurated a move
ment to offset the Farmers Alliance.
It is a secret society, known as the
Knights of Reciprocity. The first
lodge was organized in Garden City,
Kansas, five months ago, and since
then they have been very active in
organizing it in other States. There
are lodges now in Missouri, Colora
do, Ohio, Iowa, Maryland and the
District of Columbia, the latter pre
sumably among the Federal office
holders. The following is the code
of principles on which they propose
to run it:
"Are you in favor of the perpetuity of
our Union? Are you in favor of just
and liberal pensions to all honorably
discharged sailors and soldiers ot the
Republic? Are you in favor of the pro
tection of American industry? Are you
in favor of fair and equitable reciprocity
between all nations on the American
Continent? Are you in favor of fail
A Design Accepted by the Commissioners
and Plans and Speeifteations Ordered
for a Handsome and Imposing Edifice
A. General Description of the Build
ing. The Board of County Commissioners
met yesterday at the Court House to
receive and consider designs for the
new Court House to be erected on the
lot corner of Third and Princess streets,
at a cost of about $50,000. Designs
were submitted by A. S. Eicheberg,
Savannah, Ga.; Jas. F. Post, Wilming
ton, N. C; Bruce & Morgan, At
lanta, Ga.; L. Sueur & Runge, Atlan
ta, Ga. After due consideration
of the various designs submitted, tne
board decided to accept that offered by
Mr. A. S. Eichberg. of Savannah,
and authorized him to prepare plans
and specifications for the building to be
submitted for approval to the Board of
Magistrates of this county.
The design .accepted is for a two
story building on high basement, built
of pressed brick with stone trimmings.
The main entrance and principal
front will be on Third street, with a
side entrance on Princess street. The
main entrance will be through an im
posing tower, rising in the centre of the
Third street front to a height of 110 feet,
and the side entrance on Princess sireet
will be through a smaller tower; there
will be tasty towers, also, on the two cor
ners of the main front. ' The building
will have a slate roof with galvanized
cornices. Provision will be made for a
clock on the main tower.
On the first floor corridors will cross
the building. It will contain the office
of the Superior Court clerk, with large
fire-proof vault ad?oining; office of Reg
ister of Deeds, with fire-proof vault; a
general office and private office for the
Sheriff, a large room or office for the
County Commissioners, and an equany
large one for the grand jury
located in a cool and retired
part of the building. There will
be also on this floor, an office for the
Clerk of the Criminal Court, and an
office for the Standard Keeper. The
corridors will be floored with marble
tiles and the walls wainscotted with
oolished marble slabs.
The stairways to the second floor will
be very imposing; they will start with a
donble flight on each side of the main
corridor. ; .
On the second floor will be the Court
room, with high pitch, well lighted and
ventilated, and with ample accommoda
tion for the members of the Bar and
for spectators. There will be two large
petit jury . rooms, cut off from all the
rest of the building and accessible only
from the Court room .
On this floor, also, will be the Judge's
office, Solicitor's office, and a room for
lady witnesses. There will be a private
passage, way to the lau, and a separate
stairway for prisoners to be conveyed to
and from the Court room.
The whole interior of the building
will be elaborately finished and decora
ted. It will be amply lighted, with
large wide windows, each story; very
high, and ample provision in the way of
toilet rooms and lavatories,
j There will be a roomy veranda on the
first floor on the south side.
The building will be practically fire
proof, no wood being used in the con
struction except for flooring, doors, etc.
fet west of thfe others, was seen to take
deliberate aim at Matthews and fire.
Matthews dropped without a moan with
his head toward and almost against the
building, where he lay motionless on his
back: Trask then turned his pistol on
officer Terry who seemed to have some
trouble in drawing his own -weapon,1
and who ran diagonally across
Market street. Trask fired at Terry as
he ran and as soon as he did so Terry
called to those in front of the hotel
-look out, gentlemen, get out of range;
I am going to shoot." They all sought
cofotv innnrs. hut as thev heara no
more shots, but the alarm whistle of a
policeman instead, they returned to the
street at once and Mr. Bonitz ran -up
behind Trask, who was standing calmly
in the same position, and pinioned his
arms from behind, and held him until
officer Terry and another policeman
who had arrived on the scene, came up
an8 secured him.
