"EDWIN A. ALDERMAN. plettd Presides! lhe UilversHj of vlrBli-Eleclloi Unanlmtos and Heartily Approved. By ToiPcrph to the Morning Star. PflARLOTTESVILLE, VA., JllM 14 A Alderman, president of Tu-meUDlvmUy, the leading educa Institution of the Gulf Btates.was unanimously elected president nf the Unlversiij "j w hnard of visltori, the governing noay the institution. While no notice of ....ntnee has been as yet received hr notification atlon of election, it hplieved be will decline. Official duties will begin In s,nieraber, at the opening of the Unl Immediately the election wm IVde public the general alumni asso rt .and the University faculty hei meeting! and pawed resolutions hwrtMf approving the board'a lelec Snn Every member of the faculty wirr J congratulations to the president . I'n'ann an d assured him of their in . imuort. Dr. Alderman was born in wit- W H a 1 mlngion, N. O., ..rT education May 15, 1861. His was received in focal schools, wll graduated .nv-of North and in 1883 he from the Univer Orrolina with the deeree of bachelor of philosophy. He it once began teaching and from 1884 to 187 was superintendent of the Goldsboro city schools. In 1889 he wii cbosen State superintendent of education and in 1893 professor of Eatlish in the Btate Normal College. Oa April 15tb, 1900, he was elected nresldent of Tulane University at New Orleans. There his career has been marked with much success. New Orleans, June 14. -President K.A Alderman, of Tulane University, who is attending a Btate conference at Biton Hauge, received a telegram there announcing his election as presi dent of the University of Virginia. He mvs the honor was unsought and he will visit Virginia and give the matter cireful thought bafore making final decision. NEQRO WOMaN LYNCHED. Jail sod Haoied aod loot I u - - ty a Mob. D Tisiograi'li w to morning Star. Lebanon Jcsctiok, Ky., June 15. -Maria Thompson, colored, who last niRnt, killed John Irwin, a wealthy white farmer, was taken from the jail to day nd hung to a tree in the jail nrd. 8lie weighs 255 pounds and the rope broke. As she ran away the mob fired a fusllade after her until she fell and was left for dead. The officers, however, found ilgoi of life and removed the woman to a physician's office, where It was found that she had been shot In several places aud could not recover. Irwin had reproved Mrs. Thompson's boy, wbo worked for him. Afterward Mrs. Toompion came Into Irwin's melon patch and slashed Irwin until be was dead. FOR ALTON B. PARKER. MUslsalDDl's Deletstlon to the St. Lonls Convention Are Instructed. By telegraph to the Morning Star. Jackson, Miss., June 15. The De mocratic State convention late this af ternoon instructed the delegates from Mississippi to the national convention to vote for Alloa B. Parker as long as there was any chance for his nomina tion The following Is the delegation from the State at large: Congressman Williams, Senators Money and Mc Li irio, Gov. Vardaman, former Con grtman T. 0. Catchlngs and former Congressman Hooker. On Tuesday night in Ashe vllle, Jamea II. Cline, editor of the Aaheville Citizen, was attacked in his office by II. C. Chedester, junior member of the law firm of Chedester & Carter. The editor's eye-glasses were broken and his right eye cut. The lawyer received a bruise on one cheek. The assault was made be cause the editor refused to tell the lawyer who was the author of a paragraph in a commuication signed "Vashti," which appeared in Bun day morning's Citizen, the writer of which was referring to the Demo cratic convention of Saturday. The paragraph is as follows: "One amus slng thing in the proceedings was when Mr. Craig, by the simple wave of three fingers, caused Frank Car ter's little Hugh Chedester to take his seat. This was when a point arose between the Jones'and Murphy factions." At Raleigh on Tuesday the Secretary of State chartered a rail road company for the purpose of constructing and operating a road 'rom some ooint on the Raleieh and apb.. !r line, near the Chat- " ki county line, to some '"- i.outhernpart of Orange . flRme of the new com .: ;ew Hope Valley Eall f, and the Incorpora Wiiiiam Moncore, W. L. II. A.' London. M. T. Wll- POiM . P&uy ; . rod (.v. tors are London. . T. N. Bland and W. "R. ttnn- al. The capitai;stock is $100,000. fhe Swain county bank, with 10,000 capital subscribed and $50, 000 authorized, was chartereed to Qo buainess at Bryson Oity, Per. rnit was given to the Dover Yarn Mil s, of Charlotte, to increase its capital stock to $100,000. Kalelgh Fost: Rumors are "oat that in the Federal conit at Charlotte some sensational indict ttentg are about to be made. Is Port Ar.hur s doom to be again brushed "We as the center of interest? If the J""? "arts in Charlotte i t may be we ub unaoie to hear the fall. Can anything be worse than to feel em minute will be your lastt ouch wM th, experience Mrs. S. H. "ewaon, of Decatur, Ala. "For three KIVk! ,he wrlte" "l endured insuf erabie pu from indigestion, stom- h,..unT,bo''e, trouble. Death seemed it ,e when doctors and all reme- MJ'S? At ,enKtb I was induced f'wtrlc Bitters, and the result an.? iracl,,lou'- 1 ImproTed at once, ana now rm completely recovered." HnLR'er Kidneys, Btomach and ni"!"