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..-:-fiL.-;. s - -J-'. ' . V .. . .V... viJL rVBUSHBO AT'; .:. . WILMINGTON, N. C, .00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. $1 88SSSS3SSS8888SSS '88888888888888888 8S88888888888S8S8 sqioow SI 88888888888888888 sqjaopi S 8S88S88828S888888 qiaom I 88888858828888888 S8SS88888888 88888888888888888 W u 0. in 3s s si Cl to fcao o -h oo r-t r-t r- y-i r- 1 Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, as Second Class Matter. ! , SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price M the Weekly Star is as Single Copy 1 year, postage paid $1 00 ............ 60 c 80 " . " 6 montns " " : 8 months REPUBLICAN) BLUNDERING. ai Tnhn S. Wise, formerly of Vir- ginia, but now a resident of New York, has been telling through a Northern magazine what every intelligeat cit izen of of this country should know, what has made the South "solidly Democratic, namely the blundering, prescriptive legislation during the chys of so-called reconstruction. There wera three distinguished ac tors in the conflict between the North and the. South, the. bullet-dealing part of which ended at Appomattox, who, if they hud had their way, would have brought the estranged sections together without any. of the prescriptive or blundering legislation which was a part of that scheme. If Lincoln had lived, and had his' way, he would have war ended, the Union the States that had would have welcomed declared the restored, and gone out he back without any jaunting reminders or humiha- ting conditions. malice in. his Llncoln had no heart towards the South, and he was statesman enough to see that the country had nothing to gain by sectional or partisan pro- scnption. His two most distinguished and successful GeneralsGrant and Sherman agreed with him in his broad and patriot ic view of the situa the course to pur- tio:i and as .to sue. Grant, vhe the power of the Confederacy was exhausted, dealt with General Led not as a conquered enemy, but as a citizen of our com- mon country, and a representative of a people who were entitled to respectful consideration. Sherman made terms with! Johnson so liberal that the partisan leaders on the I other side persuaded Mr. Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson, to refuse to accept them. Neither Lincoln, Grant nor Sher man contended or fought for negro emancipation, or negro suffrage. the former was the work ot a comparatively small but very ac tive and influential element in the Republican! party; the lat ter was, an after-thought of Re publican politicians of the bold, ad vanced type, who thought , they saw in the negro an element of power for r.-... mUInU U I . I liitu jjcu lj wuili wuuiu cuauic 11 tu gain ascendency in the South and hold it in the country lor many years to come That's where they made their mis take and showed that they knew neither the Southern white man nor the Southern black man. If the men who controlled the action of the Re publican party at the close 5of the war had been patriots and states men instead of tricky, unscrupu lous politicians and power-grasping sectionalists they would have said to the South when she laid down her " arms : "You fought to go out of the Union; we fought to keep you in ou tailed; we succeeded. You are in. with all the rights and privileges that you once had. Come and exer -cise them; let by gones be by gones, andjet us look to the future, not to the past.- Let the peace declared be poace indeed and the Union restored, with fraternal feeling cemented, be perpetual." What a magnificent exhibition of magnanimous patriotism that would have been. What a grand stroke ot statesmanship and of mas- " terly politics it the same time How many men in the South would have felt like arraying them selves in oppostion to a. triumphant party which could in the moment of triumph, when it was all power ful, have risen l o that grand plane of magnanimity. What motive cotfld there have been, for opposition? None. what was there to be gained by it? Nothing. Had. something like that been done, had there been no pros- i cnption of Southern white men, and no enfranchisement of the ex-slave to keep the white men of the South m political subjection, the Republican party would soon have been as solid in the South, as the Democratic oartv has been and is and will be while the Republican patty lives actuated bv sectional spirit which has character- - u miii vuaracicrizes it. ue - luded by a miscalculation which, was f s shortsighted and blundering as its inspiration w narH-n vnH lsh, the leaden! of that party ' enter-1 el upon the policy of proscribing "'c southern white man and formed - partnership with the negro, upon -wa it nas since been and still is VOK XXIII. dependent for the main 'strength it has in this section and . always .must be, for the day has gone when it can ever hope to command . a res pectable white following - in the South. The day was when it could. WHY HE IS STRONG. The names of a dozen gentlemen have been mentioned, and several of them strongly advocated, for the Democratic nomination for thePresi- v. . dency, but among all these the ma jority ot the Democratic masses seems to have centered on Grover Cleveland as the man to lead and to win.' The demand for his nomina tion comes from 'the people, comes spontaneously,, without any cultivat ing, 'any manipulating or any boom? mg. If Cleveland or any friend of his at his desire or suggestion, has ever turned over his hand or said a word to influence public opinion in his favor, that fact has been most successfully kept secret. The "only utterances that -Mr. Cleveland