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s It & ; j rUBLISHBD AT - ' , WILMINGTON, N. C .,. Advance. - , r:.: JL --ll -1: Ha .V - . - V LW- . Pl Pj KY ' M IFnv .'. - - . 88888888888888888 : n 888S8Ssiii8iIs888" - ' 888S8S8888888iiii" 1 88888888888888888 8S88888828S88888S - : ! S88SS85SS2S8S8888 1 8288882288888888 " ' 88888888S88888S88 r- i "f ' . i . f a . ,.- -' ; . . w 2 i' v , i . u i I:.s ::js::s 1 s 3 5" w rTII7at th Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. tnteita" second Clas. Matter.l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. the tub:riptSon pnce of the Weekly Stat U M angle Copy 1 year. postage paid. . ' . " S monthi " . " .. 1 00 60 80 HOW IS THIS t : The Hon. Jerry Simpson, formerly of Canada but ater of Kansas, is ; nw resting in Washington after his ; 'j;orth' Carolina jaw working t6ufus . C ' inv.ines Ohm . to hurl hie 3Dclfci- f" .f t t.nprhnlts at the" nosrp-in, of Tohn UlUiiUV.- ' ?! Sherman, ne was mteryieweq Dy a f representative ot r tne Associated Tress and stated that he had just re- I turned from North Carolina' where t be had gone cm - the invitation Of s rf Ptt- fin ApVtvpr snmp cnpr(iBc v.;Ti ho rlirl fnnr in n'nmKr I nun. ii - . thoughommg on the invitation, as he says, of Col. Polk, who has not f thus far committed; mmseit other wise than conditionally to the third ! party, Jerry launched out; boldly for the third party and boosted it in all the speeches he made, - There were some things, he, said, which surprised him as I he mingled with the Southern farmers. One of. these was the great favor with which the third party suggestion was re- t i : .i i ir peiveq ana r me general uissaiisi ac tion which prevailed among the farm ers wjth the old parties, Democratic and Republican. Taking this state ment to be true, without question- t'.oning its accuracy, it may be inci dentally remarked that .the farmers of this State got pretty; sick of the Republican party long before Jerry got out of iit, and turned, evangelist for the new party, at $50 a speech. ; ' While there miy be some dissatis faction with the Democratic party it will be found that it exists amongsbJ those only who are credulous enough to be duped by-4emagogues. The more thoughtful of the Alhancemen o; this State feel as the,late! President of the Alliance, Elias Carr, did when he said in his address at the last meeting of; the State Alliance that the Alliance had no fight , tp make o? the Democratic party, in 'this Ute for it was true to the people. For the Alliance in jihis State to make war on the ; Democratic party in this State is virtually to make irar on itself,, and to condemn itself, for the State Government is practi cally in the hands of the Alliance. here was not a candidate nomin ated by the last State Conven tion who was not endorsed the delegates who represented the Al lance. A majority of the legislature elected were Alliance men, and near- y all the Congressmen elected. If tnis isn't getting a pretty tight grip on the State, 'and making a new party talk! all uncalled for nonsense we would like to know what it is. As there is no reason why Alliance men of North Carolina should make 1 fight on the Democratic : party of this State neither is there any reason why they should make a fight on the National Democratic j party, which jsjchargeable with and responsible for none of the grievances of which the farmers and other toilers of the Country complain, if the Demo cratic party had full control of this Uvernment before the end of an other Presidential term the? farmers would have very few if any of these grievances to protest against, and if Jerry Siijnpson, and thousands like him who voted with the Republican party for years and heloed to imDOse .grievances upon 'themselves and e people,had opened their eyes then as they pretend to be doing now these grievances would not exist and Jerry Sinipson would not be making eood pay going around the country "OOSUn? a npw nortir There lis one ooint. however, it1 this interview worthy of note. In 0Qr editorial yesterday we asked "hafthjjthird party would do with ine negroj if it won. I Jerry .answers that question by saying that . while lre is rjo social equality between the races the third party recognizes " poiitipal equalityand that he has nfidence that the Alliance men of South who are pledged to this Ittcal equality will carry it out in faith. Jerry has either slan er the Alliance men of the South Z.y We formed! a combination negroes which in some tes and some sections of other" eB will eventually pull down the l,iC" man and nut the. colored broth rt i.i . . UU tOn T.rnf cm f Via AllionOA Sh4Il havA v,,W ""'t-n Ir.Panc tVit Un tUaxr hova thiOritv. "Will nominate land thrtr I UWQ candidates, and that th Alli-1 a.w " I men must not only accept these - - I I I 1 1 1 14 1 1 I I A ' 1 1 J II 1 - 1 1 - - 1 S. f -II 1 i II 7 ' - . - v.- candidates asi matter of course,-but work for vote for and help elect them to office, that is if Jerry speaks the truth. But Jerry to the con trary, . we don't believe that the Alliance men of the . South are built that way, dij have entered into any such mongrel, combination as that. But if Jerry - was running the Alli- L ance that is about the way it would pan out, and that's what the so-calk ed People's Party, a Kansas inven tion, means "if it should ever get a foothood in the South and amount to anything. - FAYETTEVILLE JNDEPENDENTXIGHT INFANTRY. The lAte Encampment at Carolina .Beach Grateful Appreciation of Hospitalities and Courtesies Beceived from Citizens (Of Wilmington. ; Fayetteviliui; N. C. Sept. i, '91.' The Fayettevie Independent Light Iofantty Company, in civil meeting as sembled on its return from its encamp ment at Carolina Beach, have directed in ts behall to return thanks to the ous hospitality and