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RAILWAY FIGURES.
Railroad activity and i railroad
building are pretty good indexes of
business activity and of the progress
of the country. Wnen. the railroads
are kept busy it is a good sign that
other industries are busy, and when
railroads are reaching out into new
territory or multiplying" in the old it
is a sure sign that, the country is
sought for, in addition to which in
many of the States the demand for
roads has been pretty well supplied.
But there is need for much more
transportation facilities in the South
than we have, and it is. in this direc
tion that the railroad builders who
may seek investment for their money
will turn. ' ' We may therefore expec
to see the South (become the section
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prospering. This is the greatest for activity in railway construction
railroad country in the world and for some time to come, not so great
this is one of the reasons of its rapid as It has been im some ot the years
watered at the r"o umce at umtgton, m. M
tinterea Second Clan Ma ter.1
subscriptTon P ICE, i
ibe subscription prica of the We "-ly Star to u
. ii " 8 months
ou
80
AIf- Nicewongtr, of Winston, a
railroad man, U being congratulated
on being jjint heir to a fortune of
$380,000,000, somewhere, $80,000 of
ffbich is In cash with a Philadelphia
trust company. That's a nice thing
for Mr. Nice won ger, but we would
advise bicn, if he can get it, to take
the $80,000 cash and let the old
$379,920 000 ia dirt aad other things
go. Tni reare entirely too many of
these big fortunes with a long string
of ciphers hitched to I 'em coming
downtfiis way these days to hunt up
poor people, ;; '. J '
It begins to look as. if the lynchesr
whohuDg young Wall, the supposed
assaulter and murderer of Miss Cook,
in Patrick county, Va., had hanged
the wrong, person. He was weak
minded anj the evidence against
him was very scanty. The indica
tions now point to another man,
named McBride, - who was known to
harbor animosity against her family,
and ro be an all 'round bad customer.-
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The steamship St. Louts is now
entitled to carry the horns as the
fastest ocean steamer afloat. She
made hef last trip from New York
to Southampton in .6 days 10 hours
and 14 minutes, which leads all the
other scorchiag records by forty-one
minutes. ; ; ..f
The Japanese are a progressive,
level headed people, and sociable.
The latest thing is the establishment
the object of which is to f give coun
sel to strangers Visiting that country,
and make ttjeir sojourn as pleasant
to them as possible.
growth and great development. The
country has bte a the gainer by this
whether the railroads have or not
for while we ciau A have too manv
roads, as far as the country 13 con
cerned, there may be and in some
sections doubtless are,' too many for
the good of the roads, resulting in
competition that destroys profits and
and eventually puts the weaker, and
sometimes the stronger, into the
hands of receivers and bond holders.
According to Poor's Manual ot ihs
railroads of the United States, which
is a very co'mplete and comprehen
sive compilattoiof railroad s'tatis
tics, there were on the 3 1st of Da
cember, 1896, in the United States,
181,391 miles of road in operation,
capitalized at $12,005,653,000. The
funded debts of all the lines was
SSe! r $179,085,769 less
than for the year 1895, when it ; was
$5,610,943,567, the reduction being
the result of the. reorganizations
within the year. But the indebted
ness equals nearly one half .the capi
talized value of our roads, which,
means that the bondholders have a
pratty tight grip oa them. Other
forms of indebtedness in addition to
the funded debts amounted to $411,
449,969, against $418,505,092 - for
1895, an increase, of $ ',5,994,877
The cost pec mile, of such roads as
made, returns, measured by stocki
and bonded ; indebtedness, was
$59,732 per mile, against $60,188 for
1895.1 j There are employed upon the
various lines 36,000 f locomotives
25,000 passenger carj and 8,000
mail, express and baggage cars, and
1,190,000 freight cars. . :
As a matter of interest and as use
ful also for reference we reproduce
the following statement showing the
railroad construction and increase of
mileage in the country from 1830 to
of great activity, j but, still great
enough to add many miles to those
we now have in operation.
Several causes will conttioute to.
this, , one of which is the develop
ment of our midinz rezions:' which
cannot fail to attract the! attention
of capitalists, especially, oar iron and
coal regions, both of which are des
fined to become fields of great enter
prise.'; i im M :
Another ' is" the
bur Southern pots are attracting as
shipping ports, which is evidenced in
the steady and great increase of
attention which
ting the money: the"y get into circula
tion and helping other industries and
the people dependent i upon them.
The probabilities are also that the
reports as to the falling off iuthe
cotton crop will help cotton, and that
will help the South, i ; '
One of the most significant pieces
of news received from Cuba for some
time is the recent capture by the in
surgents ot that fortified town in the
province of Sautiago, j accompanied
by the statement from Madrid .that
Geaeral Weyleif has been asked by
his GbvernmenJ; to explain it. This
was a town with seven forts and two
Krupp guns, the capture of which
shows that the j insurgents are equip
ped for something more than skir
mishing1 in he woods, j In ''view of
the fact th at G-3Q. Weyler has so of
ten proclaimed! the island pacified
and the insurrection dead, he inay'
find it iomewhat difficult ?tisTac:
tbnly explain the capture of this
town, in which event there would be
sufficient j reason for his removal.
shipments of grain, lumber and other which has been frequently referred to
thines within the oast few vears. as as one of the I probabilities in the
well as the increase of idaports
Steadily and . surely the products of
the West sent abroad ara seekiag
Southern ports instead of the East
ern ports, as they did not many years
ago,' and it would be no wild ptedic
tiori to say that within the , next de
cade the butk. of this business will
pass through Southern ports. This
means, of course, more railroads to
handle the business and dispatch it
a rapidly as demanded. K :-
There has been a vast improve
ment in this respect within the past
few years, and the improvement will,
continue until there will be great
trunk lines from our prlncl-
as one ot tne probabilities m
near fdture, unless he got a hustle
on him and showed that there was
more on him than Issuing proclama
tions, winning 1 victories with type
writers, building trochas and throw
ing people intoprison.1 ' j; '
OLD OWNERS AND THEIR SLAVES.
