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This is aljout as much as was required to defray the expenses bf the Govern- men under President Buchanans ad oration, which was assailed by the Republican leaders ot those days as a k ery extravagant one. lLp lum auu uas uccu iui yums the most scandalously corrupt de partment of the ' Government, and has tieen ever since the war; wi& "the , exception of the four years of Sir. Cleveland's administration, run is a political machine. The only presidents who had the courage to veto pension, bills were General Grant and Grover Cleveland, the former of whom vetoed a bill simi lar t. the dependent bill passed by the Billion Dollar Congress, which aided about- 50,000,000 to our an nual j pension expenditures. Cleve land jvetoed batches of private pen sion bills which were passed by Con- pension sharks against him and also thousands of soldiers because they were !made to believe I by these pen sion sharks and the Republican edi- o tors and stumpers that he vetoed them diers. out of hostility to the sol He lost thousands of votes by thjese vetoes, but he anticipated wiai jwncu um u, auu courage ous! , couscientiously and honestly .i l j;j i 'did . hlis duty to the people regardless bulwjirk between the Treasury and the liepublican Senate, which pass ed thiese bills by the score, as a poli tical boddre.tnOwinff that he would yeto l those without merit, and the Democratic House of Representa- twes who were governed by expedU 9ncy and had not the nerve to -kill the biills that should have been kill ed before they reached'Mr. Cleve- land. ; ' ' - . '- " Asi a political power the soldier vrtrlhnc hn anrl ctill ic'a m&htv w w faoHu uwwaa hum ha a J - tMituhi tactor, whicn the Kepublican party works to retain by the; bribery, of large and ' increased pensions and wtiirri trip Dmrvratir nartv Hrvs not care jto run the risk of antagonizing, and for this reason there1 is hardly a politician to-day, of any party, who wouljd proclaim pension . reform one ot thje great issues of the day. ' The Republicans advocate large pensions trom motives ot political xpediencv and from motives of political expediency the Democrats are. Afraid to tackle the monster. Thisiaccounts for this forty million ' fraud. '. -. . .' .; 1 - " '. - Tie people are now paying $150, 000,000, orjmore, a .year in pensions and jwill in all probabiIity.be paying . before another year ends $200,000, .000. But it is not an issue because ; the politicians who keep their eyes on that soldier vote dodge it. , Even tV. .I.' .1 . . ... . fcic 1 1 n 1 1 1 nanw in tnn pnnvpnrinn ar Cincinnati, incorporated . in their first platform a clause committing the party to "liberal' ..pensions, wit the people, wha are ahead 'olJ tne politicians, will get tired paying ""esc enormous pensions and will naturally ask -why it is that they ".awl to pay nearly , four times as uu,T as tucy nay tt yiy wutu Mr. jGarfield, in the Senate, express ed the opinion that the pension had ,cM.neu the . hicrhest nirure ana wouig decrease steadily from year to year. But instead of doing that they have increased until they now amount to;,, the enormous "figure of 150000,000. Jhe people will demand the Paging of the lists and the removal 'al the names which have no right to be there. They will not object to paying hon est pensions, but they will object to paying fraudulent pensions. When the PeoPe, speak the politicians wil Pclc nf courage, find their tongues au talk too, and when that time comesthe better class of soldiers w"i be with the people demanding a Purging of the rolls and reform in the methods of the pension office, ,or it is to the interest of the meri torious Tsolriier who is iustlv enti r " . : tied to a pension to lop off the frauds who are j riot entitled i to one. The morp there is squandered on the un deserving, the less there will be for lJe j deserving. The fewer names tnene are on the mils tin mr ih - : 1ME ? W EMliui . STAR -V vol. xxn. pensions may be for those whose names-are on them. If the pension system :i is to continue it must be clean and honest; if it is not - clean and honest it will be destroyed and me wnoie thing will be wiped out. MnrOE MENTI03T. Notwithstanding the fact that" the Secretary ot the Treasur informs us that there is more money in'circula- tion now in this country than there ever was, reports from the West say that the demand formoney to move the crops is beginning to be felt by many Danics. Coupled with this is- the statement that the U. S. Treasu ry, took in within the week $600, 000 more than it paid out. This illustrates the peculiar system of finances which locks up at centers the money which the people need in their regular business, and causes a stringency, because much of the money declared tc be incirculation is not in circulation, at all, but locked up in the Government and other vaults. Theire may be, as the Secre tary reports, $1,500,000,000 of money in existence, but not in circulation, for these figures embrace not only what Is in circulation but what is locked up, which constitutes by far the larger part. , "Jack the Ripper," or some other ripper, has been perform ing again in the White Chapel dis trict of London, and, as usual, the police were not about and the ripper escaped. This time the victim was a woman aged seventy years. The mur derer in this instance was probably nor the original Jack, but a base imi tator, for he did not disembowel and otherwise mutilate bis victim as Jack was in the habit of doing, but he was no slduch. with the keen blade. It is astonishing that in a great city like London," in a densely-populated dis trict, such crimes can be perpetrated where people are constantly passing to and fro, and