has made on the subject of his nomination were the two letters he wrote some time ago, one in an swer to an inquiry by Gen Bragg, of Wisconsin, m which he said , that while he did not desire the nomina tion, and would prefer to continue in the private station, it his candidacy was deemed desirable and ' his party called him, he would obey the call, not because he aspired to the office. but from a sense of duty. The other was to a friend in Ten nessee, who wrote that the Demo cracy of that State favored his nom ination, in- which after acknowledg ing his appreciation of the confi dence reposed in him by the Tennes see Democracy, he candidly express ed his doubts as to the advisability of nominating him, something which no man who was an aspirant to and really desired the office, would have thought of saying. And yet that man's name has : re sounded from one end of this Re public to the other, the people have demanded, him, conventions have met and' instructed, their delegates for him, all without one movement to so influence public sentiment, un til now on the eve of the Conven tion he looms up above all whose names have been mentioned and it is generally conceded, even among those who prefer others, that his nomination is a foregone conclu- sion. , Why is this f ; Why has this man who rather seems to keep aloof from the people than to court popular ity by mingling with the throng, such a strong hold not only upon the masses of his own party but of thousands outside of his own party ? He is, not a brilliant, dashing, mag netic,, captivating man like Blaine, the man he defeated in 1884. but he is what the people deem better, able, sincere and straightforward, bold in the declaration of his convictions re gardless of the effect that such de claration might have on his political fortunes. 1 his very candor is one -fit.- L ! i . 1 t-I I 01 me oojccupns argueu agauibi uiiu i by some, but it has made . him stronger with the people who admire a bold, honest man whether they agree withliim in everything or not. There is no doubt as to, his popu larity and strength within the Dem ocratic party, save in his own State, where there is a division of senti ment as to who should be the stand- ardbearer, he or Senator Hill; but, conceding Senator Hill's' popularity, there are many who maintain that Grover Cleveland would poll the full strength of the party, and in addition to that would command thousands of votes outside of the Democratic par ty, which no other Democratic can didate would be apt to do. The peo ple have, this belief and this makes them still stronger for Cleveland. In an interview a few days ago as to who he thought was the strongs est candidate, Carl Schurz, who has not been active in poli tics for several years, but still a leader in a quiet way and a man of close observation, expressed" the opinion that Cleveland was only the strongest man" in other States, but the strongest in New York, strongest in the fact that while he could com mand the full support of the -Democratic party, he could poll a larger independent vote than any other candidate who will be before the Convention, and In addition '; to this would receive more Republican votes than any other Democrat could. He stated that among ; men of his per sonal acquaintance there were at least a dozen Republicans, men -not- classed as . independents, but as Republicans, - who ; told him that if . Cleveland was nominated they would vote for him, and, as he said, he had no reason to believe that this experience was confined to him, but that there were probably many ; others of .large acquaintance I with Republicans in r the business I waiKS or nie wno couiu say mc sauip. I It is such incidents as this, the well grounded conviction that he can ta irsntMm 1 more -mrbads into the Republican J ranks than any other candidate could, commanqine muepenucui voie,uiKc m ii , j . e. t while at the1 same time commanding I the full strength of his own party, I which with the implicit confidence 3 the Democracy of the country has in j him and the further , fact that he is I the typical champion-of .. tariff ' re- I form, which is to be Mi issue, which!! makes his name a tower of strength I and singles him out as the standard bearer of the Democracy in the coming contest of the people against the monopolists- MINOR MENTION. Chicago correspondents in specu lating on the situation and the plans and hopes of friends of the . respec tive candidates for the Presidency, hint' at certain -contingencies that may arise . and the .course that may be pursued to meet them in the event they do. One of these contingencies hinges upon the Vote of New York, and the plan hinted at is to divide it, giving the Februaror Hill, dele gates one-half, "'and the : May, or Cleveland, delegates one-half, which can be done, it is said, by the Com mittee on Credentials, of which Cleveland's friends have a majority. If the committee should so report the report could be put through the convention, as it would require only a maionty vote, ana tne weveiana men have more than that. We trust that this contingency may not arise, and if it does that Mr. Cleveland's friends will not take advantage of their numerical strength either in the Committee, on Credentials or in the Conventions to reap benefit from it. They can't divide the New York delegation without arbitrarily ignor ing the time-honored usage of our National Conventions, and if it did it would so enrage the friends of Senator Hill that it would be utterly impossible to get them in line for Mr. Cleveland if he be nominated. New York may or may not be neces sary to the nomination of