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PUBLISHED At WILMINGTON, N. C, !. AT .. fc $1.00 A YEAR. I N ADVANCE. 88888888888888888 833g888ggggf ggggg 88888888888888888 88888S8S8888888S8 sqjuojn g 88888888888888888 88888888282888883 7 ssssssassssass 88888858828888888 8288S8822888S888S- 88888888888888888 qjuopj l 1A4. I W u ! a. I Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, as SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the "Weekly Star is as follows: I . , ' . ;ar fnnv 1 vear. nostatre raid ........SI 00 " 6 months " " ......... 60 " " S months " " 80 WISE AND OTHERWISE. The Progressive Farmer is the re cognized organ of the Farmer's Alli ance of this State. Its editor is Col. Polk, President of the National Alli ance and Industrial Union, which fact, in addition to the fact that it is the' organ of 'the Alliance, gives its utterances more tham ordinary sig nificance. We recognize the fact that the editor has a somewhat diffi- cult role to perform in playing the part of anon-partisap editor while I he is on the stump air avowed third I party advocate and one of the loom ing possibilities for a Presidential or Vice-Presidential nomination from that :partjv But as editor of the Presrrvssive. Fanner he has concluded that the line must be drawn some where, and that we musn't haveany third party in North Carolina in State or. county matters. .The rea sons given forj this are so similar to those urged ir discussing that ques tion in these columns that they sound familar,to us. j - in an editorial in the issue of this week advising Alliance men as to the course they should pursue; alter paying its respects to the National Democratic and Republican parties, both of which it throws a brick at, figuratively speaking, it says: ' However, it is different in North Carolina. While our State government, under, twenty years of Democratic rule, has not been all it might have been, has not been perfect, and we need never ex pect perfection ia politics; yet the con trast has, been so great between Repub lican rule from 1866 to 1870, and Demo cratic rule' since, that our people are loth to let loose and risk worse things.' Many people will vote the ticket on ac count o( the name, so we want to give "thetn a chance. Another thing: Our complaints are i mostly national, hence we can afford j to divorce State and National politics.. ,, "Now we want to reason a little more 'with our Republican and Democratic Alliancemen who may not fully agree with this plan, i Had any other policy been pursued, it is almost certain that a straightout' Republican ticket would have been elected in this State, including members of the legislature, and in many cases county Officers. Anybody with half sense knows that this would not better things, and possibly would make them vastly, worse. No true Alliance man, be he Republican or Democrat, wants to see thipgs any worse. On the other hand; a 'straightout' Democratic State ticket might have been elected. This would have been no improvement. Really it would have been making things worse. But if the people will turnout to the primaries and send honest, brave men all through to the State Convention; the State will be saved from both misfortunes and we will get as much reform as through a new party, and not run the risk of losing all chances. "When it comes to selecting Congress men and Senators and National officers it will be different We expect it will be absolutely necessary to elect them on a new party platform. At present we see no other chance. But until this State matter1 is disposed of we ask every man favoring reform to keep his mouth ' closed, be he Republican or Democrat. Lei's do one thing at a time and proceed cautiously.' I ' ' Some will say to "former Democrats, who are now favoring the new party, that The Progressive Farmer is trying to pull them back into the Democratic party, and to Republicans they will say that it i3 trying to rope in Republicans and induce them to vote the Democratic ticket. Don't be influenced by them. All who have read this paper know that we have no more confidence in the National Democratic Party than we have in the .Republican. We would vote for Harrison or Blaine as quick as we would for Cleveland or Hill. We have no more confidence in many 01 tne Democratic leaders in North Carolina than we have in the nepuDiican leaders in Maine But it is a condition and not mere sentiment that confronts us here in North Caro lina. We cannot afford to risk negro supremacy here. We must do the best we can choose the lesser of two evils as it were. If our people will rally ;to the primaries we will pet all wis want. Remember that nothing more will be said about your favoring the Ocala or . St. Louis platforms. The politicians are sick 01 mat, tro and insist on get ting what vou want. It is vonr rfntv You owe it to your country and to your lamiiy, In some respects this is wise and patriotic, for! which we commend . that much of it, and in some respects otherwise and inconsistent Admit ting that North Carolina has been as well governed within the past twenty years Dy tnej Democratic party as could be reasonably expected (as perfection is not to be looked for in politics) it says it wouldn't be safe to oppose the Democratic party be cause that, would have resulted in "v- dimosi certain, election of a 'straightout' Republican ticket in eluding members of the legislature and in many cases! county officers, ms would . have made the condi tion no better and possibly vastly worse." It might have omitted the "Possibly" here after admitting that e Democratic party had ruled the State for twenty years as well as culdbe reasonablv exnertprl and at there was such striking contrast j j 7 VOL. XXIII. between this rule of twenty years and the years of Republican rule that preceded. The editor of the Progres sive Farmer knows that there is little if any difference in the make up of the