many and delicate courtesies, extended to us while in their city. " ' - - - - ' It seemed that her whole people had resolved themselves into a committee of entertainment to give us a Cape Fear welcome. The succeeded, as , they al ways do. : ' '.'' ' We can only say we enjoyed it; we appreciated it; we are grateful for it. We feel that certain of . her good people, however, in . soldier speech. - deserve "particular mention ior their distin guished and meritorious conduct," and would name in this connection. Col. . W. Kercbner, Capt. S. VanAmringe, Capt. J. Nolan, Capt. J. W. Harper, Capt. Nolan, of Carolina Beach, and Messrs. R. E. Heid, E. J. Hinton and M.W. Di vine. . - We also wish to. express our thanks to our comrades in arms, the Wilmington Light Infantry. Company, who crave us such a cordial welcome, and made us feel the force of Maj. Love's welcome,; "that our feet were on our native heath." We now live in hopes of having you all under our own "vine and fig tree," so that we may offer you the fruits thereof; tnat we may present the "wine of hos pitality, that maketh the heart glad, the "oil" of welcome that giveth a-heerful counetnance. J. ,B. Broadfoot, j ; j. C. Vann, T. T. McGilvary, ' - ; i W. F. Campbell, " B. R. Huske, . , ; , i ' Committee. BRUNSWICK COUNTY. V Crops Damaged Bloe Cutting Commenced Deer and Bear Meat. . ; The Southport Leader reports that it is very probable that a military company will be organized in that city in the near future. Messrs. W.S. Dosherand T. M. Morse have the matter in charge. Mr; P. C. Tharp had a great piece of luck Thursday. He went out by himself deer driving, and about half past nine in the morning shot a fine buck. . ; " - " vMr. D. Clemmons and party killed in Lockwood's Folly township, last week, a black bear which' measured six feet four inches in length and weighed 234 pounds. t .1 i " Rice cutting is now in progress at Kendall and Orton plantations. No damage from rains. Rice birds plenty but cannot fatten, as hunters keep them moving. ' ! . Cotton in some portions, is damaged one-half. Potatoes injured and fodder not already stripped is in bad condition. FIRST N. C BATTALION. Reunion at Bnrgaw September . 24th. Co. B, First N. C -Battalion, Col. Jno. D. Taylor commanding, will have a reunion at Burgaw on Thursday, Sep tember 24th. Gov. Holt has promised to be present on that occasion. Col. Hall, Col. Taylor and other distinguish' ed gentlemen will be present and speak. It is to be a basket picnic; air are in vited. The committee consists of Messrs. W. T. Banner man, chairman, R.M. Croom, N W. Powers, R. W. Collins, Dr. J. D. Cavanaugh and J T. Collins, secretary. ., ".. . . Industrial Works. The Industrial Works turned out 43.000 TTutter dishes yesterday. This was a small day's work. Next week it is expected that all the tinning machi nery will be in operation when the ca pacity of the works will be increased to 60,000 dishes per day, -Work is also: oroeressing on banana crates and vei neering for sides of orange boxes. .Large orders for this latter class of work are expected from Florada in addition to those already received. - v . Biee Beriotsly Injured. Rice' planters on the lower Cape Fear below Wilmington commenced cutting last week with fair prospects for a good yield. ; Higher up the river.how ever. the rice fields are covered with water from the freshet in the river, and where this is the case the rice is practi rallv destroyed On some of the fields j j above Brunswick Ferry the crop is al mostly completely submerged, Mr. Amos Walton, whose leg was cut off some time ago by the Sea coast engine, has so' far recovered as to be able to be carried to his father s resi Hence on Masonboro sound." He" de sires, through the Star, to thank the gentlemen of Mrs. Pritchard's Sunday School class for the kindness shown to him, and also to Dr. Lane, of the City Hospital, and his attendants, who have so faithfully performed their duties towards him and showed him so many favors..." . .V Statesville Landmark-. - Rev.-P. H. Hbge, D. D., of Wilmington, arrived here Tuesday morning to join bis fami ly, which is spending a monthhere. Mrs. B. F. Hall and Mrs. A. D. Brown Of Wilmington, are at Maj. P. B. Cham hers', having come to bringdaughters to Statesville College, and Mrs. Brown i will remain a month. J . - Mr. A. H. Teachey, of Willard an old subscriber to the Weekly Star, Was a visitor in the city yesteaday. - THE MCDOUGALD CASE. No Iionser Oarelesa and ' TndifrArnntl Counsel for the Proseoution Defence. ' - nd the Daniel A. McDougald, now i confined fn the jail of Robeson county charged with the murder of his uncle. Simenn Conoly, is said to have changed his de meanor of late. , Deep melancholy seems to have, succeeded the air-of careless--' ness and indifference which, it is said,, characterized his conduct when he was brought back from Oregon. v He seems now f o realize that he is . engaged in struggle for life, -and that before the leaves of autumn assume their garb of "browner hue," a jury of his peers will have rendered a verdict that will either consign Daniel A. : McDougald to the gallows or send him forth a iree raarf. Renewed interest in the case will be excited by the trial, .which will un doubtedly . be - a protracted one, and which will attract the largest crowds that have attended Lumberton Court in many years. .., v McDougald will be ably defended by Maj. John D. Shaw and his son, John D. Shaw. Jr., while the State will be well represented by Solicitor Frank McNeill, assisted by Mr. NeilLArchie McLean, of uumuenon, one 01 tnemost SKUliui ana thoroughly equipped, young lawyers of the State. : v : , The evidence is wholly circumstan tial, and the defence will, no doubt,: un dertake to prove an alibi. Both sides will fight desperately, the one lor life, the