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WILLIAM H. BE BIT A BD, Editor and Proprietor. - . WILMINGTON, N. C Friday, July 1, 1892. addrett mlwmrt giv dictio?M well full PW voa wish your ppet to be tent ftcreaiter, do boui dumgei ,Un rfbemade. STJSSSS i;nam rWrrimrnt. but onto half rates when paid for strictly In advance. At this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. (W Remittances mist be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. psy- Only toch remittances Will be at the risk of the publisher. ; j . ' g Specimen copies forwarded when desired. Naffhna! Democratic Ticket For President: GROVER CLEVELAND, Of New York. For . Vice-President : ADLAI E. STEVENSON. Of Illinois. For Presidential Electors at Large: C. B. AYCOCKof Wayne. R. B. GLENN, of Forsyth. State Democratic Ticket. Por Governor: ELI AS CARR, of Edgecombe. For Lieutenant-Governor: R. A. Doughton, f Alleghany. For Secretary of State: OCT AVIUS COKE, of Wake. For State Treasurer: DONALD W. BAIN,"of Wake. For State Auditor: R. M. FURMAN.Idf Buncombe. For Attorney-General: FRANK I.OSBORNE.Mecklenburg. For Sup't of Public Instruction: C. SCARBOROUGH, of Johnston. For Judge Twelfth i udicial District: GEO. A, SHUFOR of Buncombe; . r HE COMMANDS CONFIDENCE. The Star advocated the nomina i tion of Grover Cleveland for two reasons, first because it believed he was as strong within the party, if not stronger than any could have been other man who nominated, and, second, because it .believed he was stronger outside ofj the party than any man who could , have been nomi nated. There is in this country always in Presidential elections a large float ing vote, a vote which is influenced by other than party considerations, The. candidate who can command I . the full vote of his own party and draw that vote is very apt to win, in an honest, square election. In 1876 Sam'l J. Tilden drey that vote in New York and was elected; In 1884 Grover Cleveland drew it and was elected; in 1888 he drew much of it though not so much as before on account of his advanced position on the tariff question, but fraud knd trickery beat him. But the tariff ter understood now question is bet- with the experi- ' ence of the McKmley monstrosity than it was four years ago, and fraud and trickery can't Iplay as success fully as they did then. As an evidence of his standing within the party, and of his conceded strength we have not only the proof in the magnificent following he had in the convention, a large majority in the start and growing larger un til 617 votes were recorded for him on , the , first and only bal- . lot taken, but in the reason assigned. for their opposition by those who op posed his nomination, namely, the fear that he could not carry one State which happens to be a pivotal State, whose vote it was believed would be necessary to elect him or any other , candidate who might be "nominated. They conceded all that was claimed for him but his ability to carry that State, and on that ground from pru dential motives alone, they opposed his nomination. Among these oppo nents were some who paid highest t ribute to his worth and excel lence, and professed to be amongst .his wannest friends' and greatest ad- . mirers. These, now that their fears have been dissipated, are as enthu siastic for him as him as his most ardent, advocates Were before the nomination. So much for his stand ing and strength within the party. In discussing thii subject several days ago before the nomination was made, we quoted from an interview with Col. Schurz, in" which in speak mg of Cleveland' availability, he said he felt sure that Cleveland could draw a larger independent vote and make more inroads into the : Republican party khan any other man that could be nominated In corroboration he stated ''that at ot this opinion least a dozen of his personal acquaintances, business men . and Republicans, notindepen dents, told him they would vote for Cleveland if he j was nominated. Carl Schurz is himself an independ ent, who left the Republican party when Horace Greeley did, and sup ported him for the presidency. While since then acting Democratic party mainly with the he is not in full teiiowsnip with it, and supports it only in so far as its declarations and nominations are in accordance with ma viewa auu judgment. . tie is a representative maik of a quite numer ous element in American politics. That was before the Convention met,. but we have confirmatory evi dence of Cleveland's strength outside of the party in the opinions of non- political and Independent papers ex- pressed .since tne nomination was made. The New York Journal of Commerce and the New. York Com mercial Bulletin, both non-political papers, both representatives of the business interests of the country, and both of which discuss parties or po litical measures from a non-partisan standpoint if they deem, it necessary to discuss thernrT constat ulate the country on the nomination of Cleve land because "the business men of the country have implicit confidence in his wisdom and conservatism and feel that if elected the business in- terests will De sate ana neea nave n. fear of violent disturbance during his administration.' ' These papers speak for the busi ness community of the greatest city in America, the metropolis of the greatest State in the Union, a State whose vote may decide the result of the November election, and which Win in an pruuauinijr uc tuunvuvu by the very element for which these papers speak, which when interested and fully aroused holds the balance of power in that State. The Philadelphia Ledger is an in dependent paper, ; which discusses parties, men and measures fairly, squarely and honestly. It congratu lates the country upon the nomina tion of a candidate who v has been tested and proven as Cleveland has been, "an American in every way fit to be President." As an indication of how this feeling of confidence pre vails even among Republicans it quotes from a letter of its New York correspondent, written before the nomination, the expression of a prominent Republican and officer of the Union League as follows: 'The nomination of Cleveland will fill me with delight. Of course, I am a Re publican and shall vote for Harrison.but r I- - C 1 A my sausiacuon