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X Zbc Meeftlg Star! REPUBLICAN SPLIT ON RATE REGULATION Only Hop of Agreement In Commit tee It Some Concession by Pre- Ident Roosevelt ( By Wire, to The Morning star WashlngjwCtfSv. 22,-RaIlway rate making was again considered by the Senate Commltee on Inter-State Com merce to-day, but In an Informal way as no measure has yet been presented to the committee upon which It -can base Its action. Views were expressed by several members which Indicated a sharp division as far as the situation has developed. There Is the further Indication that a majority of the com mittee will favor , a measure giving the Inter-State Commerce Commission more power,, which means in some form control over rates. It seems to be quite well understood that three Republicans and enough Democrats favor such Legislation to insure a rate making bill's being reported.- Informal discussion among Repub lican members of the committee show that apprehension Is felt that If a bill shou.d be reported by Republicans and Democrats against the wish of a majority of the Republican members it would create a division In the party that will work' disaster in the future. The Republicans who favor rate-making legislation assert that the way to avoid a rupture is to support a con servative measuVe In line with the re commendation of the President Some of the opponents of a bill giving the commission power overrates express ed the hope after the adjournment of the meeting to-day that when the views of the President have been set forth an agreement can be reached by the Republicans upon a bill which can be reported and passed, without much Unction. THE COTON MARKET. President McKinnon, of Robeson Cot ton Asso. Writes Encouragingly. Maxton, N. C., November 21. To the Editor All the bear argu ment was shattered with one blow to day at 2 o'clock by the government . report of the amount of cotton ginned to November 14th. There Is no deny ing the fact that In the States of Geor gia, AlalTama and the Carolinas the crop is more nearly all gathered and ginned than has been at the same date in mny years. These are the States for which a big yield is being claimed. With the crops in these States practi cally -all gianed and only 7,500,000 bales of cotton up to November 14th, pray tell me where the other four or , five millions are comng from? I verily believe that Price's predic tion of July 24th, 1905, Is about to come true. To show his inconsistency I refer to a clipping from his article of that date in which he says that he thought this crop might be so -small he "hesitated to give the figures, lest they appear to come from a desire for "sensationalism, rather than from care ful Judgment" There' is no reason to doubt the re - suit of standing by the Southern Cot ton Association. The market advanced over .100 Doints when this reDort waa announced and there -is-o tellliig-Lwa where it will go if the bulls take it in charge. A. J. McKINNON, President Robeson County Cotton Association. PROF. HUME WARNS GROWERS: German Fruit Trees and "Bosh Straw berries" Chatham Sensation. 'Special Star Ttgrm.) Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 21. State Hor - tlculturlst H. JI. Hume issues a warning to the farmers of the State against agents who are going through the State selling what they term Ger- man grafted fruit trees, that are proof against the attacks of Insects and dis- ease, and "bosh strawberries." The fruit trees, he says are absolutely with out merit and the berries are inferior, sour or bitter, and bear poorly. He urges, farmers to let these agents se verely alone. ' f . '" The stomachs of Mrs. Nancy Pattls chall and her daughter have .been brought here from Chatham: county for analysis by the State Chemist to ascertain if their deaths were caused by poisoning. Saturday a son of Mrs. Pattlschall who Uvea at Sanford vis ; lted them at their home In Chatham and left an apple with particular In structions that it be eaten only by, the daughter. However it was divided, the mother, daughter and -younger son sharing it Sunday the mother and daughter died and the younger eon was critically 11V Dr. J. N. Tay lor, county coroner, brought the stom achs -of the two women here for analy sis. N(K arrest has yet "been made. MUST CARE FOR INSANE. Governor Glenn Issues Letter to Hos pital Superintendents. (Special 'Star Telegiiim.) Raleigh, N. C. Nov. 22. Governor Glenn issues an open letter to the su perintendents of the hospitals for the insane at Raleigh and, Morganton to the effect that steps must be taken at once to turn out enough of the harm less, Indigent Insane and pay patients now being Cared for to make room for all dangersous indigent insane now In county Jails in' various counties. He also directs letters to sheriffs in all counties instructing them to, make application at once to the superinten dent of the nearest hospital for ad; mission of all such In the respective counties and in the event the admis sion of any is refused he will take up the case. Sent to Southport. The remains' of the late Miss L. K. Fountain, who died Tuesday morning at Leland, N. C, where she had been ensaged in teaching school, wert tak ento Southport, her. former home, for 'interment yesterday afternoon at '2 o'clock on the steamer Wilmington. .The remains upon arriving here, from Leland were taken to the home of the young lady's relative, Capt Thos.. Sel lers, No. 619 South Front street The pall-bearers from the residence to the boat yesterday were Messrs. J. . E. Hall. T. L. Vines. J. B. LeGwin and J. W. Brooks..