other to avenge the death of an old and honored citizen. Possibly, the case may be continued or, the defence may apply for a change of venue on the ground that McDougald cannot secure a fair trial in Robeson county. "In any event, it will be one of the most remarkable murder trials that has evlr taken place in North Carolina Should the trial take place at the Oc tober; term of Robeson- Court. Hon. D. Mclver will be the presiding Judge, j BLACK RIVER FRESHET. Immense Damase toICropa and Other Pro perty All the Lowlands Covered Peo ple Rescued from Houses The Flood Subsiding. Capt. D.J. Black, of the steamer Lis bon from Point Caswell, reports an im mense amount of damage by the freshet in Black river. ; The lowlands were cov ered until crops were out ot sight and the water spread out until a breadth of two. to three miles was reached. Stores at Mill Creek were flooded. He says in some places he lost the river and the stream ran over cornfields whico were so submerged that he could not see the tops of the corn in some places. People were taken from their houses on the Lisbon. One old negro standing on the top of his house when the boat passed, cried but, "For de" Lords sake ! Yonder .comes Noah's ark." r .-'. ' v';".-' When the boat reached Wilmington you could pick up a bushel of acorns on her deck, swept from trees while pass ing under the boughs. The crops of corn and cotton in the lowlands are a total loss. At last accounts the river was falling. A BUSY INDUSTRY. The S. W. Skinner Company Machine I Shops and Iron Foundry. Among the most noteworthy of new enterprises in: the city are the, large machine shops and iron foundry estab lished by the S. . W. Skinner Company, in connection with their ship-yard and marine railway, on the river; front be tween Nun and Church streets. The machine shop is fully equipped with the best modern machinery, op erated by steam power, and in charge of skilful workmen. It covers about two hundred feet of the river front, and runs back about one hundred feet .The foundry is a new brick building sepa rate from the shops.and is supplied with everything requisite for doing first-class work. The company make a specialty of boilers, engines and saw mill machi nery, but are prepared to undertake any other class of work. They have been busily employed since the establishment of the works, and are now putting in enerines and boiler for a new steam boat built at the-ship yard for parties at Savannah, ua. f FOR TOBACCO GROWERS. The Weather Bureau Proposes a System ; of Frost Warnings for Their Benefit. Office U. S. Weather Bureau, Raleigh, N.'C, September, 1891. . To the Tobacco Growers of North Caro lina: -' The Chief ol the U. S. Weather Bu reau is about to perfect , a system of frost warnings for the benefit of the to bacco crowers in this StatewThe'. cold- wave flag (white flag, square with black center) will be the frost warning sym bol, and display stations wherever a dis playman (preferably a tobacco grower or some disinterested person) can be se cured who will purchase or make his own flag and display it from a tall staff for the benefit of the community lor sec tion. Bulleting the information, utilizing the press, railroad wires, telephones, etc., will form part of the general plan of eriving these warnings to the people of the several counties where tobacco is crown. Tobacco growers or any other per- isons who wish to receive the frost warn' ihes are requested to correspond with ithe undersigned. ! . r . VON HERRMANN, i Observer U. b.. Weather Bureau, , - - . Raleigh, N. C, ' The 8ite,. University. ...... ' ; A correspondent of the Star writing from. Chapel Hill says: - I "The University has opened with 225 students, there being over 100 Fresh This is the lareest number since 1860. President Winston addressed the stu dents yesterday inMemorial Hall, amid great enthusiasm. He explained a great many changes that, had -' been made Changes in method of discipline, courses of instruction. &c, &c. Five new Pro fessors have been added to the Faculty since June." .- V'"'- " Mr. J. A: Register, of White Wall -Riarien county, was a visitor at the Star office yesterday. - WILMINGTON N. G. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, - STATESVILLE DISASTER. INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE RA1L- ' ROAD COMMISSION. - - . Satisfied that the Wreck -was "Caused by the Removal of a Rail from the Track. ' - Charlotte News Thursday. ' 'The members of the State Railroad Commission in conjunction - with the railroad officials - and railroad experts, yesterday completed 'the investigation into the causes of the disastrous wreck near Statesville, a week ago last night. The ground was thoroughly gone over and every particle'ol evidence obtaina- able was carefully considered, and it was established in the minds of all that the real cause of the wreck was a rail miss ing in the track, two rajls length east of the bridge. .. . The Railroad Commissioners have not yet made an official report, ,but they express themselves satisfied tha a' rail had been taken up. :r- : 'The details of the investigation were given to a News reporter this morningr but it is quite a difficult matter to pre sent them to the average reader without the aid of diagrams or, cuts. But,. to begin with, the rail was not taken up from the bridge, but was taken from the track on the eastern approach. ' It was the second rail on the right hand side of the track from the bridge on the east. Under that rail were seventeen : cross- ties. The tie next the end of the rail from which the wheel dropped was not touched. Thence on, every tie bore the marks of car wheels to the point -where the train, gradually veering to the right; tumbled off the bridge. The ties on the approach or the bridge were not moved out oi position; and