A correspondent of the Star writes:
"Recently there appeared ia the col
tumns of your paper a notice -giving an
account of an aged and , respectable col-
orea man coming ail tne way from
Laurinburg to j this citv to visit his
former owners. ' I have also heard of an
other : worth? colored man belonging
to our good old State, a! tailor by trade
pal Southern
Northward and
ports ' running
Westward, to
who spends a portion of the year
North and the remainder of it
at the
at the
the granaries and slaughter pens,
that will compare with and
successfully compete with the greai
trunk -lines running East and West:
These lines must all have feeders,
which means that in the coming
years and in the near future many
thousand miles of .new road will be
constructed in this section. !
the c
Year.1
ose of 1896:
Miles in
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MINOR
One of the
MENTION.
Annual -Increase
Gen Eckert, President of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
is one of the best if not the best
paid official ia' this country His
salary is over $100,000 a year. He
mast be master of the wires.
The new Premier of Spain is
quoted as saying that he doesn't
want any war with the United States:
He seems to. be a gentleman who
knows when he has about as much
as he can attend io. ' I
.An Italian female writer has writ
ten a book on women in which she
contends that women are happier
than men. They pught to be.
The .'latest reports from Ireland
confirm thft gloomy outlook for the
crops if that, country,- and the pros
pects of much suff ering from scarcity
of food. '
Commenting upon the sitjiatloain
Europe, Bismarck' expresses the
opinion that if war comes it will be
universal. ; . , '
The New England man who has
started to walk to the Klondike dig
gings does nut propoie to be caught
in fte passes this winter. K
Profiting by his experience on his
last visit, Gen. Le isn't talking so
freely to the newspaper interviewers
DOW.';- '.. . V - ;
Headquarter FIorth Carolina
Division, United Confederate
Veterans. , '
Wilmington, N C, Sipt. 11. '97.
f).t th l"r-n i .-.r.v 1807. th
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g?itanBaopf Ngrth Carolina wnp ate
buried at Wincgester, Virginia. will be
laid with appropriate cctemooies. It is
tnuneotly appropriate that, upon such
aooccason, there should be present a
'"ge delegatio'a fromthe veteran
Jpldieis of this Stne. Tnerefore tne
Gsoeral Commandine earnestly uraes
hat every camp in mis division send
delegates to Winchester to attend, the
laying ot tbe c jrner-scone ot the monu
ment to their f l!en comrades.
By order of William L DeRose
Major General Commandine.
'.'.7 i Junius Davis, ;
Adjatant General and Chief ot Staff.
State papers pleace copy.
Hoituwy Bfpott. '
The record in tbe cffi:e o' Dr. W; D.
McMillan, superintendent of health, for
foe past week showi twelve deaths, eight
colored and four whites; fourteen births;
even permit granted for digirjag, one
'or the transportation of a body and one
'or the receipt of a body brought from
0ut of the city. Deaths tbe past week
Were caused by the following diseases
"1: Typhoid fever, two; malarial fever,
two; consumption, two; shock, one;
Bright" disease, one; apoplexy, one; old
?Re, one; heart failure, one; convulsions,
v one.' '
There were no quarantine orders is
, '"ed during the week.
1830 ....... ' : 23 ! ..
1831. 95 T2
1832 229 J 134
1833 J 380 , 151 1
1834 633 I i 253 1
18351...... 1,008 H , 465 1
1836..V...: 1,273 I 175
18371....... 1,497 1 224
18381....... 1,913 I 416
18391....... 2,302 I ... 389
18401..'..... 2,818 ' 516
18411... 3,535 I 717
13421....... 4,026 i 491
1843 L.... ... '4,185 159
1844 4,377 , 1 192
1845........ 4,633 I 256
1846....:... 4,930 I 297
1847 .... 5,598 ! a68
1848..... 5.996 398
1849........ 7 365 .1,369
1850.. 9,021 y 1,656
1851 ..." . 10,982 1,961
1852........ 12,908 : 11,926
1853........ 15,360 .2,452
1854........ 16,720 , 1,360
1855 "... 18,374 1,654
1856........ 22,016 3,642
17S7........- 24.503 2,487
1858........ 26,968 2,465
1859........ 28,789 . 1,821
I860 30,628 1,837
1861........ 31,286 1660
1862. " 32,120 ! ,. 834
1863.'. 33,170 1,050
1864........' 33.908 1738
1865........ 35,085 1,177
1866 36,801 1,716
1867.....,. 39,150 , 2,249
1868 . 42,229 . 2,979
1869 46,844 4,615
1870......'.. 52,922 6,078.