?u.ble Electrle Bitters is the uea:cine, Onlj 50c. It's tsuar- hy R. a Bellamy, Kilt. drug t V 'Ttht 1hH Kinil Vnil Uouo lluowa DniinM j .! i ! TO WATER'S EDGE. Appalling Catastrophe on East River, a Short Distance from New York City. MORE THAN 600 LIVES LOST. Women and Children Baroed to Death or Drowned Abopt 500 Bodies Rec6T eredHold o! the Vessel Choked With Remalos of Bodies. Bj Telegraph to the Homing Btar. Nkw York, June 15. The three decked excursion steamer General Blocum, of the Knickerbocker Steam boat Company, burned to the water's edge off Brothers Island to-day, re sulting In the death through burning or drowning of at least six hundred persons, mostly women and children. Four hundred and forty-seven bodies had been recorerea to-night and divers were at work taking bodies from the hold of the steamer. The remains of many persons who leaped Into the river have not yet been found, and It will be many hours before the list of dead Is anywhere near complete. The General Blocum, one of the largest excursion steamers in these waters, left Third street, East river, at 9:80 o'clock this morning, having on board the annual Sunday : school excursion of St. Mark's German Lu theran church, located In Sixth street Her destination was Locust Grove, one of the many resorts on Long Island sound. The excursion was In charge of Rev. George O. F. Haas, pastor of the church. The vessel was commanded by Captain William van Schalk, one of the beat known excur sion boat captains In New York har bor. He has commanded the General Blocum for almost the entire time since ahe was built in 1891. The num ber of excursionists on board to-day is variously estimated at from 1,500 to 2,5ft), but according to an official statament issued by .the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, owners of the Blocum, . the number of passengers was 873, that being one-third of the vessel's licensed capacity. The steamer, after leaving ber dock this morning proceeded up the East river, all three of her decks being crowded with merrymakers. Bands played add the great side-wheeler was decorated with flags from stem to stern. The Blocum had reached a point near the Sunken Meadows off 135th street, Manhattan, which is at the ex treme eastern end of Hand all's Island, when fire broke out In a lunch room on the forward deck. The blaze was caused by the overturning of a pot of grease. The headway of the vessel and a high wind almost instantly fanned the Insignificant flame Into fury. Efforts were at once directed to subduing the fire, but they were fu tile. The blaze spread art with almost lightning rapidity. Captain van Schalk, in the pilot house, had been informed of the outbreak of the fire and realizing the danger to the hun dreds of excursionists, decided to send his vessel to the shore at 134th street. At this point there are a number of lumber vards ami several huge oil tanks and the captain was warned that to attemnt to land at this point would endanger the property and perhaps further Imperil the scores or people, who had already been frightened Into a state of almost uncontroname ex citement. Changing the big steamer's course sliehtlv be headed her for North Brother Island, half a mile away. Bv this time the flames wererusning by leaps and bounds from the forward navt nf the shin. The great open decks, built for ex cursionists with little obstruction irom bow to stern, offered a clear sweep for the fire. As the Slocum dashed for ward the flames caught stanchion and cabin woodwork, eating and tearing thnlr wav across the vessel. The excurslonists.but a few moments before In the full enjoyment of an ideal Bummer's day on Long Island mind, were driven to the after part of the steamer to escape the heat, flames nd smoke, which were constantly In creaaiug. Policemen and deck hands fthnard Btruflrled hard to quiet the nn 5 (?. but their efforts were In vain. The wild disorder increased, as frantic mothers sought to find tbeir cnuaren, whn hid been at nlav about the decks The steamer's whistle, was blowing for asslstanceand tugs and other near b craft answerea to me can. ooiuro any of the boats could reach the burn ing steamer, however, the frantlo wo rn n and children began to jump over Wrd. The current was strong and tha r mftnv whirlpools in the channel. The boats that always hound in the vicinity nicked up many persons from the water, but these were only a small number of those that were seen Struggling In the swift iirnt. On the Slocum the first sweep Of the 'flames cut off escace from the hurri cane deck, where a great many of the wnmnn end children were crowded to a.thAr and soon burned away the ltffht wood of the uprights which fm taw.n with a crash on those be low. ti ! thought that most of those on iYim hiivvfoann dfielr were burned. As the fire increased, the struggle to gain a point of vantage at the stern hAmn frightful. Women and chil dren crowded against the after rail until It gave way and hundreds were pushed off into the river. After this there was a steady stream of persons who lumned or were thrown Into the water Bv this time the shrieking whistle nf th RioRum had attracted the atten Hon nf river craft for a considerable diatanee around, and tUgS and Other mall boats were rushing to the assist an nf tha hnmtnc steamer. - Thaaa amall boats rescued all those in tha water whom they could reach, but many persons struggled and sunk krorM nn-v heln could reach them. In the wake of the Slocum as she hurried n atraam-was aline of little black spots, marking the heads and bodies of those wbo bad sought to escape the roaring furnace on the snip ny inrow inn thamaalves overboard. Few of those saved by the small boats bad on life preservers. At no time during the progress of the fire was there an opportunity to either tha life boats or get the life nrasarvara nut from underneath the fa ThU nerhaDs. elves an Idea of the ranlditv with which the flames swept the decks. It was an experience harrowing and terrible and that any siKitmii alive aeems wonderful. Through all the wild panic, during all th&t infmo wfih fire and smoke sur rounding them the officers ana men ot the doomed boat remainea at meir posts, but they were powerless to avert the catastrophe. The Slocum got within fifty feet of the northwest point of North Brother Island and there stopped in the shal low water. It was just before she beached that the hurricane deck, the supports of which had burned away, fell with its load of women and children, adding to the panic and horror of those on the deck below. Very soon after parts of the second and third decks also caved In. But before this bpptnd the tug Walter STEAMER BURNED Tracey had come alongside the burn ing steamer and been lashed to it. Jlany.of the passengers were taken off by the crew of the Tracey, which re- malned ionride the steamer until the tug's pilot house