remain there to-day as they were when the accident oc curred. The. entire train became de railed on the bridge and the wheels and trucks tore up the parallel beams, cross ties and rails. The track over the bridge had to be relaid, but that portion where the rails had been taken up, was left en tact, and as the commissioners ex amined it, it was just as it appeared after the wreck. The second rail from the bridge on the east right hand side was taken up by the examiners, and along the tops of the 18 ties, in a line that would have been occupied by the rail, were the marks of the wheels. The end of One crosstie was rotten. All the other ties-were sound to the core. The examiners on taking up the rail, ran a car down the track. The wheels took a course over the ties exactly in the track made by. the wrecked tram. Ihey lound that the track over the bridge was as safe as any known to science.Therevwere heavy cross beams across, the bridge. Across these ran parallel beams. Over that came the crossties, six inches apart, and on the ties the rails were double spiked. . . J YLharlotte Lhronicle rrutayi On an early train yesterday morning. railway commissioners Wilson' and Mason and clerk Brown returned from the scene of the Third creek disaster, at which they spent Wednesday. Mr. Bed dingfield was not with them nor was. he able to be at the office yesterday. He is yet sick at his home in this county. Chairman Wilson was asked whether the commission would make any report upon the facts as to the disaster. The re ply was that the law gave the. commis-. sion power to investigate railway disas ters; but to whom are reports to be made? The annual report of the com mission is of course to be made to the Governor. Major Wilson said, how4 ever, that the commission would give to the press its finding as to the matter as soon as Mr. Beddingheld arrived and there was a conference, so that what ever is done will be the act of the full commission. Meantime he was not prepared to speak. The commission yesterday discussed general matters. The G., C. and TH. 1 The Raleigh Mirror ot Sept. 1st an nounces that the Georgia, Carolina and Northern road, of which Gen. R. F. Hoke, of Raleigh is President, is now complete from Monroe, N.C,to Athens, Ga., and a regular schedule between the two places will be commenced to-day. Railroad Commissioner Jervey says that the new portion of the road from Elber- ton to Athens is undoubtedly the finest piece of new road work he has ever seen, and the road all along is an ideal -one. it runs, ne says, tnrougn a section of the country that is capable of much development in every way. The bridge over the Oconee river at Athens he re gards as about the finest in the South. He say3 the bridge is' not only hand some in design, but it has the new style approaches made of steel, doing away with the usual wooden trestles. , ujjaJ ROBESON COUNTY. Turpentine Distillery Burned A Negro ' . --;. Killed. A correspondent of the Star writing from Alma Sept. 3, says that a turpen tine distillery at Red Banks, belonging to J. B. Haywood, was destroyed by fire Tuesday last with three barrels of spirits turpentine. j ' A negro hand f on the Maxton and Alma railroad was accidentally killed last .Tuesday by j falling off the gravel train. The road authorities took charge of the body and furnished it with a de cent burial. It is the first 'accident of the kind that has occurred on this road . Mr. F. P. Powers and Mr. E, Daniels, of Willard, were in the city yes terday on business. Mr. William West, the engineer whq was killed in the railroad wreck near Statesville last week, was formerly an engineer on the Carolina Central. -"Peanut j Candy, Cocoanut Candy, Five Cents Only" left the city yesterday afternoon on the "Shoo Fly' train, with the promise that : he would be back again next summer. There are all sorts pf Smiths, including many Jim Smiths; but "in the heavens above, of in the earth beneath or in the waters that are under the eerth," there never was and never will be but one " Monumental Jim. Fayetteyille Observer please copy and send bill to Smith. - .. Mr. George H. Bellamy, of Brunswick, was in the city yesterday. Our field editor asked George if he had seen any ''deer sign" lately. "Plenty of it," replied the portly deerslayer of Brunswick, "but there's been so much water and so many rattlesnakes that I've been afraid to go hunting." notice; x This is intended only tor subscribers whose subscriptions have ex pired. It is not a dun, but a simple request that all who are in ar rears for the STAR will avor us with a prompt remittance ' - . , We are sending out bills now (a few each week), and if sou re- ceive one please give it p your attention. RAILROAD NOTES. The separate coach law passed by the ast Arkansas legislature went into ef fect August 22. It requires the railroads of the State to furnish separate cars for white ' and colored passengers. - The various lines had made all preparations or the change and but little trouble was experienced in putting it into effect. Tne Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph thus describes an extraordinary locomo tive which is being built at the Pennsyl vania railroad shops at Altoona, Pa to haul ' the limited express " train-The locomotive is being constructed in the Altoona shops. It will be about three times as long as the average locomotive, will have two sets of driving wheels, one set being in front, and one set of pony wheels under the pilot The wheels will be under trucks so that the locomo tive can go around curves. Two fire men will be necessary to supply the coal. The locomotive, it is alleged will be powerful enough to haul a train of freight cars a mile in length. The Fayetteville Observer sys of the "Short Cut:" The work of grading the Short Cut" portion ot