politicians who run the Republican party now and of those - who ran it in- the days when it was on top, that they are all of the same stock, schooled in .the. same school and accomplished in the same devil ment. ''' K " On the other hand it says a " 'straightout Democratic, ticket might have been elected which would have: been no improvement, but would really have made matters worse." The Alliance men are told that the election of a 'straightout Republican ticket might "possibly" have made matters " worse, j while here the writer does not hesitate to say that the:. election of a "straight out Democratic ticket,' would,. , with out any modifying "possibly,"' really" be making things worse, from which it is to be inferred that the writer, who advises his readers to stick to the Democratic party fears the "straightout" Democratic party, which had governed North Carolina well for twenty years, more than he does the "straightout" Re publican party, whose return to power would prove a calamity which no man with "half sense should de sire to see. i ripmtp(.tnr - n 1, 1a 1 nATl fY1"111 ties we come to the inconsistency which draws the line between the Democratic party of North Carolina and the National Democratic party, which would tomahawk the National Democratic party, which for twenty five years has contended that the South should have all the rights, privileges and kindly recognition that any other section has in the ad ministration of the Government. 'Our complaints are mostly na tional," this counsellor says." True. And we maintain that the Dem ocratic party is not responsible for the causes which give ground for these complaints, which the writer of the extract which we quote knows as well as he knows the color of his hair. There isn't any difference, isn't there, be tween the National Democratic and the National Republican party? Did it take the gentleman who said this twenty-five years to discover it, and then not discover it until the third party bantling which talks about nominating him for high office was incubated at that St. Louis con ference?- The discovery is some what belated and somewhat absurd since while the Republican party was making the: history which is the foundation of the. complaints, the Democratic party, even when in a hopeless minority, and when there was but one State North of . the Po tomac or Ohio rivers . Democratic, was bravely and patriotically oppos ing it. Had the Democratic party been in power instead of the Repub lican party all these years there would have been none of that mon strous legislatpn which has given cause, and just cause, for these com plaints. The writer is inconsistent in advising against a contest with the Democratic party of the State and en couraging a fight against the Nation al Democratic party against which there is no just cause of grievance. MENTION. Several daysago we published some resolutions passed by the Buck sub-Alliance of Chatham county, ex pressing its. opinion of certain fea tures of the St. Louis platform and condemning the effort of a few Al nance men of this State to commit the Alliance of North Carolina to it The following resolutions passed at the last meeting of Grimesland Al liance', Pitt county, which we find in the Greenville. Reflector, are out spoken on this point and also on the arbitrary course pursued by President Butler in calling his conference and practically instructing that .each County Alliance should send dele gates to this Conference pledged to that platform: Resolved 1st, That we find no warrant for Alliance action in regard to the St. Louis demands, as the btate Alliance has not adopted them and we have" seen no official action of the Executive com mittee of the State Farmers' Alliance towards adopting such revolutionary measures. Resolved 2nd, That we deplore and de nounce the aroitrary ana dictatorial stand assumed by President Butler in making the support of the St. Louis de mands a test of good fellowship in the Alliance by proscribing all such as will not stand by the bt. Louis demands in the conference at -Raleigh on the!7th of May. Resolved 3d, That we regard such ao tion as officious and culpable in the ex treme, as well as prejudicial to the best interest of the order, and question Mr, Butler's authority in this presumptuous aud overbearing course. - Resolved 4th, That we commend the action or Pitt county Alliance in de manding representation in this confer ence in defiance to this proscription and in opposition to the St. Louis' demands The men who framed and adopted these resolutions are men who do their own thinking, comprehend what the Alliance was" organized for, and that no one man or handful of men, with axes to grind, or ambi tions to gratify, have 'a right to un dertake" to arbitrarily rule it or to use it for their own selfish ends. Th St T.ntita nlatfnrm slomotilc I the passage of a law prohibiting 1 H alien ownership of land in this coun try. Some time ago we in referring to this 1 called attention to the fact that such a law was passed by Con gress during Mr.-Cleveland's admin istration, which prohibited alien ownership of lands in the Territories ot the United States. There are such laws in; force now in a number of States 1 which, although" differing somewhat in phraseology and scope, have the same object in view, to pre vent our lands falling id large bodies into the hands . of foreigners, and especially of ' foreign syndicates, which buy them at a nominal price and hold them for speculativepur poses. Texas has such a law, which prescribes the conditions upom which aliens' may become land owners. Arkansas, California;Connecticut, In diana, New Hampshire and Tennessee require aliens to become residents of the State before they can become land owners. Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky and S juth Carolina re quire aliens to declare their inten tions to become citizens before they can become real estate owners. The object of this legislation is not so much , to prevent foreigners who come to this country in good faith to make it their home from buying land as to cut oft the foreign syndi cates some of which have secured titles to immense tracts. The fol lowing are-a few of the holdings, to which many more might be added showing the extent to which this land-grabbing has been carried on by foreign syndicates : A Scotch syndicate in Florida owns 500,000 acres; jM. Ellerhausen, Halifax, 600,000; IB. A. Evans, London, 700, 000; Anglo-American syndicate, 750, 000; German syndicate, 1,000,000; Phillips, I Marshall & Co., London, 1,300.000; Marquis Tweedale, 1,750,- 000: English syndicate in Mississip- pipl.800,500; Sir Edward Reid, 2, 000,000; English syndicate No. 3, Texas, 3000,000; Holland Company, New Mexico, 4,500,000. The People's party, of Maine, held a convention last Wednesday, nomi nated a ; State ticket, endorsed the St. Louis" platform, and in addition to that added a tew planks of their own, one of which was a demand for law making eight hours a day's labor, the other demanding protection for labor which reads as follows: "That Congress shall enact a law that any person, firm or corporation who em ploys the labor of foreigners not natural ized shall pay into the United States Treasury one dollar p?r day for every day such foreign labor is thus employed, or such a sum as shall be equal to the highest average protection to capital em ployed n the various industries of this country. We don't know how the farmers of the country would fancy a law which would prohibit them from employing a farm hand, or in harvest time, hands to help them save their crops without first having proof that these hands, if foreigners, were "natural ized." r This convention was evident ly dominated by the Industrial Union, which is interested, in reducing the number of laborers by keeping the foreigner out ot the labor field. There is a conflict here between the interest of the employer in all the industries, and of the farmer especially, which it would be very difficult to harmonize. There are1" antagonistic elements in the third party make-up which cannot possibly work long in concert. Congressman Newberry, of Chi cago, who has been recently feeling the pulse of Illinois, is quoted as saying oh his-return to Washington that four-fifths of the Democrats of that State wanted Cleveland nomi nated while Palmer was almost unani mously the second choice. With Cleveland in the lead he regards Wisconsin as sure for the Demo cratic, par.ty in November as Ken tucky, which is putting -it strong enough. Deeming, the Australian fiend, to be hanged for the murder of four wives and several children, is writing his biography to be given to the woman faewas last engaged to, but who didjn't marry him in time to be killed lite the others. He fears that she may not take it. She will doubtless much rather take his life in this way,' now1 that she knows him, than have him take hers in his usual way. The Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, it is said, ; have listened to the plead ings of the merchant tailors of t this country, and will recommend a $100 limit on the amount of cloth ing which the American tourist may buy abroad and bring home free of duty. ; The high tariff Republicans who buy their clothes in Europe will not like,this. The Mississippi river has been rising tor ; several - days. At New Orleans it is within a foot of high water mark in 1890 and still rising. With the unprecedented heavy rains reported from the northwest within the past few days the probabilities are that it will go above the 90 mark and cause great destruction. .Thus far there has been no serious break" in the levees. The people are . in politics . this year, and this accounts for the strength Cleveland has developed. Weekly WILMINGTON, N. 0., The St. Louis Globe Democrat, Re publican, remarks that the Demo cratic party in - Louisiana has, cap tured the colored brother, with i fair prospects of doing the same thing in several other Southern States, "and wants to know what will becomeof the color line in politics then. Why then the Republican party, if it hangs together that long," will be draw ing it. , , The last report in reference to Blaine's candidacy for the Presi dency,comes in a Washington dispatch to the New York Sun, to the; effect that his family have withdrawn their objection to his running, : and now there is nothing, to prevent him from going in, as it is said this was the chief obstacle. ' ";'V" ; . New York is a city of tenement dwellers, only twelve per cent, of the families living in houses by them selves. ' .' - ' APPOINTMENTS. Deleaatea to tiie Demooratio State and Congressional Conventions from Hew Hanover County. , . i - Mt. Geo. L. Morton. Chairman of the Democratic County Convention, has ap pointed delegates to the State and Con gressional Conventions as follows: , - TO STATE CONVENTION.- , ' Delegates Junius Davis. John H. Daniel, H. L. Vollers, E. L. Pearce, E. S. Latimer, A. G. Ricaud, Daniel Quin- livan, Sol. C.N Weill. Marsden Bellamy, Pembroke Jones, John D. Bellamy, Jr., Frank H. Stedman. George Rountree. Alternates D. G. Worth. J. M. Cronly, A. D. Brown, A. L. Scott, John H. Sweeney. F. A. Montgomery, M. C. S. Nobles, E. CJ. Parmele, E. W. Man ning. C. W. Yates, W. R. Kenan, J. I. Macks. CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. Delegates Mike Carroll, T. M. Cron ly, Isaiah West, W. C. Craft, Martin Newman, William Genaust, H. P. West, J. H. Sweeney, E. G. Polley, J. P. Flynnr F. T. Skipper, B. R, Moore, Frank Maunder, J. W. Jackson, A. L. Scott, S. H. Fishblate. Frank Meier, Walker Taylor, Ed. Daniel, J. M. McGowan. Robt. Bordeaux, D. M. Williams, B. F. Swann, Gerritt Walker, W, P. Oldham, U. M. Robinson, B. F. King, G. W. Westbrook, S. J. Elli3, Mike Cronly. Jr.. W. H. Bernard, E. A. Northrop, J. J. Fowler, J. W. Hewett, Miles