-"' O JZ. Ct "3? O H. X A. fc ir, tbt 1h Kind Voa Hro kmn BootfC COUUT MA&7IAL FOR MERIWETHER Trial Begun Yesterday at Naval Academy for Killing Mid- ; shipman Branch BRUTAL CUSTOM OF CADETS Have Code to 8ettle Grievances in Fis tic Encounters Intolerable lm-' position of Upper Class Men On Lower Class Men. By Wire to the Morning- Star. Annapolis, Md. Nov. . 22. Midship man Minor Meriwether, Jr., of LaFay ette. La., a member of the third class of the naval Academy, was put on trial here to-day before a naval court martial on charges that Include that of manslaughter In- having caused the death of Midshipman James R. Branch, of New York, a member of the class above him, as a result of a pre-arranged fist fight which took place on the evening of Sunday, November 5th, last. An operation was performed on Midshipman Branch the next night, but he dlea on the following Tuesday morning. The ' sad incident of the . death of Young Branch, under such circum stances lias been widely noticed, and has called attention to the existence at the Academy of an unwgtten code governing the student body, but quite outside of the authoritative regulations generally In violation of them.j "Under the code? every detail of these fights Is fixed, the midshipmen on duty abstaining from reporting them and excusing from, formation those connected with them. These facts were very clearly brought out both by kthe Judge- advocate, and In the cross- examination by Lieutenant Comman der Robison for the defense. The wit nesses to-day included Branch's room mate, the referee and time-keeper of the contest, and all the four Seconds were examined in a greater or less degree about all the circumstances of tne ngnt, the connection of the code, and "their ideas of their duty under the regulations. Midshipman A. W. Fitch, who refereed the fight, which was fol lowed by Branch's death, stated that he had officiated in nineteen such con tests, and. Midshipman McKlttrick tes tified that he had taken part in nine. Detailed accounts were given of the arrangements y which midshipmen on duty acquiesced in absences -without leave and other derelictions in or der that the fights might go on, and the testimony also .showed that al though frequently severe injuries re sulted from these fights and the reci pients of ter had to be taken to the hospital, nothing further was ever beard of them. This the defense brought out on cross examination, it De,ing evidently intended to Show that the authorities , also winked at the code and the pre-arranged fights under it I Interesting side light to hazing, or running" as It is called at the Acad emy, developed, from the testimony of cne of the midshipmen. Meriwether had been generally disliked, he said, be cause he was too "ratty" that Is, it explained, that he did not abide by the rules' lalU lown for the gbvf ernment of the lower classmen. Some of these were that he should never enter "Lover's Lane," an Academy walk,' that he should turn, all corners at right angles, should, not look at an up per classman, and should answer most respectfully when addressed by one of them, that he must never touch the table, nor ask for anything during a meal, ana unaer no circumstances "fuss," that is to be In the society of young women. These rules and many others are contained in that part of the "code" relating to the government of under classmen. Branch had been one of the midshipmen, who according to the testimony, determined to make life "not worth living" for Meriwether, because he would not abide by these rules, and from that the enmity arose. . The court martial, assembled by or der of the Secretary of the Navy for the trial of Midshipman Minor Meri wether, on the charges growing out of a fist fight in which he engaged with Mldsnipman James K. Branch, Jrr and in which the latter received fatal Injuries, began at the Naval Academy to-day. A notable incident which occurred just at the beginning of the trial was the objection made by counsel for the delense, Commander Sidney A. Staun ton, as a member of the court on the ground that he had expressed the opln ion that Meriwether should be dls Missed.from the Academy and the sus taining of the objection on the part of the court. A surprise developed in the fact that that United. States District Attorney John C. Rose, of Baltimore, would as sist Captain Marix, Judge advocate, In the prosecution. Mr. Rose was as signed to the work by the Department of Justice at the request of the Navy Department . and was present at the beginning of the session, to-day. The accused is defended oy i.ieu tenant Commander James K. Robison U. S. N., and James M. Muhroe, of the Annapolis bar. The first two "witnesses called were Midshipmen James P. VanDeCarr and Early W. Prltcbard, classmates of Branch and their evidence bore direct ly on the second charge, that of quar relling with a person in the naval 'ser vice, with an indirect relation to the main charge of manslaugnter. VanDeCarr said Meriwether had told him that Branch had done all he could to make his (Meriwether's) life mis erable while he had. been at the Acad emy, that he hated Branch, and was eoing to make him fight if tnere was any fieht in him. The next day. Van DeCarr testified, Meriwether naa saia hot i was all 'fixed, that he and Branch had arranged to fight. Midshipmen Jiiari w. x-mcuaiu. me next witness, was the room-mate oi Branch, and is also from Louisiana, Meriw.ether had, he said, come to the room occupied by himself and Branch, accompanied by Midshipman Yeaeer. Meriwether accused Branch of acting unfairly towards him by us ing his official position as midshipman in charge of the floor to report him about the matter of a dress suit case containing civilian clothes and charg ed Branch with having a grudge against him. The latter. Branch admitted. Meri wether then said that Branch, waa "a damned low-down sneaking