the Atlantic Coast Line between here and Rowland will be completed this week, so say the contractors, Tuesday morning the masonry for the iron bridge over Big and Little Rockfish and Lumber River was begun, all of which will be pushed vigorously to completion. About one hundred car loads of cross-ties and fifty cars of steel rails, spikes, etc., are stand ing on the side tracks here, ready for distribution along the line, which are to be followed by additional supplies, as the work progresses. . : It is reported, says the Engineering News, that a single rail railway on the Lartigue system is to be built from the Feurs to Parricsieres, France. The line will be about tenand one-half miles long. The system Consists of a series of A frames resting on the ground and carrying the .rail - on top, while guide rails along the sides serve to steady ' the train. The engine and cars straddle the track, the latter having longitudinal seats, the passengers sitting with their backs to the track. A railroad on this system has been in operation some time in Ireland. It is said that the French government has sent a commission to Ireland to inspect this line with a view of adopting the system for lines in the t rench colonies, and that the engineer of a railroad in India has also recently inspected it with a view of adopting the system for feeders to the railway. THE RAILROADS- Enoouragiag Reports from All the Wil- minston Ballroads. There was a decided improvement in the spirits-of the railroad officials yes terday. In fact they were almost hila rious. - At the Coast Line offices everything was reported encouraging. The waters are receding, the danger of washouts has almost disappeared, and all bridges and trestles are considered safe. All . trainmen and trackmen have been instructed to exercise an unusual degree of caution, and we shall : be sur prised to hear of any accident. The same may be said of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley and the Wil mington, Onslow and East Carolina roads, whose officials " were seen by a StAR reporter. The Carolina Central people were out when the reporter call ed, but from other sources it was ascer tained that the "K. S." was "O. K." It is gratifying to state that all the trains on the roads mentioned above are running on schedule time. FOR THE CONFEDERATE HOME. A Contribution of $304 70 for the Ladies' : Memorial Association; The Ladies' Memorial Association of this city-have . forwarded to Mr. W; C. Stronach. Secretary and Treasurer of the Confederate Soldiers'. Home, at Ra leigh, a check for $304 70; money which was raised by them some years ago for the purpose when CoL. Beasley was stumping the State in the interest of a home. The above amount represents principal and interest. . It was forward ed by Miss Hettie James, ex-President of the Association; to whom the pleas ing task was deputed.. Life Saving Crews on Duty. ... . : Superintendent Kimball, of' the life saving service, ' has put on the regular crews at 100 life saving stations along the Atlantic and : Gulf coasts. These crews, which average six men at a sta tion, are regularly employed from the 1st of September until the 1st of May of each year. During the summer months they are called upon as occasion requires and are simply paid as volun teers. . - ". Mr. T. W. Clawson, . of the Messenger, returned last evening from a week's vacation spent with his family in Western North Carolina He informs us that they returned by way of Dan ville, Va., to attend the marriage of Mr. T. W. Clawson, Jr., of Atlanta. v ; ' V. - 1891. 60TT0N FACTS AND FIGURES. Prices Advancing Discouraging Reports from Alabama - and ; Tennessee Th.& . Crop of 1890-91 Consumption of the Staple in North Carolina. - .: ; . The North Carolina mills consumed nearly 21,000 bales more this year than the year before, v t - In Alabama it is estimated the crop will be 20 percent, less than H was thought to be one week ago. Foithe first time Savannah and Galveston each received over 1,000,000 bales during the cotton year just closed. Secretary Hester, of the New Or leans Cotton Exchange estimates the cotton crop for the year ending Sept. 1st at 8,652,479 bales, the i largest, ever grown by 1,841,27 bales, Spot cotton advanced in New York yesterday from 8 11-1 6c to 8 13-16c per pound. . Receipts at the ports were 12,975 bales. The market for futures scored - an advance ot about twenty North Carolina stands third among .the Southern States in aggregate con sumption of cotton. The following figures are interesting : South Carolina, 164.957: Georgia. 153.957: North Caro lina, 140,508. ..: : . - Leading planters and cotton men in Memphis have received advices from all parts af the Memphis district, which warrants that the crop has been dam aged oh an average 25 per cent, as com pared with last year. ; WASHINGTON NEWS. Secretary Foster on the Financial Condi tion of the Treasury Stenographers and Typewriters Wanted in ! Departmental Service Official Notice Received , that ' the German Embargo on American Pork Has Been Raised. By Tslcgiaph to the Morning Star. " ' ? Washington, Sept. 3. Secretary Foster made this statement this after noon, in regard to the financial condi tion of the Treasury : i ' : "The irresponsible statements pub lished to the effect that the Treasury will be practically exhausted by the pay ment of about $27,000,000 of the 4 per cents is best answered by the fact that we had in the Treasury yesterday, in excess of the $106,000,000 gold reserve, one hundred and seven and one half mil lions of money, with contingent liabili ties of $47,000,000; leaving the net cash more than $60,000,000. 