F. Costin, Preston Cumming, J. W. Reilly and Josh T. James. Alternates J. u. Love, ts. A. Mc- Clammy, J.G. Oldenbuttle. Albert Gore, D. H. Russell, W. S. Hewlett, J. F- Craig, J. H. Durhsm, Chas. Ganzer. H. H. Mcllhenny. John Silva, Sam Blos som, K. Branch, (j. M. Altatler, U. I. Boney, W. H. Biddle, A. Adrian, William Otersen. Jos. H. Hanby, J. T. Newsome, B. S. Montford, W. H. Yopp. W. C. Jones. G. A. Warren, G. W. Chesnutt, F. W. Ortmann, J. W. Hans- ley. John - Maunder, J. D. H. Klander, Willie Bates, Chas. Scbnibben, Chas. Schullcen, T. J. Pratt, C B. Mallett, Thos. Mason, P. B. Manning, W. L. DeRossett, Jr., H. McL. Green. According to resolution authorizing the chairman to appoint delegates to the various conventions, he becomes a mem ber of each delegation. The members: of the Executive Com mittee for the Senatorial District com posed of New Hanover and Brunswick counties will be announced later. On this committee Brunswick is entitled to one and New Hanover to two delegates. Stato Dental Society. ' : Dr. J. H. Durham, of this city, is the essayist for the eighteenth annual meet ing of the North Carolina State Dental Society, to be held at Winston May 24th. His subject is "The North Carolina State Dental Society," and it will be treated in a strong and practical manner. Dr. J. E. Matthews, also of Wilmington, will read a "voluntary essay" on "Sixth Year Molar," and as he is one of the finest rfechanical dentists in the State; he cannot fail to handle his subject in a satisfactory manner. Pitt County Democratic Convention. A special dispatch to the Star from Greenville says that the Pitt County Democratic Convention which met yes terdav was harmonious throughout. Delegates elected to the State Conven tion were uninstructed, and no resolu tions were adopted. The dispatch adds. Democracy need have no fears for the Pitt delegation. Gr. Caterpillar Welsh. In another column will be found the long-deferred official report of Capt George Caterpillar Welsh, of the "Karo- lina Sentral.'' The delay is excusable, for it takes time to manufacture 9,463,201 dead and wounded : caterpillars, and when George gets up his "little hatchet' stories he's nothing if not artistic. Ar ter Captain George Washington Cater pillar Welsh's frank admission that he is "somewhat of a prevaricator" himself. the reader will make due allowance for all his little "anecdotes." Congressional Districts. Under the new arrangement the Sixth and Third Congressional Districts are now constituted as follows, viz: Sixth district-Anson," Brunswick. Columbus, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Pender, Richmond, Robeson and Union. 'Third district Bladen,. Cumberland Duplin, Craven, Harnett, Jones, Moore, Onslow and Sampson. CATERPILLAR WELSH, Card of Explanation Partial Be turns of the Slain. : " Editor Morning Star : . "Caterpillar Welsh" desires to state in replyjto the Star, and also to apologize for "the de lay in sending': in a full report of the slam and wounded. This is due to tne returns not being all in. However, ninety-four precincts heard from give a grand total of 9,463,201. But as the writer once remarked to tne sporting editbr of the Star, I am somewhat ot a liar myself. After he had written up the evening before a full, complete and elab orate account of the Frank Cunningham Concert at the Wilmington Upera House during the last encampment showing how the audience applauded begging them to come again,. &- he, the said s. e. went in pursuit of game. - The poor printer, supposing all 0. printed it in great shape. N. B. The conceit has , not taken place up to date. FRIDAY,; MAY 13, 1892. U. S. DISTRICT COURT. Illicit Whiskey Distillers Pined and Im prisonedOther Violations of Internal Bevenne and Lottery laws. At yesterday's session of the U. S. District Court sentence was passed on prisoners convicted Wednesday, as fol lows: , --.v'.; ;-V?-V ' ''-.-"v Thos. B. Darden, charged, with vio lation of internal revenue laws having in nis possession a barrel of unstamped whiskey was sentenced to pay a fine ot $200 and be: imprisoned in Sampson county jail for nine months. , -v Walter McJIraughon, convicted of il- iclt distilling, $1000 fine and six months in Sampson county jail. xHenry Lee, bonvicted of working in an unlicensed distillery, $100 fine and two months in' Sampson county jail. Other cases, tried yesterday, were dis posed of as follows : J. W. Hodges, sending a postal card through the mails concerning a lottery. GuiTty. i Judgment that the-defendant pay a fine of $100 and the. costs. ' B. L. Jones,! charged with retaili liquor without4icense. Not guilty. Jennie Kelly, a colored woman from. Robeson county, charged with retailing liquor without license. Verdict, - not guilty. , .. : M. P. Smith!, charged with resisting an officer. Verdict, not guilty. The case of the First-National Bank of New York vs.; George Rosenthal, was argued on a motion for judgment by plaintiff's counsel, Mr. Sol. C. Weill, and as. C. McRde, Esq., in reply for defend ant. The case was continued. The case of W. S. O'B. Robinson, re ceiver of the birst National Bank of Wilmington, vS The City of Wilming ton (to restrain the city from collecting tax on stock of the bank) was argued on demurrer by defendant. The grand jury returned not a true bill as to Sam'l E. Mintz and Ashley Townsend. 