After the officers had hold ol Trask
he made a slight struggle and officer
Terry rapped him on the head with his
night stick and Trask squatted nearly
to the ground, exclaiming, "Oh! I am
sick, I am sick." As the officers started
for -the guard house he muttered, "I
maHo a mistake. I made a mistake." In
an interview with officer Terry, he said:
"As I overtook the three men in front
of Huggins' store, Matthews, the mur
dered man, said to me, 'did you see
this man, (indicating Trask), he drew a
pistol on me.' I turned towards the
group with the intention of; arresting
Trask it he had a pistol or was in any
way disorderly. Trask then raised a
pistol and said, 'Yes, you s-. of a
b , and I will shoot you. j He fired
instantly, and Matthews fell to the
ground. Trask then turned his pistol
on me, and as I had not yet succeeded
in disengaging mine I dodged out
towards the street and he fired at me as
I moved, the ball passing close to my
neck. I was afraid to shoot towards
him for fear of hitting some of the per
sons on the street and in front of the
MONDAY NIGHT'S
Trask the Murderer in Jafl-Wild Talk of
- Lunatto-Comioidal ImpuUes-The
Murdered Man'e Body Sent to Uew
York-Sympathy for Mrs.- Matthew-
noroner'a Inauest, 22to. i
' A Star reporter called at the jail
yesterday about noon, and in company
with Jailor King paid the murderer a
visit. Trask Vas vfound lying on his
cot crying. He responded to Mr.
King's call and came to the grating. On
being interrogated as to why he was
crying, no Intelligent reply was .received
for some time, but he finally said he
wanted to see his auntie. Patient and
protracted efforts finally elicited the
fact that "Auntie" was Mrs. Lizzie An
drews, of Mt. Vernon Springs, j Owing
to the mental condition of the prisoner
i TALKING WAS DIFFICULT,
hut at different times, between his spells
6f crying, he said many contradictory
things. At one moment hejeould de
clare that he was no kin to Mr. Fowler,
as he (Fowler) and his whole race were
murderers, while he (Trask) would not
kill any one. The next moment he would
speak of Mr. Fowler as his uncle, saying
that Mr. Fowler, and all his race were
after him and intended to kttl him.
When asked why they should seek his
life, he said: "They killed my father
and my uncle and poor brother Willie.
They know my brain tells me all things,
'.' CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Beunion of Company K, Third IT. C. State
Troops.
The annual reunion ! of Company K,
Third N. C. State Troops (Confederate
veterans) was held yesterday at Dr.
Sanders' place, near Burgaw.1 Some ten
or twelve members ot the company
nearly all that are left were present.
together with hundreds of ladies, gen
tlemen and children from the surround
ing country. The people gathered in a
large grove, where a stand had been
erected, from which Bruce Williams,
Esq., delivered an 7 eloquent address.
After the speaking dinner was spread
on two long tables in the grove, and of
which between three or four hundred
persons partook. In the afternoon the
young folks danced in the grove, and
the old folk spent the hours in pleasant
converse. The day was pleasant, al
though the weather was threatening
and probably deterred many . irom at-
lenuing
union.
the veterans' picnic and re-
Steamer DMurchison.
The steamer Murchison, Capt. Totnlin
son, arrived last night from Fayetteville
ard will take the place on the river of
the steamer Cape Fear, which has been
withdrawn for repainting and repairs.
The Murchison has also been over
hauled and painted. She! brought
the following as I passengers: Mrs.
O. A. Robbins, Cumberland Mills;
Mrs. R. H. Tomlinson and Miss
Alice Monaehan, Fayetteville, who are
on their way to Carolina Beach for the
summer; Mr. and Mrs. C C. Covington,
of Wilmington, who have been yisiting
relatives in Bladen; Mr. H. M. Depo,
Major H. T. Jones and N. C. Monroe,
of Bennettsville, S. C; Mr. T. H. Hales,
Elizabethtown; Mr. : R. Benson, Indian
Mills, and Mr. S. D. Benson, Wilming
ton. -
Read advertisement ot otterburn
Lithia, Water in this paper. Unecraaled
for Dyspepsia and all diseases of kid
ney and bladder, Price within reach of
ill, -
hotel. I warned them in outi of range,
but others came out as fast as they went
in, and as I saw Trask put hijs pistol in
his pocket I closed in on him from one
side and Mr. Bonitz from the bther side,
and secured Trask without the necessity
of shooting. As we took blim to the
guard house he repeatedly muttered, I
made a mistake, I made a mistake;' and
again,J 'I shot the wrong man, you are
the one I intended to kill.