uccausc ui vicvcuuu a nomination will De on account oi no feeling that be would be a weak candi date. The reason for my satisfaction is that with Harrison and Cleveland as op posing candidates the business interests of the country will be safe, whoever is elected." ' With such abiding confidence in Cleveland, among Republicans, .but more especially among citizens who are not governed by party associa tion, party zeal or party prejudice in their action is it unreasonable to ex pect a very large vote for him from this element ? No; but it would be very unreasonable not to expect it. A considerable number of subscri bers to the Weekly Star have re cently changed their subscriptions to the Daily Star. This is a capital idea in all cases where the paper will reach subscri bers three times or ottener every week. We have many subscribers to the Daily who can only get the paper twice a week. Try the Daily and keep posted during the campaign. Terms, $1.50 for 3 months, $3.00 for 6 months. MINOR MENTION. As was evidently his intention when he introduced his resolution in the Senate Monday instructing the Finance Committee to inquire into the effect that a "tariff for revenue Only" would have upon the labor and industries of this country. Senator Hale opened the campaign for the Republicans with a speech sound ing the praises of protection . next day. And . yet, at the very time he was making this speech, alleging that at no time in the history of the coun try were more workmen employed or wages ; so high (the effect, according to him, of -the Mc- Kinley tariff), the highly' protected iron manufacturers of Pennsylvania were cutting down the wages of their workmen, the '. workmen - were organizing for a big strike and their iron employers taking steps to pro tect their plants from violence if vio lence be attempted. A Pittsburg dispatch tells us that Andrew Car negie is fortifying his works and surrounding them with electric wires to make them more formidable and attacic more dangerous, xt requires cneetc to assert tnat tms country is prospering as a result of the McKin ley law, but cheek, and a ' good deal of it, is one of the things that all these high tariff advocates Jiave. President Harrison is so fully con vinced that he has a big job before him, that he has resolved not to en trust it to his lieutenants, but to man age the campaign himself. This was indicated by his turning down Chair man Clarkson of the National Com mittee, and securing the election ot lawyer Campbell, of Chicago, who was more in accord with him, and in whose zealous, faithful work he had more confidence. ' It is also signifi cant that the Chairman was chosen irom Illinois, a state wbicb was doubtful, and which has become more so by the nomination of Adlai E. Stevenson as the Vice-Pre sidential candidate by the Demo crats, and that the Secretary was chosen from Montana, another doubt- t i o . mi . iui. otaie. xnis is significant as showing that Mr. Harrison realizes that he will have some hard fighting to do in States which heretofore gave the Republicans no concern. It is said that the campaign triumvirate will be President Harrison, Secre tary .Foster and Secretary Elkins. who will map out the plan, direct the movements, and leave the executive committee simply the task of collect ing me -iar to lubricate the ma chine and to execute their plans. Benjamin Harrison isn't taking any chances this trip, nor trusting either to his popularity or "Divine Provi dence" for his election. A London dispatch says that stock oi the bank of Ireland has suffered in consequence of fears of the enact ment of the Home Rule measure,and that Irish railway securities are also depreciating, l he fellows that are engineering this job are doubtless nnnnsed to Home Rule. It is in all j-r - ... probability a s trick to influence the coming elections. It is very'similar. to the tricks so often. resorted to m this country by the protected barpns who when there is talk "of reducing the tariff, or a fight over an increase of tariff or an election pending when the tariff is in question, either re duce the wages of their workmen on pretence that they are compelled to do it to protect themselves, to scare. the workmen in voting for their side,. or threaten to do it in the event the election bedecided against them. This Is an old trick of the monopo lists on this side of the water. The anti-Home Rulers are doubtless try ing their hand in the same way on Irish bank stocks and railroad secu rities. " ...,.....,..: According to the census reports of 1890, the assessed valuation of prop ertv fier capita in Massachusetts is $965, in Rhode Island $920,' New York $030, Pennsylvania $500, Ohio $500. -Little Rhode Island, with her 1,300 square miles of territory, has a higher assessment than twenty-six of the States and Territories, and higher than any of the Southern States, ex cept Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. Compare the per capita in the Northern States named above with our agricultural States of the South and we may discover one of the results of the protective tariff. Ken tucky has about $265," Virginia about $235, Tennessee about $200, Georgia $205, North Carolina, South Caro lina and Mississippi $135. There may be other reasons for the prepon derance of wealth in the manufactur ing States, but the principal reason is the protective tariff system, which ex acts heavy tribute from the people of the agrcultural States, to be paid in bounties to the manufacturers, thus enriching them while it keeps the people of the agricultural States poor. . ' We are again sending out bills to subscribers who are indebted to us for the Weekly Star, and hope they will respond promptly with the cash. It is not fair to read a paper without paying for it. If you be puzzled over the way to pronounce Adlai, the given name ot our candidate for Vice-President, it may help you out to know that Gen. Stevenson's intimate friends pro nounce it "Adley." It he adds Illi nois to the Democratic column per haps the Democracy of the country may become sufficiently familiar with him to abbreviate this into Ad., as we do our Zebulon into Zeb. Election campaigning in Ireland has nothing monotonous in it, al though it must be confessed that cobble-stones, sticks, fists, smashed heads and hats figure somewhat too conspicuously. The rival factions maytenjoy it but they are not fur nishing thereby a convincing illustra tion of their eminent qualifications for Home Rule. "Mr. Cleveland was nominated in Chicago by the votes of Territorial delegates." New York Advertiser. Say, you fellow, do the Territories cast 617 votes? How about Harri son, who beat your man Blaine with Territorial delegates and office holders from the South? We are again sending out bills to subscribers who are indebted to us for the Weekly Star, and hope they will respond promptly with the cash. It is not fair to read a paper without paying for it. When Andrew Carnegie has his live wire fence all fixed around his Pittsburg steel works, he Way hire some fellows to go inside and make faces at the strikers, while he keeps at a safe distance and notes the effect. Andrew is one of the highly protected. 