1871;....... 60,293 7,379
1872.. 66171 v 5,878
1873 70,268 4,097
1874........ 72,385 2,117
1H75 74,096' 1,711
1876........ 76,808 2,712
1877........ 79,088 2,280
1878 81,767 2,679
1879, :..' 86,584 4,817
1880........ 93,206 6,712
1881....... 103,143 9,847
1882........ 114.712 f 11,569
1883........ 121,455 6,743
1884 125,379 : 3,924
1885..;..... 128,361 t ! 2,982
1886 136,379 ir 8.018
1887 149,257 ;. 12,878
1888 .156,169 . f 6,912
1889 161,353 5,1$4
1890........ 166,698 t V 5,345
1891 170,769 : 4,071
1892 175,188 ; 4,419
1893 177,485 2,297
1894........ 179.394 1,908
1895...... 180,912 1,519
i 1896........ 182,600 1,688
results of too much
government by injunction is shown
in the tragic collision between strik
ing miners and a posse of sheriff's
deputies near the town of Latimer,
Pa., Friday. Qf course, as in all
such cases, there are contradictory
statements as to which party was
the aggressor and responsible for
the shooting, followed by such fatal
results. But judging from the re
Sooth, who has prospered so financially
that when the i old homestead of his
former owners was sold he became its
purchaser and upon it works about one
hundred hands, and theX,' place
is , kept scrupulously clean, the
houses' upon - it being whitewashed.
Large crops are made upon it and ev
erything appears well j managed and
flourishing. Bisides this, when his for
mer mistress was left dependent he very
generously offered her a home On tbe
old estate or he wonld; support her in
any place she desired to make her home,
aad for vears he has been paying her
board at one of our North Carolina
towns and he takes great delight in do
icg all he can for her comfort, and yet
our brethren of the North never has nor
never will understand the mutual at
tachment which existed between the old
owners and their slaves.;
GOV. RUSSELL'S
SURPRISE.
ports the sheriff
fearing for his own
safety lost his head, and his deputies
excited at? the aggressiveness of the
491 j "foreigners" ancjl fearing attack lost
their heads and tired witn an aim
and effectiveness that amazed them
when thev saw the dead and
wounded I fall and the panic
stricken strikers taking to their
heels. As we understand it ythe
sheriff was performing the duty
incumbent on him in trying to en
force tbe inju action and prevent the
strikers from marching to the mine
they were headed for to get the
workmen out.. jHe read a proclama
tion that perhaps not one in ten of
them understood, and thev nature of
which probably the tenth man didn't
understand. But that's all he could
do. The injunction was there acid
he had to obey it, but he permitted
himself tot become unduly excited by
the reports that he had previously
heard aboift the strikers being armed,
and by their obstinate demeanor, and
tried lead, the last resort, first. There
may be blame Ion both sides for the
shooting and the j horrid results, but
the first cause of it all is the excess
to which the injunction business has
been carried in! that and other States
where the strike prevailed.
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The trade journals in their reports
of the business ; situation and pro
gress fori the past week make the
3924 I best showing for any week since the
turn in the tide because the improve
ment i? based on substantial grounds,
on legitimate demand, not as the re
suit of speculation and manipulation
at the trade centers. There has been
a steady ; advance in the price of
is becoming more den-
what the foreign de
mand is likely to bs, supported by a
very considerable falling pf in the
estimated yield of corn, which is
much less than 'last year. This raises
the price of ', corn as well as of
wheat. .One of the most gratify
ing I feitori-f.of.r the reports is
that a very large percentage of both
crops is still in the hands of the far
mers who will not be in a hurry to
market; because they feel easy as
to prices and; will therefore marker
gradually, thus avoiding gorging
the market and straining the carry
ing capacity j of the roads. Steady
business is always safer and prefer
able to rushes jucceeded by torpor.
Selling as mhchT as they care to
market the farmers will have all ; the
cash they will! have immediate need
of and will be in a condition to bay
what they need for cash, and to
meet pressing obligations, thus put-
This is a remarkably steady and
continuous growth each year with
few exceptions showing an increase
of construction over preceding years,
until 1887 was reached with an ag
gregate of 12,878 miles, tne next,
highest being In 1882, when 11,569
miles were built. These were the
maximum years. Since 1887 the
decrease has been continuous until
last year, when we again note an in
crease, not very great, but an in
crease all the same, indicating that
the turning point had been reached.
We need not look for any very
marked Increase in new mileage at
once, however much time3 may im
prove, for tne oostacies ana reverses
our railroads have had to contend
against are not calculated to make
that kind of investment the most
Oollapie of Thetrlol Company Partners
Despondent Frmer' -j Iottttutei A -.
- Visitor to the Klondike Batumi,
' Special Star Correspondence
Raleigh. N. C, September 11.
George Stevens, the crack pitcher
who has been with the Orange Athletic
Club all the Summer, has returned. Mr,
Stephens sustained his splendid reputa-
amateur pitcher.
tion this Summer as an
He has refused several 'flattering offers
from professional teams.
Mr. F. A. Hege, the director of the
poultry division of the Agricultural De
partment, has returned from the West,
where he has been holding, farmers' in
stitutes. Mr. Hege says his ostrich eggs
will batch the firtt week in October.
They take six weeks to hatch.