THE MURDERER, j
Robert H. Trask, is apparently
about twenty-five years of age. of
medium build and weight. He is the
son of Willoughby Trask, formerly an
engineer on one of the roads running
out of this city, and who has been dead
several years. He is a nephew of Mr.
W. G. Fowler, of Mr. Jas. B. Huggins
and a cousin of Mr. W. G.i Morrison.
There are many stories of his strange
and wild conduct during the past few
days.
MR. S. H. OWENS.
of the Owens house, On Dock street, in
an interview with a Star reporter said.
"YeS I know Trask, he has been board
ing with me for the past five weeks. He
was raised in this' city, bnt I, do not
know the particulars of his past life.
When he came to board here he told
me he had just returned from Mt. Ver
non Springs, and that he had recently
been in Florida, and other points South,
and that he had had malarial lever. He
often complained of this; complaining
that he could feel the fever in his bones
and his brain was hot and burning. I
have for some days noticed his very
queer actions. A few days ago Mr.
W. G. Fowlers name was men
tioned in a conversation in his
presence, and after it was over he called
me aside and told me that W. G. Fowler
killed his father about fifty years ago
and now he and his family wanted to
kill him. He told me not to let them
know that he was here, as they would
be sure to kill him, and said he must do
it and intended to kill the first member
of the family he met. ' I saw Mr. Fowlef
last Saturday morning and told him all
of this and he said he would have the
young , man's family send for him.
On ,. Saturday evening Mr. Huff,
a brother-in-law of - Mr. Fowler,
called at my house on business and ac
cepted an invitatiou to sit down to tea.
While at the the table I saw Trask ap
proach him stealthily from behind, and
as he (Trask) caught my eye he showed
me a knife open in his hand and wink
ing, pointed to it and to Huff. 1 got
between them and without any trouble
sent Trask away without Mr. Huff being
aware of his presence or movement.
After he had finished his supper I told
him and warned him to lookout. Trask
was here about six o'clock, just before
supper was announced, but did not come
back for supper and has not been back
since."
TRASK, THE MURDERER, "
registered at the Bonitz hotel about 6.30
last night, said he had been to supper
and oaid for lodging and breakfast. He
said nothing to any one and attracted
no attention. He passed out at once
and was not seen again until in the act
of his awful crime about one hour and a
half later, when he came from the direc
tion of Front street. I It is said he told
Mr. Dan O'Connor that . Mr. Fowler
had killed his father, and he was going
to kill him and all the members of his
family. A number of persons report
that Trask was on Water street back of
the market house, yesterday afternoon,
and chased a number of people with a
knife. i
they want to drown me
get my brain so they won't
found out." This was not
toldj in a connected way, oui uwc
by little at different times when he could
fv nrevailed iinon to stOD crying and'
talk, or when his talk could be brought
back from wandering fairy tales to the
matter under discussion. The only
statement ho repeated twice alike was
that he thought Matthewmann was
Willie Morrison. During his ravings
he was much interested in elaborating
on the Swedes, saying. "Swedes travel
through the air flying as they wish; they
cannot sleep and cannot die; you cannot
kill j or hurt them; fire will not burn
them." "I am a full blooded Swede; so
was Jesus Christ; that is the reason
he would not stay buried, but got up and
flew away. I do not fly now because I
have been sick so long and haven't
nerve enough to raise myself up and
start. "I tried to cut my throat, Dut
only had a stick to do it with; the blood
would not run because it is all dried up."
"Swedes' blood is always dried up; they
cannot bleed." "You do not understand
this because you are not a Swede, but
Secretary Rusk, at Washington, is one;
just ask him; he can tell you." "It will
need no papers; just have the Congress
man telegraph him and it will be all ex
plained and settled." "You don't know,
but; he does; he is a Swede; my brain
tells me all things because I am one, and
that is why I know,"
This insane and, awful theme was
foremost with him during the time, and
he ;had repeated it to Mr King earlier
in the day when he was comparatively
calm. Mr. King says that his mood is
not the same more than a few minutes
at a time, and the weird and uncanny
things his brain tells him of Swedes and
of his relatives is enough to make a per
son's blood run cold.
