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" A SIDE ISSUE.,
In his opening speech in the cam
paign in Ohio, Mr. McKinley spread
himself! on the free coinage question,!
his purpose being to put the Demo-
crats ort tne aeiepsive ana make tnat
the issue in the contest. -As
it is simply a State election, the
discussion of the silver question or
the tariff question or any other na
tional question seems to be some
what ouit of place,' but the custom
. has been prevalent for some time to
discuss national questions in State
and even county campaigns, and
the, Ohio campaigners are simply fol-
lowing the custom. Mr. McKinley
is shrewd in playing the silver game,,
or any other game that might divert
i the attention of the people from the
tariff, which is one of the subjects that
he donTJcare to discuss more than
he is absolutely compelled to.
Irtview df the fac that there is
such a difierence of opinion among
the Democrats of that State onxthe
coinage question, and such strong
opposition in the convention to in
corporating the coinage plank in the
platform it is unfortunate, . perhaps,
that it was incorporated for it gave
I. the Republicans a chance to makea
leading issue out of something which
is really but a side issue, and one in
which there is np principle whatever
involved, the only -question in it . be
ing whether or not. there is a suffi-
ient voliume bf money in circulation
and if not whether all the silver pre
sented at-' the mints should be coined
into currency, or only a stated por
tion of it
. The free and unlimited
ad v ucate tusist "mat ail
Coinage
should be; others that only a part
should be. They both agree on the
coinage put differ as to the "amount,
so that it is not a question of princi
ple, but bnly of the- quantity to be.
coined between them.,
Mr. McKinley and those who
ape with him believe in the mail
er iarcunt, to keep the volume of
.currency down, prices down and in
terest up, while the free coinage men
believe in the larger amount to in
crease the volume of currency, put
prices up and . interest down. All
this clap trap about "honest" money
is the thinnest rant especially when
it comes from treasury looters like
McKinley and men! of his school
who were never honest in ,anything-
of a political character.
They are not honest in their op
position! to free coinage now any
BoreThan they were when they got
off thesame kind of rot when op
posing the remonetization of silver
and the! resumption of silver coinage.
They contended then that silver
Was a base metal, a mere commodi-
t. . - 1 t 11. 4 . llrA ! rAn
l, lO UC UUUgUl ctUU 9U1U UVH,
wheal or corn, and that to coin it and
restore
it to the full 4ienity of
money
would be ruinous. Notwith
standing their sombre predictions
and the amount of silver that, has
been coined since then the1 silver dol
Har to-day is auite as respectable as
; the goid dollar, will be received into
as good society, will go as far, buy
: things'and' pay debts just like a gold
.. dollar . r ; , , .
The ssue, which looms up in im
. portaice above all others, and the
. one which the cute Mr. McKinley is
trying to evade by bringing bis silver
dodge to the front so early in the
campaign, is the tariff issue, in which
every man, woman and child is in
terested to a greater or less extent,
to what extent it is impossible to
tell, for we can only figure on ifc-ap
proxlrnately. t - ' - '
Jtjs estimated that the goods' pur
chased by the people of this country
cost them annually $600,000,000
ore than they would cost; if there
ere ho protective tariff. Estlma-
Dg the average family, at five per
sons this would be a tax of $50 im
posed on every head of a family, for
lQe benefit of certain favored indus
ies which have no more claim on
Vernal favor than any other indus-
"J- The nonulation of DhiO IS
367;.3l6, which makes her propor-
un of this-tax $36.723.160. 7
My. McKinley Is appealing to the
'armers to stand . by him and the
nomesf dollar, although they are
tQe heaviest losers by the tariff bill
of wihich he was the chief architect
and the leading champion. The $10
PerJeapita does not express what
they have to pay, for nearly every
tk'ng which the farmers have
t0 buy and use is taxed and
- K N-t-rn TL' - )V y f 1 - C 1 SPIRJTS TlmrtNTIN t, .
N.C., - if Mr irinv : , 7 iririrx'-Tr -ttt - i .TTrr a tt-k -...sS "
"at ineir per capita
amounis. to pertiaps. twice as much
as tnat of any other class, of our
peoples PutNa $100 head tax on the
tamily of every farmer in Ohin anH
how much would thev hate ont ni
their, present; wheat, crop? Put at
tne lowest estimate a Ux of 120.
000,000 on the farmers of the Unl
ecu i oiates,. ana now much .would
JJy have left - oat of 5 - theirVpresent
wneat.crop? The citizen, but estSe
cially the farmer citizen, "who per
nuts himself to be diverted from the
im ujr mc silver coinage dodge or
any .other dodge, is a gull of the first
magnitude, who will show himself
sadly, m need of a guardian. ;,
MCTOB MElTTIOir.
It - is - claimed that Gen. Dyren
ijttba experiments begun in Teias
to pi&duceVain by means of expTo-
srves in tne air and on the ground
have proved a success so far as they
have gone. The last" were made last
week in what is called the "Staked
Plains" section of Texas,' where it
seldom rains, "and . where it is said
there has been no real good rain for
three years. Mr; Nelson Morris, of
Chicago, owns a 300,000 acre ranch
there and this was, at his request, se
lected as the place for the last ex
periments. The explosives used
are dynamite and rackarock,
compared to which dynamite
is as a pop-gun to a musket
.The . explosions in the air were
effected by means of balloons and
kites sent up at intervals and dis
charged by means of electric . wires
connecting with the earth, or with
time fuses. The balloons were fill
ed with oxygen and nitrogen gases,
m due proportion, to be liberated in
the air. After considerable difficulty
the necessary arrangements were
made, the gas manufactured, the
balloons inflated and sent on. fol-'
lowed by the kites. The time
chosen was after sunset, when the
winds had subsided. The sky -was!
perfectly clear, studded with stars and
no indications of rain. When the bal
loons, of which there were several, had
ascended to a sufficient height vary
ing from 1,000 feet to five miles
they were exploded by means of elec
tric wires connecting with dynamos
on the earth, . or by time f uses on
those which ascended to the higher4
altitudes. - These explosions were
bv the Tnlft5ref
mite-and rackarock on tne ground.
