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The mure the tariff bill which is to take the place of the McKinley bill is examined, the better it show's tip, and lne more apparent is the substantial'gain to the people. The fight was made against it by the more earnest tariff reformers be cause it increased the duties on some of ihe manufactures levied in the House bill, and put iron ore and 'bituminous coal (which were on the fre'e list in the House bill) on the du iible list, whilst it took sugar from the free list, and put it on the dutiable list, at the same time giving the sugar refiners the benefit of the Ji cent a pound on manufactured sugars. The Senate put these arti cles on the dutiable list for the esjucial purpose of giving protection to the iron and coal mines and sugar refineries, which are controlled by tiie Trust. These were the main poi.its of con tention between the advocates of the Wls.TPM a-s n came from the House, and the advocates of the Wilson bill as amended by the Sen ate. The protective feature in volved gave particular offence to true tariff reformers who believed that the declaration of the Chicago plat form for "a tariff for revenue only" meant what it said aud should be honestly adhered to. But with alt this, as much as the Senate bill was criticized, - and as roundly and deservedly as the few Democratic Senators who stood in the way and took care of the iron and coal miners and sugar refineries, it U a substantial gain to the people and avast improvement on the Mc Ki.iley bill, the duties on which are reduced on nearly everything, the reductions ranging from 10 to 100 per cent. There is a very material reduction on all the nec'essiries of life, with the single exception of sugar, which was taken from the so called free list and put on the dutiable list. We say so-called free list, because it was not a f 1 e M anceiisiin tact. . uniy raw sugar was on the free list while in return tor the duty taken off. as coinpensa "on to the sugar growers, a bounty ' iwo cents a pound was given. This bounty amounted to about $10,000,- wu a year, which came out of the ireasuryof the United States and went not into the pockets of the su g" growers, but into the pockets of the large sugar makers who bought me cane from the smaller planters ml.. i . u couia not afford to pht Mr 1 - y auu operate sugar mills. In ad i ion to this the McKinley bill to , take c vre of, the sugar Trust levied uuiy ot j cent a pound on manu- "Aureu sugar, which meant a tax cents a Dound that th nm-mlp whether they used sugar or not, paid au me sugar tnat was consumed ' mis country. The Senate bill im Fuses a auty of 40 per cent, ad iworem on raw sugar, and i of a cent - 'ounu on manufactured sugars, and wipes oAt the boun.y altogether, so that the tax the oeoDle nav nn sugar is reaBy less in the Senate bill inan it was In the so called free sugar "M.iviruey DU1 sugar which paid cents a pound bounty u auty lacked a good deal of ceing free, while every cent paid y the - peoole went into the Pockets of the sugar makers in the sugar growing districts and into the Pockets of the Trust; but now the 40 per cent, duty paid on raw sugar S'tt?.; the Treasury of '," laiate.8ana ths save the thZ , Tr taxatn on some nn,,:.; .".".Tnoi a cent a "!ieaa.ot A a nt will go iZ "lvo?l0t the Trust. Isn't whn s'ucu on sugar, Tr! Temberthe fa that the irust handles over 1,000,000 ton, a or ik ..u . . . -vs siimpin ntv niin.J . 6 CtSIUCU Oil rn:'".c otner two main items of contention tv. o L. . rr!.,:.: ; OCUi-c 0111 manes a anH iq r 01 4a Per cent on iron ore, one hair CeDl 00 Coa, or nearIy iud L0c each'sothat even it Jage the Senate hill t a Point of the three principal articles r which the Jong, and vigorous was maae, it is a manifest im provempnf . w.tr im w" "s mcjs-iniey Din, an Z u Cnt which no candid per s0n With a tKi.tsi-.-, . . . r f,;i . -""luieiui oi .Drains can io see. VOL. XXV. But in addttion to this there are a number oi articles .which the: House I pat upon the free list 5 left uporf it, and all these are articles which enter into the every day use of the people. Salt, for instance, which every one uses and of ! which there are more thaii 300,000,000 tons58 imported iu addition to what is manufactured In this country; binding. twine that our farmers use for binding grain; cotton bagging, cotton ties, and cotton gin ningf machinery which bur cotton planters use;" wool, which; enters so largely into' the clothing' of people who dress comfortably, or try to do so; and in addition to thtsa reduc tion of 54 per cent; on dress goods arid 67 pier cent, on blankets and 67 per cent, on flannels. These are but a few of the items which will make the people think better - of the Senate bill , and show the groundlessness of the assertion made ; by some thoughtless critics that it is no better than the McKin ley bill. . ", - s Have you receved a bill for sub scription to the Weekly Star re cently? If so, is it correct? If cor rect, why not pay it? Is there a man on earth who can print a newspaper for nothing, and pay the postage be sides? Can a farmer give away his corn, and cotton, and wheat, and chickens, and eggs, and keep out of the poor-house? If so, let us have the recipe. It will be valuable to us just now. r ' ' REDUCTION ON ARTICLES IN COMMOH USE. - In two articles preceding this we have written to show that the Senate tariff bill is not only an improve ment on the McKinley bill, but an improvement on the Mills' bill. As further proof of the material gam to the people, we herewith present a number of the articles which are in common use. with - the tariff under the McKinley bill, the reduction by the Senate bill and the per centage of reduction: Percent. - . - reduction Senate Bill over McKintev Senate McKinley Camphor, refined 12 20 10 03 18 03 bosom salts - - 88 34 25 51 43 87 ; 80 09 89 60 35 00 80 00 6 63 28 41 85 00 88 to 22 277 15 to 21 28 47 25 69 16 to 33 44 9$ . 