1 1 The Court ordered that the jury list be revised by the clerk and jury com missioner. I The grand and petit juries were dis charged for the term and the Court took a recess until 8 o'clock thi3 morning. BAD FOR TRUCKERS. Damage by Drought in the Charleston and Savannah Sections "Wilmington as Yet Unaffected, j - The truck farmers in the .Wilmington section have as yet suffered no loss from the effects of prolonged dry weather. Their crops are in fairly good condition, but a little rain would be by no means an unwelcome visitor. In other sec tions, however j particularly in the neigh borhood of Savannah and Charleston, the drought has worked havoc with the truckers. The-" Charleston News and Courier, commenting upon the bad season, says it is one of the .worst on truck that the farmers- have ever had to contend with. The late cold winter began by giving the vegetables such a backset -that fine weather during- the past six weeks was imperatively necessary to bring the vege tables back to a fairly good condition. but so far from the recent weather be ing propitious it has been even more disastrous than the frost and cold snaps were. The indications now are that un less rain and heavy, continued rain ' falls very soon the injury sustained by the truck farmers from the drought will be incalculable; Cabbage and potatoes are the most important crops, and both of these have already been greatly dam aged. ; ' ' J . . f beveral farmers were yesterday asked to estimate roughly what had been the injury already sustained, for every one with one accord admits that there has been injury done. Estimates varied pretty widely, as estimates under these circumstances always wilfdo.r Several gentlemen, whose knowledge and ex perience in such matters entitle their opinion to a considerable degree of im- S)rtance, said that the cabbage crop ot barleston and vicinity had already been cut short fully 50 per cent, by the drought. More conservative, estimates place the injury at 25 per cent. The potatoes have been seriously in jured, but it is impracticable to give fi gures regarding them yzt awhile. An other seven or ten days without a good rain will produce -in that crop results equally as disastrous as those already apparent in the cabbage fields, inqui ry among the shippers and transporta tion companies developed tne lact tnat shipments this season already show a decided falling off from those of the same period of last year. A 50 per cent, decrease in the cabbage crop is an important matter. Had the crop been a good one something like 550,000 crates of cabbages would have been ship ped from Charleston this season. To scale those figures 50 per cent in addi tion to the enormous loss to farmers, would be a very important matter to the railroads, and when a similar decrease in potato shipment appears to be imminent the matter becomes serious indeed. . In the meantime, to add to the un promising outlook, the markets continue apparently to be based upon tne assump tion of a big crop. Strawberries are a partial exception to the above general statements about vegetables. Though injured to some extent both by the cold and tne drought that crop nas been un usually large this year, and the indica tions are that this year's crop will greatly exceed that of last season. 1 ROBESON COUNTY DEMOCRATS. Max ton Township Meeting Fledges Sup , port to All Democratic Nominees No ; Third-Partyiam Delegates to County J ' Convention.! ' ,. '! - -. .. " Special Star Correspondence Maxton. N. C, May 7. The Dem ocratic Convention of.Maxton township assembled here to-day at 11 o'clock and was called to or'der by Chairman Wm. Black. There was a full turnout, and after a heated discussion, resolutions " renewing our fealty to the Democratic party and pledging our support of all Democratic nominees in county, State and national conventions," were adopted. The resolutians were (intro duced by Col. M. McRae, and heartily espoused by Mr. J. F. Payne.: The following delegates were elected to. the County MJnvention, viz.: 1. j?. Payne. H. C. McNair, Col. M. McRae, E. S. Lathropi J. W. Carter, and Tames McBryde? ! - -" You can safely put it down in your little book that there is no Third party- ism in this delegation. Count on Maxton for the old and true Democracy, j Onk of the Boys. Mr.: S. j R. Townsend, of Red Springs, manager of the Townsend Ho tel, was in the city yesterday. TAR. FAST MAIL SERVICE. Its Importance to the Southern Seaboard Cities It Should he Continued. The fast mail service- is probably a disadvantage to many Southern newspa pers, but they all favor its continuance for the geneial good. Wilmington is interested, along with her sister cities ot the Seaboard, and her business 'men may read' with interest the following from the Savannah News : . The House Committee on Postoffices and -Postroads did( wisely when it in cluded in the "postoffice aoDrooriation bill an item of $106,000 to cover the ex pense of the Boston and Tampa fast mail, against the recommendation of the Postmaster General. 1 It is hoped the House will act as wisely ahd pass the appropriation., w .- j ; It seems wholly unnecessary to dilate upon the importance ot the service." No argument- is necessary to. show that any service which brines twenty-odd cities, rtwo of, which are among the largest in the world, into close com mercial : relatuons, f is of great and in creasing benefit to the section thus pro vided for. In this instance- that section is the whole Atlantic seaboard, from Massachusetts to Florida. Boston, New York and Brooklyn are on the line as well as Jacksonville, Savannah and Charleston, and the service is of benefit to the former cities as well as the latter. though possibly not in as great degree. 