coward." Branch then told Meriwether that his class could compel him to leave the aemyfV-tb this Meriwether an swered, that he did not cartf if they aid; that he was not going to be used badly by any one..' The affair closed with Meriwether' calling Branch -a sneaking coward," a damned cow ard," and "no gentleman." After Meriwether and Yeager had left Branch asked the witness what he should do,' and was told that a fight was necessary. Afterwards Branch had told him that he had not reported Meriwether. An upper classman, Noyes, had spoken to him. about It, and he had come to the conclusion that It would be a dirty trick to do so. Ralph Yeager, a class mate of Meri wether, and who went to the room with him on the nlght-of the- jadrrel, testified that Branch had called Meri wether, "a damn fol" when he came to the room, and said that he -was "damn ratty." By th latter Yeagef explained that it was meant that" he did things that the "code" did not al low the members of his. class. It was explained that a fourth class man, for instance, has to keep away from cer tain walks of :. the Academy,, turn squarely at corners, never look at an upper class, never talk to girls, ob serve certain regulations when eating and speak most respectfully when spoken to by an upper class man. This, It appeared was still the unwritten law of the institution when hazing has been abolished. ( Dr. Robert B. Hoyt head of the de partment 4jf physical culture at the Academy, furnished some interesting data on the comparative size and strength of Meriwether and Branch, taken from the actual measurements of the Academy. While It is a fact, that Meriwether was slightly older, heavier and taller, Branch was larger of chest and arm and his total percen tage of strength was about a fifth greather than Meriwether's. Commander Cdlvecoresses . was closely questioned by the judge advo cate and the court in regard to the at titude of the Academy authorities to ward fighting. He said most emphati cally that there was no winking at It, but that every such offense would be punished severely if known. The last witness during the morn ing session was Midshipman Harold V. McKlttrick, who acted as a second during the fight The fight, he testi fied lasted over twenty-two rounds of two minutes each, with one minute intermission. Early in the fight, one of Branch's eyes was closed, but he was holding his own. At the end of the 20th round Meri wether fouled by hitting in a clinch and offered to forfeit the fight. This Branch and his seconds would not al low, insisting on a finish. This is re garded as a strong point for Meri wether, showing that he wished the fight to stop. DIVORCED AUTHOR IN SORRY PLIGHT Illinois Refuses to Recognize Marriage to Another Woman Married Less . Than Year After Divorce. By Wire to the Morning-Star. Chicago, Nov. 20. Because of his ignorance of a new law governing the marriage of divorced persons in the State of Illinois, Jack London, the well known author, has placed himself in a somewhat embarrassing position, and it may be necessary for. him to re marry. Miss Charmion KrttrWge, of Newton," Iowa, to whom he was wed ded here yesterday. The last Legislature of Illinois pass ed a law forbidding the marriage of divorced people in thiState until one year after the divorce had been in full effect. The same law is in effect in California, in which State Mr. Lon don was divorced from his first wife. The initial decree in this case was is sued November 17, 1904 and the final decree November 18, 1905. Mr. Lon don assuming that the year commenced from the issue of the preliminary de cree, considered himself free to marry as soon as one year had elapsed. It is declared by lawyers in this city, however, that the divorce is not ef fective until the final decree is grant ed and that the one year of probation must elapse after that time. When the situation was brought home to the author to-day he said: 1 will get marired in every State in the Union just as fast as I can get from one to another, if it is necessary. The State laws of California provide that a divorced person may not mar ry within a year, and to encompass this end, the court grants" a divorce, and one year later a decree and it was the decree which was granted last Sat urday. An to whether this divorce is amendable to the laws of Illinois is something I do not know, but it seems to me that as the law of Illinois did not go into effect until last July it cannot affect my case." DARING SUICIDE OF A GIRL. Threw Herself Before Elevated Train In New York. ' . . By Wire to The Morning- Star. New York. Nov. 22. Mary G. Mc Carthy today knelt and prayed on the tracks of an elevated railroad,, while the train in front of which she had leaped with the purpose of ending her life bore down, upon her too close to be stopped by its crew. The "irl Jumped from fthe platform of a station at Sixty-sixth' street and Columbus 'avenue. After passing tne ucnei taker she attracted attention by sever al irresolute runs toward the edge of the platform. JJach time she stopped unable to bring Herself to take the final step. Finally when a train was half a block away the girl, who was then at the extreme end of the plat form, threw herself on the track. Al though at first she fell prostrated Miss McCarthy hurriedly rose to her knees and before the first" car struck her had raised both arms and clasped her hono 4n n -attitude of wayer. She was killed almost Instantly. sheriff Turner, of 'Moore county. and Who had held the position for thrpfi vears. died at Carthage rues dav morning of pneumonia, aged thtrtv-eieht vears. He had been con- fined to his room for about two weeks, Ho was a.