23 00 83 99 - 20 to 65 42 82 35 00 80 to 40 82 67 17 98 16 87 S3 15 30 00 3000 25 to 80 85 00- 8J0O 83 to 67 41 86 25 00 85 00 83 89 41 08 88 48 83 46 56 88 80 19 60 00 41 67 45 45 , 25 00 i 2t 00 : 41 67 : 10 to 30 i: 46 67 i 40 47 i 40 48 40 49 25 to 40 27 25 53 70 84 47 21 to 30 48 05 86 86 20 to 83 S3 S3 33 83 48 57 33 84 36 55 47 to 63 4 to 46 65 36 87 59 28 to 40 60 00 16 67 28 67 85 00 20 00 49 99 Castor oil -"- 100 85 - Cod liver oil . 86 65 White lead 59 21 China, painted; etc. 60 00 Bottles, empty 70 17 Demijohns, empty - 87 91 Manufactures of glass 60 00 r late glass, unsilver- ed. cast. etc. 96 to 174 .48 77 86 41 47 63 43 00 25 to 53 Iron ore Iron in pigs, etc Scrap iron ( Scrap steel . Bar iron Bars of rolled iron 81-77 Bciler or other plate...... iron or steel . Kails of steel 68 84 Sheets of iron or steel. common or black 25 to 70 78 44 55 00 29 to 50 84 00 US V! 81 83 15 83 47 8 41 to 89 23 to 43 72 18 40 00 " 47 to 111 3 72 30 00 35 00 111 85 64 19 44 83 Tin plates T in. maaufactures of Steel ingots, etc. Wire rods Cast-iron vessels, etc. Malleable iron cast ings Holiowware Chains Fneams Nails Railway fish plates Han 1, back and other Screws" saws Wheels j Pins Clocks, of wood Kice. cleaned Slice, tmcleaned Hooev Cotton cloth, not over 10 tnreads; Not bleached 85 17 Ditto, bleached 38 60 Ditto, dyed, colored, etc 40 80 2S 01 86 68 30 64 32 38 35 00 38 84 10 to 80 free 80 00 3T39 '31 27 25 15 23 69 18 88 1140 40 to 67 Exceeding 100 threads; not Dlcacaed no Bleached 43 87 Oved. e c. 43 81 Cables, cardsge and twine it to ai Baguing for cotton 88 58 Woollen yarns 878 66 100 00 69 23 Shawls, woollen, cot a Dove w cents per nonnd 150 30 - 35 00 85 00 35 00 85 U0 25 to 85 20 00 45 00 45(0 45 00 . 45 00 45 00 20 00 85 00 20 15 13 18 14 84- 15 00 20 00 70 71 Knit fabrics,not above 40 cent, per pound 186 00 Blankets 80 to 104 . -74 27 66 to 71 Hats of wool 86 to 106 73 00 Flannels, not over 60 I 66 to 71 i cents per pound . 85 to 104 Silk, partially manu factured w au 66.94 Silk, webbings, gor- ings, etc. 50 00 Silk buttons 60 00 Silk dress goo J 50 00 Silk ribbons ' ' 60 00 All other silk 50 00 Writing, drawing and 10 00 10 00 10 00 .10 00 10 00 0CO 28 67 c tiler paper . z uu Dolls and other toys 35 00 . nmery s u Coal, bituminous S3 7t . lack or culm of coal 28 68 Coke 80 00 80 00 46 65 50 00 25 00 Matches S3 93 41 OS i Haircloth, known as Crinoline cloth 27 99 20 99 Haircloth, known as . - - 25 00 83 88 . i 83 83 80 00 nairieatine 23X2 15 48 Leather, calfskins,. japanned , 80 00 10 00 Boots and shoa 85 00 80 00 Manufacture! of In-. - dia robber 80 00 25 00 14 29 Umbrellas covered with silt or alpaca 55 00 45 00 18 18 100 00 Burrstone, manufac- ' . tared 13 ou me Composition metal. copper o m tree 100 00 Plates of copper, not - I 100 00 roiled, etc ii oo iree- Bindme twine 6 47 ' free 100 00 100 00 HaltelS, plush - 10 00 ; free Here are seventy-eisht articles which are jn common use, in the price of which every one is directly or indirectly interested, showing that the object of the framersand amend- ers of this bill was not simply to re duce the duties In the McKinley bill, but to reduce them in such a way as to do the greatest good to the great est number while at the same time giving all the protection that any reasonable manufacturer or producer should ask. . In making the enumeration we skipped scores of articles which are largely used but used only to a limit ed extent compared with the above mentioned, because they are not among the necessaries, as some of them are used for certain art our poses, but the reduction of which is ot material Denent to those using them. The Senate bill will cheapen the necessaries of life which were taxed by the McKinley bill, will cheapen the various kinds of clothing used by the people, poor and well-to-do; will Cheapen the construction of the houses in which they, live by the reduction of duties on so many of the materials of which they are cn structed; will cheapen the agncat tural implements and machinery IIP nsed by the farmers, he wagons and .other vehicles used by them and others by the" reduction , of ; the duty on the materials of which they are ' constructed: will cheapen " rail-- roads by .the reduction of the duties on rails' and other material used tn the construction and " equipment" of the roads. We can form some Idea of what this reduction means when we remember that - there are -176,000 miles of railway in, this country which must be kept in good condition, and on which more or less repairs are be ing constantly made. To these 176,- 0Q0 miles several thousands of miles are "annually added, which will get the full benefit of the reduction. - As the South is becoming the great railroad building section of the coun try, this is a matter of much impor tance to us, for it will do mnch to fa cilitate railroad