t' ok fire. The p int where the Slocum beached was juit off t e scarlet fever ward on North Brothera Island. The patients who had been out on the porches and lawns watching the approach of the burning steamer, were ordered indoors, and the physicians -on the island has tened to the assistance of those who were being brought ashore through the shallow water. - Many of those who leaped from the Slocum were carried away by the current even after she was beached, and were drowned. The scene on North Brothers Island as described by the rescuers was a piti ful one. Body after body was washed ashore or brought In by boats and added to the long row on the beach. Fifty-three persons died there while the doctors were attending them. As the bodies of the living and the dead were taken out of the water, those alive were taken to the hospitals on the island or sent across the river to hospitals in Mahattan. Here ambu lances from almost all the hospitals in Greater New York and every other sort of conveyance which could be found, were put into service. For hours the bodies of the burned and the drowned drifted ashore on the Island, and between 131st and 138th streets In Manhattan. Some came ashore still alive. Many of these died, while others will recover. The scenes on the beach of North Brothers Island were pitiable In the extreme, as the living and the dead were brought In. Women with dis figured facet, their clothes partially strlpped.from them, were carried to the improved emergency hospital crying lor children who had been torn from them in the 1 mad rush when the boat took fire. " Meanwhile the Slocum burned to the water's edge. At 13:25 o'clock, two hours and twenty-five minutes after the fire was first discovered she sank. It Is estimated that there were then nearly 100 charred bodies on her decks. Just After the steamer sank the water near by was black with bodies. The tug Fidelity succeeded in picking up eighty-eight charred corpses In Hunt's Cove, off Baker's Island and carried them Into the sound. None of these bodies it is thought can ever be Identified. At the end of the Charities pier at the foot of East 26th street, the crowd to-night tried to push past the police and a riot resulted. At the height of the trouble a man who had learned that his wife was among the charred dead, tried to stab him self. Inside the pier the bodies are ranged in three rows, the entire length of the pier, about 150 feet. St. Mark's Lutheran church con tained in its membership practically all those Germans of the Protestant faith within a radius of ten square blocks. The excursion was the event of the year for scores of well to-do German families and bad been looked forward to for many months. Family parties of ten or more had been made up, including In many cases the old grandmothers, the mother and the children of all ages, with a sprinkling of those men of the families wbo could pare a day from their work. Edward Van Wart, the pilot of the General Slocum, said to-night: "When I first discovered the pres ence of fire on the steamer I decided to maae forthe first dock that I could find, but in a moment I was informed that all the ropes by which we usually tied up had been burned. I then de cided to make for the first point of land where there were no rocks and beach the vessel and this I did. The presence of rocks all along the shore made It impossible for me to beach the vessel any sooner than I did." Van Wart was taken before Coroner Berry and was paroled in the custody of his counsel. One of the tragic Incidents of the day was the death of the family of Dr. Haas. His wife, Gertrude, and his daughter, Anns, are among the dead. It is alleged that the life preservers were too securely fastened to their holdings to be available, and stories are told of frantic efforts made by strong men to cut them loose; but even if they could have been torn down they were too high up for the people to reach. It Is also alleged that no attempt was made to get out the fire apparatus at the first cry of "fire," though Captain van Bchalck says that he immediately rang tne bells for getting out the apparatus. According to several statements no attempt was made to lower boats or life rafts. Captain Van Bchalck and his two 6 Hots, named Edward Van Wert and L M. Weaver, have been arrested. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. bv Telegrapn to the: Homing Btar. flaw Yobk. June 15. Bosln quiet Htrained common to good S3 10. Spirits turpentine steady at 66K S6XC Charleston. June 15. Spirits tur- . .1 am KQl.i aalAa ft a . Ira . Bosln firm; sales barrels: A, B, C $3 67X; D. $3 72)4, E, S3 77; F, $3 83 ; G,3 87 ;H,t3 97 X i L$3 12x K, $3 22X M, 3 47 ; IN, S3 0a , w G, 13 92; W W. S4 i04. bavaimaH. June 15. Spirits turpen tine was quiet at53c; receipts 1,040 casks; sales 135 casks; exports casks. Bosln was firm; receipts 1,761 barrels: sales 3,193 barrels; exports barrels. Quote: A, B, C.S3 77X 3 80; D, S3 85; E, $3 90; F, S3 92 S3 43;M,S3 70; N, $3iK);W G. 14 20; W W. IJ4 6U4 65. F0REI6H MARKETS, Br Cable to the Morning Star. - Liverpool. Jnne 15. Cotton: Spot, , . i i- . moueraie uunucu , ynKi uuuaiuK., American middling 7.64d. Tbe sales oi ; the day were 5,000 bales, of wmcn zuu bales were for speculation and export and included 4.500 bales American. RAcelnta 2.000 bales, no American. Futures onenea stesay ana ciosea ' . 1 . 