-splendid and very popular youn man and a good sheriff. A Disastrous Cabmityv If Is a dastroua-calamlty, when you lose your health, because Indigestion and constipation have sapped it away, Prompt .relief can be had in Dr. King's New Life Pills. They build up your dl gestlve prgans, and cure headache, diz ziness, colic, constipation, etc. Guaran teed atlR. R. Bellamy's drug store: 25 centA ' AWFUL DISASTJEEt TO BRITISH SHIP Steamer Hilda Foundered' Off Northern Coast ;of France ; Saturday Night ' ? SEV SWALLOWED 128 MEN Ship Was Caught In Heavy Fog .and .Snow Stornv and Was Wrecked on. Rocks Sixty Bodies Wash . ed Ashore. - By Cable to The Morning Star. London, Nov, 20 One hundred and twenty-eight persons lost their lives in the wreck of the London and South western Railway Company's steamer Hilda off the Northern coast of France Saturday night, according to an offi cial estimate given out tonight by the officers of the company. This death role includes 21 saloon pasesngers', eighty French onion sellers and twenty-seven of the crew. The Hilda left Southampton Friday for St Malo with considerably more than one hundred souis on board. Her passage was greatly delayed by a fbg in the channel, and when nearing St aaalo she ran into a severe storm, parently missed her course and founi .dered on the rocks off Jardin Hghty nouse, tnree miles from St Malo. r' The company's tseamer Ada," out ward bound from St Malo, rescued five of the pasengers and one of the crew These are now on The way to Southampton. There is an unconfirm ed report that seventy had been saved. . The crew numbered 26 and thee were about a hundred pasengers, all Frenchmen, the majority being onion dealers from St. Briae and neighbor hood. ' . .Bodies Washed Ashore. St Malo, France, Nov. 20. Real l7.ation6f .the full extent of the disas ter to the cross channel steamer Hilda came to the people of St Malo today as reports of the finding of -oodles were received from different points along the nearby coast InalL 'over . sixty bodies have - been washed up, including that of Captain Gregory, the commander of the wrecked ship, which now lies in the hospital here, and as fast as other bodies arrive they will be placed in a room prepared for their reception. Thirteen bodies of saloon pasen gers have been identified. They are Mrs. Rook, her two children and their governess, Dr. Stanley, his wife and two daughters and a maid; Major and Mrs. Price, Mr. Wellerley and Mr. Grlndle. The survivors are . rapidly recovering. . The entrance to the harbor of St Malo is one of the most difficult known to mariners. On aSturday night a blinding snow storm with haze and high wind prevailed and it is little wonder that even so experienced a navigator as Captain Gregory lost his reckoning, especially as at the point where the Hilda struck only a few yards deviation from the ' regular course meant destruction. Torpedo boats despatched to the scene of the wreck ascertained that there, is no hope of salvaging the vessel. ' Pitiful Distress of Families. Southampton, Nov. 20. All the members of the crew of the f-fated Hilda were residents of this tovn and the most pitiful scenes were enacted throughout today at the offices of the London and Southwestern ' Railway Company. The officials there were un able to extend any hope to the rela tives. Most of the-mn leave wives and children. The steamer Ada, of the same line, . which picked tip the survivors, is expected to arrive tomor row. The Mayor of Southampton has started a relief fund and is receiving many contributions. WARM WHLELETS. Professor F. A. Lewis, of Johns Hop kins University, has been appointed profesosr of biology at Randolph-Macon college, Ashland, Va., to fill the un expired term of Profesor Wrlghtman recently deceased. Profesosr Lewis is a native of North Carolina. While cleaning a gun yesterday pre paratory to a hunting expedition, Marshall Fields Jr, son of Marshall Field, the Jewish dry goods merchant of Chicago, accidentally shot himself. He was taken to a hospitals and wlU undoubtedly die before this, morning In consequence of the glnners' re port and higher American prices the cotton market at Liverpool yesterday opened excited at 33 to 36 points higher. Afterwards fluctuations were normal and at noon values were-32 to 33 points over Tuesday's closing quo tations. . Dave Sims, the negro who shot and killed R. F. (Deacon) Jones at his home one mile from Baugh station, Miss., on Sunday night was lyncnea by an armed mob at the scene of his crime early yesterday. Sims was cap tured Tuesday night and Immediately taken to Coahama. The negro is said to have made a full confession. At Richmond, Va., yesterday the In ternational Sunday School Conference for the advancement of negroes met with delegates' present from -.e Dis trict of Columbia, Virginia ana worm Carolina. The principal addiyss; waB made by Dr. James E. Shepard,' field superintendent of .the wofRr who held that the "salvation of the negroes de pends upon the religious uplift of the race." . The grand lodge of the Benevolent Order of Buffaloes is in session in Richmond, Va., delegates being there from North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio. : W. W. Sregg, scran d worthy, patriarch, 'of Cincinnati, O., is presiding over the deliberations of the Order. The reports show that the Order, while comparatively new, Is growing rapidly fh many . sections of the county. . Man's Unreasonableness is often as great as woman's' But Thos. S. Austin, Mgr. of the "Repub lican," of Leavenworth, Ind. was not unreasonable, when he refused to al low the doctors to operate on his wife, for female trouble, "Insteafl," he says, "we concluded to try Electric Bitters. My wife was then so.slck,,she could hardly leave her bedTand five (5) phy sicians