Mr. Cleve land, but in all probability it will be necessary to his election, and there fore nothing should be done in that Convention to give ground for the charge that his friends took undue advantage, because they had the numerical strength to do it, of other candidates. When JMr. Blaine so suddenly sent in bis resignation- as secretary or State, just as the delegates to the Minneapolis Convention were gath ering in that city, and it was so promptly and curtly accepted by the President, the general impression was that it was one of Blaine's sagacious .and dramatic strokes, timed for effect on the situation at Minneapo lis, but it is now said that instead of being this, it was a freeze-out, and that Blaine, who bad no idea of re signing then, wasY absolutely com pelled to do it to - preserve bis own self-respect. Blaine's action, accord ing to the Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, a very fair, honest and conservative paper, which has no motive and is too truth ful to misrepresent, was precipitated by Secretary Foster, who was present as "special commissioner" at the conference being held between Mi. Blaine and the Canadian commission- . J , 1 i V 1. ,t I ers, auu at oueswgc ui iuc piuiccu- i lings bluntly informed Mr. tsiaine that the President would not ap? prove his views, whereupon Mr. Blaine abruptly brought the proceed ings to a close, and at once forward ed resignation. The fact that the conference was brought to a sudden close, without any previous intima tion to the Canadian commissioners,, who were surprised and indignant at this unceremonious treatment, gives color to this statement, which fur ther supported by the fact that while Mr, Blaine promptly sent a telegram of congratulation to Whitelaw Reid upon his nomination for the Vice Presidency, it has not yet occurred to "him to congratulate Mr. Harrison. ......' Fourteen years ago Mr. Garfield, then Senator, afterwards President in discussing the Pension question, estimated $38,000,000 as the possible maximum, and predicted .a speedy decrease from this. If Mr. Garfield were alive now, , he would realize what a poor prophet he was on this line. The appropriations for the next fiscal year amount to $135,000, 000, and this will be several millions short of meeting the requirements. It is estimated , by those who have given the subject study and have ac cess to the records for investigation, that it will require $160,000,000 to meet the ' demands for pen sions next , year at the rate at which claims are being allowed now, and as the Republican conven tion at Minneapolis declared in favor of "liberal pensions" there is no pro bability that any backward step will be taken or that they will be less liberal than they have been. About the only thing that will modify this "liberality" will be the capacity of the Government to raise money. This is a matter in which'the people of the whole country are interested, but especially .the r people-of the J South or f ujjy njne-tenths ot the i money paid out I or pensions is paiu I out on the other side of the line,"and goes into circulatioii there, while the South, which pays its full proportion I OUUlll. WUlt,U UAT9 IU lull Uluuwiuuu of aggregate amount does not see a decimal part of it in return. Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain is the stoutest royal personage in Europe. She is also considered the most good- natured. .WEEKLY Wilmington; n. p.- Mr. Hopson has got 'the grip on the denizens of the town of Strat- ford. Conn., and if he should run for Mayor there, isn't a man in that town who could hold a candle to him. . He got the grip this way. - He .demon strated to their entire satisfaction that'one acre of swamp in that vicin ity was capable of turning out an-. nuaUy 43,560,000 able-bodied, indus trious and fully equipped mosquitoes. He then reclaimed the swamps, there-. abouts, and put a perpetual embargo on 1,200,000,000 of these festive in sects which the people of - that com munity had been annually compelled to board and lodge free gratis .and for nothing. " The mosquitos are si lent but the people are hailing him as a benefactor deserving of all honorV Rev." Father Mollinger,f who "died in Pittsburg, Pa., a few days ago, was famous for the cures he performed, some of them so extraordinary as to be classed with ihe miraculous. .Be fore a priest he was a physician, and a skilled one. - He made no charge for his treatment and thous ands sought his aid for relief from their ailments, which he never re fused to give. He did not rely upon faith and prayers alone for the cure of disease, but from his knowledge as a physician prescribed such medi cine as he thought suited the case; but doubtless the implicit 'faith that his patients had in him had much to do with some of the marvelous cures attributed to him. Some newspaper Jenkins has been interviewing Whitelaw Reid's little boy to find out-whether he liked America better than France, and im parts the gratifying information that Master Reid not only likes America better than France, but better than any, other country. The ' American eagle may now soar on extended pin ion and feel joyful, and the great American barn-yard chanticleer may mount the nearest and the high est fence and proceed to crow. But why didn't this idiot also interview Mr. Reid's little girl ? Is it a matter of no concern to the sixty-odd mil lions of people who scuffle along in this Republic what country she likes best ? Gen. Chalmers, of Mississippi, nses to remark that, the nomination" of Harrison forever blasts any hope- that I the Republican party might have cherished of gaining