1 rathe between the first named cities might be cared for by other schedules of quite as high rate of speed if the fast mail should be discontinued; but the main purpose of the service is to. afford the Northern citiesquick mail communi cation with the cities of the South and the Southern cities a continuous fast ser vice over the southern seaboard trunk lines which otherwise could not be main tained. From Washington south the tide of travel fluctuates with the season to such extent that at times the travel does not demand the high rate of speed required and maintained between the large cities to the north and northwest of Washington. The amount asked by Congress is not large, but the. results to be obtained will be most valuable in con tinuing a legitimate outgrowth of the postal system, which has become indis pensable to Southern business interests. SHOOTING SCRAPE. An Old Negro Shot by His Son Escape X of the Would-be Murderer. Information was brought to the City Hall last night that John Lee, a colored man about 22 years of age, had shot his father, Thomas Lee, at their home on Eighth and Brunswick streets.in "Brook lyn." Policemen hurried , to the scene of the shooting, but before they reached there John Lee had made his escape. - The story told by the old man is that he ahd his son got into a dispute, upon the father rebuking him for spitting on the table, and as a result of the quarrel his sori drew a pistol, and shot him. The weapon was discharged four times, but only one ball took effect, striking old man Lee in the face, breaking the bone of the nose and the cheek-bone and glanc ing .upward,- lodged near the centre of the forehead. The shooting occurred about 7 o'clock. and Dr. Potter was called to attend the wounded man at 10 o'clock. The doc tor examined and dressed the wound, and said that heliardly thought it dan gerous. The story told by John Lee, before he "took to ihe woods," is that his father was beating his (John's) mother, and he shot him to keep him from killing her. AT ST. MARY'S. Ceremony of Laying the Corner Stone of J the Catholic Cathedral. The excursionists who went from this city to St. Mary sin Gaston county, to attend the laying of the coiner-stone of the Cathedral at that place, returned yes terday morning, arriving at about five o'clock. There were about thirty in the party. The corner-stone was laid on Wednesday, and in accordance with the ritual of the Catholic i Church for such occasions. Kev. father f elix was master of ceremonies, and Bishop Haid deliv ered the sermon. The Bishop was ac companied by the Rt. Rev. Abbot Ber nard, of Minnesota; Very Kev. r. Willi bald, of Richmond; Very Rev. F. Wil liam, ot Savannah, and a large number of I priests, among whom was Rev. Father Dennin, of this city. The cor ner-stone is a large granite block with a cavity 8 by 8 inches, in which were placed interesting papers, coins, etc. The most important document was that which contained the names of the reign ing Pope, the Bishop of the Diocese, the President of the United States, the Governor of the State and the names of the assistant prelates and priests. j . The TJIrioh Injunction Case. The injunction case of Mr. Wm Ulnch, Jr., against the city authorities of Wilmington, was argued before Judge Winston at Clinton yesterday by HOn. A. M. Waddell for plaintiff and Col T. W. Strange and Tnoj D. Bellamy. Jr, Esq., for defendants. Judge Winston announced that he would make known his final determination in the matter at Goldsboro on Saturday next. . The lawyers, Mayor Ricaud and others who went up to Clinton yesterday returned last evening. A Confederate Veteran Dead. Mr. Isaac H. Brown died at his resi dence, corner Eighth and Chesnut streets, In this city yesterday morning, in the 65th year of his age. The funeral services were held in the afternoon, con ducted by Rev. Mr. McCltrre of St. An drews' Church, , and the remains were taken to Burgaw for Interment. Mr. Brown was a gallant Confederate soldier, He was a member of Company K, Third N. C. Infantry, and lost his right arm in battle early in the war. His remains were escorted to the railroad depot by some of his old comrades in arms Cols. E. D. Hall, Wm, L. De Rossett, John L. Cantwell, and Messrs, Peter Smith and J. D. Orrell. : Mr. J. R. Maxwell, a former Representative in the Legislature, from Sampson, county, and a "true-blue" Dem ocrat, was a visitor at the Star office yesterday. - t i ' Mr. J. C. Daniel, of Bladen is another old subscriber to the Star who made us a visit yesterday.- He re ports the present crop outlook very fa vorable in his neighborhood. ; NO; 25 WASHINGTON NEWS7 Bt Telezraph to the Moraing Star. . Washington. May 5. The Senate Commerce Committee, by a unanimous vote, decided this morning to report fa vorably on the bill granting American register Uncertain foreign-built ships of tohage of not less than 8.000 tons, and a speed of not less than 20 ' knots, which passed the House Monday. Senatot Fry, Chairman of the Committee, was ctumunzeu w urge us immediate con 1 : j a ' . ' sideration by the Senate, , and this Jie will do at the first opportunity. Secre tary Tracy in a letter to the Committee expresses the opinio that-the bill is second in importance only to the Naval Appropriation bill, and urges its pas sage. . 1 he "act to prohibit the carrvintr of Siamese persons into tne U. 5. was laid before the President to-day and he had a conference with the Attorney- vjcucrdi m regard 10 it. .... 1 ne latter ex plained the matter carefullv anrf in formed the President that it was a verv givc question wnetner an existing res- 11U.UVC legislations Qia not exnire to. morrow. In order, therefore, to avoid any possible legal complications that might arise on that point, the Prcsirionf affixed his signature to the bill and it is the law of the land from to-day. CHEATED THE GALLOWS. A Prisoner Convicted of Murder Commits Suicide in His Cell. . Savannah, Ga., May 5. Elijah Sher man, who was convicted in Bryon county Superior Court last night of the murder of a young man named Butler, commit ted suicide in his cell after sentence was passed. He broke his skull by but ting his head against the wall and drank poison. Sherman's ' three sons, who were tried with him, were acquitted. rhey proved that thev were compelled to kill Butler by their father, who threat ened to kill them if they did not shoot Butler. Sherman was over fiftv vears u uu luc worse cnaracier in tne county. 