1 Paste This in Tour Eat. The following practical suggestions may save some valuable life, and will be especially useful in a case of. drowning when no physician is near, which is the general rule: The body when recovered should be laid face downwards with a bundle of clotbes, very often those belonging to the patient, placed under the forehead, another under the pit of the stomach, when a steady pressure in the back will eject all the water. Then turn the body over, face up, taking both the arms work them slowly from the body till they touch together over the head. At the same time let another person in unison press on the stomach immedi ately below the ribs. This is to pro duce an artificial respiration. Keep fan ning and do not let a crowd gather around. While this treatment can be applied by- anyone, a doctor should be sent for immediately. If the person does not come to immediately do not become discouraged, but continue, this until hope is gone or until successful. The body should not be rolled on a bar rel as the little vitality left will be shaken out by this. By the method here given, aided later by a physician, a person can be resusci tated after being under water for five minutes. A considerable number of sub scribers - o the Weekly Star have recently changed their subscriptions to the Daily Star. This is a capital idea - in all cases where thepaper will reach subscri bers tnree times or ottener every week. We have a good many sub scribers to the Daily, who can only get the paper twice a week. Try the Daily and keep -posted during the campaign. Terms, $1.50 for 3 months, $3.00 for 6 months. r Mr. Bruce Williams, of Burgaw, in the city yesterday, told of a singular accident that happened to two bulls be longing to a farmer' near that place. The bulls met in a, field and engaged m combat, and both fell - into an old well and were drowned in about five feet of water. . , v COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Bpeci&l Meeting Uoenses Granted, to Re tail Spirituous and Malt liquors. The Board of County Commissioners met yesterday m . special session:' Mr. H. As Bagg, chairman, presided, . and commissioners ; E.s L. Pearce. Jas... A; Montgomery and Roger Moore were present. : " .j -rX The following made . application and were granted license to sell liquors at retail, viz: ' tv In the city B. Bellois, H. T. Duls, J. G. Oldenbuttle, C F.VonKampen (2). A. G. Wessell, J B. Stokely, ! Peter Mohr, Geo. H. Heytir, Geo. H. Brown, J. D. Stelges I. W. Duls, B. Stelges, Eliza Burden, Jno. H- Kuck, F. W- Orttnan, G. W. Linder, M. Rathjen, M. O'Brien, M. F Croom & Co. (2), N. Hullen, J. H. Boesch, William Ulrich, J. G. Lr Geischen, : Jas Berg, J. W. Fuchs, D. N. Chad wick. Charles Richters, I. B. Rhodes, Palmetto Brewing Co., B. H. J. Ahrens, H. Haar, J. ML Mayland. James Elder, Brunhill, Simon & Co. (whole sale and; retail), Adrian & Vollers (wholesale and - retail), Geo. Grotgen, H. F. Haar, J. D. Dosher. J. F. Rulfs, L. Vollers. Chatv Schnibben (2). Paul Carrie, Sol Bear" (wholesale and retail), C. Schulken,Thos. J. Gore, Orton House,' M. iN. Sutton. Bridges & ' Rankin, Pur- cell House, Martin - Schnibben. Portner Brewing Co., ' Chas. IE. Smith, (malt liquors only) William Smith, W. H. Bell. . r Wrhzhtsville-. P. Whittington, S. H. Bell. Hammocks Chas. Schnibben. Ocean iView -Thos. I. Gore. C L. Horner, i m Carolina Beach J.A.Burns. 1. The application of Davis and Daniels, city; C L. Hinton, manager. (Jcean View; flenry Gerkin and W. Register, city, were laid over until the next meet ing of the Board. A communication 2 from the Ladies' Benevolent Society was received and re ferred to a special committee. --' Sundry applications for pensions were approved by the Board. ; .HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. A Robeson County Farmer's; - Murderous Assault on His Family Somo of His Victims will Die. j ' Passengers by the! Carolina Central yesterday morning reported a tragedy at a farm house in Robeson county, a few miles from Lumberton last Monday, the full particulars of which are given in the following from the Lumberton Robe soman, viz.: I The old adage that "truth is stranger than fiction is sometimes very vividly brought to the attention of the least thoughtful of our people. Mr. Frank Meares, son of the lateuoodman Meares, residing about eight miles from here. was in town Monday, accompanied by one of his children, and bought a con siderable bill of goods, including a suit of clothes tor himself, things for the chil dren and provisions for the household. Keturmng home about noon, he became offended at unding his wile in bed in stead of preparing dinner. She got up when he came,but being unable to remain up. she lay down again. He then be came enraged, and .seizing apiece ot scantling, he commenced a wholesale slaughter of the children, avowing his intention to kill them all. His wife, hor rified at the sight, and seizing her in fant, started to escape; but not until the latter had received one or two blows, Mrs. Meares ratf to the nearest neigh bor's house. In the meantime, Mr, Meares exchanged his bloody clothing for another suit and started off to town. Arriving here he went to the Clerk's office, and Mr. Townsend, attracted by something in his manner, learned that he had a wife and-five children The bodies of the children, he