perpetrated with im punity. We are informed that broils and fights are of such nightly and even hourly occurrence' that the po lice pay no attention to them, and this is probably the secret of the escape of the murderer or murders infesting that wretched locality. The police pay no attention to the out cries until some one informs them that a murder has been committed, and then they rush in to find a mutilated corpse, and go hunting for a-clew. They are doubtless . afraid to risk their own carcasses, and give the danger spots a wide berth until they are called upon and can't help going, when the racket is over and the deadly work" done. If a half dozen "Jack the Rippers" could be turned loose among the police of London it might have a salutary effect, and put some hustle into those that Jack didn't put his knife into. . ' - ' : Advices from the grain centers in the West are to the effect that the scheme proposed to the Alliance men to hold back their wheat, for higher prices is not meeting with an affirmative response, the receipts being quite as large as in "preceding years at this time. With the short age in the crops abroad and the de mand there will necessarily .be for the surplus of this country, prices must be high and perhaps those who hold back may realize more than those who market early, but if the holding back was generally pursued the result would be to throw the bulk of the crop on the market later in the season, : faster than It could be well handled and thus defeat the .very purpose in . view m nommg ' -i back. - If the prices demanded were unreasonably high it would "force consumers to restrict the . consump tion and seek other and cheaper sub stitutes until prices came down The average Western farmer, whether he is in debt or not, and most of them are more or less, cannot afford to hold his grain long, for he must mar ket it - during the fall and winter, when the frozen roads are in the best condition for travel, and get it off his hands before the time comes for. his spring plowing to get ready for another crop. This gives him all he can do, and leaves 'him no spare time; to spend on the road. Hon. Jerry Simpson wants to know why Jay Gould hauls a hog on his railroad from Chicago to New York for $3.00 and charges him R16.00. Perhaps there are other TT . " i people who cannot see, the reason either. Mr. Gould might reply that it the $3 hog enjoyed parlor car j ac commodations as Jerry does it would be assessed more than $3. If "Jerry would put up with the $3 regulations he might come in on the $tf ride. But he would hardly do that with a bouncing big crop on his Kansas farm and his $5,000 salary as Con gressman. He would rather pay the $16 and enjoy the pleasure of rasp ing Jay. - - t Some Covington, Kentucky, boys concluded they . would explore the mysteries of an old whiskey barrel and put a lighted match ; into it, a familiaritv the old barrel resented by giving them a blowing up. Dang er lurks" in the Kentucky barre whether full or empty. - -. r- ....... .. , , . , . , , , 5 I A TRAIN WRECKER. Caugbt by Section Hands en the W. & vf. B. H. Hakes a Desperate Ajssaolt cm " M. Bivenbark at WHlard's Station. -:r Section hands on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad caught a negro : tramo last Friday who had blocked the track near Willarfl's JStation about 85 miles from Wilmington." with' cross-tiesi etcu presumably with the intention of throw ing a train from the rails. The negrov was taken to Mr. K. T. Rtvenbark's store, at Wlllard's. and left in his rharo while they went to dinner, During their absence the man suddenly drew a pistol and presented it at Mr. Rivenbark who grappled with the fellow before he Could fire iC" A desperate struggle enV sued, during which the negro struck Mr. Rivenbark on the head with the pistol, inflicting a severe wound and rendering him unconscious. The qegro then made his escaoe. The . section hands on their return went in pursuit of the negro, buftailed to overtake him Mr. Rivenbark's wound was. attended to by a physician and ; at last accounts he was better and his injuries were not considered as serious. - 'SCHEDULE B" TAX. Claimed to be a Violation of the Inter state Commerce Iaw. The Newbern Journal of yesterday says; "Judge A. S. Seymour, of the U. S. Court, returned from Clinton.. N. Y, Thursday night, on a professional business trip to the city. His first work was the hearing of a case arising Irom tbe objectionable bchedule B tax. Mr. Alex. D, Brown, of the firm of Brown & Roddick, of Wilmington, failed to give it in, claiming the tax was unconstitu tional,' a violation of the regulations governing inter-State commerce. Mr. Brown was arrested for the failure and made application for a release, under a writ of habeas corpus. Mr. George Rountree, of Wilmington, represented the applicant, and Mr. Thos. Strange, of the same city, represented the State. Judge Seymour reserved his decision." FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Meeting in ;Edg combe County Fully Five Thousand People Present Ad dresses by Hon. S. B. Alexander and Others. Special Star Correspondence Rocky Mount, Ang. 8. To-day at the Falls of Tar river, one mile from this place, there was a grand rally of the Alliance of this section and adjoining counties. It will ever be a memorable day in the annals of the his tory of the Alliance of Nash county. The people began to pour in early in the forenoon, by rail, vehicles and on foot. The crowd was estimated at five thousand and among them were a great many ladies. The gathering was one of social greet ing and hand-snaking ot many old friends everybody discussing farming interests generally. At the appointed hour music and singing by the choir made