1.1 -1 .1 VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS. Roanoke, Va., May. 6. It was 8 o'clock this morning before the Repub lican State Convention adjourned. A big fight was made on the question of instructing delegates to Minneapolis to vote for Harrison. Messrs. Mahone and Langstone opposed this, and for a while it looked as though a dead-lock would ensue. A vote was finally taken and Mr. Mahone won by a vote of 392 to 173. Mr. Mabone stated that if the delegates were instructed to vote for Mr. Harrison he would not. obey the in structions. The Convention then ad journed sine die. ANOTHER DIVIDEND To the Creditors of the People's National Bank of Fayette vllle. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, May 7. The Comp troller ot the currency has declared a second dividend of 15 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the People's National Bank, of Fayetteville, N. C, making 35 per cent, on all claims proved, amount ing to $114,353. - FLOODS IN THE WEST. Great Destruction of Property Towns and Farms Flooded People Homeless. By Telegraph to the Mnming Star. Warsaw, Ill.7 May 7. Alexander, Mo., located just opposite here, has been flooded by the breaking of the Egyptian levee, which skirts the Des Moines er. Local rains caused a heavy rise in that turbulent stream, and despite all efforts to save it the waters broke over, doing incalculable damage to farms. Reaching -Alexander it was soon flood ed, and" people were driven from "their homes. u' Morris, III.. May 7. Rain has been falling with such persistency here tor the last four days that great damage has been done to crops. Illinois river has risen' to a height which has compelled the people of the lower part of town to move out. ' Peoria, 111., -May 7. -Rescuing parties who have been out in Lamarch Drainage all night have found six of the twenty endangered tamilies. They have been over the entire district and do not know whether the remaining families are sate or not. Damage will reach a very large figure, no estimate of which can be made yet. Destruction is complete and there is a scene of veriest desolation, t lood was due to the! giving way of the great Marsn uine lifteen miles long ana a protecting strip of bottom land about two miles wide. 50UTI4ERN BAPTISTS. The Convention - at Atlanta $14,000 Baised for the Centennial Mission A Remarkable Scene. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Atlanta, Ga., May 7. At the South ern Baptist Convention to-day a resolu tion was introduced by Dr. Carroll, of North Carolina, looking to a change in the basis of representation so as to re duce delegations. 1 his was opposed and a good deal of discussion resulted. Call for the regular order then side tracked the resolution. Dr. Carter, of Raleigh, spoke on the moral basis of missions.' An unique scene was enacted after this. It was announced that there were present in the con vention six brethren who had been present in Augusta forty-seven yeirs ago when the Southern Baptist Conven tion 'had been organized. They were Dr. S. G. Hillyer, Atlanta; Dr W. H Robert, Miss.; Dr. A. W. Mahoney, Sr. Dr. Erwin, Dr. T. S. Smith, Sr., and Dr. I. T. Spark; weak and tremulous and white-headed old men, ready all of them were, and as they stood up, nana in hand, before the Convention, by the side of the President, the audience, led by a strong-lunged preacher, arose as one man and sung that - old. time hymn. "How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord." It was a remarkable scene, the likebf which has seldom been witnessed, and many an eye was moistened with the tear of emotion. - . Dr. John A. Broadus delivered an able address on "How best to utilize the centennial mission."; . Dr. H. C. Mabie, of the Foreign Mis sion Board, reviewed the work of the Board at length. The Centennial Mis sion Fund was then started. Hon. Josephus Levering started it with a con tribution of (5,000, and added another $5,000 .for his brother, Eugene. Inside of ten minutes $14,000 had been raised. To-morrow almost every pulpit in the city and surrounding towns will be filled by visiting Baptist clergy. A Minneapolis dispatch says: The plant of the Northern Car Manufactur ing Co., at Robbersdale, a suburb of this city, was burned yesterday, jwjss siuu, 000; insurance small. Between 150 and 200 men are thrown out ot employment. . SPIRITS TURPENTINE f Salisbury Herald : - Davidson - county - was at one time the home of uamel Koone, the great North Carolina pioneer. -Ten miles from Lexington is a cave once occupied by Boone, and near this his primitive cabin stood. though the latter is now almost entirely ' ODiiteratea. But the hearthstone is yet preserved. An effort will be made to , have this exhibited at the World's Fair. Statesville Landmark: Green ' goods letters continue to flood the mails and have become a chesnut.. Hard ly a day passes but some of our citizens receive these humbugging propositions. - rars. x irza rarKS, motner 01 Mr. D. and Capt. T. M. Parks, of Statesville. - whose death near Rocky River Church, Cabarrus county, was noted in the Landmark last week, was 84 old on the 3rd of April and died on the 25th. Norwood Vidette: We have conversed with many of the leading Al liance uemocrats ot this county and find-that they are fully awake as to the , political situation and we believe that when they are called upon lor action, wisdom and discretion will guide them. Mr. Joseph Dunn, the vounsr em ployee of W. A. Marks, while working at a ripsaw last Saturday, bad the misfor tune of getting his left hand badly man gled. One finger was amputated and the remaining ones were severely torn by the teeth, which will disable him for several weeks. Some one attempt ed to murder Mr. Ed. Sweanington near Norwood last Friday. A load of buck shot was fired at him, which tore through nis coat in several places, and glazed his ' person; but ho severe imuries were sus- tained. The person was not recognized. nor can his motive be understood for attempting such -a crime. r Greensboro Record-. F. F. Smith. of this city, has ten acres in peach trees in the southeastern part of Guilford county, and a visit to the