7 As to the forty seven millions of cash reserved to cover contingent liability of bonds held by banks, forty millions of it could be loaned with absolute safety. The best answer that can be made to these critics is thatbonds will be paidto-mor-fbw if presented and the strain on the Treasury will "not bejelt. I am entirely satisfied with the result. ' More than $25,000,000 ot money for which there is no use in the Treasury, will be put into circulation, thereby aiding the business interests of the country and practically assuring a comfortable money mar ket. It is said by Civil Service' Commis sioners that there is a demand for male stenographers and typewriters for ap pointment in departmental service in Washington. At present there is not a single eligible -male candidate lor ap pointment on the rolls of the Commis sion. There are, however, a number of women eligible, but men are preferred by the appointing officers in about seven cases out of eight. Washington, Sept. 8. Secretary Rusk to-day received official motice that the uerman Government has raised the embargo on American pork. The agree ment relative to admission of pork iato Germany was 8lnd at Cape May Point about ten days ago, bat at the request of the Oerman Government the fact was withheld from tke public press until of ficial action could be taken by the home government. The agreement not only provides for fhe admittance of our pork into Germany, but also anords to the United States the same schedule with reference to our farm products as that enioyea by Kussia. - ; . .1 Secretary Busk is confident that he will soon be able to extend our market for corn by introducing it into Germany for use as an article of food, in place of rye, the crop or which in Germany is this year . exceedingly short, i To tkis end he has instructed his Commission agent, Col. C J. Murphy, now in Eu rope, to proceed at once to Berlin and lay the matter before the German Gov ernment. '--'.- TWELVE LIVES LOST. A Trading Sohoonr Wreokediin the South -. Pacific. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - Chicago, Sept. 8. A ; special from San Francisco says the schooner Pan- ninia which' left Marshal Islands May 1st ior San f rancisco, withtwelve -persons aboard was wrecked on the reefs to the northwest of the Hawaiian Islands and all on board were lost, i The crew num bered seven, nearly all! Americans, and Capt. G. D. Lanedot had his wife and three children aboard. Ihe ves sel left San, Francisco in Febuary last with a cargo of general merchandise for trading with natives of the South Sea Islands, bhe had on board six whale boats and a handsome yacht for King Babalanj, ruler of one of the islands. She arrived safely at- Jaluit after a pas-sage-oi thirty-two days, and discharged her cargo in good order.;5 She shinned a load of copra and left for San Fran cisco. Forty days later a whaling schooner found one oi the small boats floating bottom upwards near the scene of the wreck. Crew, cargo and every thing are now at the bottom ot the Pacific. - GEORGIA LYNCHING. A Negro Murderer Shot to Death at Guyton. " By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nashville, Tenn., September 3. A special from Atlanta, Ga., says: William Allen, the negro who shot and fatally wounded E. J. Myers, marshal at Guy- ton, Ga., paid the penalty of his crime last night, lie was taken Irom othcers who had him in charge,' carried to the woods, chained to a tree and shot to death. : He was captured in Clayton Monday afternoon, and Sheriff Hodges, of latnall county, - went alter him. There was but little resistance, and the negro was taken and carried only a short" distance, when he was -put to death, j He was asked It he had any thing to say. He prayed that God would destroy and blot out : humanity, and told his executioners, to go ahead. The action of the men ; is generally proved. .'... ..: ' y-. The Staunton, Va., Shoe' company has assigned. Liabilities about $22,000; as sets about the same. NO. 43 FAYETTEVILLE. Street Railway Company Organized An nual Meeting of Fayetteville A Albemarle Railroad Company. ; : ' ' Special Star Telegram.! r v Fayetteville, N. C, Sept. 5. -The incorporators of the- Fayetteville Street Railway met here to-day and effected a permanent organization by the. election of the following board of directors : Dr. JW. McNeill. J. T. Denny, T. H. Sut ton, Z. W. Whitehead and- J. D, Mc Neill. This afternoon the directors met and elected officers tor the ensuing year as follows : J. T, Denny, President; J. W. McNeills Secretary, and Treasurer; Messrs. Sutton & Cook, Attorneys. . The annual meeting of stockholders of the Fayetteville & Albermarle Rail road Company held here this week, re sulted in the selection of the old board of directors, and the -following officers for the next yean Jno. Blue, President; N. W. Ray, Vice President ; A. A. . Mc- Keithan, Treasurer;. W. Whitehead, Secretary. Fayetteville moves slowly but surely. . ' v PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS THE STATE CONVENTION AT HARRfe- ; - :, BURG. A Full Representation Nominations A Strong Speech from Chairman Bland . " By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - Harrisburg, Pa., Septem 3. ber Promptly at 1.30 o'clock Chairman Kerr, of the. State Committee, called the Democratic Convention to order. At that hour the Harrisburg Opera House was filled with a representative gather ing of the Democrats of thisState Representation in the Convention consists of 461 delegates made up of one representative lor every one thousand . t . r . t . t votes or iraciion oi a mousana cast ior Governor Pattison at the last election. Nearly all the delegates answered to their names. Nominations for tempor ary chairman were then in order, and Herman Kretz, of Berks, nominated H Willis Bland, of Reading, for that posi tion and he was unanimously chosen. Mr. Bland was conducted to the chair amid applause. In his speech he ex pressed his consciousness that