After the examination to-day he
talked much more rationally to a re
porter, mentioning a trip south, a five
years, sickness, and claimed not to re
member shooting the night before, or
of attempting Mr. Huff's life, or chasing
people with knives. He again asked,
hbwever. to have Secretary Rusk noti
fied. KEEN AN BIRD
a colored man who runs a restaurant
in the rear of Front street market.
says that Monday afternoon he saw
Trask try to cut a sailor on Water street,
and that a crowd of men separated them
and called a policeman, who said that as
Trask had not really hurt any body he
would not molest him. There are
many tales of Trask's doings in the past
few days, and there is much
! UNFAVORABLE COMMENT
oh the fact of his not being restrained
when he went to the City Hall with his
incredible tale about Mr. W. G.
Fowler seeking his .life, and on
his escaping arrest for his actions at
the market and at other places. ' Public
opinion inclines to the ideathat prompt
measures when his actions made his
condition manifest would have saved an
innocent life.
THE BODY OF MATTHEWMANN,
'After being viewed by the coroner's
jury Monday night, was turned over to
undertaker J. W. Woolvin, who em
balmed it, and placed it in a beautiful
casket, the gift of the murdered man's
employer, Mr, Thos, H. Skidmbre.
Mrs. Matthewmann and her little chil
dren, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
-Skidmore, left with the body at 9
o'clock yesterday morning for their
home at Brooklyn, N. Y., where the
: interment will take place. Mr. George
Myers, the fellow-workman of Matthew-
; irann, and who was his companion
when he was shot, followed, on last
night's train to attend the funeral.
Mr. Matthewmann was a favorite
with his party and in speaking of him
to a Star reporter yesterday morning
MR. SKIDMORE SAID,
"He was a native of Brooklyn, N. Yn
where he enjoyed the highest'esteem
and respect of a large circle of friends
and acquaintances. He has been in the
employ of the company which bears my
name, and of which I am manager, for
five years-and was a first-class man,
kind, and a favorite with all with whom
he came in contact, ' His loss is to me
almost irreparable in a business way,
and his sad and tragic death is a real
grief personally."
. j MRS. MATTHEWMANN
was attended Monday night4yMr. and
Mrs. Skidmore, the ladies of the Bonitz
Hotel and others whose warm sympa
thies were aroused by the great bereave
ment so suddenly cast upon a stranger.
Rev. Robert Strange, rector of St.
James', and Rev, W. S. Creasy, pastor
of Grace Methodist church, passed a
portion of the night with the grief
stricken lady. In reply to inquiries yes
tirrfav morning, a STAR reporter was
told a sorrowful story of the lady'5-de-spairing
grief. It is said she shed no
tears and made no complaint or moan,
but settled into a state of utter hope
less, astony despair, from which nothing
aroused her and which was descnoea as
being most terrible and distressing to
witness.
I THE CORONER'S INQUEST.
Coroner Walton held an inquest.ye-
TRAGEDY. I terday morning to inquire into the cause
of the death oi eenjamin hkhukboi
hefwas called by some of his friends, or
Matthewmann, as his name appeared on
the register of the Bonitz hotel. Messrs.
Wt W. King, Kirkland Huske. wm.
Sheehan. J. D. Sellers, W.T.Williams
and J. Starr Johnson were empanelled
as afjury. '
Only three or four witnesses were ex
amined. The testimony as to the shoot
ing was substantially as told in -the
Star yesterday.' ' :' :
, Mf'Wm. Bonitz, proprietor of the
hotel, testifiel that immediately atter
the shoot was fired that killed Matthew
mann, he saw Trask standing in front of
Mr. West store-window and the body
of the deceased" lying in front of Mr".
Huggins' store door. The police officer
(Terry) was on the grass-plot in the
middle of the street Trask then
fiied at the officer, who Called
out something that he (Bonitz) did not
hear distinctly; supposed the policeman
wanted the way cleared as he was going
tb shoot. Witness went into the hotel,
but hearing no more firing came put,
and seeing Trask standing in the same
position with his nana raisea, witness
approached - Trask fiom -behind and
grasped him by the arms, took him up
to the wounded man and asked him,
"What did you do that for?". Trask re
plied, "Turn me loose or .111 kill you."
Policemen then came up and witness
turned Trask over to them.