the hills re verberate with melodious strains. After which, Mr;-L. L, Polk not being pre sent, Hon. S. B. Alexander addressed the vast assemblage and thoroughly dis cussed and advocated reform and other measures appertaining to the interests of the farmer and was warmly appreciat ed by his hearers. He was lollowea Dy Henry; SKinner, of Greenville, who made a powerful speech in behalf of the farmers, which was also heartily received. After the speaking, dinner was an nounced, and the long table heavily loaded with "the substantial" was soon crowded. The crowd was estimated at five thou sand. Although the heatwas very op pressive everybody seemed to enjoy themselves. Col. Polk was expected after dinner. but from some cause he failed to arrive, much to the disappointment ot the people. A. It. ihorne, ot Halilax, made a lew remarks after dinner, and Hon. B. H. Bnnn made the closing speech, and his remarks, as usual, were appropriate and good, . 1 1 he gathering was very narmonious, and everything passed off as "merry as a marriage ball." Hard on the Weather Bureau A correspondent of the Star writing from Marlville, N. C, yesterday says: Please oroenosticate something else besides light showers on the coast. If you could be at Marlville and the sur rounding locality this p. m. ana see corn ana cotton neias nooaea you - i si l . . would say heavy rains all over the country for to-morrow, ior they come every day. Shelby's Sulphur Water. , .' A dispatch to the Star from Shelby, N. C, August 8, says : "Sulphur water is now flowing in the court house sq uare in sufficient volume to supply con sumers. The machinery used is a hy draulic motor which works perfectly." Mr. J. F. Moore," of Burgaw was in the city yesterday. Mr. T. T. Rooks, a prominent merchant of Odessa, N. C, was in the city yesterday on business. Maj. M. F. Croom has gone to Mount Airy to recuperate, and will be absent from the city two or three weeks. Mr. T. M. Sykes, a prominent Bladen county farmer, was a welcome visitor at the SxAR oflice yesterday. He reports crops in his and adjoining counties in an excellent condition. Mrs. Edward Vernon, of Long Creek, Pender county, is quite sick, with little prospects of recovery. She is mother of Mrs. I. S. Piver, of this city, who, with her daughter, have gone to her bedside. . x Mr. Matt. J. Pearsall, who was temporarily on the Star staff during the recent encampments at Wrights ville, and bis since been sojourning at Carolina Beach. left for his home , in Sampson county yesterday. Supreme Chancellor George B Shaw, in- an official - circular . to the Knights of Pythias of the world, says: "DtirrfljFTfie year, ending "December 31, 1890, the Orderof Knights of" Pythias increased in 'membership from 263,047 n anft 2fl0. a gain for twelve months of 44,443 members, or about 17 per cent. NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS. A Raleigh letter makes the" following disclosures: : Judge Albion W. Tourgee, the noted political writer and novelist, now of Maysville, N.; but- formerly a resident of this State, is said ' to be working in Seymour's interest for ; 'the position of judge of the Circuit -Court, and the i sentiment ; . here seems to be that he will; receive the' appointment Judge Dick, the district judge of 'the Western North Carolina district, is also a candidate for promotion, however, and s an awe jurist. The Greensboro Reoub- licans and Greensboro is the Repub lican strong-hold of the State--are tor Dick, who resides in that city. v ii eymour receives the appointment to the newly created Circuit Court udgeship several : prominent Repub ican lawyers are spoken of for appoint ment to the District Court iudgeshio. which will be thus made vacant. : Among the number are R. P.Buxton. D.' L. 4 Russell. T. Purnell and L. C. Edwards, these respectively in Fav- etteville, Wilmington, Raleigh and Ox- iora. - , . - . Buxton would have received -the ap pointment when Seymour did . and in the latter's stead had it not been shown that when Buxton ran for Governor on the Republican ticket he required a campaign fund as a condition precedent to his acceptance of the nomination. Republicans hereabouts and manv in Washington are taking a lively interest in this matter and a pretty little hunt is going on. 1 he Raleigh Republicans want Purnell appointed to the district bench if the .vacancy is made as above stated. He is regarded as a brainy man and has been a successful lawyer of this city for the last fifteen or twenty years and always a Re publican," FLORENCE SUTTON'S MURDERER. Particulars of the Capture of Jas. Johnson His Confession Attempt to Implicate the Girl's Father in the Murder. . A correspondent of the Star gives full particulars of the ; murder of the colored girl Florence Sutton by James Johnson, colored, near Ivanhoe, as here tofore published in this paper. Of Johnson's subsequent arrest, his confes sion and the attempt made to lynch him the correspondent says: Johnson was arrested by Mr. Frank D. Parker, at Newsom, some distance above Parkersburg. Mr. Parker saw Johnson pass his place that morning. and thinking that he looked very much like the man wanted, . he pursued and caught him. Johnson at first de nied that he was tbe man wanted, but afterward "saidjhe was, and made con fession ot the crime in all its horrible de tails. He made it fully and voluntarily, and after being written out signed it in the presence of F. D. Parker, J. P, and others. He also implicated the father of the child in the crime. Threats of lynching were freely indulged in at farkersburg but were not carried out: and again at Kerr, when he (Johnson) was delivered to Mr. Shaw and officers, it came very near being another case of Judge Lynch. The