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THIS 18 TOO THIN.
There is a law in this State which
prohibits railroads from issuing free
passes. Much attention has not
been given to cms law, ana conse
quently passes have continued to be
issued and State officers and others
who should have respected the law
have continued to accept these
passes and to n e upon them.
Among tbese was the Governor, who
of all others, from the high and
I responsible position he occupies,
should be expected to respect and
obey the iaw, both in the spirit and
the letter, without attempting any
evasion. It perhaps might not have-
been generally known that the Gov
ernor was virtually violating the
law by accepting thess passes if it
had not been for the fact that some
one give information against the
Seaboard Air Line and the Southern,
and the matter was brought before
the Wake .county grand jury, which
presented both of these companies.
In the information Governor Russell
las named as one of the State offi-
als who was using free passes. As
I there was nothing to do, under the
circumstances, (if ht, said anything),
I but to "'fess up," as "Joe Turner
used to say, he unbosomed himself
to Marion Butler's organ, . the
Caucasian, and " 'fessed up" thus:
"Yes, it is true that I have been riding
loo free passes. After my election at
Governor all the railroads in the State.
I id man? oi them out of it, sent m: free
puses. I declared t a it I would doc ttkd
panes from an? of them. In txo
months time I yielded to their pressure
and not only took their passes, but took
t'train of cars of tbe best aalsh and
elegance, tarnished free, to bring up a
party of invited friends to my inajg j
titioa. They urged that I should ac
Icept what tbey called their "courtesies."
They said that I should do as all
other Governors bad done and that
thev were not extending these "courte
sies" with any purpose of influencing -my
:ial action, and all the State knows
I that they have not influenced me. Ia
deed, they pat me where to refuse passes
I would seem discourteous, if not insult-
M to them. So I took thsm and havs
pta pocket (all of them now. If they
or any of them, want to revoke their
"politeness" thev have only to intimate
la much and thev will get it returned on
I quick time and any railroad that does so
intimate will be treated by me just as
llairly as if I had Us passes for a life time,
I (5o ed. sealed and delivered.
1 Bit 1 have concluded that mtt as
Ibng as tbey send around their passes to
l:ials and fivortcs, I will take them.
ben they off;r them. As lone as they
letter me their passes, along with those
federal Judges who stand in with the
sonopoiy crowd. iuit so lone will I take
linem i will refuse my Daises it Judze
IUmonton will refuse bis piss and palace
tar. I! he will autt. I will aait: out if
lie keeps on, I will. keep on. Perhaps be
I wilt keep on the longer; at any rate, bis
Ikperior claim is not denied.
la accep'ine deadheads I am not
violating the law; neither are Jadge
Simonton and the rest of them. The
Jjw prohibits the railroads from gtv
'Rtbe passes; not the donee from ac
i ttptmg Wbstber one should accept
neb a gift is a ques ion of ethics, which
I Kerns to have been determined by cus
torn in favor of every man taking whit
I ever is offered.
'It is not yet settled whether the law
can be enforced and this free pass busi
Iksi abolished, but I shall do all that 1
on to get the law executed and Dut an
iwn to tree Danes, exceot sacb as are
. . -
Iwthorizid bv the statute.
"The dffadhi'urla mnatlv annual
1'ney expire with the year. L;t the rail
roads refuse to renew an v of tbem except
I'iose allowed by law; or rather by the
railroad Commiisioa under the law
luue thing is dead sure: if thev continue
k defy the law by issuing tbem next
IKar I will do all that I can to pat tbe
Krems penalty on them in every esse.
this is not a defence: it is not
pen a respectable, half decent ex
I'use. It is brassv. that's all. It has
hot the plausibility of honest though
pstaken consistency and is abso
I lately deficient of a single scintilla ot
norallty. The rotten plea that "they
all do it" is too putrid for a man oc
copying the high position of Gover
aorto take refuge under when he
himself arraigned as an accom
plice in violating a law of his State,
Iwhich, as a sworn guardian of the
B. it is his duty to respect and to
"force to the full extent of his
ability.
After he was elected Governor, he
IP us, many railroads in tbe State
M Out of it tpmHcroH him fr
Passes, but he declared that he could
ot accept them. Wfav did he de
clare that he would not accent them?
. 1
" he had believed it rieht to accent
them would he have declared that he
'ould not? He must have thought
I Wrong and therefore refused to ac
Ptthem. But after thinking over
" for two mouths he surrendered to
ffe blandishments of tbe seductive
Inroad men and pocketed the
asses, and- likes them so well that
W'U keep on taking them as long
the 1avksMvlnff f:iA1a bAMI
VOL. XXVIII.
oo offering them. He can stand
helping them to violate the law by
accepting their "courtesies" until
the courts jump on them and whack
on the fine. But he gives due notice
that if the railroads persist in se
ducing Governors and other people
next year he will jump on 'em and
help to bring them to justice, pro
vided, we suppose, that somebody
else jumps first and gets them in
limbo.