1 . , 3 American miaaung a o ci; June 6.85a; June ana juij o.ou, July and August 6.193; August and - -w j J At J - Rentember 5.96d: aepiemoer ana uc- tnhflr B.BSd: October and November 5. Sid; November and December 5.25d; December and January 5.23d; Jan uary and February 6.21d; February and March 5.21d. The Junior Order, United American Mechanics, of Raleigh, is to have a great celebration at the State capital July 4th. There is to be a barbecue and a great pyrotech nic disnlav. which alone will cost $2,000. There will be an exhibition by the fire department, drills by military companies, music by excel lent bands and other features. A patriotic meeting will be held in MetroDolitan Hall at 11 A. M. and the sneakers will be Governor Chas. B Avcock, Chief Justice Walter niark and President Geo. T. Win- otnn nf thn A. & M. College. Frof. Henry Jerome Stockard is expected to read an original poem. The rail roads will reduce rates to Raleigh for the celebration. HftweiL Do von think it pays to put much money Into clothes f Powftii Not if von have a wife to go through them. Town Topics. BATTLE CONTINUES NEAR WAFANGOW. Strong Possibility that Engage ment Will Take Place With Vladivostok Squadron. JAPS' TRANSPORTS ATTACKED RoB8lan8 Have Opened a Chsnoel at En trance to Port Arthor Harbor Jspa nese Torpedo Dosts Bombarded the RassIsB Ontposts. By Cable to tbe Morning Btar . Loudon, June 15. The correspon dent of the "Central News at Llao Yang telegraphed to-day as follows: "The fighting at Vafangow (about 55 miles north of Fort Arthur) was renewed to-day and is still proceeding. No details are obtainable, but there are persistent rumors that the Rus sians were partly successful, destroy ing three squadrons of cavalry and makine prisoners sixty men. The Russian casualties In the fighting yes terday were three hundred and eight men killed or wounded. The Japa nese casualties are not .known." The Vladivostok Iqnadroo. , Tokio. June 15, 3:30 P. M. Re ports of cannonading have been re ceived here from various points, such as Obi-Euzen province Oki island and Tsuzbims. bat the exsct nature of the operations of the Russian Vladivostok squadron is not disclosed. The Japanese warships In the vicin ity are hurrying to the scene. There is a strong possibility that a naval en gagement will take place soon. No southern city In Japan is exposed to attack, but this Russian raid may prove expensive to shipping. London, June 15. A dispatch to the "Central News from Toklo, filed at 6 P. M.t to-day, says: "A dispatch just received from Moj , says the cannonading at tea topped at 1 P. M. There was a heavy sea in tbe straits all day. The Japa nese merchant steamers are known to have left various ports for Moji and there Is much anxiety about their fate." It is rumored to-night that the Rus sian warships have gone eastward. Trassports Attacked. Tokio, June 15,6 P. M. It is re ported here that the Japanese protect ed cruiser NUtaka engaged the Russian Vladivostok squadron off Tau Island In the strait between Corea and Japan. This report, however, lacks confirma tion. Tbe Japanese transports Ueo and Fuio. homeward bound, met the Rus sian vessels, near Ok! island. The Ruisians pursued them and fired 16 shots at tbe Japanese ships. The transports escaped and reached Ka- cusomoto. Tokio, June 15. Three Japanese transports, outward bound from Shl monosekl, met the Russian warships this morning outside the strait of Corea. The Russians fired 18 shots at the Japanese ships. One transport es caped. The fate of the other two is not known. Bombsrdlog Ontposts. Tokio. June 15, 4 P. M. A flotilla of torpedo boats and torpedo boat de stroyers, under the command of Cap tain Taucbiya and In co-operation with the army, made a reconnolssance in force near Bbao-Ping Island yester day and bombarded the Russian out posts on tne'eoast io the west of the Island. 8haoPing island Is twelve miles to the west of Port Arthur. At noon the Russian cruiser Novik, con voying ten torpedo boat destroyers, steamed out from Port Arthur. The Russian shore batteries protected these vessels with a heavy can nonade. Tbe Japanese flotilla re treated slowly, firing as it went, for the purpose of decoying the enemy to sea. At 3 o'clock in tne afternoon the Russian ships returned to the entrance of Port Arthur. The fact that the No vik came out ot Port Arthur makes it certain that the Russians have succeed ed In blasting a channel through the cement laden merchantmen sunk by the Japanese in the entrance to the harbor. This freedom of egress comes too late to permit of any effect on the opsra tionsofthe Japanese army, for men, guns and stores have practically all been landed, and Admiral Togo is ca pable of keeping the remnants of the Russian fleet imprisoned in Port Ar thur. Last Monday night Japanese vidette boats, protected by torpedo boat destroyers, succeeded in reaching the entrance to Port Arthur and plant ed a series of mines. The darkness of midnight favored the operation. The Japanese vessels were not observed and they returned to the rest of the squadron without having sustained any damage. Orest Jspanese Vlctsry. London. June 16. A dispatch to the "Dally Express" from Tokio, dated June 15, sa?s news has been received there but has not yet been officially published, of a great Japanese victory near Fu-Chou, on the railway seventy miles north of Port Artnur. xne Russians, it is added, were over whelmed, lost a thousand men, leit ail their guns on the field and retreated In disorder. The "Dally Chronicle's" correspon dent at Tokio cables the same news, adding that the Russians, to the num ber of 7,000 men, are now in run flight towards Tshl-Ohaiao and Kal- Chou. startllnc Evldenea. Fresh testimony in great quantity is constantly coming in, declaring Dr. King's New Discovery for uonsump tlon, Coughs and Colds to be un equalled. A recent expression from j T. J. McFarland, of Benterville, Va., serves as example. He writes: "i bad bronchitis far three years, and doctored all the time without being benefitted. Then I began taking Dr. King's New Discovery, and a few bot tles wholly cured me." Equally effec tive in curing all Lung and Throat troubles, Consumption, Pneumonia and Grip. Guaranteed by R. R. Bel lamy, druggist. Trial bottles free; regular sizes 50c and 11.00. t For Over Sixty Tears Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over 60 years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teetblne. wltn perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pait , cures wind colic, ana Is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by Druggists in every part of tne wo-ia. xwenty-nve cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. . t "It must be hard," said