The experimenters then awaited re
sults. By three o'clock in the morn
ing heavy banks of clouds were no
ticed ascending in the Western hori
zon, the direction in which the
smoke and sound had travelled and
by four o'clock it was raining live
ly, accompanied by thunder 'and
lightning, and continued to rain un
til eight o'clock. The explosions on
the earth were continued and after
each there were -showers until the
heat of the sun became strong
enough to dispel the moisture that
remained. Gen. Dyrenforth is confi:
dent that this is all the result of his
work. The next experiments will be
made at El Paso, and after, that in
Kansas. These experiments are
watched with a great deal of inter
est, although it is doubtful even if
successful whether thev will ever
amount to much practically, because
they are nqt only very .expensive
but must be conducted byscientists
The latest cable dispatches from
Chili announcing the surrender of
Valparaiso to the insurgent army
came as a surprise, right on the heels
of dispatches announcing the triumph
of Balmaceda's forces, and the prac
tical bagging of the insurgent army
Tfye last dispatches seem to be re
liable and will be received with satis
faction at least in this country where
popular sympathy has been with the
Congressional party. - But whether
better off un-
der them than under the Bal-
maceda - crowd remains , to be
seen. It is a republic in name but
not in fact, being dominated by a
number of landlords who own nearly
all the best lands, pretty much as
Ireland is dominated by her land
lords: The people have little to say
in the government beyond the mere
formality of voting, the landlords
controlling the Congress, President,
the armv and navv. and running
things pretty much to suit themselves,
Perhaps this shaking up may give.
the people a better showing,; and
pthino-more than T a mere ex
change qf masters.
From the way that President Har
rison and the Republican organs are,
felicltatinsr the farmers on the big
crops this year and the bright pros
pects, one might infer that they were
claiming the credit themselves and
fhof Pmvirinrf didn't have as much
to do with it as some people sup
pose." .The Republican statesmen
mitrht felicitate - themselves on it,
too. if there were a prospect of their
getting back fully into power, for
they would have that much more to
loot. ' .
; A contemporary asks why Presi
dent Harrison should give so much
attention to Vermont. He wants to
CLEVER HOU8EHOLT PETS.
A Do that CMcUies BofVShell Oretrt and
" and Oat that Geta A,war wlto Ea-
. Rush Spsmnn,
Johnny Cameron, a boy who lives on
wriglitsvllle Sound, Is the happy pos
sesaor or a aogxnat may yet make his
master's fortune. With otner boys who
live , oe the ; sotrnd, Johnny furnishes
soft-shell crabs and other' saltwater
dehcacies to the hotels and restaurants.
Mf. Horner.oneof Johnny's best patrons.
noucea ior some time that Johnny al
way nan more sott-sheU crabs than
the other boys. He inquired the rea
son. Johnny, pointing at the doer that
followed closely at his heels; explained
that "Bull," as he called him, was an ex
pert . at catching soft-shell -crabs, and
kept his master 'well ' supplied with
them.. "Bull" is Intelligent enough to
snow a soit-anell from a hard-shell crab
and never ventures to meddle with "fee
iaW. v"nU" appears to be a cross
betweeA a "black and tan" and a Scotch
icmcr. nis owner, Johnny, told Mr.
Horner that a thousand dollars couldn't
buy the dog; he was equally as good for
possums, coons and squirrels in the
winter as he was for r soft-shell
crabs y in the summer, and besides
was m training for diamond-back
terrapins, several of which he had
"treed."
A SMART CAT.
The New York Sun tellsj about a
smart cat that almost equals Johnny
Cameron's dog, and whose ingenuity in
getting away with English sparrows gives
a hint that may lead to the final extinction
of these little pests: -The Sun says :
"Mrs. Willis has a cat which she calls
Jamesey,' which is about the elver
animal in the Nausramrft VaTW a
week ago Mrs. Willis brought home
several sheets of flr oaner. Sfi nrH
them on the kitchen floor and 'Jamsey'
came along and planted both feet on
them. ; There was a yowl and trouble
began at once. With mnrh iiiffinh.
Jamesey' was released. His ears
.were boxed, and the paper was
put back again on the floor.
Jamesey licked his paws clean and lay
down watching the paper for a few min
utes. Then he smelled of it on all four
sides and finally,, finding one corner to
which the eum had not aoread. he nlolr-
ed it up in his teeth and went outdoors.
The next moraine Mra. Willi -fonnrf
Jamesey feasting on an. English sparrow,
mru ne naa never Deen aoie to catch
before. She watched him and found
that he had spread the fly paper near
some currant bushes. Several, flies and
bugs had been caught by it. These at
tracted a flock oi sparrows, and one of
them, jumping upon the paper, could
not get awav before Jame&ev nabbed
him. Jamesey was seen to repeat this
operation three times in one morning.
His mistress gives him a new sheet of
paper every two days now, and he has
already made quite a hole in the flock
of sparrows." ' 6 .