negroes were very much incensed, and especially the wo men. . The prisoner was taken to Bladen and placed under a strong guard and held until the oth (Wednesday). He made another confession to Justice Shaw, implicating not only the father of his victim, but another negro, as having known of the crime one Lawson Bry ant by name. Johnson was arraigned before! Justices W. I, Shaw and fas. N. Corbett and after hearing the charge against him read, the defendant's plea was "guilty." tsetore entering judgment the court made a thorough investigation of the implied charges against Albert Sutton nd Lawson Bryant, but found nothing against them and they were discharged. Johnson was placed in the custody or an omcer, and under strong guard was sent to Elizabethtown iail. ENJOYED HIS VISIT. A Cumberland County Veteran Hopes for Many More Beuniona. Fayetteville, N. C, Aug. 4. Editor Star I, .in common with all the old "vets" enjoyed my visit to Wilmington and Wrightville. That was the first "gala" time we have had since the war, and the people of Wilmington all oi them and the ladies especial ly deserve, the lasting gratitude of every old soldier in the State, for their open-handed and generous-hearted hos- pitality and liberality. l hope, we shall have many such re unions, and no better place could be found, than on the spot where we held our first. ! crops, especially corn, are good in this section. Yours, i A. D. Gill, Serious Accident to a Physician and Hie Wife. Dr. A. J. Blizzard, of Bladen county, while driving with his wife in a buggy last Wednesday, met with a serious ac cident. The horse the Doctor was driving a Texas pony ran away, and both Dr. Blizzard and his wile were thrown out of the buggy. The doctor's collar-bone was broken and he was severely bruised, while Mrs. Blizzard was thought to be more seriously hv jured. They were found by the road side shortly alter the accident and taken to their home, near Lyon's Ford The Sohenok-Plfe Aflair. The Greensboro correspondent of the Richmond Times says: It has been reported that a "meeting has been arranged between ex-Drum- T! 1 .L. C -1 3 mer rue ana one oi me scuenciw, auu that a duel is lmely to come off. . -It is also rumored, and probably cor rectly, that the matter will be brought before the next term of court at this place, and that Fife will sue the Schencks civilly, also, tor damages. These re -ports have started the matter afresh, and any news connected with the affair is keenly relished by the public. ! Mr. T. G. Liles. Pee Dee, Anson county, N. G, sends the STAR a! ripe, full matured, open boll of cotton, which he says, was plucked from his field August 5th last. . The first open boll last year was re ceived at the Star office August 1st, from Jno. L Phelps, La Grange, N. C ' The first bale of cotton received m Wilmington last year (season 1890) ar rived August 17th from Morven, Anson county. The first bale in 1889, August 27th, from Marion, S, C; and the first bale in 1888, August 21st (of North Carolina raised cotton). ... . The crop this year in North Carolina is said to be from two to three weeks later than it was last yean i This is intended only tor subscribers wnose m- . m SUDSCriptlOnS na.V6 . eX" a4 - T4 is 4- n Vlnn bllt SL Simula TeiaUest I tna.b -all WHO arO 111 - ar- w w m. i TAara fevr friA RTAT? rsriW I w vw favor us mtH remittance;! 1 : We are sending out bills now (a few each week), and if you re ceive one please give it your attention. : - A SHOOTING AFFAIR In the Black Biver Section Mr. James x Potter Seriously Wounded. An unfortunate shooting affair took place Wednesday afternoon in the Black river section shortly after the pic-nic at Long View, and while the people were returning to their homes from a day of unalloyed pleasure. The parties engaged in the deplorable affair were Mr. James Potter, a young man of eighteen or twenty years of age. and a youth named bquiers, son of Mr. J. W. Squiers, living near Salt Marsh, Bladen county. I he two young men were on their re turn home from the picnic, Potter driv ing a buggy and young Squiers walking. About two miles from Long View" they got into a dispute about some trivial matter. Harsh language was used and Squiers it is alleged cursed Potter, who got out of his buggy and advanced on Squiers. The lat ter drew a pistol and pointed it at Potter, who knocked the weapon down just as it was discharged, the ball strik ing Potter in the upper part I of the thigh and penetrating to the bone. Par ties on the road came up just at this juncture and separated the combatants, and Potter-was placed in his buggy and taken to Point Caswell ; for surgical at tendance, and Squiers continued on his way home. Dr. Lucas was called to attend the wounded man; but the party who brought the news of the difficulty to this city did not know the extent of the injury. CINCINNATI AND CAPE FEAR. The Latest News About this Projected Railroad. A reporter for the Charleston News and Courier had an interview in that city with Mr. Morton vice president of the Cincinnati and Cape Fear Railroad Compauy, and publishes the following rather confused account of what the Company has done and what it proposes to do, viz: The Cincinnati and Cape Fear system proposes to equip a line from Charles ton to Norfolk, which will be ran close in against the coast, making a shorter route than any in existence at present. It has already purchased existing lines from Norfolk to Wilmington, comple ting that portion of the system, with the exception of two gaps, one of twelve and the other of twenty-eight miles. These gaps are in portions of the coun try where the tracks can be easily graded, and they will be filled up in a very short time, xhe roaa irom Nor folk to Wilmington