The case of Judge Simonton, nor
any other Judge, nor any other man
who accepts passes and rides upon
them is not in point and does not
help the Governor, as an excuse for
aiding and abetting a violation of
the law. Judze Simonton is neither
a citizen ot nor an official of North
Carolina and, although a Judge, is
not under tbe same moral obligation
to respect its laws. The law may
not prohibit the Governor from ac
cepting passes, but by implication it
does, and it is sure that the railroads
could not violate tbe law without the
co-operation of the man who accepts
these "courtesies" and mist assur
edly a high officer of the State, the
highest officer of the State Govern
ment, knowing the intent of the law
as he does, should have sufficient re
spect for it to avoid becoming even
indirectly an accomplice in its vio
lation.
But he has concluded that just as
long as the roads send around their
passes to officials and favorites, he is
not going to be left out in the cold,
but will accept them, although it
originally took him two months,
with much persuasion, to consent to
accept them, and he thus publicly.
declares that he will knowingly and
with deliberation continue to be a
party to their violation of the law
by accepting the passe?, which he
knows they are prohibited by law
trom issuing, and which is substan
tially saying that he does not care a
continental for the law when it is
put in the scales against a pocket
ful of free passes, which are very
convenient things to have. Gov
ernor Russell is too good a lawyer
and too intelligent a man not to un
derstand why that law was passed,
and he is too intelligent not to know
that by implication at least it moral
ly binds the thoroughly law abiding
citizen to respect it, although it is
not mandatory in language on him
and imposes no penalty on the donee
as on the donor. The presump
tion was that the penalty im
posed would prevent its violation.
but when the railroads, following
their old custom, found tbe Gover
nor and other State and Tadieial of
ficers standing in with them, accept
ing their "courtesies" and thus con
niving at their violation of the law,
they, of coarse, took it for granted
that the law was passed simply for
buncombe, and that would be the end
of it.
Neither the defence, the tone of it,
the morality of it, nor the examples
quoted in justification, do credit, to
its inventor. It is the most frivolous
kind of a flimsy excuse, totally void
of even the semblance of respecta
bility and totally beneath the digni
ty of a Governor. -
MINOR. MENTION.
Tbe Savannah News, which is op
posed to the free coinage of silver,
but loyally supported Bryan and
Sewall in tbe last campaign, does not
think there is much prospect for cur
rency reform during this administra
tion, and it is about right Comment
ing upon the report that the Indian
apolis commission feels discouraged,
it says:
"When tbe Republicans passed the
Dineley tariff bill tbey practically said
tber thought it would be sufficient to
overcome all currency difficulties until
after tbe next Presidential election. Tbe
Republicans are afraid that any attempt
to reform tbe currency would bring tbe
question of tbe free coinage of silver at
once to tbe front, and that question they
want to keep in tbe background as long as
possible. It seems that the commissioners
wbo went to Europe to get some con
cessions for silver failed in their mission,
Eneland would do nothing whatever.
and as long as England occupies that
position no other one ot tbe European
nations will do anything. As there is
no bope tor an international agreement
on the silver question, tbe Republicans
bope that tbe silver agitation win grad
ually die out. Tbey won't risk giving
tbe silver agitation new life by under
taking to reform tbe currency. At tbe
close of tbe extra session of congress
Speaker Reed is reported to have said:
If we undertake to pass a currency dim
oeoDle will tbtnk there is really some
thing tbe matter with the currency.'
"The Republicans know there is some
thing tbe matter with tbe currency, bat
tbey don t want tne people to minit
there it until they get ready to reform it
in accordance witn their own views
Tbey won't be ready until after tbe
next Presidential election, and not then
if they lose control of the Government.
They are going to risk another money
nanic because tbey tbink it is stood
politics to do so.
"If tbey were snre that the silver
agitation had spent its force they would
be less adverse to undertaking to reform
the currency, but as long as that agita
tion is likely to bob up whenever tbe
money question is considered the Re
publican party will not show a profound
interest in currency reform nnless forced
to do so by tbe evils of the present cur
rency system. ' Tbey will try to get
along with makeshifts."
This about covers the case as far
as the Republican party is concerned,
but by playing that way they cannot
delude the people into the belief that
there is nothing the matter with tbe
currency. At the last election the
6,500,000 citizens who cast their votes
for Bryan and Sewall said there was,
and something very much the matter
with it, and they haven't changed
their opinion one iota. The men who
drafted the Republican platform ad
mitted that there was something the
matter with it when tbey incoporated
that international agreement clause
and pledged the p.arty, if successful,
to exert its best efforts to secure the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
If there was nothing the mat
ter with it there was no oc
casion for, such a pledge. Presi
dent McKinley and Secretary .Gage
both admit by their confer
ences with the Indianapolis commis
sioners and by their public official
and unofficial declarations that there
Is something the matter with it. It
is too late to play tbe "no matter"
game, and they need not expect to
avert the silver agitation by their
own silence, for that will come up in
spite of them. Instead of the failure
of the monetary commission sent
abroad to accomplish anything
blunting it it will give it keener edge,
for now our people are satisfied that
if we ever expect to open our mints
to silver we must act independently.
!