SOUTHPORT ITEMS.
Tne Crops Ufa-Saving Orsrws Orton and
Kendal Plantations.
The Southport Leader says: Our
county reports all say heavy rains dur
ing the past week, with damage to cot
ton, and delay in the gathering of fod
der. Further enquiries may develop
injury to potatoes.
LIFE SAVING CREWS. .
The Life Saving crews will go bn duty
Monday next at 12 o'clock. The mem
bers of the two crews given below, went
up to Wilmington last Monday for ex
amination. '
Oak Island Crew Dunbar Davis,
keeper; Sam Bnnkman, Thomas at.
George, H. E. G. Mints, Tucker Ful
cher, Crawford Watts, Asa Dosher.
Cape Fear Crew J. U Watts, Keeper;
John E. Price, John Moore, J. W. Smith,
D. Wt Manson, R. W. Davis, Sam B. D.
Newton. '
ORTON AND KENDAL -NOTES.
The rice is very fine, with good crop
promised. Cutting will be commenced
at Kendal tne last oi tnis wee uweain
er is favorable, next weeJTat Orton.
The rice bird is now here ana stni
coming in large numbers.
Mr. Fred Kidder is Duuamg: a new
dock just below the old one, on tne
Cape Fear river, with a depth of ten
feet ot water at low uae.
ANorth Carolina Lady.
'The Daily Saratotian gives a full
and lengthy account of a grand concert
given in the ball-room of the Urand
Central Hotel at Saratoga, N. Y ior
Rome charitable purpose. President
Harrison was present and the room
was pacRea witn peopie iu iu
utmost; capacity. There were a
number of talented performers,
among whom was Mrs. A. D. lenkins,
daughter of Rev. Dr. Pritchard of this
city, and who seemed to carry off a large
Rhare of the. honors Of the occasion.
The paper says "she sang in a most en-
traneinc manner, the ballad, 'Take me,
Jamie Dear,' which made a decided fu
rore." And again, "Mrs. A.u. jenmns
sang an English song bySir Henry
Rlahon 'Lol Here the Gentle Lark,
with many embelllshtnentsand cadenzas,
showing her finely cultivated and r&
markably-sweet voice to great advan-
taee. As an encore sne gave uicaius .
by Strelefski."
Sent to Jail.
Georee L. Mabson, colored, who was
arrested at Castle Hayne last Friday on
a warrant for larceny issued upon com
plaint ot his motner, rvose uivvu,
. . . . ..... n ll.l wrm
arraigned betore Justice R. H. Bunting
yesterday. After an investigation of the
case. Georee was required to, give dohu
In the sum of one hundred dollars lor
his appearance at the next term of the
Criminal Court, ana failing to secure a
bondsman, was committed to jail. '
Rev. C. L. Arnold, ; Rector of
St. Stephen's . Bpiscopai, ynurcn, wit
Goldsboro Wednesday last for his new
charge in Detroit, Mich., to the regret
of his many friends. -. : v
If Mr. L, A. Jones, of Onslow,
who was in town yesuraay, aoesnt
.
stop growinc he will soon be ont of tke
ronntv. He stands six leet eight Inches
j antcxa feet and is till Stretca-
i U U10. w.. "O
Ing. ''J, " 'jl at " "
The artesian Well borer at the
Hammocks, it is reported, havestruck
-a efrora at the depth of 265
-Wilmington; n. o;t Friday; September 4, i89i.
POISONOUS PLANT8- ; '
The Odor ofthe Oleander Said .to ne- In-
y "- , . jorions to Health.
In a recent issue of the New Tork
Ledger it is stated in"an interview that
the atmosphere laden with jhe odor of
the oleaader is unhealthy. The writer
says: -' -
. "I am certain that continuous breath
ing of the atmosphere -laden with the
odor of the oleander is capable of pro
ducing the most serious consequences,
I have not'the slightest doubt that the
deaths of at- least two friends of mine
are traceable to this cause, and . I know
of several cases where throat affections
have been caused - and aggravated by
living in the same room with large plants
of this sort. - In one instance there wa3
at first a slizht swellinff in the throat
then a long period of gradually increas
ing pain ana innammation, then malig-
uani symptoms ana aeatn, with very
marKea aisturbance of the heart s action
towards the last. i .
"The dispensatories and other author-
aTl 1 . t m . . '
inca ici us mat tne oieanaer contains a
principle which is an active heart poi
son. It seems remarkable that no" in
vestigation of its actual effect on human
life has been raade. : In some countries
it is in general use" as the principal in
gredient of-a compound for destroyjfez
rats, mice and many sorts Of insects.
lady of some experience and considera
ble medical knowledge gives it as her
opinion that enlargement of the glands
ot the throat, goitre and various forms
of heart disease are either produced or
aggravated by inhaling air charged with
the odors of this plant. Especially is
this likely to occur in winter, when
plants are kept In living rooms in a high
temperature, or where the air is charged
with moisture. Certain it is thatvwith
my observation and the experience of its
effects I would have"' oleander plant re
moved without delay, beautiful as it is."
The Statesville Disaster.
The Star's press dispatches, pub
lished to-day, confirm previous advices
that the total of dead by the rail
road disaster at Statesville. number
twenty-two . and the wounded about
twenty-six. j -
As to the cause of the accident there are
different statements, but the Coroner's
inquest which was in session at States
ville yesterday will settle this point. A
telejrram published in the Richmond
Dispatch says: "h is supposed that as
the engine, which was making from
twenty-five, to thirty miles an hour on a
down grade, struck the bridge the track
spread. Why it should have done so is
accounted fpr by the fact that the ends of
the ties at the approach to the bridge
were found to be rotten."