the com pliment paid by his selection as tempor ary chairman was not to himselt but to . the 18,000 Democratic ma jority of old Berks county. Never in the history ot the party has a campaign been begun under more aus picious or promising conditions; never as now, was the public heart and pub lic mind so deeply wrought upon; never before did the public so deeply leel the necessity for a change in the administra tion ol public attains; never betore was the feeling so strong that the ticket put in nomination to-day would be so over whelmingly elected. The campaign will be fought on local issues, not national. Nobody doubts ' that the people of Pennsylvania love the teachings of their own prophet. Grover Cleveland I Tremendous applause. His defeat in the last campaign has been more glon ous to him than any victory would have been, for no . thinking man can help feeling that the lessons taught in Dem ocratic victories all over the country since his defeat are a tribute to the granduer of Grover Cleveland and the principles he sp nobly represents, Applause. But we are not going into national issues. It is our duty to the people that we turn out the Repub lican vampires who are now prostituting public races all over the state, it is a shameful thing that the State Treasurer, Auditor General, Mercantile Appraiser, and the great newspapers of Philadel phia should join in a conspiracy to plunder the l reasury. Applause..! n noble principle of Grover Cleveland, that public office is a public trust, has been ignored, and they have criminally made public office the means of private profit, to the scandal ot the good people ot the State. Offices must be . wrenched from the grasp of the ' spoilsmen of the Republican party who have for the last twenty-five years held them through prostitution and abuse. There has been but one Democratic Governor in the State in the last thirty years. It is no disparagement to the eminent men who have filled the office to say that that Democrat stands peerless among them all. fGreat applause. In Robt. E. Pattison we have a fitting represen tative of those beautif utr-those noble those eternal ideas of true political faith enunciated by the great Thomas Jeffer son. . Applause and cheers. The Convention at 12 o'clock took a recess until 1.30. At the afternoon session, George W. Skinner, of Fulton county, was made permanent chairman. . In his speech, on taking the , chair, Skinner said the issues of this campaign must be State issues, pure and , simple, and none other. - The. platform was then presented and adopted unanimously, each plank being cheered as it was read. Nominations were then in order- Robert E. Wright, of AUentown, was nominated for Auditor General, and A. L. Tilden, of Erie, for State Treasurer; both on the first ballot. Delegates at large to the Constitutional Convention were chosen. A resolution of sympathy with Wm L. Scott, who is very ill, was adopted, and the work of the Convention was ended. Some time, however, was de voted to hearing speeches from Wright and Tilden. AN AFRICAN PARADISE. Liberia as Portrayed by a Returned Col- onist from Georgia. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York. September 5. George B. Parks, a mulatto, - belonging in At lanta, Ga., with his family, consisting of his wife and seven children, arrived here to-day on the steamship Sorrento. He is an intelligent man. a caroenter bv trade, 'and tells an interesting story bf the condition ot anairs in Liberia, Africa. On the 22d of last May, lured by promises of the Society for the Promo tfon of the Colonization of Liberia, he country in a most primitive ana ae bauched condition. - American negroes who had already emigrated there had assumed the , most tyrannical rule over the natives. - No part of: the ground . was under cultivation. - Parks had formerly been a slave in ; the South, but be says the condition of slavery in Liberia is worse than that in Georgia, before the war. Children there offer, themselves for sale. Parks, be cause he would ' not ' deal in human flesh, was . ostracized by negroes from " America. After , spending twenty days; there, he sailed for Hamburg and then to this port.- It cost him $780 to bring his family back to America..: When he left Georgia he had $1,250; he now has $60, which he says will pay his way bacK to Atlanta. Lexington Dispatch'. The far mers tell us that there has been entirely too much rain ier tobacco, causing it to rot, : They say it does not cure up well. either, i Greensboro -Record i General Scales was more restless last night, and his.condition is less hopeful,' although he was able to leave his room for a short whilej-yesterday. The chief trouble is bright's disease. - -Winston Sentinel-. A large drove , ot sheep, three - hundred in number, reached here: this morning through the country from Randolph county. They ' were placed in a car at the R. & S. de pot for shipment to the mountain pas- v ' tures. ' . Raleigh Chronicle: "'Fab. H. U' Busbee. Esq., returned yesterday from Baltimore. He says that his. brother. Grand Sire Chas. M. Busbee, continues to improve.. He walks about the streets " occasionally, and may remain in Balti- : more some time ytu. Salem Press: Complaints about "bad curing" of tobacco are current in . rorsyth .and upper '-Davidson. -. ' Barker, charged with the killing of rev- . enue officer Barnwell and wounding ' Brem at a still-house near Mt. Airy, was tried at Surry court last week and ." acquitted. Raleigh "News and Observer: Col. Sam. H. Smith, of Winston, has been appointed Commissioner General of the Southern Inter-State Exposition, Col. Smith is a most active and energe- "" tic gentleman, and if he can. consent to seryefn this capacity, it promises a . grand success in this feature. ": , - Southport Leader: Mr. Adrian : Moore, when in the Leader -office last week reported that for some time the farmers in hi viscinity had been- annoy- .. ed by losing some ol their young-hogs and had been charging the killing" of - them to his dogs. On last Thursday, : . Mr. Moore let the dogs out -toor a run and in a very short time they traced quite a large wildcat which was soon dispatched. - It is-probable that it was wildcats and . not dogs, that made off with the hogs. . -Washington Gazette: Elder Den- :.