said, were at home, but their souls were in heaven About that, time messengers from the scene of the tragedy : had arrived, and Mr. Meares was arrested. He bad over $200 on his person. County physician, Dr. K. t . Lewis, accompanied by Mr. T. A. Norment, Jr., went to the scene of carnage, and while none of the children were dead, all were unconscious, and some will certainly die. The children were five in number, their ages ranging Irom one to nine years. The above facts were secured from Mr. Norment. A Chance for Be publicans. - There is at least one Cleveland man in New York who is ready to back his judgment. He offered to wager $10,000 that Cleveland would be nominated on the first or second ballot and now the New York Sun holds his certified check for $20,000 which says.fhat Cleveland will carry New York State. A telegram from Memphis says: "A W. Billings, of Chicago, who owns all ot the street railway lines in Memphis, has offered to wager $20,000 that Cleve land will be elected, and that he will carry New York, Illinois and Wisconsin by large pluralities. Mr. Billings has heard that Senator Quay made the re mark, after hearing the result of the Chicago convention, - that he - would wager $10,00p that Harrison would be re-elected. He has telegraphed the Pennsylvania Senator to put up." Disappointed Truokera. The following extract from the Charles ton News and Courier indicates that the early hopes of the truckers and fruit growers in that section were not fully realized: This has .been ..a season ' in which every crop grown in this section showed up with unusual promise during its early stages, and then steadily lost ground un tu me harvest was over, ihe various kinds of truck followed this rule as unit, and the fruit crop bids fair to follow suit. Three weeks ago it was confidently predicted by growers that this year's peach crop would be the finest- which had been known in years. There was only one fear to menace it too much rain, or enough rain to rot the fruit be fore it came to maturity. The earlv spring naa been so dry that the veg etable crop in many instances had been seriously affected, and it was hoDed that the drought would continue to hold until, the peaches - had reached a safe stage. But recently the rain has been coming down pretty steadily, scarcely a nay passing without a shower, and manv growers fear that the peach crop has been or will be seriously affected in con sequence. . OBITUARY. - James Randolph Corbett, of Bladen County. It is ; with sincere regret the " Star chronicles the death of Mr. James Ran dolph Corbett, of Bladen county, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. " Mr. Corbett was a man of good physique and tem perate habits, and retired Monday night. the 27th inst., in his usual health and spirits, to be found dead in his chamber tne loiiowmg morning. He was a man of sterling integrity, and great excel lence ot character. A superior farmer. a good Democrat, a pure patriot, a de voted Baptist, and a firm believer of the truth as it is in Jesus. THE BLESSINGS OF OLD AGE. A Tribute, to an. Honored Oitiasn, and Be- lovad Church Omoer on His. Seventieth :Birthday. i ' y -r On Sunday last, Mr, B. G. Worth, of the firm of Worth &' Worth, a member of the Board of Cotmty . Commissioners, and senior elder of the First Presbyte rian Church, completed his : three-score years and ten. The family ; had ; deter mined to - make it the occasion of a re union, and all 1 of his children were in the city with their respective husbands or- wives and ; many of their children. Residing in the" city are Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. French. ; Mr. : and Mrs. W. A. Woodward. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Worth and Miss Julia A Worth. -Those from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weller, of Covington. Ky.; Mr and Mrs. Archie Worth,, of New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Toseph B. Worth, of Peters burg, Va.The anniversary falling on Sunday, thev-arranged to attend the dear old church and all to sit together, filling, with the grandchildren present, five or six pews. J - Rev. P. H. Hoge,. D. D., the pastor, learning of the circumstances, decided to improve the occasion: by a sermon on the "Blessings of Old Age." He took as his text Ps. 81, 16. "With -long life will I satisfy him. and show him my salvation " Dr Hoge began by speak ing o! how much the Old Testament made of the i blessings of old age; the beautiful pictures of old age it present ed; the prayers ) for life : by Old Testa ment saints, and the many 'promises of long life to those who put their trust in God. In the; New Testament these allusions. are fewer, because the" richer revelations of the future would cast them into the ' background. :, But the promises were ;not on that account withdrawn. God does not take back the less because He has given the more. It is - true I the circumstances of the Christian Church make the conditions less favorable for. long life. It is in a state of warfare, and warfare always requires the sacrifice of life often, the noblest and best. Bnt these sacrifices are made that the blessings of peace may be se cured to all mankind, and these bless ings are none the less the fulfilment of God s promises because some arc called to forego them. Nor must we i make 1 the mistake of measuring life merely by time. One man has lived more at thirty than another at eighty. Life is measured not by days or by heart-beats but-fey growth, by useful ness. by fruitage. But if other things are equal the longer the life the more abundant its growth. And of course it need hardly be said that it must be- the right kind of life, to be a blessing at all. There 13 no sadder sight than a pray- erless. Godless. Christless old age. With these qualifications, the long life is the satisfying life; and it is the satisfying life because it is it'eomflete hie complete not in God's sight, for every life is com plete to Him that fulfils His plan, but complete to our eyes, as rounding out the course of nature; as evening com pletes the day, and Autumn and Win ter the year. The elements of that com pleteness are lThat it gives opportunity to exe cute the plans of life that we have form ed. Lrod has a plan for every life, and it is the duty of every man to try to find it out and work it out 'That it gives opportunity for the pro per rearing ol children. This is God s plan for perpetuating good influences in the world and - in the Church. Nor is that influence ended when the child reaches . maturity Happy the son or daughter who in the conflicts and difficulties of manhood or womanhood is guided by the counsels of a wise parent; and on the grandchildren their influence is often beneficent. 