building in this sec tion, Take it- alTIn Tall, the Senate bill, is a long stride in tariff reduc tioaln the interests of the whole peo ple, It has been estimated that it will save the people in the aggregate over $1,000,000,000 " a , year in the cost of the things they buy, and this is probably rather under than an over estimate. rrTIHOK MENTION. ; It has been'predicted by the advo cates of tariff reform Jthat the pas sage of the tariff bill would give great impetus to industries and lead speedily to a business revival, while the Republicans who fought all at tempts to change the McKinley bill from the beginning ' predicted ; ail sorts of disasters as the inevitable re sult of any reduction of the ' McKin ley protective rates. They singled out tin-plate on which the McKinley bill had given an increased protec tion of about double what it had be fore as one of their special objects of solicitude and predicted the utter juin of that industry if the protect-! ive duties were reduced. They were reduced , about ' 50 per cent, and - among the first echoes we have heard from the passage of the Wilson bill are that a great impetus has been given to the tin-plate in dustry. That's the . answer to the dire ; Republican predictions that comes from Fittsburg where prepa- tions are being made to start several plants which have been awaiting ac tion upon the tariff. The commer cial and trade papers which have in terviewed the representatives of va rious industries' report a spirit of revival and confidence amongr va rious industries which look very hopefully to the future now that the question-so long agitated has been settled and they know where they stand and what they have, to count on. There is no indication any where of apprehended , trouble, or a lack ot hope in future prospects. -------- f It has been suggested that to help the Republicans in the next cam paign, Republican sugar sellers may raise the price of stlgar and claim that this is one of the results of put ting sugar on the dutiable list, and also that . Republican operators of protected industries will cut thewages of their employes and give as a rea son that with the reduced duties they cannot afford to pay as high wages as they could under the McKinley tariff. Possibly there may be some of this done, but not to any consid erable 'extent. The business " ia terests of the country do not desire a continued agitation of the tariff question, and they would rather have the' new tar iff which will soon . become the law, whether they like it or not, than take the chances of a restoration of the McKinley bill after several years ag itation, for it .would take, several years to restore it. They would suffer more in the meantime by the agitation and the - resultant disturb ance in business than they could pos sibly gain, even if they were sure of a restoration of the McKinley rates of duty. Business is conservative. and capital is timid. They suffer by agitation and the unrest and uncer tainty that result from agitation, and instead of desiring a re-opening of this question by the Congress which will succeed the present one, they would do anything to prevent it. If the question were submitted to the vote of the manufacturers of this country to-day whether the Wilson bill should be retained as it is for the next twenty-five years, we believe it would be carried in the affirmative by an overwhelming majority. They got more than thev expected, and don't want any more "tariff tinkering. - - According to a recent school cen sus of Chicago there are in that city 658,360 persons unQer twenty-one years of age. The census puts the tout population at 1,567,727. Forty- three thousand pupils attend private schools. Of the total population 618,565 are of foreign birth. A . thousand European workmet recently took passage on one vessel from New Vork for Europe, because they thought'they could do better in their old homes than in this country. If this thing was repeated often enough and kept up for some time the' labor question 'would adjust itself. WILMINGTON; N.lC F MASOBfIC U0TT3, Furnished the 8 tar by the Order, Our Masonic triends' frcml Raleigh were much pleaed wittr their excursioti to this place and our peopfe Were ' de-' lighted with us, and we siyTttt'firothers Bradley and Lacy, come again. "- - A good one is told by . a tbernber- of the fraternity wbo came from Goldsboro with the Masonic excursion, on a brother of the craft who was lQng and hailed from Wilson. He said his brother from Wilson bad the night - previous witness ed the entertainment of. Mile. Cyrene, at Hilton,' and. that after the performance the? retired together in the same room, and next morning, early, when he awoke and looked for his Wilson brother, the latter was fast asleep, with one foot be hind bis bead. - - 7 V ; s ALFRED MARTIN, ESQ. fy..: The printed book of the proceedings of the j last session the one hundred and seventh annual communication of the Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. . Masons of North Carolina held in this city on the second day of . January contains an" j excellent picture and sketcb ot out townsman, Alfred Martin, Esq., who was Grand Master of that ancient and honor able body for two terms, from 1857s. to 1859, and who has been Grand High Priest and Eminent Commander of Wil mington Commandery No. 1 Knights Templars, a member and officer of the Council . and