had failed to relieve her. After taking Electric Bitters, she was per fectly cured, and can now perform all her household duties." Guaranteed by R. R. Bellamy, druggist, price 60c. RUSSIAN SITUATION Zi'y fc w IS STILL UNSETTLED Tcoops Powerless to Suppress Agra rian . Insurrection Polish - Zenv atvb to Support Constitution, v V" By Cable to The Morning' Stan ; Moscow, Nov. 22. At the end of four days' debate, the executive com mittee, oi .tne zemstvo congress brought in the following resolution1 In favor . of supporting the government the reading of which was greeted with tremendous applause : . - . . - ; ." Considering that the Imperial mani festo satisfies all the demands voiced since the Zemstvo congress of a year ago. and that the - liberties accorded by; the manifesto are indispensible to the.iranquilization of the country, the congress declares itself in complete solidarity with this constitutional bas is. The responsibility for the realiza tion of the programme rests upon the cabinet . The congress is convinced that the cabinet can count on the sup port of the great majority of the Zemstvo and municipalities so long as it follows the path for the accom plishment of the liberties promised by the manifesto but every deviation will encounter decisive opposition. " The-congress believes that the sole means of guaranteeing the authority 'of the government the pacification of the country and. the support of the people's representatives are the. im- ap-lmediate promulgation of universal suf. frage in elections to the douma, the transformation of the first douma in to a constitutent assembly for the elaboration, withthe approbation of Emperor, of a constitution for the Russian empire and the organization of - territorial reform. Measures for the realization of the liberties granted by the manifesto are regarded as im mediately imperiative. Troops Powerless. Kursk, Russia, Nov. 22.- The Agra rian disorders in the District of Subz ha have assumed such violence that the troops ar&. unable to cope with them. The whole northern half of the district Is in the hands of peas antry who are pillaging the estates arid burning the harvested crops. Dur ing the pillaging of one estate a com pany of Cossacks looked on, being un able to Interfere. Mobs' Demand Provisions. Vladivostok, Russia, Nov. 22. In the Jurieff and Alexandrovsk districts of this government peasant mobs are demanding the surrender of the stocks of provisions and are threatening to set the torch to the whole locality and to storm the county treasuries. Ignorance Broods Trouble. Moscow, Nov. 22. The excitement among the peasants in the central and southeastern provinces is spreading rapidly and it is feared that it will be impossible to suppress the movement which promises to develop into a gen eral uprising bringing devastation and untold horror to the whole country. The revolutionists among the peasants are industriously spreading the story that the imperial reform manifesto really decreed a division of the lands but that the nobles, intelligencia and Jews distorted it and took all the free dom for themselves and the peasants therefore have the right to possess themselves of the lands which the Em peror granted them. TURKE.Y REMAINS OBSTINATE. Rejects Proposal of Powers Concern- r'. , big' Macedonian Finances. -. By Cable to The Morning: Star. -Constantinople, Nov. 22. The porte has rejected the proposals of the pow ers for the international control of the finances of Macedonia. Vienna. Nov. 22. A dispatch from Constantinople says that the reply of the . Porte which was handed Baron Von Callce, the Austro-Hungarian Am bassador, this evening, rejects the pro posals of the powers on all points, and declares that the public opinion of Tur key would not countenance their ac ceptance. The Porte agrees to extend to two years the terms of the civil agents of the powers in Macedonia. . Athens, Nov. 22. The warships of the powers which: propose to make a demonstration against Turkey arrived at Piraeus today and exchanged sa lutes and official visits. The comman ders of the vessels are awaiting in structions. THE COTTON MARKET. New York, Nov. 22. The violent ex citement of yesterday seemed to have exhausted the bullish effect of the Census report and after responding to lower cables this morning the cot ton market made a somewhat irregu lar but generally steady showing, the realizing of smaller longs and selling for a urn by scalpers, being absorbed by fresh buying orders at the compara tive moderate reaction from the top. The market closed steady at a net de cline of 4 to 10 points. Sales were es timated at 600,000 bales. The open, ing was steady at an advance of 4 to 11 points or rather better than due on the cables which expected to come about 37 to 39 points higher, but were only 27 to 28 points highen at the hour of the local opening. Spot closed steady, 50 points nign. er; .middling upland's, 11.65; middling anilf:-11.90: sales 647 bales.. f Futures., opened . steady at the de cline'.' December, 11.15: January, .11.0; February, ll.Ui-Marchi; iL54; April, 1L61: Mar. 11.68 ;V July, 11.78. . Futures closed steady: Novemberr 11.08 : December. 11.18 : January 11.32 ; February. 