The Widow Gpldsteii Company can
celled all its Southern engagements to
day and the company returned to New
York. A fair performance was given
here bv the company I last night to a
smalt audience. The company did poor
business all through Virginia, as was
the case here; had easiness can be at
tributed to the intense heat. Tbe com
pany was booked South as far as New
Orleans.. , ' V . ' ! l:
The farmers of this! county are very
despondent. The crop is badly burned.
Cotton bolls have opened prematurely
and are falling off. ? !
Mr. Jas. Moore, one of the wealthiest
of Waice's citizens, has returned to the
State after an absence of many months.
He has penetrated the gold fields as far
as Klondike. Mr. Moore made the trip
purely on pleasure, but lit is likely that a
man of his sagacity turned the opportu
nities offered .him to advantage. I
' Governor Russell is going to spring a
big surprise when be: names his new
Railway Commissioners. One of the
advisers 'on the inside tells me that
the names of the successful appointees
have not been 1 mentioned by the tur
misers. I' ..y"--. , '. .
LUETGERTj MURDER TRIAL. .
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Human Bones Taken f.'om tha Vat in -the
. - Saucags Faetory.
By Teleisraph tj the Morning Star,
Chicago, Septemb5r, 11. The State
put in its time to day proving the bones
fTH NW RIVER SECTION. !
(Hewing Pr3piota of (hi Eut Caroline
' PliOitir al A?aooatlon Tne VUh. and
1 Ojttrr Iodnttry Truek Fatmlcsr. t
Dr. E. Porter, of Reeky Point, re
turned yesterdiy from a visit to the
oyster grounds of tbe East Carolina
Piscatorial Association on New River.
He is enthusiastic over the prof pscts be
fore tbe 'Association, and before the
whole section of country in which the
grounds are located. j 1
Shjpmeats of oysters will be made in
Considerable quality this season and
preparations for handling: them are go
ing vigorously forwards Three ; boats,
besides a large and splendidly equipped
sharpie, have been purchased, an oyster
houie with ample facilities for storage
has been provided, and a large supply of
oyster toogs, and a lot of other necessa
ries have been laid in,. ! j ,
Bordering the river is tbe Assccia
tion'a farm, consisting of many acres of
the best of trucking land. From this
farm Dr. Porter ' says there -will be
shipsid wjt season 10,000 packages of
truck of all ; varieties. Including peas,
beans, roasting ears, canteloupas, water
melons and strawberries.
RAILROAD CONNECTION WANTED.
The people living along New River in
the vicinity ot Bay View and Marine's
are extremely anxious for railroad trans
portation. Heretofore the freight and pas
senger traffic has beea done by steam
boats plying between Jacksonville and
Marines, but the Star learns that the.
steamer George ID'. Purdy has been
taken off, so that this fine section of
country is quite without the facilities
for transportation - necessary to the
growth and prosperity of any section.
Mass meetings will be held to agitate
the question and petitions circulated
asking v the Wilmington & Newbern
Railroad Company to build the desired
road. ' v - - : ' '.'
There is certainly a great amount of
undeveloped resources in that portion of
country around the mouth of New River.
The land is well suited to the cultiva
tion of truck and fruits and the . fishing
interests are if properly managedan un
failing source of revenue. New River
trout are almost as famous as New
River oysters, and thev are only one of
a wide variety of edible fish. Mullets,
flounders and all kinds of pan-fish are
found in the greatest abundance. As an
evidence of the wealth of food which is
waiting to be taken, it may be mentioned
that one day last week a fisherman
caught at a single haul fifteen barrels ot
shrimp and in a net of so large a mesh
that all but the large ones escaped.
Dr. Porter was accompanied in his
tour of the New River section b 7 a Mr.
Joy, a prominent citizen of St. Louis,
who Is down here prospecting with a
view to securing winter homes for a col
ony of Missourlans who are coming
South.' He expressed himself as being
delighted with the climate, the natural
scenery and abundant rssources of the
country. l
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Bsv. O. M. Tolaon Cam) Veri Near
Dio-troing While Bathing atCato
' j Ho Beaen.
Carolina Beach came near being the
scene of another drowning yesterday
afternoon, and Rev. G: M. Tolson, pas
tor of the Chapel of the Good Shep
herd, this city, being the victim.
Mr. Tolson yesterday morning went
down to the beach on the steamer Wil
mington to enjoy a day's outing. Early
in the afternoon, just before the dinner
hour, he went bathing in the ocean
and very soon was : caught in
the offset of two waves 'and car
ried quickly out, about sixty yards
from the shore, where he could make no
progress whatever. Mr. Tolson's plight
was first noticed by a colored man on
the beach, who called it tohe attention
of a number of colored fishermen. As
no outcry was heard from Mr. Tolson he
was thought to be all right, but Mr
T. W. Wood, of this city, wasalsf on the
beach, and having his attention attract
ed, quickly perceived that Mr. Tolson was
in a drowning condition, as bis hands
and arms were waving wildly oyer his
head. Mr. Wood informed the fishing
party, which consisted of ' Chas. Hub
bard, Jas. Ross,, Henry Farror and Nel
son Lowe (all colored) and they at once
manned a boat and heroically went to
Mr. Tolson's rescue, reaching him just
in time, as the unfortunate man was al
most exhausted trying to keep above
water. '
Upon the return of l- the boat restora
tives were administered to Mr. Tolson
and be was able to return to the city late1
In the afternoon.