Grand Council of Royal and Select : Masons, and a member for over fifty years of St. John's Lodge No. 1, of which he was the W. Master for several terms, and the centennial ot which was celebrated during the com munication of the Grand Lodge at this place. - -' . - The City Markets. - The season for watermelons is waning, yet the supply is abundant and prices are low, ranging from 5 to twenty cents. Cantaloupes have "played out," yet a few can be found in truckers' carts at 10 to 15 cents each. Figs sell at 10 cents per quart and apples of indifferent qual ity at the same price. Mew sweet potatoes are coming in freely and are sold at 40 cents per peck; Irish potatoes, 35 cents; egg plants, two for 5 cents; onions, 25c per peck; corn 10c per dozen; tomatoes two quarts for 5 cents; field peas, 8c per quart; lima beans 10c per quart; okra, two quarts for 5 cents: beets. 10c per buncb; cabbage 5 10c per head. In the fish, market yesterday mullets sold at 5ti&10c per string; sand perch. 10c; sea trout. 15c; flounders, 1520c; sturgeon T 5c per pound; clams, 20c per quart; shrimp,. 5c per quart; channel crabs, 10c per dozen; soft shell crabs, 50c Poultry was in good supply; grown fowls selling at 2025c apiece, and chickens 12X to 18c. Eggs. 18 cents per. dozen. In the meat markets, fresh beef ot fine quality sold at the customary rates, and veal and mutton were : 4a good sup ply at current prices. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. v FRIED SQUASH. Cut a crook-neck Squash in slices and soak them in cold salted water one hour. Wipe them dry. dip them in batter and fry brown in a little butter, Or dip them in egg. roll in fine bread crumbs and lry in boiling hot fat. PICKLED CAULIFLOWER. Very small and imperfect heads can be used for . this purpose. Take six small ones and cut them up. Take also one pint of small white onions and two small red peppers. Dissolve a cup of salt in one quart of hot water and pour over the cauliflower, draining off the next morning. - Boil two quarts ot vine gar with three tablespoonf uls of mustard seed; add the vegetables and boil half an hour.. " : SHRIMPS ON TOAST. Put oneint of picked shrimps on paper and dust them well with flour. Fry them in a basket in a bath of boiling fat; they will take two to three minutes. Turn them out on a sieve before the fire, sprinkle with Nepaul' pepper, the grated peel oi a lemon, a grate ot nutmeg, and, lastly, a sprinkling of lemon juicer Lay them rather thickly on nicely cut pieces of fried bread, sprinkle over the top some lobster coral and surround with a border of chopped green parsley. - Serve on a dish neatly papered. . PINEAPPLE PIE. Prepare the pineapple, chopped fine or grated, and otherwise made ready for a compote. ' Have a shell of nice pastry spread with a little apple sauce just enough to glaze the crust. Fill the pie plate witb pineapple and orange, strips of pastry across. Bake the pie about 45 minutes in an oven quite notior tne first fifteen minutes and a very little more moderate for the last half hour. When the pie is removed from the Oven dredge it with powdered sugar and set it back in the oven just long enough to allow the sugar to melt. Serve ice cold. Death of Oapt, J. W. Einson. A telegraphic dispatch from Savannah, Ga received in Wilmington yesterday afternoon, stated that Capt J. W.Hinson had dropped dead in that city. . No par ticulars were given. Capt. Hinson was for vears a resident of Wilmington, a member of the firm of,Sprunt & Hinson, and afterwards removed to New York city; Where he engaged in business as a commission merchant. He came to Wilmington' from Duplin, of which county he was sheriff for several years. . m m Killed by Xiishtnlnc. A correspondent of the Star writing from Magnolia, Duplin county,: N. C, savs that during " a thunderstorm Wednesday last, at Mr. J. A. Powell s place, four miles from Magnolia, a tree under - whose branches tbree colored women bad taken refuge from ram was struck by lightning., : One of the women Nancy Williams was killed Instantly. The other two were severely shocked, but not seriously hurt. Plo-Hio in Duplin.. ..The second annual pic-nic at "Natural Wells, near Magnolia, will be given Au- eust 80th. There will be music,; danc ing, and an enjoyable time generally. Committee of Arraneements: Dr. J. C. Grady. W. F. Pickett, Richard R. Tathis. G. W. Rivenbark. J. A. Groves. John W. Glisson. A. Pickett, Geo. Rob inson. -, BETTER TIMES DAWNING. Btratneea will Hevlve Th Herw Tariff wilt ' j" Afford the Country Orea Belief' from lae uiaen or tne MCK-Uiiey Uonatroa Tfeevattneiced ; article from the New York Herald is a fair average .sample of the bpimons held. by. men of common sense in regard to the settlemant of the tariff war; and the Star will wager a wool oat (since the dotv has been re duced 73 per cent.) that the views ex pressed in the article will be endorsed by nineteen twentieths ol the business- men of Wilmington. . i, ' f ' -f, -.