6. e or the gathering ot experience. Great stores of experience can only be gathered in long life, and it is thus that the mistakes ofj one generation maybe corrected in the! next. An anecdote of Chief Justice Marshall was told illus trating this. And oiadstone was in troduced to show that old age was not necessarily un progressive. 4. for the development of character. This was the chief thing, for this is the chief business of life. And not only is there longer time for the strengthening of principle, but those elements of beauty peculiar to old age that mellow ness, that ripeness, that gentleness, that kindly consideration for others, that lend such beauty to the closing years of many of God's servants. Here the first promise of the text melts into the last, for it is not only in the glories of eternity when he sees face to face that God shows him his salvation, ,1 but here on earth in the experience of promises fulfilled especially in the cove nant promises that brought children and grandchildren into the blessings of. the gospel, until they could say with aged Simeon, "Lord,! now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes nave seen thy salvation. Dr. Hoge closed with alluding to the fulfilment of these promises in the life of the senior elder of the Church, thus making the occasion one of interest to the whole congregation, characterizing mm as "an lsrealite indeed in whom there is no guile, and turning to him wished him m the name of the Church a continuance of those blessings, and for the Church that from its young men might be raised up those who jwould humbly and faithfully follow the Saviour he had loved and served: s me service was closed by singing "How Firm a ! Foundation." and after the benediction many went up and greeted Mr. Worth with their heartfelt best wishes ; fallen Wires. A Colored Boy's Encounter with Electrio Wires on Prtnoeas Street. rWm. H. Miller, colored, an employe of the Seacoast Railroad Co., had an In voluntary encounter with electric wires yesterday that , he, trill not care to have repeated. He was coming down Prin cess street during the storm yesterday morning, and near Ninth street felt something fall on his head that he sup posed. to be the branch pf a tree, but which proved to be a telephone wire that had;fallen across the trolley-wire of the street railway. " Miller raised his left; hand jtb throw, the obstruc tion off, caught the wire and was unable to turn it loose. He then- tried to free himself with his right hand and became unconscious and fell. The fall pulled the wire from his hands, and soon afterwards he recovered conscious ness, and was taken' to his home. The physician who I attended him . said that his hands were slightly burned. Shortly after this the delivery wagon of Messrs. Polvogt & Render was pass ing along Princess street when the horse stepped on the fallen telephone wire and fell to the ground, bleeding at the mouth and nose. The driver, assisted by Mr. T. C. Schwarz, cut the harness loose and freed the animal which soon recovered. IN THE SAD SEA WAVES. A Tonus Man lu the Orasp of Old Ocean He Makes Brave and Successful Struggle tot Xiife. , - y- : .; ' For full twenty minutes, Sunday af ternoon, Edward D. Straughan battled with the waves and currents oLthe At lantic off Carolina Beach. Soon after reaching there. On the evening train, he secured a bathing suit and tripped gaily oyer the sand for a plunge.in the surf. It was ' nearly low water and he swam out beyond the breakers. Here he stood up, finding the water but little more than waist-deep. . Suddenly as he thinks, he was drawn into deeper water by an undertow and carried still farther out. He now became seriously alarmed and called for help." No one heard him except Mr. A. L. Scott, who was not far distant, and who was the only other bath er near young Straughan. Mr. Scott went to his assistance and took hold, of him. when Straughan seized : him in turn. Scott, seeing that there was great dan ger that both would be drowned, released hi&hold and they separated, Scott giving Straughan some usef ul instructions as to the best means of reaching the shore. Straughan now realized the gravity of the situation. He saw that he had be- fore him a desperate struggle for bis life,, and he quickly recovered his presence of mind.-' Determined to husband his strength as far as possible, he turned over on his back and began to "float." Fortunately, he soon drifted into a cur rent which runs diagonally up and in to wards the beach Very slowly he neared the shore, but when he reached the heavy .waves the fiercest part of the struggle was upon him. Several times he disappeared from view, and once the spectators on shore thought he was drowned. Again, however, the plucky fellow rose to the .surface and began anew- the fearful struggle. Finally he reached a point where he could touch bottom, but he was too weak to retain his foothold.' Then he raised his right arm twice. 