Rev. J. M. Sykes, one of the killed,
was a graduate of the Southwestern
Presbyterian University. Clarksville,
Tenh. Dr. Sykes had just been assigned
to missionary work in China, and was to
have left for that country on September
26th next. He was married. '
A BTg Ireshet is reported in the Black
-river as well as the Cape Fear. Yester
day advices from Fayetteville were that
the water in the Cape Fear was still ris
ing, but slowly. Crops in Bladen will be
seriously damaged. Growing corn on
some of the lowlands is completely sub
merged. mm m
Tree Tuition at the State University.
We are authorized by President Win
ston to state that the benefits of an edu
cation at the University of North Caro
lina shall be placed, as far as possible,
within retch of every deserving young
man in the State. The following help is
offered :
1. Free tuition to the sons of Minis
ters of all denominations.
2, Free tuition to any young man pre
paring to be a Minister.
3. Free tuition to bona fide teachers of
public schools.!
4. Long time indulgence on tuition to
all really poor boys, to be repaid when
able. 1 '
5. Scholarships to the needy, upright
and talented. - " -
6. Loans of money to the very needy
and very talented and upright
THE STATESVILLE DISASTER.
Investigation as to the Cause of the Acci-
- . dent
A dispatch from Statesville, Friday,
says:
Coroner George Clegg yesterday
morning summoned P. C. Carlton, John
Stephany, I . a. Lampreuni, wurgc
Shepherd, M. C wunams, j. a. jK.am
sev as a iurv of inquest and proceeded
to investigate the cause of the accident.
The jury viewed tne ooaies ana iook
charge of the effects of the dead and ex
amined tne witnesses yesteruay aucr
noon. Up to this hour, 6- p. m no
vftrdict haB been reached. J. C. Irvin
was before the jury this morning and
testified that Wednesday a stranger
asked him: "Are you going to cross the
bridge to-night? Mr. Irvin answered in
the negative, and the question was again
asked and answered negatively. ;
The cause of the disaster is said to pe
owning to the fact that the pins which
held the two railstogether at tne east
end of the bridge were unbent, lying m
the centre of the track, and the threads
r, the" nuts were unscratched. The
theory advanced by some is that these
pins had been drawn witn tne intention
of wrecking the tram. ' .
Such a suspicion is too norriDie to oe
entertained in the absence of positive
proof on the subject. '
W. A. Eliason, an expert civil engi
neer, and former employe of the road,
says: "It is "impossible to pull spikes
without bending them. This was not
the case with those found on the track.
The cross-ties were rotten and utterly
unsafe." The section master says that
he had done no work on the bridge for
some time, and cannot say if it was safe
or not Prominent lawyers representing
the railroad are attending the investiga
tion and objectto any jemploye of the
company testifying in the case.
Newbern Journal: Yesterday the
tug Albemarle, Capt Toler, discovered
the steamer Minnie 2?., Capt. K. w.
Rountree, bound from New York to
Central America, off Diamond Shoals in
a disabled condition, a slight accident
having happened to . her boiler. The
AThemtarU towed her up to the city, and
Messrs. J. H. Crabtree Co. are making
the necessary repairs. -
. The steamer D. MurhiM on her
trip dowffthe river from Fayetteville
Thursday night had part of her guards
carried away by running into the river
bank Oft the high freshet. f.
NOTICE.
This is intended only
for subscribers whose
subscriptions have es
piredIt is not a dun,
but; a (siniplel request
that all :who are in ar
rears for the STAR Trill
favor us with a prompt
remittance.
We are sending out
bills now (a few each
week), and if j on re
ceive one please give it
your attention;
Beat at His Own Game.
As the steamer Passport was on its
way to Southport Wednesday last there
were three gentlemen passengers in the
pilot house. The whistle was sounded
for the mate to Come to the wheel,
whereupon one of ihe gentlemen . asked
the captain what that meant. Captain
Sellers remarked, "It means that I am
going to collect fare." One oi the gen
tlemen asked him if he was going to
make them pay, when Capt Sellers re
plied, "yes, and in hard money, too."
"Well, then," the gentleman replied,
"go to the other passengers on the boat
first, so as to give us a chance to have
our money ready for you by the time
you return to the pilot house."
When Capt. Sellers returned to the
pilot house and called for the money
and hard money at that one of the pas
sengers reached down in his pocket and
threw seventy-five coppers down on the
seat, remarking, "there is your hard
money." -., ' '..
They pay that Capt. Sellers' eyos were
as big as saucers when he discoved that
he was beaten at his own game, nd
gathering up the coppers he disappeared
in the eabbin.
Another Proffessor at the University.
Mr. Howard Burton Shaw, A. B, B.
C E has been appointed assistant in
the Department of Civil Engineers and
Mathematics, in the University. Mr
Shaw is a native North Carolinian, born
in Edgecombe county, a graduate of the
University with highest honors, a post
graduate in mathematics and engineer
ing last year, and a remarkably, talented
nn emnn per or national reouiauon. is i
at the head of the department Both
Professors are full blooded North Caro-
Imians, and the department is aufait.
Big Freshet in the Cape Fear...
There is a big freshet in the Cape
Fear river, and the lowlands below
Fayetteville are all under water. The
damage to the magnificent corn crops
in Bladen it is feared will be immense.