- nis Davis has uist held a protracted meeting at Tranters' Creek church, Dis ciple, with seventeen additions to the membership. - The City well bored . by Col. McCarthy in - McNair township, has reached a depth of 195 ieet, and has struck a beautiful flint rock. The pros pect for the purest water is good. : Mr. Wm. Weinberg died on the 17th of : August, in New York,,. where he had gone to buy goods. Mr. Weinberg was 53 years old. . He was born in New York -and had lived - in Washington eleven years. ; Salisbury Watchman: Mrs. Dr. Geo. C. Cope found her children and arrived at Concord with them last Mon day. With the aid of a United States officer she found Johnnie at the home of a drayman, in Johnstown, Tenn. The other, cronheim, she found about twenty-five miles from the. city in a cave. Both of the boys have, been well kept and neither wished to return with their mother. For reasons best known to her and her husband they were divorced about six years ago. He took charge of ' the children and hid them away, and since his death his wife has been on the ' hunt for them. Charlotte Chronicle: . News was received here yesterday of the death at -Chapel Hill of Miss Clara Martin, daugh ter of Rev. J. B. Martin, of the North Carolina Conference. ' Lee Dulan, of Crab Orchard, was , painfully hurt several days since by a horse running away with him. He was thrown from his cart and his lee caught in the shafts. jhis body being dragged some distance. Kev. bdward Mack,, who is occupy- - ing the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church in this city, during Dr. Miller's - absence, has been called to the Presby terian church in Goldsboro. Mr. Mack has accepted the call and wpl enter.up on active duties as pastor of that church as soon as his time here expires. Red Springs Farmer and Scot tish Chief : We are glad to. announce to the many friends of the editor that he continues to improve, and we nope it will not be long before he will be able to take control of the paper as before. We had quite a lively time on our streets Wednesdayjvith a county convict. Mr. S. R: Townsend had him working around the hotel, and the nero asked Mr. Townsend to let him go to Fayette- e ville which was refused, and he said he' would go any how and made, a break for liberty, and would nave made nis escape if it had not been for the prompt r action of Mr. Townsend drawing his gun and. telling him to halt. He was chain- : ed and safely lodged in the guard house. Winston Sentinel: The farmers below Salem, near the Davidson county line, report the tobacco crop a failure this year. A number have cut and cured several barns and they say it is very common. . lne continued wet weatner is assigned as the reason for the poor crop. - r we learn tnat Mr. atyers, who lives four miles from Winston on the Germantown road, has discovered on his land a very extensive deposit of manganese. Mr. c. A. riege some time : ago sent a specimen of it-to the State chemist for examination, and the latter pronounced its quality first rate. The ledge, or .'vein, is four feet thick. We also learn that there is another fine bed of the same mineral ou Dr. Shaff ner s land near Salem. - Morganton Herald: The total assessed value of the taxable property in Morganton is $334,033. Its actual market value is something like $1,000,- 000. ; The tax derived from the proper ty will be $2,226.88. The street and poll taxes will increase the amount of funds available for town purposes to about $3,300. Armies of small black worms, about one inch in length, have been devastating some of the grass plots around Morganton this season. The vacant lot adjoining the Piedmont Bank, which up to a lew days ago was covered with a luxurious growth of grass, has been almost completely strip ped by the pests, and J os. Deal, who lives in East Morganton, i reports that his grass lot has had a similar visitation. Goldsboro Argus: . A little col ored girl about 11 years old in Little Washington, while playing with a num ber of small companions along the road that leads toward the river fell into one of the deep ditches that are generally: flooded at this time, and ; was drowned before assistance could be obtained. - -All the lumber mills in this city and the saw mills of this section have been compelled to shut down by reason of the continued rains rendering it impos sible for them to secure logs in sufficient quantities to run them. The rivers and streams are all overflowing and the woods on every hand are so flooded that it is absolutely impossible to "navi gate" logs on the streams or haul them from the woods, ft is truly an alarm- FARMERS' ALLIANCE. A Break in - Iowa Prospects or a Hot . -'. Fight Between the Factions. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Sfoux City, low A, Sept. 5. The break in the Iowa Farmers' Alliance is complete. The faction in the 11th Congressional district has thrown off allegiance to the old Iowa Alliance and orpanized a faction of the Southern Al liance. The faction is led by J. A. Westfall, the People's Party candidate for Governor. - Representatives of the Executive Committee, of the Iowa Al liance have already gone to work on re organization and the fight between the two Alliances will henceforth be hot. .-..- 'If' 1 1 r: 5 1 f
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