1 his, as was afterwards learned, and as a Star representative who was present thought, was a signal of distress, but almost without exception those who witnessed it construed it to mean that he had gotten out of deep water and was "all right." Consequent ly, ho one went to his assistance. With one more- heroic enort he was inside the breakers and in shallow water, from which he waded, to the shore. Even then" he snowed so much strength that no one- realized the terrible ordeal through which he had passed. - He sat down and in a moment the inevitable reaction came. A deathly pallor overspread his face and his condition excited serious alarm among the bystanders. Dr. I. W McNeill, of Fayetteville, who was stand ing on the piazza of his cottage very near the scene, rushed to the side of the prostrate man, giving him his undivid ed attention for about fifteen minutes. Straughan was wrapped in a blanket and brandy administered to ' revive him In a few minutes nausea set' in and the sea water was expelled from his stomach. He was then placed on a cot and taken to a room in the. "Oceanic where the Doctor and two assistants gave him a thorough rubbing. In half an hour he was dressed and strong enough to leave his room. Straughan is a young man from Ra leigh, a printer by trade, and has been here about a month "subbing" on the morning papers. When interviewed by a Star representative, he said he never expected to reach the shore alive, that he was a very good swimmer in still water, but had never been in the surf be fore and knew nothing about undertows. currents or breakers, which fully ex plains his narrow escape. Had' he exer cised ordinary prudence, he would have been in no danger. He further stated that he was glad he and Mr. Scott sepa rated as he was satisfied that otherwise both would have been drowned. Dr. McNeill is entitled to much praise. He was as unremitting in his attention to the young man as he would have been if there had been a bigjee in sight And the lady cottagers ! When stimu lants were called for there Was enough whiskey and brandy produced in three minutes to "organize" a young corner grocery; and when a blanket was needed enough pillows and blankets were brought by the ladies to furnish a country hotel. - The kindness of the ladies brought to mind the familiar lines: Oh! woman in thy hour of ease, Uncertain, coy and hard to please, When pain and anguish wring the brow. A ministering angel thou. Mr. Scott, although he wore a live- saving bathing suit, was wen nign ex hausted when he reached the shore. Death of Judge Baker, of Florida. The Jacksonville, Fla., Times- Union contains an account of the death, in that city of Hon. James M. Baker, LL, D. Dr. Baker was a native of Robeson county, the son of Capt. A. S. and Mrs. Julia McCallum Baker, and has hosts of relatives and friends in that section.' He was a graduate of Davidson College, where the degree of LL. D. was con ferred in 1884. Dr. Baker married Miss Fannie Gilchrist, daughter of Rev. Adam Gilchrist, a Presbyterian minister who lived and died in Fayetteville. The Old Horoes. ' Not less than two thousand Con federate veterans are expected to go into camp at Wrightsville about the middle of August. Money and provi sions will be needed to aid in paying the expenses of this encampment. Let all help as they may be able. , Any con tributions sent to the Star office wil be properly applied. ' Tne Robeson County Tragedyv- Further information concerning the tragical occurrence in Robeson county, near Lumberton, last Monday, was re ceived yesterday by the Star, through Mr, Wishart, of this city, that of the five children of Mr. Jas. Meares so brutally beaten by their father, one has died and the others are likely to die. The inhu man father is in jail at Lumberton. -. Now Try TUTi It will cost vou hothinsrand will surelv do you good, if you have a Cough, Cold, or any trouble with throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and ' Colds is guaranteed to give relief, or money will be paid back. Sufferers from La'Grippe found it just the thing and under its use had a speedy and , perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at our expense and learn for yourself just how good a thing it is. Trial bottles free at Robbert R. Bellamy's Drue Store. Large size 50c ano f i.uu. . t BATTLE-SHIP TEXAS. SuooesafuX Launch at- the Norfolk Hayy Tard Her Dimensions. Eto. . - - Bv'Telextaph to the Morning Star. Portsmouth, Va June 28. The Norfolk - Navy Yard . and constructor Francis T. Bowles have secured a signal triumph in the successful launching of the great battle-ship Texas here to-day. The scene, In spite of the fine rain which fell during the entire forenoon, was a most animated one. About fifteen thou sand spectators were in the yard, and as many more on, steamers, tugs, yachts and on the opposite side of the river. standing on the ' launching tower erected from . the launching platform were Miss Madge Houston- Williams, of Texas, and her mother, Mrs. Williams, Lieut. W. S. Cowles, private secretary of . Secretary Tracey and his official repre sentative on this occasion, and Ensign Hillary P. Jones, of the navy-' The red. white and blue cords holding the bottle of wine were tied to a staff mounted by a star, emblematical of the Lone Star State. At sixteen minutes after, eleven o'clock the signal "ready" was given, Miss -Williams, uttering the words, "I christen thee Texas," broke the bottle of .wine on the bow of the noble vessel.and she started. It was iust forty-six se conds from the time , the bottle was broken that the Texas was standing in the stream as firm as a land battery. Five minutes later she was moored to her wharf. ' - . . - The' United States ship Texas is a steel armored twin-screw battle ship, of 6,335 tons displacement. Her principal dimensions are: Length between per pendiculars, 290 , feet; extreme breadth. 64 feet, : one inch; moulded depth, 89 feet 9 inches; designed draught of water forward, 22 feet; designed draft of water aft, 23 feet.- Her mean draught will be 22 feet 6 inches,- when carrying about 500 tons of coal. She can steam 1110 miles at her estimated highest speed of 17 knot or 8,500 miles at 10 knots. There were many notable persons pres ent, and the Governor of Maryland was represented by six or seven members of his staff. " - WASHINGTON GOSSIP. AN INTERESTING BUDGET OF NEWS FROM.THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Mapping Out the Order of Business ; in the Senate John W. Foster, of In dians, Confirmed as Secretary of State Tariff Measures Before the House Probability that Their Further Con sideration Will be Delayed for Political Beasons The Status of Appropriation Bills Democrats Determined Upon a Decrease of Expenditures. By Telegraph to tba Moraine Star. Washington, D. C, June 29. Twen ty-two Democratic Senators met inxon ference this morning before the Senate assembled to consider the order of busi ness for the remainder of the session. There was a general interchange of views respecting the state of business, and the hope was expressed by a major ity of