will then be com pleted, and will be merged with a road recently constructed and now in opera tion from -Wilmington to South port. The company is now i constructing a road Irom Southport to Conway, which will be completed as early as possible. A very large force is now engaged On it. and no delay will be allowed in pushing it to completion. When this part ot the road is hnished. giving a direct through line from Nor folk to Conway, immediate steps will be taken to build a road from Conway to Charleston via Georgetown. It is ex pected that this part ot the line will be commenced early next autumn. It will be pushed from both ends, and a force of engineers and hands will be started at Mount Pleasant just as soon as the weather becomes cool enough to render it safe to live in the malarial districts along the coast above Mount Pleasant. As soon as the line is located, and the plans prepared, the contractors will take hold, and in a short time the track will be laid and the road ready for occupa tion. The hands are now actively engaged on the section of the route between Southport and Conway, and it. will be completed, in all probability, by the end of this year. Then will come the line to Charleston, over the rivers by mag nificent bridges, through the city, and on South. Next the system will begin to reach out in every direction for the West, and, if all the plans are consum mated, it will be a system of railroads such as has never been known in this Southern country before. Major Stedman's Beturn. The Asheville Citizen of Monday last says that Maj.! C. M. Stedman returned to that city last Saturday, from a trip to Europe, and adds: ' Maior Stedman and - Mrs. Stedman left Asheville about six weeks ago to visit their daughter. Miss Kate, who re. cently graduated at Mrs. . Willard's American school for young ladies in Berlin. The greater part of the time was spent by Major Stedman and family. m North Wales, on the Irish sea. Mrs. Stedman did not return with the Major, but, with Miss Kate, is now in London, and they will not return to Asheville until October.- Maj. Stedman was busy to-day shaking hands with his host of friends, who took pleasure in welcom ing him home. When the Major left Asheville be was in poor health, brought about by an attack of the grip. He re turns delighted with his trip and happy because of his restoration to perfect health, and is once again ready : for the practice of law. - M. Sarcey, a French journalist, has a novel way of gaining news. He has elegant apartments, rich cigarettes and choice absinthe. Paris gossips and men of prominence enjoy his hospitality and unburden secrets and matters ot in terest. These he makes subjects for the .bright comments over- his signature which grace the Jfarisian press. WASHINGTON NEWS. An Alleged Plot to Bob the IT. 8. Teasury The" Catholio Total Abstinence Con vention. '. '. -' r:.'-:-: ; By TeleKraph to the Morning Star. ; ; - r : Washington, August 6. The. Sec retary of the Treasury has been advised i uiaia uum aucuipi wuiuc uiaue uunng hthe present month to rob the Treasury that a bold attempt will be made during by a strong and determined band of I men orranized for that ournose. The Plan is to start fires in various parts the attention of the police and then to overpower tne Treasury watchmen and loot the vault. , Information was given- in a letter the statement that he was the leader o the band. The letter was referred to the captain of - the watchmen, with in structions to give the visitors a proper reception. Washington, Aug. 6. The Catholic Total Abstinence Convention to-day elected the following officers: I Presi dent, Rt. Rev. Jos. B. Cotter, Bishop of Minnesota, re-elected; first Vice-Presi dent, Rev. " Morgan ? M. Sheedy, of Petersburg; second Vice-President, Wm. A. Manning, of Cleveland: third Vice President, Miss Sally Ai Moore, of Philadelphia; treasurer, Rev. VV. Mc Millan, ot Cleveland, and secretary, Philip A. Nolan. ' - Indianapolis was selected as the place for holding the next Convention. A fund on hand of about $23,000 was made the nucleus of a fund for a Father Mathew memorial chair in the Catholic University which will be established when the amount reaches $25,000. Amendments to the constitution were adopted providing for a second vice president and reducing the per capita taxUrom 10 to 5 cents. A SECOND JESSE JAMES. BOLB BANK ROBBERY AT COLUMBUS GROVE, OHIO. The Bobber Escapes After Shooting Down Several Men but Is Killed in the Woods by a Posse. " . By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. - Lima, Ohio, Aug. 8. Shortly after tbe Exchange Bank at Columbus Grove opened this morning a stranger entered the hardware store which adjoines the bank and asked for two revolvers. Af ter loading them he pointed .them at the proprietor's head, telling him to take his pay out of the bank. He then entered the bank- cashier T. J. Mafle had just opened the bank, of which his father is proprietor and laid out about $3,000, laying it near the cashier's win dow. The intruder immediately began shooting. Cashier Mafle was struck twice; once in the arm and once in the right side. As he fell to the floor, an old farmer, W. Vandeburk, aged sixty en tered the door. The robber turned and shot him through and through. The old man fell dead in his tracks. A third man sat in the lobby of .the bank paralyzed with fear, He was not mo lested. The desperado then grabbed $1,500 in greenbacks, snovea tnem in tne pocket of his sack coat and darted out the door, shouting "I'm a second Jes sie Tames." Quite a crowd had been attracted by the sound of the shots, but there was a scattering when, the wild-eyed murderer appeared on the street, having a gun in either hand and shooting