- - ; -- " i he views ot business men and others in various parts of the country which will be found in our news columns this morning may-; be taken as voicine the generaliceling that the dawn of better times has come. There is every reason to believe that business will now begin to revive, finances improve, markets .be come more active and industrial activity quicken. - That the outlook - will be hailed by the people, and especially by tne working people, goes without saying l his welcome .tide oi better times is expected to set in not so much because of the changes in the . Tariff, made by the bill, which has now-passed both Houses of Congress, as became the agi- tation and suspense whichShave hung oyer the country for a year have at .last been removed. The inevitable effect of the. uncertainty as - to what changes would be made in the Tariff system was to handicap financial, commercial and industrial activity and cause dull times. The dispelling of this uncertainty and consequent suspense must as inevitably clear the way to a revival of prosperity. . in addition to this, the law itself which has been enacted will afford the country no little relief from the burdens and blighting effects of - McKinley pro tection. It does not embody the tariff revision which the people had a right to expect ano wnica tney commanded in thundering tones at the polls in 1892. It does not embody the revision which the Democratic party was pledeed to give and for which its most patriotic leaders struggled so gallantly. But. - disap pointing and unsatisfactory as it is, the new bill is a marked improvement on the McKinley law, and. moreover, its enactment puts an end to an agitation which was inflicting untold losses upon the country and pushing it to the verge of panic. . . . For failure to carry the moderate, ju dicious revision which the country need ed and the people commanded, the Dem ocratic party cannot, in our opinion. justly be held responsible. The repre sentatives of that party in the House not only promptly passed such a bill and sent it to the Senate, thereby fulfilling' tne pledges ot tne party and their duty to the people, but they istood out for it nobly as long as there was any hope of saving it, and yielded only when they were forced to choose between the Sen ate bill and no legislation. for i tne obstruction ot revision through six long, months, with its con sequent business stagnation and desti tution among the working classes; for the defeat of such a law as the people wanted and the country needed; , for the failure of the Democratic party to carry out its pledges to the folL the responsi bility mast Tall upon the petty ring of Democratic Senators beaded by Mr. Arthur ; P. Gorman. Had the .Sen ate contained a larger Democratic majority these men could - have been stripped of their . power for mischief as recreants to their party and public enemies, and an honest. Tariff bill passed months ago in spite of their deviltry. But, unfortunately, the Dem ocratic majority in the Senate was so narrow that the Gorman-Brice cabal had it in their power to "hold up" the entire American people as well as both branches of Congress, and as everybody knows they did not scruple to use that power with merciless disregard of con sequences, either to their party or the country. FACTORS TURN SHIPPERS. Savannah Faotors IiOftdincc Two Vessels ; with Spirits for Direct Shipment. The committee which has charge of the building of the turpentine tanks, to be put up for the Savannah Tank and supply fwompany at tne - savannah, Florida and western railway wharves. says the Savannah News, has received a large number ot replies to the advertise ment for bids on two tanks to contain about 6.000 barrels each. The bids have not been opened, and it is not known what such, tanks wilL cost. The committee. However, will consult over the matter, and will proba bly open the bids some time within, the next tew days. There was little change in the local naval stores situation yesterday, so far as the Savannah market stands. : There was a small sale yesterday, however, at 28 cents of 164, barrels of spirits of tur pentine. This figure . is not bid, how ever, by any of the buyers. The factors are now loading both ot thebaroues which they have chartered to carry spirits across to Europe. The Italian barque Moe began loading day before: yesterday, and the Norwegian barque " Enulie yesterday. These two barques will carry irora o.ouo to o,uuo barrels, but where they are going , is a matter that is unknown to any one ex cept the factors, and they are not telling. 'Thev may be sent to uortc ior orders, one of the factors said yesterday, "and it win hardly be known where tney are eoine before thev get there. .None ot tne ouvers win as vet ma vt cents for spirits, as they believe they will ultimately obtain it below that figure. The factors, however, hold that they are meeting with success in the stand they have taken, and they say that they will in nowise recede from it. Bobbed The Star. Some thief, who had evidently famil iarized himself with the surroundings, entered the Star Job Department through a rear window, Thursday night. broke open a money drawer, and robbed it of its Contents, some two or three dollars in change. It served the Star right. No printing officehas any moral riant to keen as much as two ooiiars on 1.1" j i .i . n uanu m uig present nub wuuuiuvu v. the money market. The public, how ever, will not fait to note this evidence of the prosperity of the Star. - Death of Hr. 7. M. Hewlett. - ;: Mr. F. M. Hewlett, who has been sick for the bast two weeks, died at his residence No. 611 Bladen street yester day morning at 7 o'clock, aged 49 years. He leaves a wife and four children. He was a member of Orion Lodge No. 67, I. O. O. F. His remains will be taken to Masonboro Sound this morning at 7 o'clock, and be buried from Masonboro Baptist Church. Prisoners from Brunswtek County - Deputy Sheriff T. M. Kitchin, of Brans wick county, arrived in the city vesterdav with three prisoners Ed. Bradley and Lee Blocker, charged with breaking into : a shanty - at . Farmers' Turnout, and Chas. Marshburn, charged with stealing an axe. All these prisoners are colored; they were put in JNew nan. over county jail for sate-keeping. THE TRADE REVITAL. ; - Brightening; Up Wonderfully in Atlanta Great Beviv il of i Bnainen. Amonc r iiwi.viuivi. uvni vaiuout - UI ., IUB. : Sew York Dry Oroook Trade. Atlanta. Ga Augi 1& (Special): The settlement of the tariff bill squabble has already begun tof show ..its good effects here.