11.42: March, 1L&41-April, 11.59; May., 11.65; June. :U-67Jtrty, 'Liverpool Cotton Market, Liverpool, Nov. 22. Cotton. Spot unsettled, prices - 30 points ' higher. American middling fair, 6.56d.; good middling, 6.24d.; middling, 6.08d.; low middling, 5.92d.; . goo orinary, 5.72.; ordinary, 5.58d. The sales of the day were 8,000 bale's of which 600 were for specula tion and export and included 6,400 American. Receipts 20,000 bales. In cludine 12.300 American. Futures ODened firm and closed steady; Amer lean middling G. O. C: November, 6.01d; November and December, 6.01d; December and January, 6.03d.; Jan uary and -February, 6.07d.; . February and March, 6.10d.; March and April, C.13d.; April and May, G.14d.; May and June, C.16d.; June an1 July, C.17d.; July and August, C.18d. . The -Gotton glnners' bulletin, is sued by the census bureau at Wash ington on Tuesday ' gives interesting figures for comparison as affecting the North Carolina crop. The cotton gin ned in North Carolina to November 14th, is 510,124 bales, as compared with 519,427 the same date last year, and 407,161 In 1903. The total crop in 1904 was 745,712 bales and in 1903 was 655,320; per cent' of total crop gin ned to November 14, 1904, was 69.3 and the total to date, 1905, was 73.3 RATE flEGDLATION UP AGAINST IT 1 Four Republican Senators from Inter State Commerce Com - mission Oppose Plan : QUESTION WILL DIVIDE PARTY - - - ' . . - f - El kins, Aldrlch, Kean and Foraker Warned by Cullom and Dolliver to Support President if They . Want Harmony. By Wire o The Mornlnsr 8tar Washington Nov. -21. Divergent views developed at, a conference of Republican members of the Senate committee on interstate commerce to day. The conference followed aregu lar meeting of the, committee In the afternoon and was attended by six of the eight Republican members. Of the six members attending the con ference it developed that Senators El Kins. Aldrlch. Kean and Foraker were nearly, in accord on one side, and Senators Cullom and Dolliver were on the other. No propositions were ad vanced but the' four Senators In, the first group mentioned indicated their desire for harmonious action and not too radical legislation. Senators Cul lom and Dolliver insisted that the on ly way to have harmonious Republi can action was for all the Republicans to get in line with the President and support his recommendations. The other Senators suggested that the proposition of the President had not been crystalized sufficiently to deter mine just what he wanted. Previous to the conference the com mittee helda meeting attended by Senators , Elklns, Cullom, Aldrlch, Keanr"Dolliver,sv.Foraker and Millard. Republicans, and Senators Tfllman, Foster and Newlands, Democrats. Be sides Clapp, Republican, the other ab sentees were ScLaurln and Carmack, Democrats. The meeting of the com mittee was devoted to Informal dis cussion and routinework. Testimony and papers received since the last meeting of the, committee were or dered printed and . an adjournmfentt was taken until tomorrow. - Another Account.' (Specialtar Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Nov. 21. The Senate Committee on Inter-State Com merce to-day held its first session since the adjournment of its hearings on the subject of railway rate legis lation last Spring. Senators Elklns, Foraker, Cullom, Kean, Millard, Fos ter, Tillman and Newlands were on hand to attend the opening meeting. No attempt was made to-day, however. to do more than to reach an informal agreement as to the plan of proceed ure to be followed by the committee in preparing its report, which is to be submitted to the Senate within ten -days after the meeting of Con gress. It is probable that the com mittee will hold short sessions almost daily from now on, and that its report will be ready before. December Th. The meeting to-day afforded no iS dence as to whether there will be more than one report submitted by the committee. The general expec tation has been that there would be at least three reports, one represent ing the views of the majority and pro viding for a conservative rate regu lation act. A minority report in favor of the more radical legislation demand ed byhe rate agitators and a third report by Senator Newlands who dif- TT 7 , ""fatally shot Tuesday morning whil fers from his colleagues In advocat? out with a number of boys huntlni ing a plan which presents many of the features of Government ownership, al though it does not provide for the ac tual purchase of railroad property by the government. It is possible, how ever, that a report will be drawn which will be supported by all the members of the committee, and in this event the chances of securing action by the Senate at an early date will be better, for the committee is divided in ite recommendations. At the session to-day a great sheaf of petitions and resolution from manu facturers, shippers, and other commer cial associations, labor unions and trades councils were presented to the committee. It was estimated the list of Individuals and organizations sub mitting these petitions, which filled fifty large typewritten pages, contain ed some 1,500 names, representing hundreds of thousands of persons, as many of the- organizations - included have memberships of several thousand. The great bulk of the petitions and resolutions were in the form of pro tests against the Esch-Townsend bill or similar legislation, empowering a Federal commission to fix rates. While the ' total number of reso lutions and petitions for and against government rate making had not been figured up by, the committee's clerks, the Kst containing these fn favor of it was only about one-eighth as long as those against it Among the reso lutions 'were a great many from rail- i road labor unions, and a number from other labor organizations, all protest ing against conferring the rate-mak- tng power to the Inter-Stete Commerce Commission or any other Federal body. The. relative showing of sentiment for, end against the proposal to clothe a Federal commission with, rate-making power waa surprising to most of the Senators; and was commented up on as indicating ra change of sentiment throughout the country on this point. Practically all the resolutions declare In favor of the