the friend, "to have your wife chasing ofE to women's rights meetings and all that sort of thing every night." "Hard?" exclaimed Henpeck, why it's great; I can sit comfortably at home and not have to listen to her." Philadelphia Press RilSUU'S DErllSDS Have Caused a Hitch la Nef otlslloos for Release of Captives. Br Telesrraph to the Xoralnz Bur. Washington, June 15. A serious hitch has occurred In the negotiations for the release of Perdicaris and Var ley, the American and Englishmen captured in- Tangier by the bandit Raisuli. The details communicated to the State Department by Consul Gen eral Gummere Indicate tbat R'a-j!i has vastly enlarged his original de mas dr. He now insists upon abso lute control or no less than four Moor ish provinces and besides: that do less than three nations Including tbe United States guarantee the absolute perform ance of the Sultan's promise. The de mands are regarded as atsalutely Im possible of compliance here notwlth- lanuing wnai eirect tne refusal may have on the fate of the captives. HOLLY AND MISTLETOE. Bow the House Should Be Decked With Chrlatmaa Greens. It would not be Christmas without a 'wreath of holly in the window or Borne touch of green about the home. The ball is the first place to be consid ered in decoration, as this gives the keynote to the rest of the house, says the Philadelphia Times. First and foremost is the mistletoe, or, as it used to be called, the "kissing" bough. This need not necessarily be of mistletoe alone, as holly can well be mixed with it But it is correct to tie i bows or true lovers' knots of various colored ribbons on to the stems. The' larger this bough can be the better, and it should hang somewhere in the center of the hall. If there is a looking glass hanging against the wall (and this is a great improvement to a small, narrow hall, as it gives an idea of space); let It be encircled by a loose holly wreath. At the foot of the stairs put a tall earth enware jar of artistic shape, and ar range in it tall boughs of holly and spruce. The holly can be turned into a great variety of decorations for the home. The wreath is by far the most popular of the decorative designs. It is gen erally tied with a smart bow of scarlet ribbon. Frequently a star of red Im mortelles is set within the wreath. The holly branches, with plentiful red berries showing against the glis tening leaves, make an artistic garni ture for the house. The branches are a graceful ornamentation for pictures, cornices and doors. In halls they are particularly effective when there Is a fireplace that may be used as a back ground. A gilded basket (you can gild It your self at small cost) filled with holly and tied with broad, scarlet satin ribbon would make an effective centerpiece for the Christmas dinner table. A bunch of holly will of course crown the Christmas pudding, but a bunch of mistletoe must be tied under the chandelier in the parlor. There are people who every Christ mas put on great airs about their "real English mistletoe," but our American mistletoe answers all practical -purposes, and the luck it brings and the salutation it invites are just as gen uine as any foreign article. Every year the south is sending large quan tities of mistletoe to market. How to Send Chrlatmaa Gifts. Never send a Christmas gift without your card or some means of identifica tion. People do not like to have their pleasure tempered with mystery, says the New York World. Engraved cards are always in better taste than those written by hand. Written messages on an engraved card are permissible when sending a gift to a relative or intimate friend. A greeting, as "Merry, Christmas" or "Season's Greetings," when used Is written on the upper part of the face of the card. When simply a date is used, as "Christmas, 1903," write it in the lower left hand corner. It is customary for gentlemen to ac company their gifts with engraved cards bearing no inscription. Christ mas gifts should always be neatly wrapped in perfectly fresh paper and daintily tied with a nice bit of string or narrow ribbon. In sending a gift In town, even to one's next door neigh bor, employ a messenger or a servant; never a member of the family if it can be avoided. Always plan as nearly, as possible to have a Christmas gift reach its destination on Christmas day. Bet ter the afternoon or evening than the night before. How to Make Cranberry Jelly. Take two quarts of cranberries and boil until very soft. Strain out the juice and add as much sugar as there is juice. The Juice will be more in ,the form of a thick pulp, for you have strained it not through a cloth, but through a coarse sieve. Now boil for twenty minutes, add a tablespoonful of gelatin dissolved in cold water and pour into a mold. Set away to cool. Send to the table turned out of the mold and garnish with meringues. For the meringues beat the whites of four eggs nntil very stiff. Add a third of a tea spoonful, scant, of cream of tar tar. Whip again. Add a cup of sugar. 'scant, -and a little vanilla. Press through a tube upon oiled paper and bake in an oven so slowly as only to dry them for half an hour. COTTON MARKETS. sv XtlMrrsDb to tne Mornina Btar. flaw Yobk. June 15. Cotton was quoted quiet at 12.10c, net receipts 325 bales; gross receipts 3,240 bales; stock 63,808 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet and SO points lower; middling uplands 12.10c; middling gulf 12 35c: sales 45 bales Cotton futures closed barely steady : June 11.19, July 1U9, August 10.90, September 10.03, October 9.67, No vember 9.55. December 9.58, Janu ary 9.61. Total to-day, at all seaports Net re celpts 4,122 bales; exports to Great Britain bales; exports to France 5,049 bales; exports to the Continent bales; exports to Japan 500 bales; exports to Mexico bales; stock 238,419 bales. Consolidated, at ail seaports Net receipts 9,772 bales: exports to Great Britain bales; exports to France 10, 097 bales; exports to the Continent 10,925 bales; exports to Japan bales; exports to Mexico bales. Total since September 