;!S. H. Terry, the police officer, testi
fied, in substance, that between 7 and 8
o'clock Monday evening he passed
the Bonitz hotel. Saw three men
standing on the sidewalk in front ot
Huggins' store, a few doors below the
hotel. Heard one ot them say, "It ain't
i d n bit of use to do that." Terry
passed on as far as Green s drug store;
heard deceased call him and turned and
walked back to where the men were
' standing. Matthewmann, the deceased,
pointing at Trask, said to the officer,
"Didn't you see that man draw a pistol
on me?" Terry replied that he did not.
Trask then spoke, saying "How are you,
Mr. Terry?" Terry asked Myers, (Mat
thewmann's friend) what was the
matter. Myers did not reply, but de
ceased spoke saying, "he (Trask) drew a
pistol on me and you ought to arrest him"
Trask replied to this, saying, "You are
no policeman." and ran off a few steps
to Mr. West's tore, again calling out,
"You are no policeman, damn you, and
I'll kill you.' Trask then drew his
pistol and pointed it at Terry, who
stepped into the doorway of Huggins'
store. Trask then pointed the pistol
at deceased, and said, "I'll kill you first,
you ," and immediately
fired. At the report of the pistol, de
ceased threw up his hands and fell in
THE NEGRO: . REPUBLIC. - SPIR,TS ntinl
BLOODY' SCENES IN THE CITY
;: 1 PORT-AU-PRINCE
Oitiaen ilaaeaored by Hippolyte'e
diers-The JOUing Still Groin On,
OF
Sol-
Durham-Globe: A carrier r,
eon, No. 85, was caught here this m
ing exhausted aud unable to rrv0ni"
it was taken into
its lourney.
nail s rimer store, fen anri
soop as strong enough to fly will u
lowed.tO Start aorain for its
r-, v. UC5L
the doorway of Huggins' store.
After the conclusion of the testimony
the jury rendered a verdict that deceased
came to his death from a wound inflict
ed by a pistol shot at the hands of Robt.
H. Trask. f
BEFORE MAYOR RICAUD.
In the afternoon at 3 o'clock Trask
was brought from the county jail to the
City Hall, for! a preliminary investiga
tion of the case by Mayor Ricaud. I The
prisoner was placed within the railing
and took his seat on the bench with two
policemen near. He did not appear to
be much concerned at his situation.
Mr. Herbert McClammy stated to the
Court that himself and Mr. Du B. Cut
lar, Tr., appeared as counsel, for
the prisoner and would waive examina
tion. The Court took a recess for an
hour to consider the matter and upon
reassembling the prisoner was duly
committed to jail to await the action of
the Criminal Court and the witnesses in
the case were; recognized for their ap
pearance before that Court..
TRUCKING
The Bean Business at Faiaona Large Ship
I menta.
Special Star Correspondence. '
Faisons, June 9. This is a busyllittle
place now. in shipping beans, but not so
busy as it has ; been. The crop is short.
Those who know little or nothing of the
trucking industry at this place would
be surprised at its magnitude. Every
train north-bound, takes off some. Last
night the fast ; freight received over 800
boxes; this, was considered an ordinary
shipment. " -
The largest j shipment of this season
in one day was 2,700 boxes,
j The truckers labor under the misfor
tune of some! of their beans becoming
spotted, which they cannot avoid, and
which makes them unsalable. . The un
spotted beans bring good prices.
Business Failure in Fayetterille.
A correspondent of the Star writing
from Fayetteville, says; Mr. George
Brandt, one of the largest dry goods and
shoe dealers In Fayetteville, made an
assignment a few days aeo. His liabili
ties are about $20,000; assets estimated
at $1U,0U0.
Ad-nee to moraera. ,
or Over Fifty Years Mrs. Winslow'S
Soothing Syrup has been used by
millions of mothers for their chil
dren while teething. Are you dis
turbed at night and broken of your
rest by a sick child suffering and
crying with pain of Cutting Teeth?
XI . so
tie of
New York. June 8. The steame
Orange Nassau, at this port to-day
from Port-au-Prince, brings the first
definite news of the late insurrection in
Hayti. The uprising was of a serious
for a time threatened im
portant consequences, but the Govern
ment repressed the rebellion by prompt
and stern measures. The insurrection
ists stormed the prison at Port-au-Prince
and a number of prisoners were
released, when the military appeared on
the scene and captured the whole party.
Frederick Douglass, U. S, Minister to
Hayti. was expected to sad on this
steamer; but owing to the excitement at
Port-au-Prince, he aeciaea io pu&upuuc
his departure until next month.