orchard yes terday discovered that bis trees were loaded with fruit. He has given us a twig three prongs about ten inches long, which, contains 34 well formed : . peaches, all larger than a buckshot. We hope there are manv such orchards in Guilford. It don't seem reasonable that in a Southern town where so many our oest ana oravest men Dared their breasts and lost their lives in defence of the Southern cause that there could be found a human being so thoughtless or debased as to mutilate the monument which marks the last resting place of more than ja. hundred Confederate sol diers. We blush for our town while we make the statement; vet it is a lament able fact that two balls of about 82 calibre have been fired into the life-sized copper statue of a Confederate soldier which stands sentinel over the sacred dust of these dead soldiers. - Goldsboro Headlight: A num- ber of farmers are complaining of bad stands of cotton, and some will have to plant over. They planted much earlier than usual, and the cotton either did ' not come up or has died from the effects of the cold weather. A prominent farmer of this county was in our office yesterday, informed us that there is more corn planted in this section this year than any heretofore. While Chas. F. Lombard, a New- Hope town, ship negro, was chopping brush in the ' woods Saturday morning.a branch struck him in the left eye, bursting the ball. A young colored woman named Hattie Eventt, in Brogden township, was handling a pistol Monday which, had not been used for some time, when . it was accidentally discharged, the ball entering her left cheek and coming out on the back of her neck. At the primary convention held in Grantham's township Saturday the Democratic plat- iorm 01 iau ana tne ucaia demands were voted down and the St. Louis plat form adopted in its stead. And all . this was done in a Democratic convention and its members claiming to be Demo crats. Charlotte Observer: Mrs. Mary McNeely, aged 88 yeaas, died Wednes day evening at her home near Derita. - Mention was made a few davs ago of a secret Alliance meeting in this city. it may have been a third party meeting instead. News has leaked out from this or some other secret meeting that the Alliance or third party ticket for the Legislature, in part, is as follows: For the Senate, T. L. Vail; for the House, Nick Gibbon and H. K. Reid. Register Cobb and Treasurer McClintock are marked for decapitation but it has not been learned who their successors are to be, Disquiet and unrest prevailed in Paw Creek Wednesday night. About 9 o'clock some colored people living ' near Mr. M. M. McCord s place descried a peculiar looking object in- the field. livery now and then it would rise from the earth and remain in the air a few min utes, and . then "flop" back again. It was too dark for any one to tell the size or manner of being of the remarkable thing, and the negroes soon became alarmed and began to raise a terrible commotion. All were ordered to arm themselves that together they might ' venture forth, and fathom the mystery. Several starts were made, but one bvone they fell back, and no two were braye enough to go forward. In the meantime the object began to move toward the crowd, and that routed the entire armed force. Finally the white people learned of the 'sperret" and went out to the field to see what the thing was. It turned out to be a balloon the one sent up a Belmont Tuesday afternoon, and which had landed in the field in Paw Creek. Weldon News; Mr. George B. Hackett. of Littleton, has in his posses sion a pair of brass andirons which were the property of George Washington and were used by him in camp. He gave -them to one of his aid-de-camps, who was an ancestor of Mr. Hjackett, and they have been in possession of the fami ly ever sfnee. When Mr. Hackett moved to Littleton from Maryland he brought these relics of other days with him. Their history is authentic. The ex cavators at the Great Falls canal un earthed a large number of Indian curi osities last week, consisting of pottery, needles, arrows, bones and numerous other evidences of a once Indian camp on the banks of the Roanoke river. A large skull with receding forehead, in a re markable state of preservation, was taken out; also leg and arm bones. The needles were exhibited here Saturday. They are made of bones, and are thought by many to have been made from the tusks of the wild boar. At Ridgeway. which is, by the way. becoming a fruitgrowing lo cality, an enterprising farmer cultivates blackberries as he would other fruit, and has several acres which ought to yield a good crop this year. They are set out in rows several feet apart and are culti vated with hoe and plow. For some years the blackberry crop has been an important one in some sections of the State,' but this . is the first in stance we know of in this part of the State, where they are cultivated. -On Friday morning about three o'clock the house of Sam. Johnson, col ored, about foar miles from Halifax, took fire and burned to the ground. All its contents were also destroyed. Johnson was away from home at the time being employed upon another , farm. His wife and two children were in the house at the time. She was . awakened in the night by the report of the gun which wa3 exploded by the heat of the fire, and when she realized what was the matter she ran out of the house -in her fright and excitement, leaving the two children. After getting out she remembered the children and went back for the purpose of rescuing them, but the house was filled with smoke and she could do nothing. She saw one of them wrap himself in a balanket to pro tect himself from the flames and crawl under the bed. In a few minutes the. roof fell in and that was the end. The bodies of the two children were almost completely consumed. :- '
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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