indiscrimi nately. One of the bystanders, Henry Buck, was struck down by a bullet. The fellow ran to the outskirts ot the town and disappeared into a big corn field. The desperado is described as being short and heavy-set, with full face and -small black moustache. He wore a black alpaca cap, Diack sacK coat, blue pants with white stripes, and no shirt. He appeared to be about 30 or 85 years old. Av posse was quickly, organized and started -m pursuit. An other party started from West Cairo and others are being organized, It 'is thought the wounds of Mane and Buck are not r necessarily fatal. Vandeburk, who was killed, was a prosperous farmer in Union township, tie leaves a large family. A Dig reward is offered for the capture of the villain. Columbus Grove is a town of 3,000 in habitants, twelvemiles north of Lima. Cincinnati, July 8. A special to the Times-Star, from Wapakaneth, O., says: Word has reached here by telephone that the Columbus Grove bank robber was overtaken in the woods and shot to death. A RAVSHER LYNCHED. His Body Supposed to be in Keowee Hiver Greenville, S. C, August 6. In formation has been received from Pick ens County, S. C, that a negro who re cently committed rape on Mrs. Rowland, a respectable white woman of the coun ty, who is a helpless cripple, has been captured and quietly put out of the way. Men who were with the pursuing party have returned home and refuse to talk, but say the negro will not bother any body again. His body is supposed to be in Keowee river. STATE UN VERSITY. Election of Professor of Latin Cameron Scholarships Established. Raleigh, "Aug. 7. Prof. Karl P. Har rington, of the Wesleyan University . of Connecticut, was to-day elected Profes sor of Latin of the University of North Carolina, to fill the vacancy made by the election of Prof. Geo. T. Winston to the presidency of that institution. The election of an . assistant professor of geology will be held before September. it was announced at the meeting ot the trustees held to-day that the heirs of the late Hon. Paul C Cameron, for many years a trustee of the University, had established ten Cameron scholar ships at the University in memory of Cameron. LOUISIANA POLITICS. The Farmers' Alliance and -Anti-Lottery Democrats Agree Upon a Fusion Ticket. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. : . New Orleans, Aug. 8. The Con ference of the Farmers' Alliance and Anti-Lottery Democrats at ; Lafayette has resulted in an agreement by which' a joint ticket will be nomin ated. The Farmers Alliance will name the Governor, Treasurer and Superin tendent of Public Education, and the Anti-Lottery League the Lieut. Governor Auditor, Attorney General and Secre tary of State. These nominations are to be mede by a convention elected by all white voters who are opposed to the lottery and afterward be-submitted to the Democratic State Convention. ' The Alliance endorsed this agreement and at once - nominated Thomas . F. Adams, its President and State Commis sioner of Agriculture, for Governor. The campaign will be almost alto gether on the lottery issue. . .: r no: RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Ten Italians. Killed in- Wreck on the Hear Syracuse, West ' Shore Bailroad Sew Tork." - - Syracuse, N. Y,,' August 6. This morning a freight tram on the West Shore railroad, going west, broke in two between Port Byron and Montezuma, and fast train No, 3 dashed into the rear.'- The Wakeman went back to warn the passenger train, but the night was so foggy he was not seen. . The fireman of the passenger train , was killed. . Ten Italians enroute to Niagara ? alls, in the smoking car, were killed, and thirty or forty others in the same car were in jured. (The sleeping " cars were burned, and it is supposed nearly all the passen gers were rescued. The injured were brought to Syracuse, and are being cared for. The bodies of the ' killed have been brought here for identifica tion. Among the injured is a member of an opera company, who died on - the way here. r The scene of the accident lis four miles from Port Byron and two from the Montezuma Station. , Trainmen say that more killed are in the wreck. . A dense fog prevailed over the Montezuma marshes and enveloped the trains and tracks. Physicians and other aid were sent trom Syracuse, Auburn, Montezuma and Port Byron. The scene at the wreck is described as terrible. At 9 9'clock a wrecking train brought the killed and wounded here and ambu lances, police patrol wagons and hacks made a mournful procession through the crowded streets to the hospitals and undertakers' rooms. M. Bergin. of Buf falo, fireman ot the passenger train, was killed, engineer Patrick Kyan, of iJufta- lo, had his chest crushed, and he is in a hospital here. Of twenty Italians in the smoking-car one only escaped injury, and he was on the platform, usually considered the place of greatest danger. seventeen injured Italians were brought to Syracuse, some of whom will probably die. . S It is now said nobody in the sleeping- car was badly hurt. All passengers who were able were brought here on the Cen tral train. The bodies of the killed are held at Port Byron, where Coroner Stewart will hold an inquest. ' LATER.