C THE-: BLACK WELL MURDER.
Purvi, the Nago Tramp, T.led la Harnett
Sup rljr Gocrt Oo&v-eted cf Harder
: tn the Ftttt Deree.
Yesterday at Lillington. the county
seat of Harnett county, ; Ei. Purvis,
negro tramp, was convte'ed of murder
ing Mr. James Black well, at tbe time of
his (Blackweli'b) death a flagman of the
A, C. L. fast mail traia No. 85. The
murder was committed between Benson
and Dunn on the night of the 14lh of last
month, and white Mr. Black well was attempting-
to muke Ntwo negro tramps
get off his train, upon which they were
trying to steal a ride.. The murderer of
young B ackwell was chased with blood
hounds, but without success. Ed Pur
vis, colored, was arrested three days af
ter tbe commission of the murder in
Fayetteville. and was held for the pres
ent term of Harnett county Superior
COUrt. -'",
Tuesday morning last Purvis was
placed on trial for his life, Judge Oliver
H. Allen presiding, and Geo. M. Rose,
Esq . of Fayetteville, conducting the
case for the prosecution, assisted by
C, W. Bidgood, Esq of this city.'
A telegram received last night an
nounced that Purvis had been con
victed of murder jin the first degree,
Thich, of course, nteans that be must
pay the penalty death, .
THE MURDERED MINERS
TWENTY-ONE KiLtEO AND FORTY
WOUNDED BY SHERIFF'S DE.PUTIE8. ,
The Sitast 03 at H .eton Itsnao Feelinj-t
Bhcnff Ha tin O carded by Military.
Mate Maeting Excreta Smpithy ftr
tee Vietima of the Shtr.iTa Foate.
By Telegraph to the Morning; Star.
Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 11. Twenty
one corpses He to-night in ramshackle
frame shanties scattered about this hill'
top town.: Forty maimed, wounded and
broken figures toss On tbe narrow cols
of the Halelton hospital. Of these it is
almost a certainty that fi va will be added
to the death listbefore another day
dawns. Suchvwas the execution done
yesterday afternoon j by one hundred
and two deputy sheriffs, armed to the
teeth, upon about one hundred and fifty
ignorant foreigners, whose total arma
ment Consisted ot two. little penkcives.
These facts ate u&dispatcd. -
- All these men ranged in age from 18
to 45 years, afi foreer Hungarians,
Poles, Lithuanians; aqd Slavs and
nearly alt hid. or have,. (tear and dejr
ones here wita tbem.jj -v 1
. The situation ,to-nigtoriis idtense, as
the day was iult of ty?nt 'ttnd.incidcnt.
First and foremost, vhepufpose thesa
men bad in view when their march re
ceived us tragic end was coniutv) mated.
The 1,500 workers at the Lattimer mines,
to whom they were bound- in an effort to
induce them to join the strikers' ranks,
have laid dowrrtheir picks and sworn to
do no more work until all the demands
of the men at all the mines in the dis
trict have been conceded.
Next" in importance! was the issuance
of warrants this afternoon for the arrest
of Sheriff Martin and the one hundred
and . two deputies. These were issued
at the instance of the United Hungarian
Society, i Robert P. Riley, manager of
the Anthracite Detective Agency took
charge of the documents, put up to a
late hour to night they bad not been
executed?..
Sheriff Martin, who spent last night
at his Wilkesbarre home under a strong
guard, came to Hazleton this morning
with the Ninth regiment of the Third
brigade. ( His presence in the town was
not known until late in the day- Then
it was found that he was still under tbe
wardship of the soldiers and he could
not be reached. This afternoon con
stables A! rey and Gallagher made an
effort to arrest A. E Hess, who led one
company of the deputies last night, but
he had sought shelter within the mili
tary lines kept by the Ninth regiment,
and they refused to permit the con
stables to pass the guard. The warrants
charge murder, assault and battery and
threatening to kill.
A third event of note and importance
was the offer made by Superintendent
'Lewall, of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
collieries, to grant an increase of 10 per
cent, over the Lehigh basis to the men
of the company, about 2,000 in number.
A big meeting was held at McAdoo in
the afternoon to consider this off-.r, and
after a discussion and speech making it
was decided to accept the proposition,
the men to return to work Tuesday
morning. But little Confidence follows
this decision, as it is taken for granted
that ai soon as the men return to work
pressure from the men still out will be
brought to bear to restore them to the
strikers' ranks and It is admitted that
there will be no resistance.
This was oily orseot three mass meet
ings held to-day. Another at Harwood
adopted resolutions expressing sympa
thy "fpr our Smurdeted brethren who
were shot down at Latimer," and con
tinuing in this fashion: "For vears we
have been oppressed by C. Pardee &
Co., by the payment of starvation wages.
They have deprived us of our liberty by
compelling us to deal in their company
stores. They have forced us to purchase
powder at five times its actual value, and
have otherwise tyrannized us in ways too
nnmeious to mention; so that we are no
longer tree men but slaves.
,'We assembled together peaceably and
to seek redress for our grievances. Not
one man among us was armed. Our mis
sion was not to. take human life no.r to
destroy property, but to go and meet our
fellow employes of the same company at
K J ri .im..iB)iA v.r in ivmnatbtf 'wtth n.
the sun shines with the, force that has I'W X
PovQzn
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKINO POWDER CO., NEW VORK.