An interesting story comes from
Havana, through the correspondent
of the New York Herald, to the ef
fect that Weyler is defiant and not
disposed to accept the situation and
be relegated by the new ministry. It
is said that the recent meeting of
merchants, planters and others, de
claring their belief that tbe plan of
autonomy proposed would prove dis
astrous, and that in that event the
only hope of maintaining law and
order on the island would be in an
nexation to the United States, was a
part of the programme which Weyler
is playing to retain power and block
the autonomy policy of the new min
istry. The following, which we clip
from the letter, embraces tbe gist of
the situation and indicates, if there
be any truth in it, that there may be
more trouble before the new min
istry than it anticipated when it so
summarily recalled the butcher-
(Weyler had been ordered to turn
over bis command to Castellanos):
"Castellanos arrived in the capital late
Monday night. He had been appointed
by Spain's Minister of War to replace
General Weyler until General Blanco
arrived in Cuba. Castellanos was in the
field when the appointment came, but
be at once started for the palace. In
some unaccountable way a man-of-war
sent to fetch him was retarded
"Castellanos proceeded to the palace
on Tuesday morning, expecting to be
sworn in as Captain General. But it was
very soon apparent General Weyler did
not intend that anything of tbe sort
sbould happen. He made excuses and
hesitated until Castellanos was pro
voked to cable the situation to Madrid.
A reply came quickly. It was a per
emptory order that General Weyler
sbould vacate and that tbe newly ap
pointed man should assume command
at once.
"But even then General Weyler did
not obey. He told Castellanos that be
fore he would hand over the office he
must have a written statement from his
successor to this effect that tbe four west
ern provinces were pacified. Now Cas
teUanos had been in tbe field and knew
the truth, and refused to sign any such
document.
"This haooened vesterdav evening
To-day General Weyler is still Captain
General, and in effect denes any one to
divest him of his authority. General
Weyler's intimate friends assert that he
will not relinquish command until a few
hours before tbe time be has fixed to sail
for Spain. Tbe date of his departure is
now fixed for (Jctober 30. Bat it was
once before fixed for the 80th. Tbere is
time for muca to happen before General
Blanco can arrive.
"General Weyler entertained the col
onols of the volunteer force at a ban
quet in a palace on Monday night. It
was a splendid affair, and the wines were
of the best. Daring the course of tbe
evening General Weyler made a speecb
I am informed that it was a speech full
of insinuations. General Weyler at
tempted to justify himself beforehand
for anything he might do to prevent
Spain's present ministry from carrying
out what be felt was a policy that would
bring disaster to bis beloved country.
"Tbere is little doubt tbat tbe volun
teer force in Cuba Is with General Wey
ler. He has looked after them well; he
has unitormed and armed tbem well, and
thev enjoy many privileges. They have
a good deal to lose and nothing gain if
tbe Cubans are given a liberal voice in
the government.
"Tbe volunteer force is composed
chiefly of petty office holders, clerks,
laborers, waiters, porters, 4c. It nam
bers in Havana alone more than thirty
thousand men, a well drilled and strong
looking body of men. With tbem Gen
eral Weyler is power.
"Tbe situation, as I said before, is
critical. All depends on whether or not
moderate counsels will prevail with
General Weyler. But for the present it
looks as if be will not yield, and in this
event Senor Sasasta must endure an
affront or serious trouble will ensue."
This looks as if the new ministry,
before it proceeds to "pacify" Cuba,
must first "pacify" Weyler and his
adherents, who are kicking against
the autonomy programme.
A New York Court promptly dis
charged a woman who had been ar
rested and locked up all night for
crying on tbe street. She cried be
cause her husband refused to go
home with her. The discharge was
as it should have been but the sym
metry of tbe announcement is some
what marred by tbe failure to couple
with it the announcement of the dis
charge of the policeman.
The story is revived by the Chi
cago Times-Herald, which is on good
terms with the White House, tnat
Secretary Sherman is embarrassing
the administration. Nothing strange
in that. As an embarrasser Sherman
is a success. He did more to embar
rass this country -than any other liv
ing man.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1897.
It is said that the British govern
ment will have a crow to pick with
Spain about an English newspaper
correspondent, who died of hunger
in Havana last week. The Britishers
are not so mad about his dying of
hunger, but it seems that before go
ing to Havana, although holding a
British passport in due form, he was
set upon by Spanish soldiers, beaten
and robbed.
A Wisconsin jury solved a knotty
case in which they couldn't agree by
playing a game of seven up. This
didn't occur to the Lueteert iurv.
But some of them may have played
a little game of "checks" on the sly
with somebody outside.
SHOOTING AFFAIR.
A Hack Drives
Ft red TJpjn by a Watoh
V. & T. V, B. K. Dipot,
msn st tbe c.
Yesterday evening at tbe depot of tbe
C. F. & Y. V. Railroad, just betore the
arrival of the 7 20 o'clock train on tbat
road, Mr. joe Venus, the watchman at
the depot, and Alex. Fuller, a colored
man who drives tor tbe livery establish
ment of Mr. H. L, Fennell, got Into an
altercation which resulted in the former
drawing a revolver and shooting at the
latter, who at the time was on the
driver's seat of the carriage. The
ball from the pistol fortunately missed
Fuller, but shattered one of the hand
some plate glass windows of the vehicle,
and lodged in the back Of the carriage.