-r-The wrecked tram was the Chicago and St. Louis limited on the West bhore railroad, stopping only at Newark and Rochester, between this city and Buffalo, and was composed of the engine, two express cars, one Dag gage car, a smoking car, a day coach and four Wagner sleeping coaches. The train was going at a xate of about 45 miles an : hour when the crash came. When three miles west ot Port Byron the passengers who were awake felt the application of the air-brakes and the passenger locomotive buried itself in the caboose of the freight train, the day- coach telescoped the smoking car and together with three baggage and express cars was piled in a heap, blockading both tracks. It being a through tram the express and baggage men had gone into the rear cars to sleep, and escaped injury. Nobody in any, except the smo&ing car, was seri ously injured. The entire fatality was confined to the occupants of the smok ing car and locomotive. In the lormef, a party of twenty-one Italian laborers in charge of an interpreter, who was tak ing them from lompkins Cove to Niagara Falls, where they were to be worked on the new railroad tunnel. Only one member of this party escaped death or serious injury. The fireman, Michael Burgen, of Macedonia, was found to have been instantly killed at his post on the locomotive, and the engineer. fatnek Kyan, of tJuflalo, was seriously injured. Two of the Italians were killed outright or died shortly after being taken out of the wreck. Some others are likely to die. The broken tram had been coupled and was just getting in motion to go on the siding, when the passenger train came along. The flagman was sent back from the freight train, but he says his signal was- obscured by the dense fog. There is a disposition to lay the blame on the flagman. ' Mr. Joseph M. Keeshan, of St. Louis, died at the hospital here to-day. death increases the number of fatalities to twelve. One of the passengers who escaped with slight injuries asserts that he saw twelve bodies taken out of the wreck, but that number cannot be ac counted for. CONFEDERATEVETERANS. General Orders Issued by Gen. J. B. Gor- - don, Commanding. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, August 8. The follow ing speaks for itself, Headquarters, United Confed erate ., veterans, new urleans, Louisana, August 8, 1891 General orders, No. 165. . 1. The General commanding an nounces the following appointments in accordance with article 6, of the con stitution, to wit : A. H. Colquitt, Major General of the division of Ten nessee; Jas, C. Tappan, Major General for the division of Aarkansas. 2, These officers will immediately en ter upon the discharge ot their duties. and will be obeyed and respected ac-; cordmgly. " 3. Attention ot the Major uenerais named above, and also of other divi sions, is directed to article 10 of the Constitution, and they are urged to push the organization of camps in their respective divisions vigorously. ,4. The General commanding will an nounce the appointments ior tne re maining divisions at an early day. My order ot J. B. Gordon, General Commandiug I Geo. Moorman, Ad jt. Gen'l and Chief of Staff. A FATAL FIGHT. Several ! Men Wounded and One Man Killed. By. Telegraph to e Morning Star Greenville, S. C, Aug. 8. A free fight occurred, among negroes at a church in the southeastern part ot Laurens county Wednesday night. Sev eral men were wounded and Thornton Vance, colored, was killed by a pistol -shot wound in the stomach. The man supposed to have fired the fatal shot escaped. c M U RDEREr'cAPTU RED. George Dudley who Hilled Bedmon Black at Greenville, 3S. C. Special Star Report. Greenville, N. C, August 8. Geo, Dudley, a colored man who killed Red mond Black, colored, at this place on May 13th, over a game of cards, and for whose arrest the Governor had offered one hundred dollars reward, was cap tured vesterdav near Richmond, Va, by Mr. J. L. Mayo, a policeman of Wil son. N. C and was to-day delivered to the Sheriff of Pitt county. . At Birmingham, Ala., yesterday, Wil lis Pope, a 15 year old lad, was caught in the belting of his father's mill and killed. Roanoke Beaconi ' The! town bonds, issued for the purposewofbuild ing a town hall and market, were adver- ' tised to be sold July 10 but as no pur chasers appeared they were not, sold.- -Lincoln Courier: Tbe "news of- the death of our worthy and highly effi cient Sheriff. J. B. Luckev." which oc curred at this place last Thursday, was received with deep sorrow throughout the country. --.'. ..v- - ' Franklin - Times: The V; large ; tabacco stalk on exhibition in front -of ; - the Times office, was' raised on W. H.: . c Holmes, whose farm is about 2 miles ' .. from Louisburg on the road between "J here and Franklinton. It measures .7 feet and 5 inches in heigth and .five feet ' 'f'C across. ' ' ' - . Washington ' Progress: - There J -' are being petitions circulated asking the ;-.-H Board of Commissioners of Beaufort county to order an election to be;held 'v' in the town of Washington on the qus-.ration of levying a special tax for the sup-' : dort of Graded Schools in said town to; .0 be submitted " to the qualified , voters J therein. " . ' V j: " ''''l:p Salisbury Watchman'. A curious! " I.; freak of nature was brought to this office " SZ'J a few days ago by Bro. Jno, Beard, inj? the line of a cabbage head. At -first glance it showed to be solid, well formed vv large head; but on closer Inspection itv " was found to be composed of fourteen smaller heads from the size of a goose 3 " egg on down. The seed came from a. ; , i package labeled "Late Flat Dutch." s " Chatham ' Record: The many j friends ot Mr, John Beck Headen, ot ' JHickory Mountain township, will great- '; ' ly regret to hear ot his death, which oc- -curred on last Tuesday, after a long and ;" painful sickness a cancer of the throats ; ; Mr. J. M..Stimon, of Gulf town-" 6hip, has a two-year oia neiter tnat nas - f - never had a -calf, "but is giving milk. Some time last spring some calves in the same pature began sucking her and still continue to do so, just as if she was their mother. -' Mount .' Olive Telegram: 'The canning factory has been at work under the supervision ot John R. Smith, who - j is putting up some good frust. : Our . ',: '4 farmers complain of too much ram, the f : cotton is shedding bolls and not fruiting - i well. J. C. Ezzell, of Warsaw,- ; ,; f : fought through .the entire war, has been ; i 1 -to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, : , K Washington and many ot the prominent rt- cities, and lives within fourteen miles of - , j"Z Clinton ; yet never has been there. -'.' 