THE CITY MARKETS.
Betall Prloes of Fish, Meets, Vegetables,
1 Poultry, Fruit', Bta. ,
The city markets just now do not pre
sent the very greatest variety of edibles.
As we are between seasons, the articles
of food which were in demand in-Summer
are' playing out now, while the
cooler- weather hasn't, become pro
nounced enough yet for the Fall products
to be in any great supply or marked de
mand. A few oysters were on the mar
ket yesterday, a large quantity ot shrimp
as usual, and a limited sapply of fish
Ot fruits, watermelons, grapes (tbese in
greatest plenty), apples and pears were
about the only variettes. Eggs are get
ting up to their usual Fall and Winter
prices and, in fact, have been selling at
18 and 20 cents per dczia lor several
weeks. v - f
Vegetables Sweet potatoes, 20c per
peck; Irish potatoes, 85c per peck; to
matoes, 24 to 5c per quart; collards, 5s
per head; field peas. 6c per quart; butter
beans, 5c per quart; string beans, 5c per
quart; okra, 2)c per quart; onions. & to
10c per quart; egg plants, 5s each; cab
bage, 5 to 10c each; turnips, 5c per bunch;
roasting ears, 20c per dozen.
Meats Steak, loin, lc. round, 10c;
chuck beef, 10c; stew, 5 to 6;; mutton,
10 to 12c; veal, 10 to 12c; tongues.
20 to 25c; sausage, 10c. ' f
Fish September mullets, 10 to 15c;
trout (small). 10c per bunch.
- New River oysters. 25c per peck
Clams, Crabs and Shrimps Giams,
15c per quart; soft crabs, $0 to 40c per
dczsn; channel crabs, 1.0c per dozen;
shrimps. 5c per quart. !
V. Poultry Grown chickens, 25 to 85c
each; Spring chickens, 12) to 20c each;
dressed chickens, 70 to 75c per pair.
Fruit Watermelons. 5 to 15c each;
grapes, 2 to 6c per quart; apples, 80c
per peck; pears 30c per pec i.
FIGURES. II
COTTON FACTS ANIV FIG
The s'zs of the cotton receipts yes
terday shows that the people are not
holding backtheir cotton at all. In spite
of the reports to the effect that the crop
is not going to be nearly as large as was
expected several weeks ago, most of the
growers believe that It is going to be
sufficiently large to keep the price down.
The prolonged . dry weather "also
has something to do with tbe swollen re
ceipts. iwOtton opens in a nurry wnen
marked his operations tor the last week.
The local market went a sixteenth
lower here yesterday In sympathy with
a decline in the quotation of futures.
Wilmington is still ahead ot many other
markets, middling being higher than in
Charleston. Savannah or Augusta.
GAY GRANDMOTHERS.
the factory 'were
Prof. Gao.Val-
wheat as it
tritely known
taken from the Vat m
those of Mrs. Lusteert!
ley testified pistt'vely ,that ot the nones
shown him' in the court, one was from
the hand of j a human beings 'one
from the' foot; one was a part of j a
human rib and one was a fragment of
the forearm. The witness did not qual
ify his evidence in any degree, but
stated his conclusion in the most posi
tive manner, driving his testimOny-home
with the assertion, fThey are bones
from the skeleton of a small person, very
nrntanlv a woman.
Portions of a skeleton were brought
into court, and the witness showed tne
jury just where the fragments of bones
were to oe iouna in tne aainda ujjt.
It is likely that the state win rest us
case on Monday. ,. , - " .
HAVANA ADVICES.
Aotlvity of Iaiurgsntt in Santiago Provlnoe
' Many Oaath Horn Tellow Fever. ;
r. By Telegraph to the Morning ur. r( ,
Havana vik kKYWST, FA.. Sep
tember 11. Advices from Santiago de
Cuba report !that the insurgents are
active in that district, and that the in
habitants of the city or.aantiago ae
Cuba recently! became alarmed, fearing
that an attack - would be made on that
ItVs stated that 417 deaths occurred
in the city ol bancti apintus quhuk
Auirust. Of this number 825 resulted
from yellow fever.
Greensboro Record
A most pleasant and enjoyable dinner
party was given by Mrs. James R.
Pearce, at her residence on East Market
street, Greensboro, N. C, complimen
tary to Grandma Wood, of Asbeboro;
the aged mother of Mrs. Pearce, who
celebrated her eighty-first birthday yes
terday, and fonr of her aged Mends and
neighbors..; --- "IV
Those present, . besides; Grandma
Wood, were Mrs. Ann Ray. who is
eighty-four years of age; Grandma
Workman, seventy-nine vears old,
mother of Mr. M. CXWorkman; Mrs.
Dil worth, seventy-nine years of age, and
Mrs. Winnie Shultz. widow ot Lieut.
Shultz, aged seventy-four years. 4
Every one of rhe party were widows,
and moreover live on East Market street,
within a block of each other. ' H
Tbe total of their ages reaches three
hundred and sixteen years, an average
of seventy-nine years each.
Grandma Wood has six living chil
dren, thirty-eight living grandchildren
and sixteen living great-grandchildren.