Mr. N. B. Walker, a well known resi
dent of Port-au-Prince,1 is a passenger
by the Orange Nassau. He states there
is considerable excitement in that city.
Martial law had been declared. Some
sixty persons had been shot on May
28th, as was cabled to Paris. Hippolyte
has everything in his own hands and the
t-.iiinor crrtea rnv at the rate of three or
four per day.
Port-au-Prince, May 31. For the
last two or three weeks there have been
rumors that a revolution against Presi
dent Hippolite was imminent in this
capital and these having reached the
ears of the Chief Executive ne causea
the arrest of about eighty suspected
persons and put , them in irons
in prison. Among the suspected was
General Sully, who, hearing he was
"wanted," hid himself. Failing to
secure the General himself his wife was
taken instead and thrown into prison.
Corpus Chnsti, May 28th, was a na
tional holiday and it was reported that on
that date Hippolite inorderto effectually
terrify the populace had ordered a gat
ling gun to be taken down to the prison
and the 80 prisoners to be summarialy
executed. Friends of the prisoners,
among whom was General bully, met in
council, and whiieme rresiaem wm m
the cathedral they forced open the
prison doors and freed all the prisoners,
about 250 in all, Then, by order of the
President,began a series of assassina
tions, perhaps unequalled in the annals
ofcivilization, and to which the massa
cre of St. Bartholomew sinks into insig
nificance. The first victim was Ernest
Rigand, a respected merchant, and a
hard-working man -who always occu
pied himself exclusively with his own
business, and was positively knowito
have been perfectly innocent of con
snirflPV nt anv kind. He Was sitting on
the balcony with his wife; when the
President passedjand ordered him out and
.sent him to the cemetery to be shot. He
asked to be allowed to take his hathe
was uncovered and the President's
own words were, "You won't require a
hat long." His nephew, a boy of 15 or
18. followed him to the place of execu
tion and returned with the news to the
afflicted wife, who was still hoping to
bring influence to bear to save her hus
band. He told her "It is useless;
my poor uncle has been foully mur
dered." These words were reported to
the President and twenty minutes later
the boy was brought before him. Being
asked if he made the above statement
he did not denv it. but said, "President,
I have" never conspired against you by
word or deed." The boy was shot at
once. ' .
About the same time, Alexis Ros
signol, an inoffensive and much esteem
ed man, was executed in the street;
another man was put up against
the j wall of the cathedral and
shot; seventeen were executed m;a batch
and even at this date an occasional vol
ley tells that another poor wretch has
been executed. There is no. fighting in
the streets to excuse this massacre.
Every execution is carried out; in, the
most cold blooded way, the executioners
beingrsoldiersbelonging "to the most
degraded type of menwhoseem to en
joy the bloody task.
It lis impossible to enumerate in
detail all " the" murders; that have
been perpetrated, under color ot law.
It is estimated J' that from May 28th to
May 31st, at least 30 persons have been
put to death and the figures areplaced
as high as one.hundred.
No one can say how long this state of
affairs will last, or what the result will
be. Nor can any who has not been'an
eye-witness of.nhe scenes of horror
enacted have any idea of the terrified
condition of the people of Port-Au-Prince.
"
ina:.
-. iiaamugLua vsuzeiie; I he Til
der case wherein Octavius Allen
Robert Perry, both colored were
f endants charged with the killing of
Boyd, colored, at Blounts creek
five or six months ago, was finally 3
cidedon Monday last by a verdir ,
not guilty.- 5
Tarboro Southerner; ven
day of last week, James K. UwreT
of "Battleboro, accidentally had his crf
lar bone and shoulder broken and rT
rowly escaped death. His horse n
away with him in his yard and he tw"
dragged a considerable distance a25
hurled against a tree. uia
' Raleigh Chronicle: TheRaii.
road Commission will soon beeint
make out the tabulated forms of n
road property in the State. This n
be a big job. as the length of every w
of road has to be made out bv rn,.
ties, cities, towns, etc., and the pro rata-
VIRGINIA VETERANS.
send at once and eet a hot.
Mrs.; Winslow's Soothino r
rup for Children Teething, Its value
is incalculable. It will relieve the poor
little sufferer immediately. Depend
upon it, mothers, there is no mistake
about it. It cures Dysentery and Diar
rhcea, regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
cures Wind Colic, softens the Gums, re
duces Inflammation, and gives tone and
energy to the whole system. "Mrs.