1st, at all sea ports Net receipts 7,028,876 bales; ex ports to Great Britain 2,396,632 bales; exports to France 680,453 bales ;exports to tne uontlnent 2,503,143 naies; ex ports to Japan 42,436 bales; exports to Mexico 26,678 bales. June 15. Galveston, easy at 11 Tic, net receipts 260 bales; Norfolk, nom inal at , net receipts 400 bales; Bal timore, nominal at 12 25c, net receipts 685 bales; Boston, quiet at 12.40c, net receipts 84 bales; Wilmington, nominal, net receipts bales; Phila delphia, quiet at 12.35c, net receipts bales v Savannah, eaey at UXc, net receipts 291 bales: New Orleans, easy at lltfc, net receipts 1,585 bales; Mobile, nominal at UKc, net receipts bales; Memphis, steady at llc, net receipts 173 bales; Augusta, quiet at ll&c, net receipts 60 Kales ;Charleston, nomh al, net receipts 31 bales. TDE NEXT REUNION AT LOUISVILLE, KY. Lieutenant General Stephen Lee Was Elected Commander-in-Chief D. BY CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Routine Business at Yesterday's Session. Officers Elected-Committee Reports The Aonaal Parade Socs of Yeteraoa Reception, Etc By Telegraph to the Morauuj Star. Nashvilee, Tens., June 15. A sweet-voiced young woman of Nor folk, Va., Miss Mary E well, maid of honor for the South, by her sinolog of "My Old Kentucky Home" to day won for Louisville the reunion next year of the United Cotfederate Vet erans. It was after the o'd veterans had chosen Lieut. Gen. Stephen D Lee as their commander-in-chief, and had listened to a st'rring peech by Col. Bennett H. Young, of Ksnluckr, extolling the beauties, capability and hospitality of his home city and people, and their desire to entertain the followers of the Stars acd Bos, that Miss Ewell wis escorted to the front of tbe stage. Her voice thrUled the great crowd .that filled the Taber nacle and the last note cf tbe famous melody had scarcely left her lipt when the convention went wild with shouts of "Louisville," "Louisville." Seconding speeches were unntccssa ry, although Gen.- Lee graciously per mitted one from. a Virginia delegate and another from Kentucky. Toe date will be determined later. In ad dition to the election of officers the meeting disposed of a vast amount of routine business, but did not comnlete their work and a final session will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoor. Tbe report of Adjutant General Mickel shows that since the last reunion charters have been issued to forty new camps, making the total 1,563. Tbe Women's Monument Associa tion was instructed by the veterans to turn over all funds to the Sons of Veterans, wbo will complete the work of erecting a monument to the women of the South. The most interesting part of the committee on resolutions report is as follows: .First, that eection requesting Con gress to take appropriate action looking to the care and preservation of the graves of the Confederate dead now In the various cemeteries in the Northern States, be adopted. Second, the committee reports to the association that more than one appli cation has been made to this associa tion to fix a permanent place for our annual reunions; but your committee is of the opinion that for the present it would be wise for many reasons to hold our annual reunions as heretofore at such time and places as the associa tion shall fix from year to year. Adop ted. Resolved, That all Confederate vet erans regularly enrolled in this asso ciation, and none other, shall be eligi ble to election or appointment in this association. Adopted. At noon the regular business of the convention was set aside for the me morials. Judge Thomas G. Jones, of Montgomery, was the orator. All the departed heroes of the Confeder acy were referred to by several speak ers, but General John B. Gordon, the last great figure to pass over to the in visible beyond, was made the occasion of special tribute. Tbe Southern Confederate Memorlsl Association met, heard numerous wel coming addresses and responses and adjourned until to-morrow. The veterans will have their annual parade to-morrow moraine the start to be made at ten o'clock. Owing to the Increasing infirmities of the old so'd.'ers, the route was almost cut In two to-day by those having the parade in charge. The Sons of Veterans will ekct offi cers to-morrow. The most brilliant funclion of the' reunion occurred to-night at the Golf and Country Club. It was a recep tion and ball complimentary to tLe sponsors and maldi-of-honor by the Sons of Veterans.. Election of Officers. The United Confederate Veterans to day elected tbe following officer : Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee, of Columbus, Miss. Commander of tbe Department of Northern Virginia, General G. Irvine, of Greenville, 8. C. Commander of the Department of Tennessee, Gen. Clement A. Evacr, of Atlanta, Ga. Commander of the Trans-Mississiopi Department, General W. L. Cabell, ef Dallas. Texas. Ioob of Veterans. Nashville, Tenn., June 15. The Sons of United Confederate Veterans met to-day, Commander-iu Chief Fayssou presiding. Reports of d ffer ent committees were heard. It was recommended that headquarters of the organization in New Orleans b? accepted and that a permanent sec retary be employed. The total num ber of camps was announced as 481, but only 104 are in good standing. The quartermaster announced that after paying the expenses of the year the cash in hand was $13. Former Gov ernor McMillan addressed the sons-, congratulating them on the fact that the hli ories being taught in the Ten nessee public schools were written by Confederates. Chairman Owen submitted the re port of the historical committee and it was adopted. It showed that the North was showing a spirit of co operation in the matter of Southern history and was returning trophies to the 8outh. Louisville invited the Sons to meet there next year. A A KM WIRtLtTTS Adam Hum, colored, was hanged at Roxboro, N. C, yesterday, for the murder of Fleetwood Wllkins, a young white man. The negro beat his victim with his fist so that he died shortly afterward. The State