It is a rule, made by the railroad au
thorities, tbat no vehicle, except tbe
United States mail wagon, be allowed
under the railroad freight shed, which
extends tbe length of a block, during
the arrival and departure of trains, and
itg seems, from a statement made by
watchman Ven as to a STAR representa
tive last night, that Fuller, just previous
to tbe 7.20 o'clock train, drove his car
riage inside the railroad yard as usual,
and, like tbe drivers of otber vehicles
who meet the different incoming trains,
soliciting passengers and baggage, but
then attempted to drive under tbe sbed,
which Venus forbid him to do; tbat Ful
ler said he was going to drive under the
sbed, and Venus replied, pulling out a
pistol and standing at tbe edge of
the shed, about a foot from the head of
one ot the horses attached to the vehicle,
that if he did he. would shoot him. Ful
ler reached for bis whip, evidently with
the intention of whipping his horses and
making tbem go onward, and then Ve
nus shot at him, between the heads of
the- horses.
Fuller, who had been drinking, denies
that he told watchman Venus that he in
tended to drive his horses under the
shed, but on the contrary, states that he
informed watchman Venns that he
would do as he ordered, and attempted
to back his carriage out of a jam of Ve
hicles when he was fired upon.
No arrests Were made..
Who Kay See tbe Kxeoation. -
Applications for tbe privilege of wit
nessing the execution of George John
son, colored, wbo. barring a reprieve or
a commuting of his sentence, will be
hanged on Thursday, November 25th,
are coming in very slowly. This is dne
to tbe fact probably tbat it is generally
understood that the laws of the Com
monwealth provide that the execution
be as much removed from the public
view as possible. The sheriff is author
ised to "admit by ticket, in addition to
the guard, two physicians and assistants,
not more than 38 nor less than 18 re
spectable citizens to witness for the
State the due observance of tbe law.
Tbe law also says that for reasons which
may be deemed good and sufficient tbe
Board of County Commissioners may
order tbe execution to be public.
Trouble on the British Staanur Krkhlll
Several of tbe crew of the British
steauiship KirkhiU, Captain Watson,
now in port, were much in evidence in
the courts of justice yesterday.
Cbas Soutberland, engineer of the
steamer, charged William Smee, tbe
mess boy. with stealing about $20. The
trial took place before Justice Bunting,
wbo ad judged tbe defendant not guilty
Gustave Tahlor. a seaman, was then ar
rested tor stealing the same money, bnt
he. too, was adjadged not guilty and
discharged
William Smee, the mess boy, next had
Otto Kaufman, another seaman, ar
rested for assaulting him, but like the
others this case was dismissed. Smee
claims that he has been beaten terribly
and otherwise ill-treated on the steamer
Tor the Defence of Wilmington,
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Major General
commanding tbe United States army
recommends an appropriation by Con
gress of $397,000 for the coming fiscal
year for mcdern fortifications and high
power guns for the defence of Wilming
ton, as mentioned in the Star yester
day. This is good news for Wilmington,
not only because of tbe protection tbe
fortifications and guns will afford against
hostile fleets, bnt from the farther fact
tbat the expenditure ot 1897.000 will
bring many thousands of dollars to the
cash drawers of Wilmington merchants.
A Good Bice Crop.
The rice crop is about all harvested
and the thrashing of the grain is now
occupying the attention of rice planters
The crop this year is fully as large as it
was last; probably will be larger. Tbe
equinoctial storms didn't damage the
crop at all, in fact the Wilmington crop
almost always escapes damage from this
source. In the Spring serious loss was
feared from the ravages of the army
worm, bnt prompt measures saved the
crop before the dangerous worm had
done much harm.
Rice grown in the Cape Fear section
is Said to be the best grown anywhere In
the South. The grain is whiter and uni
formly heavier than that of the rice
grown In other sections.
C. C Hampton, has been appointed
postmaster at Columbus, N. C.
BRUTALLY ASSAULTED.
A RESPECTABLE YOUNG WHITE LADY
OF ROCKINGHAM.
Attaoked by: a Nagro While on Her Way
to the Pee Deo Oottoa Still A Post
Wi h BlooU-hoand to Pursuit
of tbe Fiend.
Yesterday morning at Rockingham,
Richmond conaty, on the Carolina Cen
tral railroad, one hundred and sixteen
miles from this city. Miss Lilly Cole, an
adult daughter of Mr. Frank L Cole,
was brutally assaulted by a negro man,
who would have accomplished his inten
tions had not belp arrived. The crime
was committed about 6 o'clock in tbe
morning, while Miss Cole and two of her
young sisters, all of whom are
operators at the Pee Dee cotton
mill, were oa their way to work.
The party bad just entered a
grove in tbe rear of the residence of
Capt. W. I. Everett, when a negro man
halted them, and seizing the older sis-,
ter, Miss Lilly, commenced to choke
her; but the screams of the otber two
girls saved their sister's honor, as help
soon arrived and tbe fiend was com
pelled to flee. Searching parties were
at once organized by indignant and ex
cited citizeni. Several negroes were ar
rested, bnt neither one turned out to be
the one wanted. It was soon discovered
tbat a negro man who had been fol
lowing the avocation of a banjo picker
around Rockingham was missing, and
telegrams giving his description were
immediately sent out asking for his de
tention if found.