The water was within 18 inches of the
freshet last June, at Fayetteville, and
was at a stand-still when the steamer
Murekison left there at 8 o'clock yester
day morning. She arrived here last
night at 10.45 o'clock. .
The Statesville .Disaster.
Intelligence of . the heart-rendering
disaster early yesterday morning on the
Western N. C. railroad, near Statesville,
N. C, was received m Wilmington with
the utmost concern. As soon as it came
over the wires it was bulletined at
the Star office," where crowds congre
gated to read the dispatches. Happily.the
first accounts which stated that forty
persons were killed outright and twenty-
five were injured were exaggerated.
Later, and therefore more trusty advices,
give the number of dead as twenty
three and the wounded as' twenty-nine.
The list of killed and wounded is
given in the StAr'S dispatches this
morning, with other particulars.
Pio-Hiaat Haasonboro. .
The "Masonboro? and "Cedar Grove"
Baptist Sunday School united in what
nroved to be a most enjoyable pic-nic at
Masonboro Sou ndj yesterday. Between
the various games, refreshments, gener
ous djnner and the "Sound" privileges
of bathing and sailing, together with a
fair day and genial companions, the
union of these schools was a success. It
is estimated that two hundred were in at-
tendance.
Diooese of Bast Carolina. ,
A meeting of the Standing Commit
tee of the Diocese of East Carolina .was
held In'this city Wednesday evening.
Present, Rev. J. C. Huske, D. D., Presi
dent, Rev. James Carmlchael, D, D.,
Secretary, Rev.. Robert Strange and Dr.
A. J, DeRosset Mr. Geo. H. Robtarts, of
Newbern, was not present.
Concurrence and consent were unan
imously votedfor the election of ,Rt.
Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, D. D., LL. D.,
Missionary Bishop of Wyoming and
Idaho, as Bishop of the Diocese of
Georgia. ;
The Hew County Court House.
-. The' Board of County Commissioners
met yesterday afternoon and received
-the plans fetd specifications prepare by
the architect for the new Court House.
They were approved with some slight
modifications and will be submitted for
acceptance to a meeting of the Board of
Magistrates. to be held on Monday, the
7th of September. .
Exonrslonists from Onslow.; '
A train with about three hundred ex
cursionists from Jacksonville, arrived
here yesterday at noon oyer, the W 0
& E. C railroad. There were many
ladies in the party. Some of the visit
ors ; went down to " Ocean View an
others to Carolina Beach. They wdl
leave for home to-day at 3 o'clock p. m.
The fseshet in Black river has
caused great damage t crops.
, TERRIBLE DISASTER.
WRECK ON
THE WE8TERN
RAILROAD.
N.
-a. jraasenger imn iiwnra.iMm an
Embankment Twenty-Three Perttms
Knisd and a Larger Bomber .Wounded.
Raleioh, N. Ci August 27. A
frightful railroad accident is reported to
have occurred . last night at a' bridge
eighty feet high, two miles east -of
Statesville, N. C. The train is supposed
to have been the west-bound train "on
the Western N. C. railroad. Many per
sons were killed. Among the saved are
Bennehan Cameron. ; : u
Rains have been heavy in that region.
New York, August 27. A States
ville, N. C. special, says the western
bound oassenffer traim on the 'Western
North Carolina railroad jumped a tres
tle near nere tnis mormng, about 2
o'clock. "The train plunged in the
'darkness into a ravine two hundred feet
In depth, dashing the cars into splinters.
At least forty of : the passengers were
killed outright ' : .
The wounded number twenty-five, of
whom many, will die. Few, if any of
the passengers . or crew escaped unin
jured. . Relief was promptly sent.
Owing to the hour and locality Of the
accident only the most meagre details
have been received.
Raleigh, Aug. 27. Eighty-five pas
sengers were on board the train wrecked
near Statesville.
State Auditor Sanderlin was badly
hurt. - ' y
But few-of the . people, on the train
were saved. The Asheville fire' com
pany, returning frora-the, convention at
Durham, was aboard.Jand it is supposed
many of them were killed.
A. Iiater Account.
-Charlotte, Aug. 27. One of the
most disastrous railroad wrecks known
ia the annals of this State occurred this
morning about '2 o'clock at Boston's
Bridge, two miles west of Statesville, on
the Western North Carolina Railroad.-
Passenger train No. 9, known as the
fast mail, which is made np at Salisbury,
pulled out on thne (1 a. m.) loaded with
passengers. It was composed of bag
gage and nail cars, first and second
class coaches, a Pullman sleeper and
Superintendent Bridger's private car,
"Daisy." The sleeper, : which comes
from Goldsboro, usually contains a good
number of passengers; from Northern
points, and last niht was no exception.
The run to Statesville was made on
time, a distance of twenty-five miles;
but just after leaving Statesville there is
a high stone bridge spanning Third
creek and down into this creek plunged
the entire train, a distance of at least
65 feet wrecking the whole train and
carrying death and destruction with it
l wenty passengers were killed- out
fight; nine seriously injured, and about
twenty baeuy bruised and shaken up.
The scene at the wreck beggars de
scription. The night was dismal and
to add to the horror of the situation the
water in the creek was up. It was onlv
through the most heroic efforts of those
wbo had hurried to the scene of the
iecs tnat tne iniurea were Jjot flmsm.
rails, i ne Dnaee was noi m uicu, auu
trains are running on schedule time.