a foothold in the South, and pathetically con cludes with "peace to its ashes." He, seems to think it will be cremated. That's what will happen to all the Republicans some of these days, if they don't reform, make atonement. and switch off before they reach they perpetual crematory. x If the crop reports from Russia be true, there is another year of starva tion before a large section of that country. Several districts which last year yielded crops, have been infest ed by insect pests which have very much reduced, if, they have not rain ed the crops, while the famine ctrirfcpn Hisfrirt hav nnt rernverd: ' j there IS no SUrolus food OQ hand to draw from. A i Northern contemporary con gratulates the country on the set back to political bossism in the de feat of Piatt, Quay, Clarkson and Cameron by President Harrison at Minneapolis. But that was not a layout of bossism. It was simply the big boss with his retinue of of ficeholders getting away with the little bosses who didn't have any offices at their disposal. Sir William Gordon Cumming who sometime ago figured in that bacca rat scandal in wh'ch the Prince of Wales also figured, is going to stand for Parliament from a Scotch bor ough." Murder at Florence, S. C. A cold-blooded m urder at Florence S. C. last Thursday afternoon,, is re ported by" police - officer Turlington. Josiah McSwain, a white man of about middle age got into a difficulty with another man and fired at him twice with a shot-gun. A police officer ran up to stop the affray when McSwain delibe rately shot and killed him. McSwain was afterwards arrested by the chief of police of Florence, assisted by officer Turlington, and lodged in jail. A Sailor LoBt. The schooner Seth M. Todd which ar rived here yesterday, lost one of her crew on her last voyage irom this port- Manuel Orsiro, a Spaniard, of Porto Rico, who was washed overboard by a heavy sea about 10 p. m May 7th last, the first night after leaving Southport, Capt. Johnson, .master of the vessel. made official report of the matter on arrival at Martinique. Stricken With Paralysis. Dr. Robbins, a well known physician of Brunswick county, was stricken with paralysis last Thursday afternoon about five o'clock, while at the residence of Mr. T. D. Robbins, in that county, and just after returning from a visit to one ot his patients. Yesterday he was still quite sick but not able to sit up. Pay Before Toil Oo. - " Pay up all your little debts before you irntn tho snrinnrs .- Tt isn't, ricrht tft trd I - -; r r-- - ' off for a round of 'fun. and frolic and leave vour creditors "in the lurch' You will, of course, come back "dead broke,' and then you'll telLyour creditors they must wait a while longer. Do the square thine and. do not 'pay as you go," but before you go. " . . ., , Friday, june 24,1892. A PIC-NIC ACCIDENT. Bad Outcome of s Merrj-Makina: Xke Wftooamaw A Young Lady Seriously Injured. ( The excursion to Lake Waccamaw yesterday by St. Andrews' ' Presboterian aunaay acopi, although attended by a largejnumber of scholars and their friends ' --between four and five hundred persons was not ari enjoyable one. i: It rained steadily from 11 o'clock in the morning until,4in the afternoon, and a serious accident to one at least of the party .sadly warred tbe pleasure of all. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon, four young ladies Misses Cabaniss, Lula Love, Minnie Bivins and Hattie Love- got into a cart to ride to . the depot; one. of the young, ladies v driving. They : had gope but a short dis-. tance wnen irom some cause, per haps the breaking of the harness, the horse they were . driving took fright and ranaway. striding the cart against two large pine trees, with such iorce as to smash it to pieces and pitch all the occupants out of the vehicle. All of then were badly shaken up, and one- Miss Lula Love was seriously hurt. She was thrown over the front-board of the cart and against one of the trees. When persons who ran to afford assistance reached her, they found her lying unconscious across one of the broken shafts of the vehicle; three of her teeth were knocked out and her head was cut and bleeding.' She was taken to the residence of Mrs. Cameron, near-by, and i everything possible was done for ber relief by Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. H.-B. Short, and Mrs. Carroll, but ' she remained in an unconsci ous con a u ion until atter ner re moval to the tram which brought the party back to the city. Dr. Love was telegraphed to and met the train on its arrival and under his direction the in jured young lady was placed on a stretcher and carried to her home. Another of the young ladies. Miss Bivins. was hurt about the head, but her injuries were slicht. Miss Lula Love is a half-sister of Mrs. R. S. Love. He condition last night was reported as still serious. THE LATEST BURGLARY. Arrest of Persons Concerned in the .Bob bery of Mr. Ferdew's House. . "George Sloan alias Williams, and Mary Larkins (both Colored) are the names of the man and woman brought to "Wil mington from Florence, S. Ci Thursday night by police officer B. F.l Turlington. They are charged with complicity in the robbery of Mjr. Jno. W. Perdew's house in this city a lew weeks ago (as publish ed at the time in the Star.) Last Tuesday night officers Turling ton and R. Moore arrested a colored woman named Addie Wright who was alleged to have in her possession one of the two gold, watches that were stolen from Mr. Perdew's house. George Sloan and Mary Larkins, also charged with be ing connected with the robbery, were traced to Florence. S. C, and on re quest by the mayor of Wilmington they were arrested by the chief of police of that place. Williams tried to eseape, but the chief mounted a horse and ran him down. Officer Turlington left for Flor ence .Thursday morning and returned that night with the two prisoners. He says he found one of the gold watches taken by the burglars at a jewelry store in Florence, but the proprietor refused to surrender jit, saying that the sheriff of the county had deposited it there for safe keeping, and that it had been given to the sheriff by a railroad conductor. The case will be investigated in the City Court next Monday. Mary Larkins is a resident of this city and Sloan, alias Williams, it is said, is from Magnolia. Duplin county. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Extension of the Cheraw and Salisbury i Kailroad. There is no rest for the engineer corps of the Atlantic Coast Line. Under their accomplished'1 chief, Col. F. Gardner, they are always at work. The following from the Wadesboro Messenger outlines the latest scheme of the great system in which Wilmington feels such a deep in terest : Tents and camp equipage sufficient for the accommodation of a large force of men are now at the Cherawand Salis bury depot, and CoL F. Gardner, chief engineer at the Atlantic Coast Line, is expected here one day this week to take charge ot it. col. oardner win oe ac companied by a full corps of engineers, and they will immediately proceed to survey - a railroad from this place to Winston.' It is not known here just what the Coast Line people propose to do, but it is surmised by the knowing ones that the proposed survey must have some connection with the southern " terminus of the Roanoke and Southern. It would not surprise us at all if the Cherawand Salisbury road is extended as far as Nor wood, at least, in the near future, ana possibly on to Winston. . . wadesboro is destined, we Deneve, to be a railroad centre and the coming town of this section of the State. So mote it be. i Captured in Florence, 8. C, Police officer B. F. Turlington was sent to Florence, b. C, yesterday for two "negro woman, who were arrested there on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery ot -Mr. Jno. W. Perdew's house a short time ago, when two gold watches and other property were stolen. The officer returned last night with his prisoners, and one of the stolen time pieces. Not in it. A "correspondent" of the Star writ ing from Magnolia, Duplin county, says that the convention (so-called) that met last Saturday, the 11th inst., at Kenans- ville and i appointed delegates to the Third Party convention to be held at Fayetteville next month, "missed their calculation when they appointed Messrs. A: D. and F. L. Johnson as delegates. Mr. A. D. Johnson says he is Democrat and that the two old parties, are enough, and he will have nothing to do with the Third Party. ; The movement in this county is confined, I think, mostly to a few office seekers and Independents. TAB; KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS- - The Grand Lodga Close of the Session Officers Elected Be port of the Grand Chancellor TLe State of the Order.' . .The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, met .yesterday - morning at 10 o'clock, and was called to order by Grand Vice Chancellor C. D. Benbow, of Greensboro.-. The lodge was opened In due form and the Past Chancellor Rank was conferred on several candidates. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: " i P. G. C. J. M. Sherwood,- Raleigh. G. C.-C D. Benbowt Greensboro. V, G. C E. A. Ebert, Winston. G. Prelate Rev. J. T. Lyon, Gibson's Station. ' G. K. of R.' and S. John L. Dudley, Wilmington. G, M. of Ex. John .Ward. Raleigh. ' G. M.'at A. John H. Hill. Goldsbofo. G. I. G. W: W. Wilson, Ralegh. GiJO. G. S. B. Bundy, Monroe. The next meeting of the Grand Lodge .will be held at Winston; in June, 1893. In the afternoon the members of the Grand Lodge went on an excursion to Ocean View, as guests of Mr. F. W. Foster. In the evening the officers-elect were duly installed, and a fund was started tor the erection of an orphanage, to be under the patronage of the Order. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge in the evening, a gavel and baton, made from parts of the old Harnett Mansion, were presented in behalf of Knitrht Martin Newman,, of Clarendon Lodge No. 2, by P. G. C. Meares, to the newly elected Grand Chancellor. C. D. Ben- bow, for the Grand Lodge, i Rev. Dr. Creasy, of Stonewall Lodge, responded in behalf of the Grand: Lodge, and was warmly applauded. The session of tbe Grand Lodge closed with a joint meeting of the three lodges of this city, at which the third amplified rank was conferred. STATE OF THE ORDER. The report of the Grand Chancellor shows that during the year six. new lodges have been instituted and one revived. : I . .The. steady growth of the Order in this jurisdiction lor the past four years must be a source of congratulation to all Knights. The reports of the District Deputies to the first of June show a gain of seven lodges and a membership of 1,037, a gain of 473 for .the year from luly 1, 1891. The Order is now in a " healthy and prosperous condition, and steady, con tinued growth in lodges and member ship in the State is to be confidently an ticipated. There was never a better, more frater nal and hopeful spirit - pervading the lodges than now. l he endowment Kank is in a very flourishing condition, having 15 sections, 382 members and $931,000.00 insurance. The majority of the new lodges - are promptly organizing sections, which I regard as one of the very best methods of increasing interest in the