'v ; ' Robert Smith, a colored .resident of v isl Hillsboro, a suburb of ths place, during " h i an altercation with his wife, either shot '- : r himself or was shot by her on last Sat- . .. urday. The wound is not dangerous. ; r " f! Sanford Express: A strange looking man stopped at Mr. Jas. Camp- bell's, near Pocket, last week. Miss ;. Mamie, his daughter, was at the house :i'0: alone. The man asked for water, which ; she gave him, but he became insulted - ) because she did- not ask him in the . ' -house, and after asking if any 'of the - ' men were at home, threatened to kill ; -,i her. She got a gun and told him he ;t t could have only five minutes to leave. : He left. Miss Mamie had erysipelas in . . her toot, but she forgot it and ran to a . 1 : neighbor's and told her story. They ,1 went and arrested him, but he looked. . ,r so bad he was turned loose. He claims ' - to be a veteran soldier who failed to get -; n at the Soldier s Home, but he is not ,1 v believed. - -- Statesville Landmark: Sheriff - i Allison made a trip through north- redell the first of this week in search of. o. Cass, who is believed to be the mur derer of W. G. Wooten, whose dead body was found in the road near Har- mony Tuesday morning a week ago, but was unsuccessful. He received in formation which indicates that Cass has left the State. It is the present ex- Eectation that the United States court ouse and postoffice here will be finish ed in time for the October term of the : United States court to be held in it. - It was strange news that a citizen of Eagle Mills township . brought to town Tuesday. He said that north Ire- deil had not had enough ram tor a good cropland that the ground was then too . dry -to break fallow land. And here and to the south and west aad east ot us it has been too wet to plow in consequence of rain about every other day. . Morgantoh Herald: The tax- books show the valuation of property in Morganton township, including the rail roads to be $885, 103 this year against $700, 894 last year, a net increase of $184,209 in one year. This does not in clude the state and church property in the township which- is, of course, not returned for taxation and ot which- the townshipt has fully $600,000. County Commissioner. John Nantz, who lives in North Morganton near the Cascade, has been much troubled of late by minks that' killed his poultry. He has a large flock of chickens, and the minks have killed in one night as many as a dozen of them. One. night last week he was aroused by a squall ing of his chickens, and thinking that the minks were at work again he sent a boy out with a light to look after the marauder. The boy; on entering the hen house, was surprised to see an im mehse black snake that had coiled it self around aiull grown hen, evidently crushing it to death, The snake was killed and was found to be six feet long and several inches in circumference Lenoir Topic: Yesterday about one o'clock the startling news came up town that a young man had been killed at the Furniture factory. 1 he tact was that Charles Coffey, son of Smith Cot fey, Esq., of King's Creek, a young workman at the factory, had been caught up by a pulley and the band working on it, drawn rapidy up over the pulley between it and , the beam about a foot and a halt above it, whirled once rapidly around the pulley and aain be tween it.and the beam and buried from the top of the pulley againgt the wall opposite to it and about o leet away. Almost by a miracle he was not killed but he was terribly mangled and his chances for life are slim, His right arm was torn off about 3 inches below the shoulder: his left leg broken . just above the ankle; his right leg broken just below the knee; several ribs on f the right side were crushed and one of his i lungs lacerated; and he was badly jL bruised in other portions of his body ( and his nervous system terribly shocked. Mr. Coffey died at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. i . ; Charlotte News: The case 'of , the parties indicted for engaging in the ' riot at the jail last April, 4has not yet : ; begn called in the Criminal Court. - We f hear that it is probable all the parties i. indicted will be allowed to enter a sub- 1 ' mission and pay the costs. The i news from Statesville is to the effect that somewhat of a stir has been occa sioned there by the action of the com missioners. They refused to grant li censes to the liquor dealers to sell whis-: key in the town. This action was alto- I gether unexpected and naturally creates j a good deal, of talk. Mr. W. T. Hatchett, of 'Alabama, who is official re-, j porter for the United States Agricultu- i ral Department, is at the Central Hotel I to-day. Mr. Hatchett has about com- pleted a tour through the cotton belt of j North Carolina, and has made a careful -I investigation into the condition of the cotton fields. His- report is rather dis- i couraging, but only confirms the views of farmers all through the State. Mr. Hatchett does not give his views in per centages, etc, but says that he finds the outlook for cotton in this State, the pre sent season, the, poorest that he has ever known. ' , ! :. Gov. Fleming, of Florida, publishes a card, giving his reasons for refusing to sign the certificate of election of Senater Call to tne u. . senate- , . ; , - A- it i is I ill - i : f -11 .'I! 1 - J- r