Wmslow s Soothing Syrup" for children
teething is pleasant to the taste and is
xc pnacnpuon oi one of the oldest and
best female physicians and nurses in the
United States, and is for sale by all drug
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The Grand Camp to Meet in Fredericks
burg To-Day Various Ueeommenda
, tf oris That Will be Made.
Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star,
Richmond, Va., June 9. The Grand
Camp of Confederate Veterans will meet
in Fredericksburg to-morrow. CoL H.
P. Smith, Grand Commander, will
present his annual report This will
show that there are fifteen Camps in
the State, of which six have been or
ganized within the past year. The re
port will recommend that action be
taken to secure the remains of General
Joseph E. Johnston for interment in
this city, and that an effort be made to
have prepared and published a Southern
school history of the late war. The
Grand Commander favors the adoption
of a name by the Confederate Veterans
for the late war, and approves the sug
gestion made in the Charleston, S. C.,
newspapers that it be called "The War
for i Southern Independence." The
Grand Commander will - also urge the
necessity for contributing funds for the
completion of the private soldiers and
sailors' monument in this city. Delega
tions of Confederate veterans from Nor
folk, Portsmouth, Hampton and Peters
burg are here to-night en route for
Fredericksburg.
TOBACCO FACTORY FIRE.
Mayo & Bro.'s Plant at Biohmond Dam
' I aged Loss $75,000. .
By Telegraph to the Morning Star! I -
Richmond, Va., June 9. Fire broke
out this morning in the plug depart
ment of the large brick tobacco factory
of R. P. Mayo & Bro., on Seventh street,
between Main and Cary streets. The
names were first discovered in the dry
ing room. ! By hard work the firemen
succeeded in confining the fire to this
building, ( which is five stories
high. The contents of all the floors
save that of the first, which contained
manufactured goods were destroyed.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
loss is estimated at $75,000. iFully in
sured in the following companies:
Hartford, North British and Mercan
tile, Germania, Underwriters, i Orient,
i-onaon Assurance, Connecticut, Queen,
Scottish Union and National Insurance,
Guardian and Virginia State.
. The contract for rebuilding has been
given out, and work will begin -almost
immediately. ; "
; o-urrranteed Cure tor Ia Grippe.
We authorize our advertised
to sell you Dr. LKing's New Discovery
for i Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
upon this condition." If vou are afflicted
with La Grippe and will use this reme
dy according to directions, giving it a
fair trial, and experience no benefit, you
may return the bottle and have your
money refunded. We make this offer,
because of the wonderful success of Dr.
King's New Discovery during- last sea
son's epidemic Have heard of no case
in which it failed. Try it. Trial bottles
free at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store.
Large size 60c. and $1.00. t
. Alamance Gleaner: On Satur
day. May 80th, there arrived here two
heifers and one bull, aqed respectively
two years, eighteen months and three
months, of the Holstein-Freisian breed,
from the fine, herd of Meesrs. Nelson
Warren & Son, of Newark. DdyWhoart
engaged in breeding this rfiebrated
breed of cattle. Messrs. J. B. Mont,
gomery and J. D. Kernodic were tht
purchases.
Oxford Ledger: It seems that
the hunting season is still on. Mr. Tom
Hunt happened to go oat into his woods
and struck up with a gang of squirrels.
He watched them for a while and sat
them all go into a small hollow where!
he could get to mem. ne coma not al
low the opportunity to' pass, and built a
fire and smoked them out. As they
would come down he killed them and
continued this until 6 squirrels lay dead
at his feet. It was not a good day for
squirrelseither.
Rutherford Beacon: In Duncan
Creek township on the night of June
28th, an altercation occurred between
Dan York and James Melton, both
drunk of course, in which York cut
Melton's clothes almost entirely off of
him. With one slash ot a hawk-
lack knue Meiton s pants were cut so as
to sever both pockets, and making a
gash four inches long just across the
hips. He received one or two other
cuts, but is expected to recover. York
has fledU-and is supposed by this time to
be on the wild Western frontier.
Charlotte News: J. A. Jack
son, of Union county, was arrested yes
terday by deputy marshal Burns, on
charge of illicit distilling. Mr,
William Gray, father of Prof. Hugh A.
Gray, died at his home in Huntersville,
at 8 o clock last Saturday evening, from
dropsy. He was 80 years of age.
A meeting of the directors of the Uirofr
icle Publishing Co. was held yesterday,
and it was decided to continue Mr.