Notwithstanding the ages of the old
ladies they were the gayest party one
ever saw, and all had a good old time.
Mrs. Wood is the mother of Rev.
F. H. Wood, of the . North Carolina
Annual Conference of the M. E. Church
South, and the grandmother of Mrs.
. Assistant Register of Deeds
Manly issued marriage licenses to two
white and six colored couples the past
week. " , J, -
tSerloua Aecident to BSr. C. C. P.rneyduval.
' Mr. C. C. Forneyduval, of Cronly, suf
fered a serious accident on day before
yesterday. He was in a cart drawn by a
mule and was drivine down a steep hill
near Cronly, when the mule grew fright
ened and dashed down the hiil. Mr. For
neyduval was thrown from the Cart and
run over. '
Dr. W. D. McMillan went out on the
afternoon train over the Carolina Cen
tral road on day before yesterday to ex
amine the unfortunate man's injuries
which be found to consist of a broken
thigb and collarbone in addition to a
number of painful bruises.
Dr. McMillan returned . yesterday
morning.
. THE MURDERER PURVIS
8entenoed to ba Han6d Oatcbar I3:h in
Jail at Fayetteville for Bale Keeping.
Special Star Telegram
Fayetteville, N. C. Sept. 10.
Purvis, who murdered flagman Black
well, near Dunn, was to-day sentenced
to be hanged October 18:h. e
He will be brought here to-morrow
for safe keeping until that time, when
he will be returned to Lilllngton a be
executed. He is in a very feeble condi
tion, resulting from wounds he received
while trying to board a moving train in
his escape after the murder.
Flva Cms Derailed, j
A broken spring in the switch at the
siding of the C. C. road near the Cape
Fear Lumber Company's mill yesterday
morning caused 5 box cars of the early
westbound freight train to be derailed.
Nobody was hurt and the damage to tne
cars" was trifling.
XThe track was not ciear oy tne time
the oasseneer train arrived at the scene
of the accident, so that passengers had
to get off there. In twenty or thirty
minutes, however, tbe track had been
cleared and passenger train 41 left the
depot as usual. ,
DEATH 07 MBS. MARY A. COBB.
Mount Olive, N. C, Sept. 11.
Mrs. Mary A. Cobb, a highly respected
lady of this place, died yesterday morn
ing at 5 o'clock, after a protracted illness.
She was 58 years of age, and leaves three
sons and two daughter to mourn her
loss. The interment was made yester
day afternoon at 5 80 o'clock in the
Mount Olive cemetery; .
way, and without provocation were shot
down like dogs. I
"We place ourselves before the bar of
public opinion and appeal to the good
citizens of this State and county and ask
them if there was justification or warrant
in such assassination.
That n. Ttnrt nur svm.
patnies to tne irienas ana iciawvce ui
those who have fallen, and pray to God
that those how ' dead will live m our
memories as martyrs to the cause Qf
down-trodden labor."!
The third meeting was the most
largely attended. ' It began at Hazle
Park about 6 o'clock this afternoon and
adjourned "to Donegal Hill, an open
place at one end of the city, where it
. was in progress to-night. Tbe purpose
of this meeting was also to extend sym
pathy and to decide upon a course of
action in consequence of last night's ca
tastrophe, j ' L- i '' j
Throughout the.day the city has been
given up to excitement, which by its
suppressed I character has been more,
ominous than turbulence would-have
been. The incoming of the State troops,
which began at an early hour this morn
ing, served to cowe the strikers and their
sympathizers, and no further demonstra
tion was made than tbe gathering at
street corners of knots of men and
women in muttered but intense discus
sion of the shooting, i "
To-night there are fully 2,500 soldiers
camping in town. jJTne first to arrive
was the Nintbfegiment under Col.
Doughertylrom Wilkesbarre. Gen.
Gpbin, commander of tbe Tnird brigade,
arriysd early in the morning and estab
lished headquarters In the office of the
division superintendent of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company, from which point
he assigned the commands to points on
the outskirts and in the city.
The town looks as it it were in a state
of siege to-night,- as the booted and
spurred warriors are to be seen at every
turn, i The presence of the troops has
sufficed to maintain order thus lar, but
it is not repressing public opinion. This
is almost unanimous in condemning in
the severest terms! the action of the
deputies! last night. . "Official murder"
is the phrase on almost every tongue.
Many prominent citizens 01 tne town,
including Rev. Father Moylan. of St.
Hazel's j church; Rev. Mr. Spaulding, Of
the Baptist, and Rev. Mr. Wagner, of
the Lutheran, have drawn informal pro
tests not only against the action of tbe
sheriff and his deputies, but against the
calling out of the militia, which they de
clare was unnecessary. Ia spite of this,
however, the uneasy feeling increases.
The strikers have made up their
minds, as several of them said tc-dav, to
remain in perfect quip tnes until Mon
day, i The corpses will be interred it.
the PolUh cemetery. The? will be laid
in a circular plot and the congregation
to which they belonged will, it is an
nounced, erect a monument.