order and in sustaining the life of a lodge. THIRD PARTY. Congressional District Conventions -Dele- Sates Appointed to the Omaha Con ention. A special dispatch to the Star from Rocky Mount, says that a Third Party Convention for the Second Congress ional dtstrict, was held there yesterday, E. A. Thorne, of Halifax, was nominated for Congress. A. B. Nobles, of Edge combe; J. M. Cutchen, of Edgecombe; Mr. Taylor, of Lenoir; Dr. Exum, of Wayne, as delegates to the Omaha Con vention. Between seventy-five ane one hundred persons were in attendance. Wayne and Edgecombe counties had the largest number in attendance. War ren, Bertie, Green and Northampton counties were not represented. Raleigh, N, C, June 16. The Third Party district convention of the Fourth district appointed, delegates to Omaha, and caned another convention to nomi nate a Congressman, to meet July 12. The Third Party Convention of the Fifth district met at Durham, and nomi nated W. R. Lindsay, of Rockingham county, for Congress. The vote stood. Lindsay 66; A. H. Williams (Democratic nominee) 24. ; Atlantio Coast Line Extension. A telegram from Orangeburg, S. C, to the Charleston News and Courier, June 14th, says: ! Mr. W. G. Elliott, president of the Manchester and Aueusta Railroad. Mr. Henry Walters and Mr. F. Gardner, vice president and chief engineer respectfully of the Atlantic Coast Liae, met the Rail road vommittee of the . Orangeburg Board of Trade by appointment to-day at this- place, and disposed of sundry matters in relation to tbe proposed line between this point and Sumter. The meeting was held at the office of Capt. B. H. Moss, and was of a private nature. it is said that one ot these railroad magnates has expressed the opinion that it would be very unwise ; in his company not to build their road to this point after going to so much expense with that in tention. He could not say positively whether the Atlantic Coast : Line would be constructed to this place or not, but he believed that it would be. He thought that the Louisville and Nashville Com pany contemplated buying the South Carolina Railway. If this is done the Manchester and Augusta . road will . not be built to Augusta, tbe idea then being to connect with the South Carolina road to Blackville. - J. Be turned in Distress. : .J ' .. The schooner . C. Cottingham, Capt. Thomas, which cleared Wednesday for Baltimore with a cargo of lumber and shingles, and went to sea the same day, returned yesterday in distress, having sprung a leak just after passing South- port. She was towed up to the city with about three feet of water under, her decks. A board of survey recommended that her cargo be discharged and yester day afternoon the work of unloading was commenced. . . . t , Bock? Mount Land Sale. - v A special dispatch to the Star from Rocky Monnt says that the land sale at that place closed ; yesterday.' .One' hun dred lots were sold at very- satisfactory prices, amounting in all to twenty-five thousand dollars. .v NO. 31 A CELEBRATED.CASE. : . An Estate Worth $200,000 Awarded by the Virgini . Court to - a Colored "Woman.- . ; Bt Telegraph to the Moraine Star. - Richmond, Va J une 16. A . special dispatch from Wytheville says the Su preme Court of Appeals to-day decided the celebrated Bettie Lewis " Thomas case, in favor of the plaintiff. By this action, a colored woman. .' who is a resi dent of Richmond, becomes possessed of an estate valued at about 200.000. Her father W. Thomas, a white man. died in 1889, at the home of this daugh ter, and left no will. . Relatives of the deceased, as well -t as Bettie,. engaged some of the ablest legal talent in the state, and sought to obtain possession of the property. The Chancery Court decided in tavor of Bettie, and the Su preme Court affirms that decision. The evidence showed that Thomas han had nothing to do with his white relatives for years; that he had been living at the home of his colored daugh ter, whom he -had always acknowledged, and that it was his - intention to amply provide for , her at his death. The de cision gives the heirs-at-law real estate and cash in bank amounting to $35,000, leaving to tsettie Lewis tbe mortgages; bonds and negotiable notes an estate with accrued interest amounting to $200,000. - nationalTalliance, Vice-President Iioucks to Take CharRe of the Organization. By tele.raph to the Morning Star. Huron, S. D., June 17. H. " L. Loucks, of this city, Vice-President, of tbe .National Alliance, has gone to Washington, D. C. to take charge of the affairs of the organization, the death of L. L. Polk having vacated the office oi President. , EMMONS BLAINE. Death of the Son of the Ex-Secretary at Chicago. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chicago, June 18. Emmons Blaine, son of ex-Secretary Blaine, died to-day at 11.15 a. m. Blood poisoning, the re sult of inflamation of the bowels, was the cause. l he fact of Mr. iilaine s death was kept concealed for some time after he had actually passed away, the object be ing to reach the father first with some gentle intimation ot the sad news. Ef forts to get telegraphic communication with the exSecretarv failed however. and .about 12.15 the news of his death leaked out. It was not until about a quarter of an hour prior to the fatal mo ment, that the least intimation that Blame was in a dangerous condition be came known, and then it was only to a few. At his office in the Baltimore 6z Ohio Railroad headquarters in this city. Hlaine s associates were only aware that he was ill, and had been so for several days. Young Blaine was notable in the exciting convention scene at Minneapo lis, tie