- Things are brightening op wonderfully, - and front all indications September will inaugurate a new era of prosperity ."7 The merchants of Atlanta are looking for a big- Fall and Winter trade, and all departments of industry give promise of a better .future. The merchants are preparing to lay in big stocks, and several new business houses will open between now and Fall. While the panic is generally attributed to money contraction, the) belief is almost universal that the tariff bill, imperfect as it is, will ease the situation wonder fully.- - A. ,.: . , . - . . -. - Pittsburg,-August 14. After havipa an opportunity to learn.'the .details of the passage of the. Senate bill and give the matter calm reflection, there is but one Opinion '-' expressed among Pittsburgh manuiacturers; tney arje almost unani mous is -declaring the passage of the bill a j good thing, and' that - a wonderful reviyal in -business will be noticeable within the next few dais. l. More oraers new over tne icievrapn m i .' -i wires to-day -for supplies of all kinds than would suffice fori month's business under ordinary conditions. . Manufac turers say stocks in alLbraucbes ot busi ness had br.en reduced to the actual -re quirements of the day and the immedi ate effect of the dispensation of the tariff i -,r . s . . . . - ougaDoo win dc mc restoration oi confi dence and the extension of trading oper ations along broader fines. The Spring Steel and Iron Company has announced its intention of adding to its capacity to meet the expected demand. . A new Bessemer trail will be erected and employment given to many more 1", ... i T7 j T men. ine niisourz rorge ana iron Company, of which Calvin Wells, pro prietor of the Philadelphia Press, a pro tection paper, is the President, started us puaaiing aepanment last nieni, - r n- Ji ? j ' " 1 . T r teen furnaces were blown in and others may ; be Put into operation this week, The Sligo Rolling-Mill is experiencing a boom. The puddliig department went on double turn last night. There is a strike at this mill, but the company has so many orders on hand that new men bad to be secured, i ; a singular iaci is mar. ue Kcpuoucan l - - a - . manufacturers all t predict better times as a result of the action of the House. The New York fournal of Commerce says of the dry goqds trade: Whethar as the result ot the passage of the Tariff bill by Congress, or simply a coincidence, thete has been an unmis takably larger volume of business trans acted in the matket to-day .and less as the result of spot operation than the out come of orders through the mails. There are instances of agents reporting no improvement i in the demand, but these are not nearly so numerous as the reports of larger sales; the latter are in fact so general that they may witb justice be taken as an indication ot an all round improvement. The orders in the great majority of instances bear yesterday's date, so that there are grounds for the claim made that they are the out come ol a more assured feeling in business circles. This, it is true, would be . a pretty speedy response to the passage ot tie bill, but it would be simply a confirmation of the opinion gen erally entertained that considerable bus iness was being peld back until the tariff struggle were ended. Opinions as to the action of the President vary, but chiefly between doubts as to whether he will sign the bill orj allow it to become law without his signature, i here are exceed ingly few expressions of the opinion that he will veto it. Besides increase in or ders there has been a demand for speedy shipment of merchandise bought previ ously and held, by sellers to await buyers shipping instructions,' with the result that the dry goods district! has worn an 'air of something like activity. Thus in one way or anpiner me general ionc is being sensibly affected for the better, and some sellers, who have not lately been noted for firnjness in resisting buyers' demands for concessions,: are talking more confidentlyHntnrel prospects. SUGAR BAGS OH COTTON BALES. No Objeotlon ilade to Them by the JSew York Exchange or New York Export- ! era The Beoent Story only a Canard of the Sugar Trust. - Augusta,! August 16. A few days ago the Constitution published a special from Augusta about the cotton manu facturers in the East refusing to buy cotton packed in sugar bags or bag cloth. An Augusta merchant nas a tei egramlromi New York to-day which reads as follows: "Bag cloth all right. Cotton Exchange here will take no action against it. Members ana exporters, in terviewed regard it as merchantable and good delivery. The rumors only a com petitor s scheme to intimidate buyers. . It