Twenty dead bodies are now-lying in
the warehouse at Statesville. The in
jured are having the best care at pri
vate residences and hotels. The fol
lowing is a list of the killed:
' Wm. West engineer, Salisbury, N. C
Warren Fry, fireman, Hickory, N. C.
H. JL Linster, baggage master, States
ville, N. Q.
Wm. Houston, Greensboro, N. C.
P. Barnett, Asherille, N. C.
Samuel Gorman, Asheville, N. C.
W. E. Winslow, Asheville, N. C.
Charles Bennett, Hendersonville, N. C.
W. J. Fisher, CanTpbello, S. C.
J. B. Austin, Hickory, N. C
T. Brodie, drummer, New York.
M. Sikes, Clarksville, Tenn.
rs. Pool, Williamston, N. C. . '
Jule Pfefer, travelling salesman.
Doc Wells, colored Pullman porter.
Jno. Davis, Statesville, N. C,
Mr. McCormlck, Alexandria, Va.
Dr. Gap. W. Sanderlin, State Auditor,
was on the wrecked train. He was
painfully injured. .
Among those who escapedwlth in
juries mor& or less serious are .Col. E
B. Cameron, Northamoton county, N.
C. ; Otto Ransom, of Norfolk, Va.; Wal
ter Elliot, Hickory, H. C; Geo. Bowden,
Atlanta; Col. Q- W. Lawson, Louisville,
Ky.; Miss Lewellcn Pool, of Williams
ton, N. C; Mrs. R, C. and Miss. Ophe
lia Moore, Helena, Ark.; A. Slink and
wife, Lexington Ky.; B.N. Estes, Jr.
Memphis Tenn.; John Goge, Asheville,
N. C; R. E. Johnson, Newberry, S. C.;
Conductor Spaugh; Sleeping Car Con
ductor H. C, Cleeper, and Flagman
Shoof.
Mrs. Pool was drowned before aid
Could reach her.
Three bodies have noj been identified.
One of these is an old lady. Another is
a lady with a ticket in her pocket which
reads: "Mrs. George McCormick and
mother, Elmwood, N. C. to Alexander,
N. C. ' The third is also a iaay. u pon
her finger is a ring engraved "1. H. w.
toM. R. R." '
r It is thought that all the bodies have
not been taken out of the debris, which
is piled up so high that it is impossible
to make a thorough examination.
Crowds have flocked to the scene all
day. and the accident has testa gloom
over the entire community.
Not a 6oul came out 9! the sleeper
alive.
Miss Ophelia Moore, of Helena, Ark.,
died after being taken out of the wreck.
Special tp tne Star.
Statesville, N. C, August 27. The
train going west on the Western North
Carolina railroad at 2 o clock this morn
ing, jumped the track on Third Creek
bridge, two miles west of StatesviUe,
and went sixty-five feet to the bottom.
Twenty-three were killed or drowned,
and twenty-five wounded. Among the
killedare
Here follows the list of names given
in the telegram from Charlotte.
Col. Bennehan Cameron; of the
Governor's Staff, Otto Ramsay, of Nor
folk, Va and Worth Elliott'of Hickory,
escaped without injuries.
The accident was due to the spread
ing of the rails on the bridge.; r
The wreck did not catch fire, and the
track was relaid and a train passed ovef
the bridge this afternoon. :
The people of Statesville have taken
care of the dead and wounded. " -
Statesville, N. C, Aug. ,28. This
picturesque little town, situated at the
foot of the mountains,. with its gay sum
mer' boarders and tourists, 14 still in
great excitement over the awful calami
ty at Third Creek. The friends and rel
atives of the dead and injured are nock
ing here, and nothing is thought of or
talked about except, the ill-fated tqtfn
Ha 9, of yesterday morning. All gae
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at tne leariui wrecK, ana can only won
der that a single life was saved. Coun
try people for miles around with all con
ceivable vehicles have been pouring in,
but with all this excitement there is
gloom over each countenance that cor
responds with the dark clouds which
are hanging over this nass of wood and
iron lying at the bottom of Third Creek.
The dead are being embalmed as fast '
as possible, and ' expressed to their
former homes, and the Injured are re
m. -1. r. . t a- m
ceiving warm-hearted Southern hospi
tality. , j
The following is a list of the dead not
mentioned last night:
Charles Webber, Pittsburg, Pa. , '
Mrs. Frank White, Memphis, Tenn.
Henry Patterson, colored.
Unknown man with a ticket from
Keidsville. N. C, to Corinth, Miss., and
a Testament containing the name of A.
1. Higham. -
Tht total of the dead now foots up 22
and the number of injured about 26.
A. L. Sink and bride, . of Lexington,
N, C, just married, are seriously hurt.
Mrs. R.-C. Moore, of Helena, Ark.,
J. F. poller, of Catawba county, B. M.
Estes, of Memphis, and R. Johnson, a
newsboy, are also hurt, and their injuries
are thought to be serious. . .
A coroner's investigation is now . in
progress.; V
Statesville. N. c August 29.
This is the third day after the Boston
Bridge horror, and notwithstanding a
cold drizzling rain is falling and over
coats are in demand the excitement has
in no way abated. Up to a late hour
last night, crowds oi citizens from this
placet tourists - and country people,
jostled each other, anxious to see every
little detail of removing the debris.
Relatives of the injured were there
wondering at the miraculous escapes.
r nenas 01 supposed passengers on the
wrecked train were also there, eagerly
watching every move, fearing that some
beloved one would be next unearthed.
The entire train will prove a total loss.