About 9 30 o'clock the Carolina Cen
tral train from Hamlet rolled into Max-
ton and a negro man answeting the de
scription of the man wanted in Rocking
ham disembarked, and was promptly ar
rested by officer Burns, of Maxton, and
the information of the arrest at once
wired to Rockingham. Tbe negro ar
rested gave bis name as John Reed, and
stated he lived m Rockingham. In the
meantime Mayor Everett, of Rocking
ham, wired a citizen of this city inquir
ing if be could obtain blood-hounds to
track Miss Cole's assailant. Captain T. H.
Mclver, in charge of-tbe convict camp,
was at once applied to, and furnished
three blood-hounds and a man to man
age them. Mr. I. R. Hardy. The question
tben arose how to get tbe dogs to Rock
ingham soon enongb to strike the trail
while fresh, but the Seaboard Air Line
officials, in their usual live manner,
quickly settled this matter by ordering a
special train to be run to Rockingham
from this city. The train left yesterday
afternoon at 1.60 o'clock, and after stop
ping at Maxton, to allow the authorities
tbere to place the negro man captured
at that place on board, arrived at Rock
ingham at 5.80 o'clock.
Last night trouble was feared in Rock
ingham, and the Maxton Guards were
ordered to be ready to go to tbe scene
of the crime.
The following telegram was received
by the Star last night from Capt. L S.
McRae. of the Maxton Guards, viz
"Company ready, and waiting for or
ders."
Later, a telegram from Rockingham
gave the following account of the as
sault on the young lady :
This morning about 6 o'clock Miss
Lilly Cole, daughter of Mr. Frank L.
Cole, accompanied by ber two younger
sisters, started to their work at Pee
Dee mills, where they are employed
Tbey had to go through a grove back of
tbe residence of Capt. W. I. Everett.
Tbey were halted in this grove by a mu
latto negro, who seiz :d Miss Lilly and
brutally assaulted her. He choked ber
into an almost unconscious condition,
bnt in spite of all this she struggled for
her chastity. Nearly all of her
underclothing were torn from her
and baa tbe marks ot brutality.
Had it not been for the screams of her
sisters, which brought assistance and
forced the brnte to flee, she would in all
probability have been a victim to bis
dastardly intentions. The negro being
frightened at the outcries, made his
escape and was seen by none but the
victim.
After making several arrests in the
town, none of which proved to be tbe
guilty party, tbe adjoining towns were
immediately notified of the crime, with
a description of the culprit. Maxton ar
rested a negro answering the descrip
tion and was brought on a special to
Hamlet and was spirited away by tbe
sheriff, owing to tbe intense indignation
of the community.
Later to-night an arrest was made at
Monroe ot a snpicions character who
answers the description and who
boarded the south-bound train at Polk
ton for Charlotte and refuses to tell
where he is from and how be reached
Polkton. The supposition is tbat this is
the man.
Bloodhounds were brought from Wil
mington on a special train and put on
the trail. The intense interest and en
thusiasm of the community is likely to
result in the apprehension of the guilty
party, who it may be expected will meet
tbe punishment so justly deserved.
A posse with the bloodhounds left on
to-night's train for Pee Dee station,
where they hope to start the trail afresb.
Nothing more definite can be learned at
this hour.
Tbe negro's description, is as follows
Short, thick set; complexion, light gin
ger cake color; wore dark colored pants.
light coat with snuff colored hat. It is
supposed his name is John Forepauh."
By Associated Press.
Ra&kigh, October 23. A special to
the News and Observer from Rocking
ham, N. C, says that a negro brutally
assaulted and- committed rape upon the
oerson of Miss Lilly Cole, a respectable
young white lady of that place, early
this morning. Two younger sisters of
Miss Cole were with her at tbe time she
was attacked by tbe brute, Who went
back and save the alarm, but before as
sistance arrived tbe negro had accom-
olished his dastardly deed and escaped.
The country has been scoured for miles
around, bnt at 8 o'clock to-night the
necro had not been captured.
If captured tbe negro will likely be
lynched.
Brunswick superior court.
Frank Kerriek, Calo'ed, Convfeted ot As-
laalting Paiaeng t and the Conduetor
on W., C. ft a . B. B. Train.
Brunswick Superior Court convened
Monday, judge Mclver presiding, and
adjourned yesterday. Several Cases of
interest were tried, anions them one
styled the State vs. Frank Merrick.
Merrick is S colored man implicated in
the disturbance on tbe W., C. & A.
train some months ago. in which Cant.
W. L. Harlow was Dainfultv iniured
trom a stone thrown by Sylvester Small,
a companion of Merrick's. A warrant
is out, and has been for months, for
Small's arrest, but be has as yet not
been taken.
Merrick's offence was not so serious as
tbat of Small's. He was an emolove of
the Navassa Guano Company and in
company with Small was drinking when
the affair happened. An altercation
arose betwea Merrick and S B. Kins, a
white man. in which Merrick threatened
to strike the white man with a bottle.
all the while cursing and causing general
confusion in the car. Capt. Harlow
asked him to desist, and upon his failure
to do so, bad him put off the train.
Merrick and Small threw stones at the
conductor and the porter and struck
both ot tbem.
Merrick was arraigned on three
charges, namely: Striking the porter
with a rock, committing an assault upon
Captain Harlow with a bottle, and com
mitting an assault upon passenger S. B.