Democratic convention of Arkansas Instructed for Judge Alton B. Parker of New York as the choice of the Arkansas Democracy for the presidential candidate. The vote was Parker 258tf; Hearst 1821; John Sharp Williams one. The Sonthern Railway bridge over Broad river, nr ire Wparianbur una Asheville Im", 50 mm a north of Co lumbia, 8. C , was partial ij burned vested a v mornir.ir. Paeoeer tr.in No. 9, north bound, was saved frcm running Into tbe brdge by a negro, who signalled with a red petticoat. Tbe Slat annual commencement of Roanoke College, was marked b the inv iguration of President J. A. More head, elected. The ks'ellatlon sd-dr- an was delivered by Hon. A. M. 8 iw man of Salem, Va,, v ce pretident of the board of tiuateet. O'Rorke: I'm bringing along some RnBsian beer. McToole: Phwat on earth is Russian beer ? O'Rorke: Bottled, ye fule, bottled. THE CHRISTMAS TREE. Hotc-IS Mar Be Prettily Trimmed at Small Eipcnie, . Tour tree selected, you catf trlm it for as much or as little money as you please. If your tree Is very tall It will be well to trim the upper branches be fore placing it in a perpendicular posi tion lest they, be too high to be easily reached. First of all you want some attractive and appropriate ornament for the summit or "tip top" point of your tree, says the St. Loula Post-Dispatch. If you desire to trim It at very little cost a small figure of Santa ilaus may be bought for 10 cents or you may substitute for that patron saint of Christmas a cardboard figure of a boy or girl In winter garb or one of an angel with a trumpet blowing out Christmas tidings. A surprising quantity of pink and white popped corn can be bought for a few cents, and if strung upon strlng3 and festooned on the upper branches It will look very pretty, as will also cran berries ' similarly used. Snowballs of white co'.ton festooned to the ends of the coughs and small pieces of the same scattered all over the tree give a very pretty snow effect. ., ..' A yard of tarlatan costs 10 cents, and little stockings cut from it sewed with gayly colored yarn and filled with candies are a great addition. Colored candles, G cents a dozen, and tin holders for them at 3 look very pretty. In this way a tree may be at tractively trimmed at from $1 to $2. Sprays of red berried holly tied here and there on the tree tend to brighten It The box that holda the tree may be covered with thick moss, bits of bro ken mirror being interspersed to rep resent water. A box of tin soldiers, a Noah's ark or a wooden village, a gift for one of tho children, might find its first nse in populating this miniature landscape at the foot of the tree. . if you want an expensive tree noth ing U prettier in the way of ornament than the colored balls of the Bhops. IIan: these numerously from every branch and have festoons of smaller ones from branch to branch all around the tree from top to 1ottom. Use plenty of the tinsels representing frost and icicles and the little balls like frozen bubbles from a liquid rainbow. Then the shops have a close imitation of festoons of snow, which you can at tach to every twig, branch, bow and needle. This snow Is made of fine tis sue paper and comes packed in boxes. Gilt stars, sold at any stationer's, should be used In abundance, as should also cardboard, china and candy an gels, cherubs and children. A tree thus trimmed costs from $10 to $23. Bow to Make Candy Hags. The gayest jcandy bags for Christ mas are mr.de" of tarlatan in shades of red, blue, pink and green. These are cut square, oblong, stocking shaped or circular, nre embroidered in tinsel r.nfl have a drawing string of baby ribbon or colored worsted. Pretty bags are made by sewing silk American flags together and shirring about an inch from the top with red satin ribbon. Paper muslin bags, shaped to simulate pointed caps, turned upside down and filled with candy, are popular with young folks. PRODUCE MARKETS. ay TeiezraDb to the Mornina Star, risw Yosr. June 15. Flour wa dull and showed an absence of buyers. Wheat Snot easy; No. 2 red nominal. Options Up to midday wheat acted dull and easier, then It recovered and for the balance of the afternoon was firm on moderate-covering, and closed Hc net higher: July closed 91e; September closed 84H : December -Corn Spot easy; No. 2 56c. Option market was generally firm all day, the close showing net advance; J u ly c'osed 53c ; September closed 54 ; Dectmb.r c. Oats Spot steady; mixed, 26 and 32 pounds,4547c. Pork duil. Li d steady ; refined lard quiet. Butter was easier; extra creamery 13 18c; 8tate dairy 1317c. Cheese brm; State, full cream, small colored, choice, ?tf8c; small white, choice 7c. Egs wiak; State and Penn sylvania nearby, average finest, 20 21; S)u'hrn 14X15c; Southern inferiors 12A14. Rice quiet. Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked 6c; other domestic 3j&6)(c. Cabbages ateady; 8outhem, per barrel crate, $1 25 1 50. Freights to Liverpool-Cotton by steam 12. 8uar Raw q Iet; cent-ifugal,96 test 3 27 822 ;refinfd quiet. Tallow dull. Potatoes steady ;8utbern,$3 60 5 CO; Jersey sweets, basket, $1 25 1 75; State and Western sacks $3 15 3 25. Molssses steady. Cotton aeed oil was quiet and dull at abent unchanged prices.cloting as follows: Prime crude, f. o. b. mills '2lc. nominal; prime summer yellow 28Uc; tff summer yellow nominal; prime white S2c; prime winter yillow 3233. Chicago, Jun 15 Improvement in export demand uua d flrmnes in wheat today, the" Ju'v delivery closing; with a gain of ! :; com Is u, -ffi: oats are off I', provisions are Ubcoaogtd to 5c higher. Chicago. June 15. Cash prices: Flour quiet and a?j. Wheat No. 3 spring 9295c; No. S spring 85 93c; No. 3 recti 01 102. Cora No, 2 433$ ; No. 2 yellow C0c Oats No. 3 41 41c; Nj 8 white c; Ne.S white 41 &i3ie. Rye No. 2 c. Mess pork, per bbL, quoted at $13 3512 40. Lard, per hr - lb ;, $6 67X6 70. 8hort rib aider, loose, $7 C0&7 25. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, no market report. Short clear siles, boxed, $6 75 7 00. Whiskey Basis of high wines, $128. The leading futures ranged aa fol lowsopening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat No. 2 July, old, 85 85, 86K, 85 X, 85 ; do., new, 84X 84M. 85H, 84, 85c; September, old, S1H81H, 82&, 81,82Me; do. new, 8080M, 80, 80, 80c. Corn No. 2 June 48. 48, 48, 48c; July 48H48X, 48, 48K, 48K; September 48J4 48, 49, 4848c. Oats No. 3 June 41. 41K,41, 41; July 89. 895i 39X,S9$c; September 32 X, 82X. Slfi, 32Jc; December 82, 32, 83tf, S2V. Mess pork, per bbl July $12 30.12 S7X, 12 30, 12 40; September $13 60, 13 80, 12 52, 12 65. Lard, per 100 Ebs-July $6 70, 6 80, 6 70, 6 72; September $6 87K, 6 97. 6 85, 6 80. Short ribs, per 100 lbs $715. 7 25, 7 75, 7 20; Sep tember $7 22. 742. 7 SO, 7 85. NEW YORK COFFEE FUTURES. New York, June 15. Coffee Spot Rio steady; "mild quiet The market for coffee futures opened ateady at a decline of 510 points, recovered par tially and was finally steady and un changed to 5 points lower. Sales 85, 000 bags. ' lias the baby had tbe measirB jet, ftir. Popps ?' "8h sb! Don't epeak eo loud. wLenever be bears aryir.mg mentioned tbat he nasu t got, he criea for it." Comic Cuts. TRUCK FARM SUPERINTENDENT WANTED Ma ttho-cnTh'y under ',and growing or straw ben 1 r. u wbo Is lam.ltar wltn all grades of eril is is and understands tne mix UK of tame; (.attrmlcn ot potatoes, baacs and rawte oip; and. In tact, all kind- ot track vevit-it'OD. KSti t mnn of f.mny. AdM'wtt accoam -a l us 'cr b honeacold. State aitiary axo cieo, esper.enoe ana wna nest or refertiMff. Ad ir a V. J. BUBDICK, . iSjK"Z P. Kainslien, riortd nee, B. I. nwu COMMERCIAL WILMINGTON MARKET. (Quoted officially at the oioeinn by the Chamber ot Commerce.) 8TAU OFFICE,' Juno 15. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Mar sr t firm at 53e bid per gallon. ROSIN Market firm at f.2.70 per barrel for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.80 per bar rel of 280 pounds. CRUDE TURPENTINE - Market firm at $3.25 per barrel for hard, f 4.00 for dip, $1.25 for virgic. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 47c; rosin ' nothing doing; tar firm at $1.65; crude turpentine firm at $2.00, 8.253.75. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 79 Rosin 288 Tar. 86 Crude turpentine. 113 Receipts same day last year 37 casks spirits turpentine, 99 barrels rosin, SO barrels tar, 79 barrels crude turpentine. , ; COTTON. Market nominal. Same day list year, nothing doing. Receipts 3 bales; same day last year, . (Corrected Eegnlarly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid tor produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants 1 COUNTRY PBODXTOK. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, $1.30; extra prime, $1.35; fan cy, $1.40, per buibel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime, $1.05; extra prime, $1.07 : fancy, $1.10. Bpaniab, $1.10. CORN Firm; 60 65c per bushel for white. ' N. a BACON Steady hams 13 15c per pound; shoulders, 12c; sides, 12c. EGGS Dull al 1516c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 85 45c; springs, 2030c. TURKEYS Firm at 1213c for live. BEESWAX Firm at 2529c. TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 9T $1.00 per bushel. BEEF CATTLE Firm at 24c per pound. MARINE. ARRIVED. Steamer Sanders, Sanders, Little River, S C, Stone, & Co. Clyde steamer Carib, Chichester, Oeorgetown, S C, H O Smallbones. Standard Oil tug Astral, towing barge No 81, Ericksen, Philadelphia, Standard Oil Co. Barque Arlington, 493 Ions, Fickett, Boston, O D Maffitt. BchrlGeo E Dudley, 887 tons. Chase, New York, C D Maffitt. Scbr Chas C Lister, 267 ton, Moore, New York, C D Maffitt, Scbr Eliza A Scrlbner, 857 tons.Dodd, New York, O D Maffitt. Scbr Robert McClintock, 126 tons, Lewis, New York, C D Maffitt. Stmr Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Fayelle ville, S M King. Clyde steamer Navahoe, Devereux, New York, H Q Smallbones. Stmr City of Fayetteville, Robeson, Fayetteville, Jno S McEachern. Steamer Sanders, Sanders, Little River, 8 O, Stone & Co. Schr Robert A .Snyder, 302 tons, Tinker, New York, O D Maffitt. Barque Addle Morrill, 595 tons, Al len, Bridgeport, Conn, O D Maffitt. CLEARED. Clyde ateamer Carib, Chichester, ' New York, H G Smallbones. Stmr Tar Heel, Bradsba, Fayette ville, S M King. Schr Robert McClintock, Louis, Georgetown, SO, CD Maffitt. Stmr City of Fayetteville, Robeson, Fayetteville, Jno 8 McEachern. Clyde ateamer Navahoe, Devereux, Georgetown, S C, H G Smallbones. FINANCIAL MARKETS Bv TelezrsDb to the Mornina atar Mr Yonr. Juno 15. Money on call easy; highest 1 par cent.: low est 1 per cent ; ruling rate 1M per cent ; , last lon 1 per cent. ; closing bid 1 fiercent. ; offered at 1& per cent; time oans easy and dull; sixty days 2 per cent. ; ninety days 2 per cent. ; six months 83M per cent. Prime mercantile paper 33 per cent. Sterling exchange easy, with actual 1 business In bankers' bills at 487.20 487.25 for demand and at 485.25485.S0 for sixty-day bills. Posted rates 486 and 488. Commercial bills 485 485. Bar silver 65&. Mexican dollars 44. U. S. refunding 3's, registered, 104; U. S. refunding 2'a. coupon, 105M; U. a 3's, reg'd, 105; do.cou pon, 106 ;TJ. 8. 4's, new, reg'd, 182; U. 8. 4's, new, coupon, 132 ;U. 8. 4's, old, reg'd, 106; do. coupon, 107; Atlantic Coast Line 4's 95M; Louisville & Nashville, unified 4's. 101X; Southern Railway, 5's, 117. Btocka: Baltimore ft Ohio prerd 91; Chesapeake ft Ohio 81; Manhat tan L 147: New York central 115; Reading 46; do. 1st pref'd, 81; do. 2nd pref'd 66; Southern Railway 21; do. pref'd 84; Amalga mated. Copper 49; People's Gas 97; Tennessee Coal and Iron 34; U. & Leather 6M: U. 8. Leather, preferred, 79M; Western Union 87; U. 8. Steel 9; do. preferred 54; Mexican Central 7M; Virginia Caro lina Chemical, 25; sales shares; do. preferred, closed 100; sales shares. Standard Oil 625. THB CLBATJ8INQ AND HEALING CATARRH CUBE FOB CATARRH la Ely's Cream Bali Easy and pleasant to use. Contains no In jurious or uar. It is quickly ab- aorueu. Gives Seller at once. 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