The meeting at Lattimer to day was
one worthy of description by a Victor
Hugo. It., was held not far from the
spot of last night's conflict. The country
is bare and desolate there. Huge coal
breakers loom up against ;the sky line
here acd there, and a few tumble down
lanties, the bomes"of the minrrs,
nestling amid the ' cu m banks,
and , there is an occasional group
of unhealthy looking ; trees. A great
rabDle of bearded and .sallow men. was
gathered before one of these shanties,
and from time to time a gaunt and bony
figure would' push to the front and bar
aogue b s compactions -4n a strange
tongue, the comments and criticisms of
his bearers mingling with - his gutterals
in an absolute babel.1
Twenty different languages are spoken
ia Hazleton and there, J amed as if
all were beiog spoken at once. Tthe '
meeting decided to take no- action un
til Monday, when a committee. Cooetr
ins; of Jour Poles, four Italians, and four
Hupgar ans, wiif visit the operators and
notify them of their intention to remain
out with tbe other strikers until evefy
demand is granted.
LATE FOREIGN .NEWS.
DUouiilsn of the Franao-Qtrman Allunoe '
-The AffibanaUtan Treuble-Shtink-
ItiK rf tbe Birthrate in France, Kto. .
' LCopyright 1807 by the Aaioclated PreM.1
London, September 11. The past
week in Great1 Britain has been marked
by efleivcscence iu the labor world, the
quieting of tbe Indian trouble", with
more or less confession ot the govern
ment s impotence in dealing witn tne
Ameer ot Afghanistan, and the defeat of.
the Marquis of Salisbury, in the case of
the German bondholders, in1 the dreary
struggle over the Greece-Turkish peace
negotiations, which defeat has been
caustically criticised and has been fol
lowed by the Sultan sending Winter .
clothing to the Tnrkiih troops in Thes-sal?."-
, ' '
Paris, September 11. During the
intei vais in the discussion of the prophe
cy of Herr Falls, of Vienna, that the
world would come to an end on Novem
ber 13;h, 1890. the Paris newspapers arc
still busily engaged in shaping up the
future of i France in company with -the
Russian be?r. Tne under-current of re
action which set in after the first deli
rium caused by the apparent announce
ment of the Franco- Russian alliance
began to subside is now slightly "more
visible. It is pioneered by Henri Roche
fort's sarcasms in the fntransigeanl,
pointing out that tbe Cronstadt meeting
has renderedFrench soldiers superfluous,
and that tbe best thing to do is to make
them bika bread for tne poor, which nas
been, the paper claims, made far too
costly b? the ' Political 'Melinite Al
liance." . -
The alliance, however, is a topic for j
daily congratulation among most classes
in France and it has given the greatest
pleasure at the Vatican, where the in
trigues of Cardinal Kopp, tbe Prince
Bishop of Breslau, to detach Vatican
sympathy from France, have met with
but lutle success, the French claiming
the alliance has another partner in the '
Pope. . ' .
The shrinking of the birth, rate in
France, which for some years past has
been repeatedly brought to' the public
notice, is now attracting serious atten
tion. A society styled the Alliance Na- '
tionale, of which Dr. Jacques Bertillon
is president, and which was organized
early during tbe present year, j has
.taken the question in hand ;8nd
has induced thirty-eight departmental
assemblies to adopt resolutions embody
ing tbe society's programme, demanding,
that the government pass a law reduc-
ing taxation in proportion to tbe num
ber of children in tbe tax-payers family,
and that this principle be applied to all
financial laws. Io addition, where the
number of servants exceeds the number
of children, the tax payer is to be sub
jected to an exceptional surtax, and all
favors at the disposal oi tne state are to
be reserved for the members of large
families. '
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SPIRITS TUEPENTINE. ,
oldsboro Argusi The t Argus
regretSyto chronicle tne death ot
Mrs. Mary A. Cobb, of Mt. Olive,
which occurred at her home in that
town this morning at 5 o'clock in the
58th year of her age. : ,
i JFayetteville Observer: Upon
his return to the jail yesterday, Mr.
Aatry found another ugly slung shot
and a number of iron bunk hooks,
sharpened at. the point, as deadly
weapons as steel daggers. They
were evidently the ingenious hand
work of the prisoner Judge Hayes.
He was probably planning another
escaoe.
"JL Newbern Journal V The dry
weather is spoken of by every farmer
and merchant .coming to this city.
Mr. K. R. Hay, of Maysville, who
was a caller at the journal, says the
weather is injuring cotton very much,
and that the prospects are the crop
will be no larger than last year's in
this section.- ;
Raleigh News and Qhserver:
Superintendent Jno. R. Smith has
returned from, Carthage. He says
that the crops are being injured by
the drought on the State farms,, but
he thinks they will still make an
average crop. While at Carthage he
arranged with Mr. W. C. Petty to
continue the employment of a hun
dred . convicts on -the extension of
the road which connects the Char
lotte and Carthage road. . ,
Wayworn Watson "I never
told von I'd seen the time when I lived
at the rate of $10,000 a year, did I?"
- Perry4 PateiticvNo. How long did
you .keep it up?" V
"About a minute." Cincinnati En
qmrer. . - r ;
MM
When I nay I rare I do not mean merely to atop
them for a time and then h them return again. I
mean a radical core. I hare made the dieeaae of
FITS. EpSlEPSYot FALLING SICKNESS a Ufe
Ions atndr. I warrant my remedy to ear the wont
eaeea. Beoanee other have failed la no reason tor
not now reoeirin a eore. Bend at onee for treatise
and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy. Gtre x
preaa and Portoffioe addreaa. , t
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