King with a bottle. Of the first of these
he was acquitted. He was found guilty
of the last two, but was let off with the
payment of costs, which were very
heavy, the prosecutor. Mr. Kins, hot
wishing him punished further. He was
defended by D. B. Sutton. Esq.. and the
colored lawyer, Geo. H. White, while the
State was assisted in tbe prosecution bv
Junius Davis, Esq., and John D. Bel
lamy, Esq.
1 here is a case also against the sorter.
Henry Cobb, for trying to shoot the of
fenders, Cobb having fired bis pistol into
the air during the disturbance; but ow
ing to the absence of one of the impor
tant witnesses it did not come up, and
was moved to New Hanover conrt for
the convenience of tbe witnesses.
O.her cases were disposed of as fol
lows:
State vs. Robert MacFarlane, assault
with a knife; acquitted.
Mate vs. William Grady, larceny; ac
quitted.
GILMORE THE OUTLAW.
Cumberland Count j 'a Deapsrado in the Cus
tody pt Offloers of the Law Badly
Wounded Taken to VayettevUle.
Alex. Gilmore, the Cumberland county
outlaw, was in Wilmington yesterday for
nearly tour hours, but, fortunately, in
irons and the custody of two officers of
the law. Gilmore is wanted in Fayette
ville to answer to charges of burglary and
many otber crimes. For a long time be
terrorized the citizens of Cumberland
county, and then a reward of $126 was
offered for his capture and he was out
lawed. On tbe 13th inst. Gilmore was
tracked by a posse of deputies near
Ingold, Sampson county. Tbe outlaw
was shot and fairly filled with buckshot,
but managed to make his escape to the
swamps close by. The following, clipped
from tbe Jacksonville Times of yes ter
day. tells tbe story of Gilmore's capture
at tbat place, viz:
Last Sunday afternoon a colored
man, wbo has proved to be (jiimore,
arrived at Jacksonville; be was badly
wounded in tbe right shoulder, which
he claimed was done while squirrel
bunting. On Monday morning he
begged sufficient money to pay his
way to Wilmington, and was about to
take the train when arrested by officer
Jarman on a warrant issued by Mayor
Barton.
The information that led to Gil
more's arrest was furnished the mayor
by Robert James, ot Duplin county,
wbo. we learn, had been placed on Gil
more's track bv Thomas Boykin, of
Sampson. Mr. Boykin claims that be
shot Gilmore while attempting to ar
rest him in Sampson county, and that
he has been in pursuit of Gilmore for
some time.
Gilmore save his name as William
Barry, but was identified by Richard
DeVaughn, a colored man ot this place,
as Alex. Gilmore. DeVaugbn knew
Gilmore in Cumberland county, and
after some hesitation Gilmore admitted
his identity.
"It is rumored that he has committed
several murders in Georgia, South Caro
lina and this State, bnt particulars are
wanting. A telegram received by officer
Jarman from Georgia says tbat no reward
has been offered by tbat State for bis
caDture.
Yesterday afternoon the 12.40 o clock
Wilmington & Newbern railroad train
brought Deputy Sheriff H. A. Jarman,
Mr. Robert James and tbe prisoner to
this city, en route for Fayette ville, where
Gilmore will be turned over to the au
thonties of Cumberland county. During
tbe stay of tbe party here Gilmore was
confined in tbe guaid house. He is man
of medium stature, very black, with no
hair on bis face and is 28 years of age
The entire right portion4 Of his body is
literally filled with shot and his right arm
is nearly useless from tbe effects of tbe
wounds inflicted bv the shot. He states
tbat he is an innocent man, and tbat he
was shot trom ambush between Clinton
and Clear Run, about five miles from
the latter place, between 12 o clock mid
night and 1 o'clock in the morning,
while he and several other men were re
turning from church.
Gilmore is known in this city, as be
used to work on a steamer running be
tween here and Fayetteville. The most
remarkable thing about him is his nerve,
for even after a price had been set upon
his capture, he would boldly appear in
places where be had committed many
depredations, i
Deputy Jarman, Mr. James and their
prisoner left on a freight train on the C
F. & Y. V. railroad yesterday afternoon,
about four hours after their arrival.
WAYNE SUPERIOR COURT.
ttim Wright Sentenced to b Hanged No
vember 10th for the BSurdet of W. A. Carr.
Special Star Teletrram.
Goldsboro, N. C, October 22. Sim
Wright, the negro, under arrest for
the killing of W. A. Carr near here
three weeks ago, and tried for murder in
the Superior Court this week, was con
victed by tbe iurv to-night and sen
tenced by Judge Robinson to be hanged
November 10th, 1897.
In spite of the official denial of the
Marquis of . Salisbury's approaching
resignation of the Premiership, belief in
its truth is very strong in political cir
cles in London, where it is considered
that his retirement's inevitable within
a few months.
Tbe general disposition to increase
naval armanents can be ganged by the
fact tbat 87 war sbips are building in
Great Britain alone They aggregate a
displacement of 818.012 tons. Of these
eighty-seven warships, thirty-four go to
foreign governments.
NO. 52
NEWS FROM RALEIGH.
Thirty Thousand Yliitns at tbe State Fair
Fakirs Cause Sanction Tbe Dlegle
Abdootion Gate Daath cf Col. It.
D. SttTet eon.
Special Star Correspondence.
Raleigh. N C, October 28.