took tbe result greatly to heart and was confined to his room shortly af ter his return Irom the Worth. Bar Harbor, Me., June 18. The news of Emmons Blaine's death reached ex-Secfetary Blaine this afternoon. The family : is greatly prostrated by griet. Mr. Blame left for Chicago at 3 o clock this afternoon. During the convention he seemed in perfect health, and no one who heard of his sudden passing away was more shock ed than those who saw him participating in the caucuses early and late, night and day in bis father s interest. It is thought . possible by many that this strain of excitement at Minneapolis followed by the keen disappointment of the outcome had not a little to do with the physical prostration ensuing. JUDGE BRIGHT MORGAN Shot Dead by a Lawyer While En Boute to the Chicago Convention. Memphis, June 18. Judge Bright Morgan, of Hernando, Miss., was. shot dead this morning on an Illinois Central train by a lawyer, Henry Foster. Lynch ing is talked of. Morgan was a dele gate to the Chicago convention, Mor gan and roster had quarreled over a law suit in which they . were opposing lawyers two weeks. Foster had a diffi culty with Morgan's son. upon hearing ot which, Morgan gave roster a sound caning.. They had not met since until this morning, roster boarded the train at Alden and shot Morgan twice without uttering a word. . He boarded the train for that purpose. Foster surrendered to an officer at the next station. Mor gan was en route to the Chicago conven tion.-- , - LYNCHING FOILED. A Mob Attacking a Jail Dispersed by a Heavy Bain. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Dallas, Texas, June 18. Police officers W. H. Riddle was killed here yesterday by P. F. Miller, whom he at tempted to arrest for Hying with a col ored woman. Tn the evening a mob gathered, the purpose being to lynch Henry Miller, the murderer of officer Brewer: G S. Boulton the slayer of Tichenor, Chas. Henry who killed one -woman in Denver and another in Dallas. and P. F. Miller, the ; slayer of officer Riddle. The Sheriff resisted them until about midnight, when a heavy rain came up and so thoroughly drenched them that the mob dispersed. 1 GLASS WORKS BURNED. Lobs Over $400,000 Insurance $ 160,000. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Indianapolis, June 18. A special to. the. News from Muncie, Ind., says The window-glass works and Heming way flint-glass factory were burned to day. The total loss is over $400,000, and with about $150,000 insurance. The water works company were just about completing a line to the works, but it was of no use this morning. Both places will be rebuilt. - Oxford Day. A meeting of the former students of the Horner School is called for Friday, June 17th, at 2.80 p. m in the parlors ot the uxtord female Seminary, to take steps to organize a general movement for the erection of a suitable monument to the memory ot their lamented teacher. Tames H. Hor . - . . .. ner. - Messrs. Kite, Kautz, Bartholo mew and Logan, of Pennsylvania, spent the week in Granville - county, looking after their interests in the Knap of Reeds iron mines. - They all say they are well pleased with the prospects at Knap of Reeds.- Iron ore found there is pronounced by furnace companies to be of superior quality, running low in all detrimental qualities and. nigh in metaiic iron. Recent analysis shows toss ore to be a 55 per cent, iron ore, taking the general mining run. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Goldsboro Areus: : Tne death of Miss Sarah Hood, 15 years" of age, - daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hood, occurred at the home of her parents on William street, Wednesdav nieht.- .Aer an illness of several weeks. : Asheville Democrat: 1 Mr.. Geo. . W. Pack has generously signified his in tention ot erecting at his own expense . and donating a building for the Free" Kindergarten, onJEasr street. The total -" -cost will be about $3,000.-; .. The re- suit ot the revival meeting at. . Bethel M. j . E. Church conducted bv Evaneelist Rev. . J. W. Lee, netted eighty-five professions, forty having been received into the . church. Mr. Lee has been conducting . services at Riverside Church the past week. ' i Hillsboro Observer-. Last Thurs day while in charge of Constable Hedg- " peth, Jake Morrow, a small colored'boy v about 15 years old, broke away from the ' officer and made his escaoe. Nothinc more was heard of Take until Mondavr ' afternoon, when Mr. W. C Crabtree and Mr. Willie Jones found his. bodv floating on the water in Crabtree's pond. two squares from the court house. It is thought that the little fellow drowned himself to prevent being overtaken bv the officer who he thought was pursuing . Jhim. - -. .- . . . Charlotte Observer; Mrs. Susan Williams died at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. J.; W.Miller, last even ing at 7.80 after an illness of two weeks - of fatty degeneration of tbe heart. Mrs. Betsy Chambers, living in Hay-s wood county attempted suicide by cut- '. ting her throat. with a razor. -Three , ugly gashes were made in her throat ex posing but not . severing the jugular vein. Physicians say she will ; die from nervous prostration if the wound does not kill her. The reason given is that she could not sleep at night and did not feel well. ' The would-be suicide is 90 '.years Old. ..- .