seems jthat circulars have been sent out through the South by the Jute Trust to keep the planters from using this bag ... i . r : ciom or sugar Dags. . a lew years ago it was used largely by them, when the Jute Trust advanced the price on jute bag ging to lOjand 11 cents per yard. The lute Trust is advancing mte bagging reg ularly. Ana bag cloth being so mucn cheaper 14 being condemned to get it out ot tne way. ine ew xorx t,oiton ex change will accept cotton baled in bag cloth. Exporters representatives in Augusta,; it is learned, wiil accept cot ton so baled. Many exporters prefer the sugai bags to the jute bagging. - GEORGIA PACIFIC RAILROAD Bought hy the . Drexel Morgan Company for the Southern Hallway Company. By Telegraph to the Morulas Star. Atlanta, Aug. 18. The Georgia Pa cific Railway was bought to-day by Mr. C H. Coster Of the Drexel Morgan Com pany. There was only one bidder and one bidf-$500.000.. . , .. .. The Georgia Pacific extends from At lanta, through Birmingham to creen ville, on the Mississippi river. Its mile-, age is about 600 miles. This sale was under - mortgage made May 0, iya, the Central Trust Co. of New York trus tee, and other parties being interested. The Georgia Pacific was one ot the Richmond Terminal Co's. properties, and was operated by the Richmond and Danville R. R. In common with the other Richmond Terminal lines, ' the Georgia Pacific waS thrown into a re ceiver's hands two years ago. It was re ported: earrv wis moraine tnat ine sea board Air Line would be a bidder for the Georgia Pacific, and the gossip seemed to worry the Southern officials and law yers. . The sale was quickly over and the Georgia Pacific passes into the Sohtnera Kail way system. ; .. . . Admiral Razvozoff in command of the naval forces at; Cronstadt, Russia, has been shot and killed by a discharged employe, who fired upon him with a re volver while he was driving from his office. The assassin then blew his own brains tout. - NO. 42 Cv DISPENSARY LAW- Deelared TJnoonatitutlonal by Judge Aid- - -j-., ' ;''rioh. ' : . - . ! Special Star Telegram. ; ' - 1 Aiken, S. C August 18. Judge Aid rich to-day r rendered his decision de claring the ; Dispensary law unconstitu tional. . The case was that of the City of Aiken vs. TheState Dispensary, brought about by the arrest : on August 1st, by Mayor Chalee of the Dispenser and his clerk on the charge of violating the City Ordinance in selling liquor, without a license. The Judge decides that the city has no right to license the sale of liquor; that as the law now stands.- it is prohibition. : His decision was based on the fact that the act of 1893 was not a new law, but an amendment on ther law passed in 1892. which was declared un constitutional by the Supreme Court last April. - . . Br Telegraph to tbe Monutie Star ' ' Columbia. S C . August -18. Judee Aldiich this afternoon filed his decision in tbe case of the State ex rel. George and Holly vs. the City Council of Aiken. The document contains 3.000 words. He decides the Dispensary act in its main features unconstitutional." Regarding the writ Of prohibition asked for bv the Dispensary authorities, jen joining coun cil from interfering with the dispensary, ne declares that under its charter the city has no authority to grant license to dealers in any' liquors. Mayor Chalee will apply for an injunction, closing the Dispensary Monday. Charleston, August 18. The dis pensary raids were resumed here to night. Two blind tigers were raidedand about twenty gallons of liquor captured. The raids were conducted decently and not after the manner of those conducted byjthe previous constables. A crowd col lected, but the chiet constable. Holly, who seems to be of a different stripe from the desperadoes employed formerly, made a conciliatory speech and the crowd dispersed. ludge Aldrich is a Circuit Judge, and was elected by the Tillman faction. He is holding court at Aiken, and the pro ceedings came before him there. . The decision will result in having the law brought again before the Supreme Court. the complexion of which has been changed politically by the election of Judge uary, a reformer, who has already qualified. THE COTTON MARKET. The 8ise of the Crop the Important Faotor -It Irooks Like 8.000,000 to 9,000,000 Bales for the Growing Crop. Hubbard, Price & Co. say in their last cotton letter, dated August 17th : With the passage of tbe Tariff bill in the United States, the last of the dis tressing factors which have operated against business has disappeared, and it is to be expected that from now on we will see a gradual revival in the trade of tbe country. Already it is noticeable that a better tone is apparent in dry goods circles and the iron trade, and buyers are daily flocking into the market to secure at least what thev need for their immediate consumption, although as yet they have not begun to lay in any large stocks .of goods. It is evident there fore that the i question to determine the value of cotton for the coming year is tbe size Oi the crop, and not such extraneous circumstances as tariff or silver agitation. The estimates which are now current regarding a large' yield are so generally received and believed, that it is thought that the consumption will be less than tbe production by at least 1,000,000. bales, and that therefore the cotton trade will witness the same gradual recession in price which has