abolition of rebates and unjust discrimination and what ever is done to conferring the rate making power it seems certain that a law will be passed increasing the pen alty for such abuses. If all the peti tions and resolutions received were to be printed, they would form a vol ume of several hundred pages. -During the Summer two experts" em- ployed by the commission-have been collating and arranging 'the mass of testimony heard last Spring Into con cise and logical fornu- The 'members of the committee have been devot ing a great deal of time to the study of this testimony. It was said after the meeting to-day that the committee would not hola further hearings for the collection of evidence, but would proceed at once to the consideration of its report At Concord, Tobe Huddleson, o! Charlotte, a brakeman on the South era, was killed Saturday. While his train was on the siding waiting for the passenger to go by, he sat down no the main line and must have fallen asleep. Here be was struck by the passenger train and instantly killed. NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET. New 'York. Nov. 22. Flour barelv steady andVquIet , - r,.. RYE FLOUR Steady. ' ,' BUCKWHEAT FLOUR Steady. . WHEAT Spot steady. No. 2 red. 89 1-8 elevator. Options l-4c higher to l-4d lower. May, 90 5-8; December, Tsxt ' . . . vy oteauy.- ino. z, o x-z eleval tor. Options 1 8c lower to l-8e hiirh. "er. January. 62 1-4: -Ma v. 49 e-r? December, 54. OATS Steady; mixed, 35. LARD Steady; western steamed, 7.3507.50; Refined Quiet PORK Steady. RICE Quiet MOLASSES Firm. COFFEE Spot Rio steady; mild steady. Futures steady unchanged to 5 points higher. SUGAR Raw firm; fair refining, 2 15.16; centrifugal, 3 1-2; molasses sugar, 2 11-16; refined steady. BUTTER Steady, unchanged. CHEESE Steady, unchanged. EGGS Firm, unchanged. PEANUTS Steady, unchanged. FREIGHTS Steady, unchanged. POTATOES Weak: Irish. 220)23: German, 1.802.10 ; Sweets, firm; Southern, 1.0001.50; Jersey, 1.26 1.75. , . CABBAGES Firm, unchanged. COTTON SEED OIL Firm and partly higher with a fair business do. Ing. Prime crude f. o. b. mills, 21 22 1-2; prime summer yellow. 28 3-40 io; prime white, 31032; prime win ter yellow, 31032. . . CHICAGO MARKET, Chicago, Nov. 22. Extreme ner vousness due to conflicting reports characterized the wheat market today, prices fluctuating "over a wide range. The market closed easy with the May option off 1-4. Corn, oats and provlsj ions were practically unchanged. Open High Low' Close. Wheat, No. 2. Dec 83 83 82 83 May 86 86 85 86 July . . 82 83 82 82 Corn, No. 2. Dec., old .45 45 44 45 Dec, new .44 44 43 44 May 43 44 43 43 July ..t.... 43 43 43, 43 Oats, No. 2. I Dec .29 29 29 29 May .32 32 31 32 July 30 30 30 30 Mess Pork, per bbl. Jan. .12.72 12.72 12.67 12.70 May .12.82 12.85 12.75 12.77 Lard, per 100 lbs. Nov. ..7.02 7.02 Dec. ..6.90 6.90 Jan. ..6.87 6.87 May ..7.00 7.00 7.00 6.87 6.85 6.97 7.00 6.90 6.85 7.00 Short Ribs, per 100 lbs. Jan. ...6.52 6.52 6.60 May ..6.75 6.75 6.72 8.62 I 6.75 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, easy; No. 2 spring wheat 86: No. 3 spring wheat 80085; No. 2 red. 83 1-8084 3-4: No. 2 corn, id- No. 2 yellow, 50; No. 2 oats, 29 3-4; No. 2 white. 32 14032 1-2: 'No. 3 white. 29 3-4031 1-2: No. 2 rve. 66.1-2: Messfrel of 280 pounds. pork, per bbl., 13.45013.50; Lard, per ioo lbs., 7.000 7.02 1-2: Short ribs sides (loose), 7.0007.12 1-2; Short clear sides (boxed), 6.8707.00: Whls- key, basis of high wines, 1.30. . .NAVAL STORES. New York, Nov. 22. Turpentine quiet at 63 1-2 to 64; rosin nominal. Savannah, Nov. 22. Turpentine firm, 60; sales, 938; receipts, 633; shipments, 425. . Rosin nothing doing; receipts. 2.- 111; Shipments, 918. Quote: A. B. C. AAV H' 4.1J E' 4,45; 4-70; Q- 4.75; H.,.4.80; I., 4.85; K., 6.00; M., 5.20; N 5.30; W. G., 5.55; W. W., I - ,. ' , - Charleston, '' Nov. 22. Turpentine and rosin nothing doing. , Thomas Dolan, a young man who lives in East Durham, was probably boys hunting The entire load of a shot gun, which was accidentally fired, entered the left leg of Dolan, close to the thigh. The nrrlTAckA Kav was Aeiwlnil 4a 4l XXTn m to the hip joint. His recovery, is not probable. Before . the operation the wounded wi morfa i which he told the facts, but did not blame any one for the terrible acci dent The boy who did the shooting became badly frightened threw down me gun ana ran ua into tne woods. He has not been seen since that time. COMMERCIAL WILMINGTON MARKET. (Quoted officially at the closing bjr,the Chamber of Commerce.) STAR OFFICE, NOV. 16, 1905. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market no sales. ROSIN Market, no sales. , TAR Market firm at $1.80 per bar rel of 280 pounds. CRUDE" TURPENTINE Market firm at $3.35 per barrel for hard, $4.75 for dip and $4.75 for Virgin. Quotation same day last year spirits turpentine firm, 49 3-4c; rosin firm, $2.60; tar firm, $1.60; crude turpentine firm at $2.25, $3.80.. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine ..... 32 Rosin 260 Tar ; 46aep Sprunt & Bon. Crude 194 Receipts' 'sanie 'day last' 'yea'r-32 casks spirits turpentine. 251 barrels ixuhi IT kala . CO t,ai1i ttA 1 mvavj COTTON. Market Steady, 10 l-2c. : - Same day last year Steady. 9 l-2c 1 Receipts 1.494 bales; same day last year, 2,972 bales, t -. - v.. STAR OFFICE, Nov. 17, 1905. SPDMTS-TURPENTINB Market No sales. x . ' .'. , ' ' . ROSIN Market No sales. TAR Market firm-at $1.80 per barrel of 280 pounds. CilUDE - TURPENTINE Market firm at $3.25 per barrel for hard, $4.60 for dip, and $4.60 for Virgin. Quotations same .day last- year Spirits turpentine, firm, 50c; ros in, steady, $2.60; tar firm at $1.60; crude turpentine firm at $2.25, $3.