the Senators present that Con gress might be able to adjourn by July 20th. Then, in conformity with a long- established custom, a Caucus Committee was appointed to confer with a Repub lican Senatorial Cancus Committee re specting measures Which are to be brnght forward during the remainderof the ses sion and to endeavor to have included in the list a fair proportion of measures acceptable to the minority. The sub ject of free silver coinage was not men tioned. The President to-day sent to the Sen ate the nomination of John W. Foster, of Indiana, to be Secretary of State. Washington, June 29. The Senate this afternoon promptly confirmed the nomination of John W. Foster to"; be Secretary of State, and the President also this afternoon signed his commis sion. This is probably the quickest case of the kind on record. The action of the Senate in confirming Mr. Foster's nom ination almost immediately upon its re ception and without reference to the Foreign Relations Committee, is almost without precedent, as heretofore in has been customary to reserve this honor for Senators in active service who are nom inated for office. Democratic members in the House have reached a point where they have been obliged , to pause and consider whether it is advisable fo undertake to pass any more tariff bills this session. It is an undeniable fact that a number of representatives are extremely anxious to get through the work of the session and adjourn at the earnest possible moment, and they feel that their object cannot be attained if any further tariff legislation is to be attempted. In this belief they were .borne out to-day by the action of the Republican minority which prompt ly began to filibuster, under the leader ship of ex-Speaker Reid, as soon as an attempt was made to resume considera tion of the tin-plate bill. More over, political considerations have been"' brought forward to. strength en the arguments of members who are averse to any more tariff talk and action upon any other tariff bill. The subject was the occasion for a spe cial conference of the Democratic mem bers of the Ways and Means Committee last night. . ' There are three important Tariff bills now pending before the committe, name ly, the Free Lumber bill, the Free Sugar bill, and the bill placing iron ore on the free list. When the question arose as to whether the committee should proceed to act upon bills and determine the or der of treatment, it soon appeared that political considerations were involved and the proximity of the Piesidential and Congressional elections was also taken into account. Opposition was made to the immediate action on the Free Lumber bill by some mem bers, on the ground that ' its pas sage by the House might. have a de moralizing effect on the Democratic party in certain States, particularly in North Carolina, where the lumber in dustry is now of formidable proportions. Then certain members were afraid that the report on the Free Sugar bill would be a disastrous political move in its re sults in some of the States where the refining interests are large, and other members dreaded the results in the elec tions of the passage of the i Free Iron Ore bill. In view of the conflict of views it was decided that it would pe well to delay consideration of bills now before the committee for one week, before which time another conference will pro bably - be held. Messrs. Whiting, of Michigan, and Bryan, of Nebraska, were anxious that the party should act on the bills, particularly the one placing lum ber on the free list, and it is said that notwithstanding the determination Of the conference Mr. Bryan intended to call up the Free Lumber bill at the meeting of the committee to-day and endeavor to obtain a vote on it so as to put each member on record. He was not able to do this to-day, however, because of the lack of a quorum at the meeting. The matter of final adjournment was also a question considered at last night's conference, and it is understood that a resolution was : practically agreed to favoring adjournment on the 12th of July. There was some disposition to make the date later, but the earlier date prevailed, especially as it was recognized that the Senate would modify the reso lution by fixing a later date, in conformi ty with the practice that is always fol lowed. Two of the members of the committee declared their purpose to join in the report recommending a later . date for adjournment, so that tbe House shall be , compel! ea to , pass tne tarut Dins now in committee. There seems to be but little doubt that the Tin Plate bill, the Silver and the Lead Ores bill, and the bill limiting to $100 in value the per sonal effects ot tourists that may be ad mitted free of duty, will, all receive ac tion at the hands of the House and be sent over to the Senate before the ses sion is over. The conference, it is said, did not formally consider these bills, but from incidental references to them it evident that it was generally understood that the three named bills will be taken up and pressed to a vote. r The action of the House in promptly and, as some Senators believe, inconsid-' erately rejecting the first two confer ence reports presented this session on the regular annual appropriation bills, has ' given rise to much unfavorable comment among Senators. There is no doubt that it has seriously jeopardized the prospects of an early; adjournment of Congress. Senators feel that the posi tion of the House that it can outline the policy for the treatment of appropria tion bills and deny to the Senate the constitutional right of amendment, can not for a moment be conceded. On the Other hand, the House managers assert a steady purpose to keep expenditures well within those made by what they call the Billion Dollar Congress, and to day Mr. McMillin declared that the House should remain in session all the summer before accepting the Senate amendments increasing appropriations. Bad blood is showing on both sides, and it was informally stated by certain Sena tors this afternoon that Congress would remain in session until election day if the House persisted in holding its position and that requests for conferences coming from that body would not Command in stant acquiescence, unless more favorable reception was