- Wadesboro Messenger-I ntelligen- cer Anson was the only couhtv m this immediate section of the State in which the third party was organized last Sat- , uraay. And yet there are some people who are so simple and ignorant as to be lieve that the Democratic party is dead ; Kiueq oy tne third party. Kiley Bittle, colored, was placed in jail here Monday night charged with assaulting the little six-year-old daughter of Mr. Ben Byrd, of McFarlan. The prisoner admitted his guilt. Bittle was raised near- Chesterfield Court House. S. C. - and had been living in McFarlan about a month. He is about 43 years old. and is an idiot. Greensboro Record'. The hom ing pigeons turned loose by J. I. Stone,' Monday morning at 5 o'clock, made the trip to Philadelphia in 10 hours and seventeen minutes poor time. Sheriff Cook brought six heads of beard ed wheat with him to town this morn ing from his farm, each containing sixty six grains of wheat, and being six inches in length by actual measurement, and : weighing 120 grains. A farmer from the South-east part of the county, yesterday, said the wheat was splendid - and harvest was at . hand, and the corn was good, but owing to the wet weather, which continued so long, the grass got a start and they were hustling to get it out. Every crop is flourishing, and the people are happy at the prospect .for a bountiful harvest. - Goldsboro Headlight: The death ' of. Mrs. Susan Ethridge occurred Mon day night at her home near this city, aged 101 years. The death of Mrs. Elizabeth C Williams, wife of Mr. John -Williams, which occurred Monday, in the 54th year of her age, is reported to us irom beven springs. M. Aaron rarks, familiarly -known as "Uncle Aaron," ot Saulston township, is cut ting iust now a new upper front tooth at the advanced age of 74 years. Altera long and sunenng illness, Miss Lola M, Grantham, daughter of ex-Sheriff D. A. Grantham, departed this life Friday evening at 4 o'clock at her home in, Grantham s township, aged 27 years. - The Fife meetings came to a close Thursday night, resulting in 502 conversions, out Of which 196 con- ' nected t themselves with various city churches last Sunday. St. Paul M. E. e Church received 85, the Missionary Bap- ' tist 54, the ir resbyterian 43, and at. John M. E. Church 15. A purse of $500 was - given to Mr. Fife as a tribute for his taithful and emcientnork. Charlotte News : Capt. Chas. - McDonald, whom the Third party has insisted on pressing into service, was in the city to-day. . He told the News that he has nothing to do with that party, or any other party that jeopardizes the suc cess of the Democratic State ticket Dr. George W. Sanderlin, State Audi tor, delivered his promised address at the commencement exercises of Hunters ville High School yesterday. The Third party, however, failed to i carry out its ' contract in tendering Dr.! Sanderlin the - "office of Auditor. Mr. John springs , Davidson was not there. Richard Razor says that after consultation, it was agreed that yesterday was not the proper time toappproach Dr. aanderiin, "but ne added, "we are yet going to do it.", People who came through Huntersville this -oiorning; saw the citizens : of that - burg engaged in tarring and wrapping up the trunks of shade trees along the streets. It was developed that , a party of vandals went about the town last . night and stripped the trees of bark from the ground up a distance of about four feet. An old Virginian who was there , told them that if they would coat the trees with tar and wrap baggufg around -them the trees would possiblyghve. The advice was acted upon and the whole two is now full of bandaged trees. The weather is iust about right lor snake stories and here is one: Mr. J. M. McCall, of Morning. Star township, yesterday killed a coachwhip snake that was seven feet long and twelve inches around at the largest part of its body. Shelby Review: We tailed to . note the death, at his home near Shelby on the 8d inst.,-of Rev. John W North, ; D. D. Dr. North's death was caused by apoplexy. Yesterday Policeman C. H. Harris, went to collect some costs due ' by Len Owens to the town for a fight he bad with Walter Humphries some days : ago, in which Owens bit one of Hum phries fingers nearly off. Owens resent- ed Hardin's demand for the money and sailed in for a fight. . He got one of Har din s fingers m his mouth and "chawed it,-i Hardin then got Owens' nose in his mouth and bit it entirely through Some days ago Christina Foster, a fourteen-year old white gin, living near fancy, was bitten, on tne ; ankie Dy a rattlesnake which was lying beside a path along which the girl was going to -the spring. The snake was killed by a sister of the girl, and was found to have six rattles. The girl has been an ex tremely critical condition since, but the attending physician, Dr. J. G. Hord, of King's Mountain, thinks she will recover. The family of Dr. ,0. P. . Gardner-; had a narrow escape 9 from poison ing Sunday. The Doctor had pre-. pared ; a ' lot . of strychnine in a tumbler of water with which to poison moles that were depredating on his gar den. During the absence of the family, the cook innocently poured the prepara tion into a pot of. beans. At dinner the bitter flavor of the beans kept them from being eaten. : In the meantime tne cook bad prepared milk for the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. L A. Anthony and was feeding it from the tumbler. When Dr; Gardner "remembered me poison vanu discovered that it had been , poured into, the beans and that his grand-child was being fed from the glass in which it had been prepared, he at once administered an antidote to. the child and its life , was ; saved. No one else was affected. ' ! John Howard Payne, author of Home, Sweet , Home," was born one hundred year ago last Thursday. i. I
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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