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 75 Rosin 497 Tar .......... ...... Crude X ..... 140 125 Receipts same day last year 105 casks spirits turpentine, 351 barrels rosin. 82 barrels tar, 135 barrels crude turpentine. COTTON. V Market Steady. 10 1-2C4 Same day last year Steady. 9 l-2c. Receipts, 619 bales;- same day last year, 2,871 bales. "; STAR OFFICE, Nov. 18, 1905. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market No Sales. , ; : ROSIN Market No sales. TAR Market firm at $1.80 per bar rel of 280 pounds. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $3.10 barrel for hard: S4.35 for dip and $4.35 for Virgin. ; - Quotations same . dav hut Spirits turpentine, firm. ROe mala..' rfir I2.S0; tar firm at IL60: erode - Jturpentlne firm . at $2.25, $3.80. C RECEHTS. ' - Spirits turpentine : 20 - Rosin ............... - "im Tar .......... . ' M Crude !" "'is - Receipts same day last year 12 casks SDlrita turoentini. 20 barrels rosin, 22 barrels tar, 65 barrels crude turpentine. - COTTON. - , Market Nominal. 3ame day last year Steady at 9 3-8 for middling. Receipts 2.403 bales; same day last year, 3,304 bales. STAR OFFICE, Nov. 20, 1905. i spirits Turpentine Market no sales. , ' ROSIN Market firm, no sales. TAR Market firm at $1.80 per barrel of 280 pounds. ''CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $3.10 per barrel for hard, $4.35 for dip and $4.35 for Virgin. Quotation same day last year, Spirits turpentine firm. 60c; ros in steady, $2.50; tar firm at $1.60; crude turpentine, firm, at $2.26, $3,80. BJECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine . . . ." . 65 ZZ Rosin ........ L ... . . 228 ll'L'' 40 174 Receipts same day last year 36 casks spirits turpentine, 180 barrels rosin-, 53 barrels tar, 30 barrels crude turpentine. - 1 cotton.' V : Market No quotations. , Same day last year Market, steady, 9 3-8 cents. Receipts, 1.704 bales; same day last year, 5,909 bales. STAR OFFICE, Nov. 21, 1905.' PUUTS TURPENTINE Market Firm 59c. ROSIN Market, no sales. TAR Market firm at $1.80 per bar barrels of 280 pounds. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $3.10 per barrel for hard, $4.35 for dip and $4.75 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine steady, 49 3 4; ros in steady, $2.45; tar firm at $1.60; crude turpentine, firm at $2.25, $3.80.' RECEIPTS.- Spirits turpentine 40 Rosin 150 Tar 65 Crude 164 Same day last year 76 casks spir its turpentine, 597 barrels rosin, 135 barrels tar, ,81 barrels crude turpen tine. s COTTON. Market No sales. Same day last year, steady 9 l-2c. Receipts, 2,484 bales; same day last year, 3,38 bales. STAR OFFICE, Nov. 22, 1905. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market , firm 69 1-2. itusir mantel nrm. no Bales. TAR Market firm at $1.80 per bar- CRUDE TURPENTINE Market nrm ai Per oarrei ior narf, m.zsj for diD and 4-25 for Vlr6-n- outations same day last year- Spirits turpentine, nothing- doing. rosin, steady, $2.50, tar, firm at $1.60; crude turpentine, firm at $2J25, and $3.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 27 Rosin 193 -. . 95 Tar Crude 116 Pecelnts snm ' Hv lant vear KS Uafika snlrltR tnrnpntlnn K30 bnrrola rosin, 143 barrels tar, 106 barrels crude turpentine. COTTON. - Market Steady, 11c. for middling. Same day last year Steady, 9 1-8J" Receipts 2,C22 bales; same "day last year, 1,428 bales. COUNTRY PRODUCE. , (.Corrected Regularly by ' Wilmington .Produce Com miss ton Merchants, prices representing those paid (dr. produce consigned to Commission Merchants.) PEANUTS North Carolina, (newj .u" rnV ? Qnh prime, C0c; fancy, 66c; Spanish (new),' 86090c. CORN Firm; 70075c. per bushel for white. r N. C BACON Steady, bams, 15 to 16c. per pound; shouMers, 11 to 12; sides dull, 11 to 12. T3GGS-Firm, 24 to 25c. per dozen. . . CHICKENS Dull, Springs, 15c to 22c; Grown, 25 to 30. 3EESWAX Firm, at 26027c. r ALLOW Firm at 4 l-206c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c ?56c per bushel.' BEEF CATTLE Dull at 2 to 3 l-2c, pound. , J-'- TURKEYS Firm. 16c for - live; dressed. 20022c HIDES Dry salted, 12c; green, 8c per pound. MARINE. ARRIVED. British steamer Geo. Fleming, 2,228 -tons, Parslow, Baltimore, Alexander Sprunt & Son. . British steamer Lustleigh, 2,093 tons, Bootyman. New York, Alexan- oieamer iew lorn, xngraai, ueorgo- town' s- CVUILl- pmaUbones. steamer Tar Heel Bradshaw. Fay- ettCVule. B. M. King. - I VIArfa M ttvnti fIMr. Br. thorn," Rio Janeiro, Alexander 8prunt & Boa. Br. str. Griqua, 2,100 tons, Anderson. New York, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Steamer Navahoe. Hale, New York, H. G. Smallbones. v . Schr. F. & T. Lupton, 797 tons, Longstreet, -Promised Land, L, I.; C. D. Maffltt - J: Stmr. Duplin, Smith, ,r,Fayetteville, T. D. Love. -" -. . . , v1' , ' - ' ,; Steamer' Compton, Jacobs, Little iVx River, S. C, Stone & Co. ' Steamer Tar Heel, Bmdshaw, Fay- etteville, S. MT King. CLEARED. Steamer Tar Heel, Brawshay, Fay etteville, S. M. King. Str. New York, IngramNew York. H. G. Smallbones. Steamer Navahoe, Hale Georgetown, S. C, H. G. Smallbones. I . - . . . 1 "0T oarque ueras, tt.ronsiaai, tins- Vue V , t s"nr- Navahoe, Hale, Georgetown, G. SmaUbones. pool, Alexander Sprunt ft Son. Steamer Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Fay ettesville, S. M. King. - . Steamer City of Fayetteville. Edge, Fayetteville,,T. D. Love. Exports Foreign. ; ,v: Briston. Eng Nor. baraue GerdSi.-' 18,153 barrels rosin, valued at $32,800 cargo by Paterson, Downing ft, Car vessel by Helde ft Co. " . - IiverpooTrBT. str. Turklstan, 1581 bales cotton valued at $862,000, cargo. and vessel by Alexander sprunt t Son. 11 "V ' If M Id, Li , r .-.,v v ' ' V"" A v r v V i
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