accorded by it to reports irom conferences when they were at pains to make them. The Senatorial programme is to set it out in quiet dignityi but some members of the House who have to do with appropriation bills, threaten that in that case the House will refuse to pass any resolutions extending appropriations for the support of the Government beyond July 20th next. Ol course no experienced parliamentarian believes that either House will proceed to any extremity which threatens to stop the machinery of the Government, but talk to that effect shows how strong the feeling is. . It was good news to the free silver ad vocates in the House to-day when they heard that the Senate had agreed tb take a vote on Friday at 2 o'clock on the' Free Coinage bill with pending amend-, ments. In the eveqt that 'the bill as amended should come over to the House and be referred to the Coinage Commit tee, free coinage people say they feel confident it would be favorably acted on. Conferees on the District of Columbia Appropriation bill, after struggling with the bill for some weeks have agreed to report disagreement, the point of con tention being the appropriation of $75, 000 for the entertaianment of the G. A. R. during the encampment in Septem ber. . SPIRITS TURPENTINE. .-r- Raleigh News and , Observer: Prof. L. G. Beckwith. of the Chair ol Pure Mathematics of Wake Forest Col lege, died at his home at Wake Forest at 11.30 o clock Saturday night. His re mains were brought to Raleigh Sunday and carried oh to Clayton, his old home, where they were interred yesterday. Greensboro Record: Mrs. Bet- tie Cannaday, of Summerfield, commit ted suicide yesterday morning by cut ting her throat with a razor, bhe com mitted the deed about 9 o'clock in the morning but lived until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. She had been an invalid for some time, suffering from a spinal affec tion, whiqh the brain, unbalancing her mind. Saturday night about 13.30 o'clock it was discovered that the Standard Oil Company's house, near the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley depot, was on fire. There were one hundred and twenty barrels of oil stored there, ail of which was consumed. ' Rocky Mount Phanix: . A very sad accident happened at the river bai urday afternoon. A number of boys and young men from the cotton mills were in bathing at the fiat rock at Good son's Falls, about half a mile above the; bridge. It is comparatively shallow fori ten or fifteen yards, but suddenly breaks) off into deep water. It was about 8 feet: deep, last Saturday. Boland Walkerf stepped off and was struggling in the water, when lom Nicholson, his com-I panion, with the brave and noble impulse! - of saving him rushed in after him. Bo-J land sinking in the water and vainlv striving for any support possible caucht!. him around the neck and they both sank. .The bodies were recovered byj Mr. Etheridge who works at the mills. Tarboro Southerner : Thad Al- fred, who superintends N. B. Dawson's farm near Conetoe, will have to resh ingle I the roof of bis dwelling which the light- ning last night tore up and ripped apart. 1 It struck the house, run along tne centre to a shed-room where it went down, breaking all the crockery and rendering Mrs. Alfred unconscious, though other wise not injuring her. ft is strange that the house was not set on fire, as were two trees in the neighborhood which were struck. Edgecombe has an inhuman freak in the person of a negro boy about ten, or eleven years ojd. A few days since, Dr. J. M. Baker was called in to examine a negro baby on the Bridgers-Redmond farm about four miles from this place. The baby had been left by its mother in charge of this boy, a brother, and the boy had taken it to tbe garden wall made out of wattled pine slabs about six feet high and had thrown it over. It fell into a tub, its head striking against tbe side, denting in the soft skull. Dr. Baker's examina tion showed that the baby's chance for living was small. Salisbury Watchman: The neigh borhood of Faith, in south Rowan, has been thrown into a state of excitement - -1 1 t - C. J uvci u, rape mai utkuncu msi .saiuruay. i T I I -1 it i . -J W I just ociorc uarit un mai. uay as iviis. George L. Kluttz was returning to the house from the spring, she was attacked by a burly negro. He drew a long knife and threatened to kill her if she made an outcry. It is not positively known whether he accomplished his purpose, but it is thought that he did. He then stole all the jewelry on her person and escaped. She was found in an uncon scious condition shortly afterwards by her husband. He had to stay with her until physicians and assistance could ar rive and searching parties did not get out till Sunday morning. ! They have since been scouring tbe country in search of the villain. Mr. Kluttz came to the city Tuesday and had bills printed offer ing a reward of $50 for the arrest of the negro. He is a tall, coal-black negro, with heavy upper hp, large cheek bones and medium size feet. He has a good deal of white in bis eyes and is about 30 years of age. j , Asheville Gazette: James Wolfe, who has a farm near Sulphur bprings. has placed upon our desk a sample of obts which measure six feet in height. Mr. Wolf e says it is a fair sample of a twenty-acre field. - A farmer from Transylvania was in the city yesterday with a strange pair of fowls. They are evidently a cross' between the guinea (hen and the turkey being very much like the former and about twice the size or about the size of a full grown turkey hsn. ,They make the noise of a guinea. If these fowls were not the same on exhibition at tbe last Raleigh fair, j last year, then tbe cross is not ! as uncom mon as might be supposed. Wm. M. Shelton, who on Sunday last killed Grant Tweed on Spill Corn Creek, Mad ison county, was captured in Greenville, Tenn- Friday. Sheriff C B. Capdler. of Madison, went to Greenville' aftr Shel ton, but returned without him, as Shel ton is held, in that place in a pistol case, as well as for the murder and trie au thorities refused to give him up. Sratfft Candler was in Asheville Friday apply ing to Gov. Holtjor requisition psfpers.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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