marked tbe wheat market for the past twelve months. This belief is based entirely upon presentrerop prospects, and it most be stated that should these prospects be realized,, it is generally thought that tbe yield will at least reach 9,000,000 bales. ! Ol course all estimates of tbe yield of tbe cotton crop in the month of August are absnrd, as it depends entirely upon the weather from now on whether the plant be well fruited, or whether it is destroyed by storms, or worms or many other contingencies, such as rust which assail the cotton crop at different times during its period of de velopment. However, tbe trade are con vinced that nothing will reduce the yield below the consumption, and basing their operations upon that belief it is very dif ficult to find anyone who has a good word to say in favor of cotton, aud eve rybody is strongly of the relief that we shall see a decline In cotton below prices ever recorded in this market since the exchange was opened. Acting upon these reports which come from the South, the trade here is short of cotton, and the spinners though tak ing daily for immediate shipment from this-market, do not buy any quantity of cotton from the shippers who are so eager to offer them fall shipments from Southern points. The amount ot cotton which has been sold forward for delivery this year is- variously estimated and it js difficult to give an approximate idea of what is believed to be the extent of this business which has for many years been profitable to those who have engaged In it, and this season is no exception to the general rule of large sales tor forward de liveries, especially to Europe. ' The receipts of cotton for the latter part of August and possibly September will be light, as the plant appears to have been retarded in its developement by the recent severe rains throughout the cotton country, and it is universally reported as being very large and not so well fruited as might be hoped for. However, the reports from Texas are as sumed to be of such a nature as to point to a yield in that State largely exceeding any crop brought to market there, and it is not at all unlikely that these reports are substantially true. - In fact, everything that comes to band from the Texas markets is to the effect that the crop now points to a yield at least 500, 000 bales larger than last year in that State. ' ,When that is considered as mak ing this crop equal to 8,000,000 bales, and the increase in" the Mississippi and Atlantic over last year is taken into ac count, it can be readily . understood why tbe trade believes that the crop is 9, 000,000 bales. Still, it is well always to recollect that the crop is not yet made and tbe accidents which the plant will encounter from now on may greatly re duce the present prospects, ss was not ably the case in 1889. This crop now coming to market does not seem likely to exceed 7,450,000 bales, instead of the larger estimates which were current in the Spring, 1 -: "QUEEN OF THE OCEAN." Cympanla Lowers Time of the Westward Passage by Three Hour. New York, August 17. The Cunard Line steamerj Campania, which arrived this evening from Liverpool and Queens town, has earned the title of "Queen of the Ocean." besides being a record breaker. She left Dants Rock at 12.45 p. m. on August 12, and arrived at the Sandy Hook lightship at 5.45 this even ing. Her time of passage was five days, nine hours and ' twenty-five minutes, which beats all previous records by about three hours and ten minutes. fNCENDIARVTIRES 8. C Several . Buildings : .. :' Burned. - - - :v : - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charleston. S. C August 18. A special to the News and Courier from Florence. S. C -says: The two-story building on Front street, lately occupied by the Florence 'Messenger, used -as a store-room and owned by Louis Cohen, of Charleston, was partially burned at 11 o'clock last night. The fire was incen diary. While that building was burnsng, a storeroom, on Evans street, owned by S, A. Gregg. Jr., of Bryson City. N. CL, wasKset on fire. Both fires were put out, At 8 a. m. a dwelling house, owned by W. P. Byrd, East .Florence, was set on fire,; John W. Moore's residence adjoin ing was also burned. - No insurance on any except Moore's. ' All the fires were incendiary, and thought to be the work ' of a: gang. ? -'."''Ks Tonesboro Journal.' At the Egypt coal mines one hundred men are now at work. The output of coal is now about one hundred tons daily. It is to be increased to four hundred tons daily September 1st, it is said, j MaaeVg-gwi , Wadesboro Messengcr'Intelligen' cer:i A number of good judges say that the cotton crop in this county has been damaged at least 50 per cent, in the last 10 or 15 days, by the numerous heavy rains. Sandy land, especially, has suffered severely. The trouble is that cotton has not fruited, but has gone to weed too much. Smithfleld Herald- Charlie Al ford, colored, who was arrested ' here several months ago, charged with an at tempt to rob Mr. Wm. O'Neal, just out side of town, but escaped - before be could be placed in jail, was again arrest- -ed here Saturday- night and placed in ' jaiL. i Jjmce be was arrested here the first time he sfiids ' charged with three of fences and has been in - Lumber ton jail once, irom which he escaped, and in the guard house at Wilson also. 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