Carey Dowd and Mr. StClair as man
ager and editor of the Chronicle, until
next January. This is in Tulfillment of
the contract made when they succeeded
Mr. F. r$. McDowell, resigned.
Raleigh News and Pbsener.
The Governor yesterday offered a re
ward of $300 tor Robert Dougherty,
who so brutally murdered W. A. for
rence near Asheville a few days ago and
fled. The colored boy, Ernest
Jones, who was put in jail a few weeks
ago for stealing money from the safe of
Messrs. Haywood Brothers, escaped
from iail Sunday, and at last reports was
suDoosed to be heading towards Hen
derson. President Inman, ol the
R. & D.'R. R , announces the appoint
ment of Mr. W. H. Green as general
manager of the Central Railroad &
Georgia, and Mr. Sol Haas as traffic
manager. Mr. Green, or as he is better
known in Raleigh, Capt. Green, is now
charge of the operating departments of
over 5,000 miles of track.
Charlotte Chrouicle: Reports
from the various parts of this section ol
the State are to the effect that there is
a gloomy prospect for crops. In many
places the field which should be filled
with cotton, are filled with grasi The
farmers are generally despondent.
The Board of Missions at Pittsburg,
which furnishes the means for carrying
on Biddle University, has asked the
resignation of President Johnson and
two of the professors in order to put
negroes in their places. Sanders,
Wilmington, as president; Grunke,
Washington, and Brooks, as proiessoi
The Board of Trustees, in which an
several prominent citizens in. Charlotte
has declined to endorse this action "
the Pittsburg board. The other profes
sors have not resigned and could not
take any steps until the matter is set
tled between these two boards of cofr
trol. '
Statesville. Landmark: Mrs
Nettie TurrentineCrump, daughter d
Mrs. S. A. Turrentine, of this W
and wife of Dr. Wm. L. Crump,
at her home at South River, Ron1
cou'nty, at 3 o'clock last Friday al
noon. r- Three hundred Teet of t
trestle bt the Winston-Mocksville Kan
road over the Yadkin river werewasw
away the latter part of last week, i"
iron bridge will take its place andtrMK
across the river is suspended for abf
thirty days J. B. Woods, wte
was convicted of forgery at Augn
term. 1888, of Iredell Superior U
and sentenced to three years in thepe
tentiary, has been discharged, nam
been given the usual allowance of
each year since his commitment on
count ot good behavior. It is rep
this
that he has gone to Texas.
T U,,, TV-nrman S,
county, gave birth last Thursday
three children, two girls and a
They weighed 54 pounds each onap
of rusty scales, and at last accounts
as bright as rats. Their mother, too
getting along nicely.
' Charlotte Chronicle: A jj
became current yesterday that o'a
Institute was to have a negro P1"651,.
and there was no little excitement
: Lj ..... . t-l - :.:.,,t nn IS "
the education of colored men, butan
heretofore the president and proie
have been white. The school was &r
lished and is principally maintain
Northerners living at Pittsburg, j
The report at first was to the ettea
Dr. Johnson, the president, had re
ed, on account of returning to j j
and that Rev. D. J. Sanders, cow
editor of the Africo-Amertcn r '
terian, at Wilmington, had been n
pointed by the board at r j(J
Kt--c; j -. .nnconnence 01 " . j
all the professors now at the college rf
resigned. The reporter iu"-.e c
the . board of trustees m
and learned authentically p;ttsbit
TkA KrtorH at r11. r
ti . owt. him
the board of trustees wm c" ,llSteei
i-.s t-i fifteen tm?1-,
cicuuuii. -lucre aic Reed, v
among whom are Rev. R. C K
Ei Nye Hutchinson, Maj- rjr,
Gen. Barringer and John n.
Johnson's resignation, the repo"
informed by Dr. Hutchinson,
MMn Kaon nvonfoH nor are lnc i i
tees likely to favor the election h
negro president for the institute-.
tremendous hail storm yisiteq tu
W2
IV"
township Wednesday evening-
fields of cotton and corn w
riddled m many places, nu - .pm
either remained. Sheriff 5Njay,
the shackles
were
a
on uraDnai" j - , &
cell.' The Sheriff said like
and chained him to the aw, bha
. . . jx i.... trprnc
aia nor. say a wuiu uu - .
leaf nrnil h WAS beinC ChaiHC"'