The resort that A. L. Sink was -dead,
aent out last night, is not true. . He and
his young bride are still alive, although
Mr. Sink's injuries are more serious than
those of his wife. Hopes are entertained
this morning of the recovery of both.
State Auditor Sanderlin' has so far re
covered that he will probably be out to
day. ' .:
Charles G. -Webber, of 1224 Carson
street, Pittsburg, Pa.; will probably be
interred in the quiet little Oakwood
cemetery, lying at the foot of the hillat
this place. His remains below the head
are so badly mutilated that unless a me
tallic case is sent from some other place
(there being none here) they cannot be
shipped. -
Busmess,which has been almost entire
ly suspended here for the past two days
nas oeen somewnat resumed, althouch
at an early hour crowds began to col
lect at the ill-fated bridge this morn
ing; One hundred "railroaa hands, twentv-
five convicts and a number of officials
are at work removinsr the Bmasheduo
cars and engine.
w, M, West, engineer, who was bruis
ed and mashed almost out of recogni
tion, was buried in Salisbury, N. C, yes-
teraay. . .
Third Creek disaster on whose person
a Testament was tound witn tsignam
written in it His body was shipped to
Corinth, Miss., to-day for burial.
The coroner s jury has come to no de
cision as to the, cause of the Wreck,
NCJLEVELANCi COUNTY.
Semi-Centonnial Celebration Grand Pa
" rade Addraefby Senator Hansom. ;
. Special Star Telegram.
Shelby, N. C, Aug. 27. Five-thousand
people attended the semi-centen
nial celebration of Cleveland county to
day. The town was gay with flags and
bunjJng. There was a large, parade by
thl Farmer's Alliance; the Southern
Stars, a military company of Lincoln
ton; Masons, Knights of Pythias and
citizens. v
Addresses were delivered at Hopper's
Park by Senator Matt Ransom and
Hon. M. P. Justice, of Rutherdordton,
after which a bountiful dinner was
served by the ladies. A grand. b$j,
comes off to-night in the college build-
- To-morrow there will be an old sol
diers' . reunion. Senator Ransom will
deliver an address in the absence of
State Auditor Sanderlin. who was in
jured on the railroad accident last night.
PORT ROYAL, 8. C.
Scheme to Develop a JToretgn Export Bns-
. ineas iu. Connection wiHk the ;Hiohmond
Terminal.
Baltimore, Aug. 27. The Manufac-f
turers' Record this week announces that
the controlling interest in Port Roy
al, S. C, which has the deepest harbor
South of Chesapeake Bay, has been pur
chased by English capitalists represent
ed in this country by the Jarvis Conklin
Mortgage and Trust Co., of Kansas
City. Pat Calhoun and others connect
ed with the Richmond Terminal Rail-,
road system will be associated with the
purchase. The intention is to develop
foreign export business through this
port and to 'divert heavy western
shipments via, steamship hnes,-from
Port Royal to Europe.
The American Association (limited)
English Company, which has built up
MiddleDoroujin, K.y., ana wnicn owns
nearly 100,000 acres of coal lands, is
preparing to develop a new business for
that part of the South by building up a
coal shipping business from Port Koyal,
as the Norfolk & Western and Chesa
peake & Ohie Railroads have done at
Norfolk and Newport News.
NEGRO INCENDIARIES.
Three Attempts Made to Burn George
town, Ky. '
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Lexington, Ky., August 29. A
Transcript special says: Georgetown had
three incendiary fires last night, attrib
utable to the ill-feeling of negroes over
the lynching of Dudley. Patrols were
placed and every negro halted on the
streets and further trouble averted.
Negroes are reported arming themselves,
and still making threats. ,
SENATOR BLACKBURN.
Stricken Wiih Apoplexy But Thought to
Have Heoovered. . .
. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
" Louisville, Ky., Aug. 29. It is re
ported that Senator Blackburn was yes
terday stricken with apoplexy at New
castle, about sixty miles from Louisville.
His friends have kept the matter secret
to save him t annoyance. He rallied
rapidly and is thought now to have
quite recovered. . - .--
Gov. Holt yesterday1 issued nnridnow
ing commissions: Captain and Quarter
master General, Third, Regiment, Geo.
M, Newell, 1st Lieutenant; CoK; 4th
Regiment, L. L. Jenkins; 2nd Lieaten- '
ant, W. H. Klncaid. r ' ; i - :
- Charlotte : Chronicler Laura ,
Rhynne, colored, dropped dead"yester- ;''
day in Dr. Houser's office, on West 'V
Fourth street. She went there to see " i
the doctor in regard to her health. . No ?
one was in, and while standing In the "
door for a few minutes she was seen to :'
fall backward in the office. Parties who -saw
her fall ran to her assistance, but
she was dead : before they reached hen - "s
Heart disease was : the cause of her '
death. . ;,' r; . -;. - . ..'n,. . . . :
y Asheville Home Journal: - E.: J
Brown,a .Colored man hailing from Coop- ' :
er's, attracted a large crowd in front of -l
the court house this morning. The cen
ter of attraction was a rattlesnake about
four feet long with about eleven rattles. , V
The man had the snake under perfect '.
control and handled it with perfect free- , ;
dom. putting it around his neck, etc.