Col. L. D. Stevenson, a prominent
planter and uncompromising Democrat,
of 'this county, died last night at his
home in Swift Creek towr ship.
The fellow Diegle. wbo came here
from Ohio after his wife and children,
and her paramour. "Big Ed." Campbell,
telegraphed to Columbus last night and
had the charges against them with
drawn. Minnie Diegle and ber children
returned with Diegle this morning, and
"Big Ed" paid Diegle back tbe $940
which bis wile took from him when tbey
eloped.
Quite a crowd attended the Fair to
day. It is estimated that 30,000 persons
visited tbe Fair this week.
A sensation was caused on the Fair
grounds by a number of fakirs making
speeches trom their ticket-stands vigor
ously denouncing Rev. Dr. A M. Simms
of tbe Baptist Tabernacle. Dr. Simms
nsed his influence against tbe Fair be
cause Secretary Nichols went before the
Aldermen asking tbem to take tbe re
strictions off the saloons for this week.
Evangelist Lee begins his meeting in
Salisbury to-day. He has concluded his
meeting in Charlotte.
Parties from tbe West report that
they are making big money from the ap
ple crop tnere. .
RAILROAD CAR THIEVES.
The Biok-IjC ader of tbe Dalton, Oa , Gang
Beot9cced to Tea Years ia the Peal-
too tiery.
By Telegraph to the Horsing Star
Chattanooga, Tdnn., October 23.
Tbe most remarkable car robbery case
on record in tbe South came to an end
at Dalton, Ga., to-day in tbe Superior
Court, Judge Alonzo Fite presiding.
During the past three weeks eighteen
robbers, charged with systematically
looting cars on the Southern Railway,
extending over a period of five years,
bave been tried and found guilty. The
ring-leader, Walter Bohannon. was con
victed in five cases, and was to day sen
tenced by the court to ten years in the
penitentiary. His gang Tom Kinne-
man, Ben Pierce, Sam Painter. Lute
Wbite. Bill Long and Ed Morris, the
latter colored received sentences from
three years to one year. Jim Harris,
the member of tbe Vane wbo turned
State's evidence, was not sentenced,
and it s probable that, under the rec
ommendation of the superintendent of
tbe Southern Railway, he will be re
leased or his sentence will be very
light. ' . . ,
Tbe merchants convicted of receiving
stolen goods from the robbers are as fol
lows, all prominent in business and so
cial circles in Dalton and North Geor
gia: G. M. Cannon, T. M. - Peoples, J.
H. Bender, Anderson Giddens, Cleo
Com bee. G. W. Horan. W. B. McCar-
son, i. Kirk rarrar, isd. Koberts and
Jesse Langston.
To day tbe court sentenced all tbese
merchants to pay fines ranging, accord
ing to tbeir ability to pay, from $1,000
down to 825 and one year on tbe chain
gang, the latter seatence to be sus
pended on payment of the fines and
costs.
On account of the robberies, of which
these suits were the result, tbe Southern
Railway claims to have paid damages to
consignors amounting to 50, 000 during
tbe five years the gang weie making
tbeir depredations.
HENRY GEORGE'S CANVASS.
The Spaotaoular Feture of tbe Bemarkable
Political Campaign ia New York City.
By Telegraph to the Morning Stat.
New York, Oct. 28. Henry George's
canvass continues to be the spectacular
feature of tbe most remarkable political
campaign New York has ever witnessed.
His army ot speakers bold hundreds ot
meetingl in all parts of New York every
night, but Mr. George himself is tbe
most effective advocate of bis came,
preaching the crusade against poverty
with tbe zeal of Peter tbe Hermit,
declaring himself an instrument in
the hands of God to better the condition
of his fellow men, and firing his hearers
with an ardor that makes tbem in turn
apostles of his radical doctrines. In
every borough of Greater New York, in
halls, in tbe streets, on tbe wharves,
Henry George speaks to multitudes that
cheer bis every word. For the past
few nights Mr. George has been making
savage attacks on Richard Croker, tbe
leader of Tammany Hall. Among tbe
labor unionists and in the swarming
tenement districts, 'where people are
crowded more thickly than any
where else on earth, Mr. George's
andiences are almost frantic in their
demonstrations. The business end
of his campaign is conducted by ex
Congressman Tom L. Johnson and
ex-Postmaster Charles W. Dayton,
shrewd veteran campaigners. Of
speakers there is no lack; all thesur
vivors of 1886 are on tbe stump
again, except Father McGlynn, and
he has declared himself in sympathy
with tbe movement. Not one of the
speakers demands pay for bis ser
vices, and the George managers say
they are not hampered by their
empty treasury, for tbeir campaign
Is run on enthusiasm, not mouey.
SPAIN'S DECLARATION.
If the United States Does Not Stop Filibus
tering tbe Bight to acareh Veeaela Will
be Re--s'abiuhed.
Br Cable to the Morning Star.
Madrid, October 28 El Tiempo
publishes, with reserve, the announce
ment that tne reply oi tne apanisn gov
ernment to the note of tbe United States,
presented by General Woodford, tbe
American minister at Madrid, declares
that if tbe United States does not stop
the sailing of filibustering expeditions
from American ports bpain will re-es
tablish the right to search vessels an
chonng in Cuban waters,
Madrid, Oct. 23. In the special
note to united states Minister
Woodford the government declares
that Spain has done all in her power
to end the war in Cuba, and cites
the many sacrifices which bave been
made by tbe nation, tbe number ot
troops sent to Cuba, and the reforms
which are to be carried out in tne
island, which are fully described
The note ends with the statement
that Spain will not admit the right
of any foreign power to interfere in
any of her art airs.
In resDonse to an iaquiry, the United
States Consul General in the City of
Mexico wires tbat typhus fever is not
epidemic there.
It
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWOER 00., NEW YORK.
GEN. BLANCO'S INSTRUCTIONS
The Work of Autonomy In Cob Not to bs
J Entrusted ta the BavolatlonUts.
. By Cable to the Morning Star.
Madrid. October 28 The instruc
tions given to Marshal B anco, the new
Governor-General, are under two heads
military and political. In the first, Senor
Moret, Minister of the Colonies, avers
tbat bis course ot action rests exclu
sively upon tbe judgment of the Governor-General,
but recommends tbat
be conducts the war so that the con
dition of the troops and colonists be
bettered and that property is mnde
safer. The second directs that in tbe
introduction of autonomy in the Island,
an appeal be made to all parties, all be
ing equal in tbe eves of the mother
country, but warns Marshal Blanco not
to entrust the work ot autonomy to the
revolutionists, as that would be an in
sult to the loyal colonists.
RECEPTION TO MISS CISNEROS
Twelve Thouaand Persons Greet tbe Young
Cuban and Her Beaouar. -
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington. October 28. Miss Cls-
neros, the Cuban girl who esc psd from
prison in Havana, and her rescuer, Karl
Decker, were tendered a recepuon to
night by the Washington friends of Mr.
Decker. Convention Hall, where It took
place, was crowded, 12,000 persons pres
ent. CorporalJames Tanner, ex com
missioner of pennons, presided and pre
sented Miss Cisneros and Mr. Decker
who were greeted with cheers. Speeches
were made by Corporal Tanner and ex
Senator Call. It was announced that
Mr. Decker has been, commies oned a
brigadier-general in tbe Cuban army.
Senator Piatt, of New York, was at
the Wbite House twice yesterday and
each time saw the President tor a few
minutes. He said be was looking after
two appointments but refused to say
anything about the mayoralty fight in
New York.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Murfreesboro Indetc: Mr. Thos.
E. Hines died Wednesday morning
at his home here, after an illness of
several weeks; aged about 40 years.
Mr. J no. L. Eley, a merchant of
Union, died" Monday at his residence
in that place, after a short illness;
aged about 35 years. ; He had been
sick only a few days.
Maxton Scottish CKief: It is said
that Mr. McCaskill's loss in the burn
ing of the woodworks and foundry
last week will amount first and last to
nearer $12,000 than $8,000, as we
stated in our former paragraph. The
night before he had a small barn on
one of his country places burned.
There were two or three bales of cot
ton lost in this fire.
Rocky Mount Argonaut : A
large percentage of the business m an
and citizens of Rocky Mount, rein
forced by a considerable contingent
from Nashville, gathered at Grave
ly's Warehouse at 2 o'clock on Tues
day afternoon to hear tbe trial of J.
B. Barnes for "assault, with intent "
on Miss Cora Yarboro. The trial
was held before Justice W. D. Joy
ner. The evidence being overwhelm
ing, the magistrate held Barnes on
$3,500 bail, which, being unable to
furnish, he was taken to the Nash
ville jail to await his trial at the next
term of Superior Court. Oa
Tuesday morning last the Bank of
Nashville, a branch of the Louis
burg Bank owned by W. P. Webb of
the latter town, elosed its doors, hav
ing made an assignment to W. H.
Ruffin, of Louisburg. The collapse
was caused by the failure of the
Louisburg bank. The bank .assures
its depositors that their claims will
be paid in full.
Charlotte Observer: About 9
o'clock Thursday morning, Miss
Rosa Edwards, the beautiful and ac
complished daughter of Rev. T. H.
Edwards, was drowned in Johnson's
mill pond, one mile trom Rutherford
College. Miss Rosa was the teacher
of the pubiic school, and had left her
home ostensibly to go to her work.
But she never reached it. Tbe
keeper of the old mill saw ber pass
up the unfrequented pathway to the
pond, and expressed his wonder
where she was going. He saw ber
walk briskly up the pathway until
she came to where a part of a former
dam afforded a walk into the
middle of tbe pond. This, as was
evidenced by her tracks, she had
taken to tbe end, and had
there made tbe fatal plunge. Her
body was recovered within a few
minutes of the drowning, and while
there was some slight beating of the
heart, all efforts to revive her proved
futile. The girl was about 19, of
prepossessing appearance and man
ner, well educated and of pronounced
piety. If it was suicide, as the cir
cumstances strangely suggest, there
can be no reason found for it but
one that is the loss of sleep, sitting
up for weeks with ber dying step
mother, may have unbalanced her
mind. It is a very strange affair, and
Mr. Edwards has the sympathy of
our people. The theory of suicide
was confirmed later by the
finding of a note near where Miss
Edwards entered the water. The
note was: "Worthless. No one to
blame bnt Rosa Edwards."
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