He caught it and two others at Cooper.s ; .
a week ago-and makes a business of
tamipg and selling tame snakes. "c
Chatham Record: The red hills -
of Chatham have seldom, if ever, before
hadsuch a crop of corn. The frequent '
showers of rain have been better than
any fertilizers.. On last Friday Mr. '
Robert Pugh, of Hickory Mountain
township had his left hand crushed and '
torn off in a threshing machine. He had
been with-the thresher, all during the
threshing season this summerand this
sad accident happened to him just as '.
they were nearly done. threshing their
last crop. . j v -
Dallas Eagle : It seems that
the Baptist Church don't want any 3-
Uncle Sam's Revenue officers in hei t "
At their association every ministe
pledged himself not to preach in a
church where such members belong. As -a
consequence, a couple of revenue offi
cers were turned out of the church at
Long Creek and Rev. Mr. Hickson has
served notice that he will no longer
E reach at th is place because the chu rcb
ere refused to turn out its revenue of-
fleers.- - :
Oxford Ledger From the infor
mation we can gather the tobacco crop
in Granville will be 50 per cent, less than
last year. The tobacco is small, thin
and chaffy but bright. Sheriff WiK
liams of Person, was . attacked in the
.jail at Roxboro afew days ago by two
burley negro prisoners. They sprang
on him) just after he locked the outside
doorand opened the cell doors. There
was"a desperate struggle, and the sheriff .
not only conquered both men, but put
them in their cells,
Greensboro Record: We regret
to learn that our distinguished towns
man, Gen. Alfred M. Scales, ex-Governor
of the: State, is critically ill at his
home on West ' Market street Gen.
Scales has been in feeble health for
some time;, but was able to keep up -most
of the time not taking his bed
until Saturday last. The gravest fears
are entertained by his family and friends.
Late yesterday afternoon word was
brought to Coroner W. M. Donnell that
Thomas Conor, an Irishman by birth,
was found dead near his home in the
neighborhood of Wilson's Mill, a few
miles to the north of McLeansville. He
had been missing since last Friday, and
when found was under a very large dead - -tree
in the field. He was lying across a
root of the tree with his head about two
feet from the ground. The appearance
of the corpse was as if he had been A
struck by lightning, though no signs of
nw-i x j - - - s--
Lincoln Courier: Julius Cole
man, whose distillery was burned down
some time ago, has been accused of
setting fire to It himself. He had a pre
liminary hearing before Mr. Sherrlll last
Satunjay, and failing to give bond " was
placed in jail. The son of Mr.
Wm. Dillinger, who lives near Cherry
ville, was burnt to death Monday of last
week. He was in the act of pouring oil
on some wood to make a fire, and the
oilcan exploded, throwing the oil and
fire over his clothes. Several weeks
ago a beautiful and unknown young -woman
'went to Mr. Henry Summit, at .
Cherryvllle, and asked him and his wife .
to take and keep for a few years a little
child a few weeks old, paying him, we
are told, liberally to. do so. They con
sented to accept the proposition. The
child lived but a short time, having died
last Monday night Mr. Summit came .
to Lincolnton Tuesday and - bought a
coffin for the corpse. There is a myste
ry about the woman's conduct not
wholly . solved. Her real name is not
known; nor is it known where She is
from.
Carthage Blade t On last Sun
day, when the keeper of the jail in this
county, went lnt the jail he was in
formed by a young white boy that an
effort was being made to break out.
Three colored4 prisoners were confined
in the cell from which the escape was-
proposed. They were Ben Bostick, the
condemned murderc of Jerome Currie, ,
Lum Black, convicted of burglary in the .
second degree, and Gilbert Dunlap, -charged
with the murder of Bob
Hoover." Bostick, being a deBperate
character, was confined to t he floor of
his cell by a chain. Upon the informa
tion received from young Wilson, Mr.
Williamson, the jailer, made an exam
ination of the cell and found that Bos
tick had the shackles filed off his legs,
and had them secured by a string to pre
vent detection. A file, wrench and
chisel were found in the cell, and it is re
ported that a knot was made in the end
of the chain with whioh Bostick was
bound, On account of the conduct of
young Wilson who is imprisoned for 90
days lor an assault witn a aeaaiy wea
pon, a petition has been circulated and
universally signed, praying Judge Boy
kin to suspend judgment in Wilson's
case. Bostick and . Dunlap are both
chained to the floor now and there is
little danger of an 1 escape. Two negro
women are charged with furnishing the
means by which the escape was to be
accomplished, one of whom is in jail,
and the other out on bail.
Morganton Herald: Citizens
living along Buck creek, in McDowell -county,
say that the volume of water
flowing in that stream Is not more than '
half as great now as it was a few years
ago, and that there is a noticeable de
crease every year. The stream rises in
the Blue Ridge and flows in the Ca
tawba a few miles above Marion. The .
theory that a part of the stream has
been diverted into subterranean chan-
nels Is given color by the fact that there
are extensive . limestone 'caves in Mc
Dowell county, and . that the recent
eavy rains have added very little to the
volume of water in the channel of the ,
stream. We were a little surprised
the other day to hear that a good citi- L
zen of Burke, who lives not ten miles
from Morganton, had been taken in by
the green goods men, and that his ex
perience had cost him considerably
over fifty dollars. . A demented
woman who was put off the 8.88 a. m.
train at the Morganton depot last Sun
day morning, created a considerable stir
in town between four and five o'clock,
singing and screaming along the streets.
She was finally caught and locked up.,
We learn that the Golden Valley
Lumber and Mining Company contem
plate building a railroad from their
works in Rutherford county to the W.
N. C R. R. at Bridaewater, m Burke
county, a distance of about . sixteen
miles, ; A car 01 rcgiaicicu iy
cattle passed here Monday evening for
"Biltimore," Mr. Vanderbilt's place near
yfrsneville. They were beauties, j
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